Homme de Grès (1996)
by Grès

WOW! Simply love this one. it's dry, powdery, herbal, lemon based scent with hints of dried lime peel too. i cant help but compare it to Dior's Eau Sauvage. more like an amplified version of the classic. the use of herbs is exactly the same (for reference). accords get softer towards mids and base and still retains the lemony freshness. The base has hints of leather and vetiver. a timeless classic. if you see one, grab it..!

A classic chypre, so classic that, as mentioned before, it gets one attention as to the year it was launched. As an analogy, think of it as being of the type of Chanel pour Monsieur due to its subtlety and charm.

Homme de Grès takes hesperidic - "lemons" - notes and keep Cabochard's base notes - leather. Thus, comparissons to Halston Z-14 are somehow valid due to the fact that Z-14 is a chypre, but while Halston has presence, Homme de Grès does not: it is the type of fragrance that won't get noticed by others, this meaning sillage is limited, a very valid attribute for those that still think that a man can only wear perfumes precluding this, even more so on social occasions.

A classic choice indeed, unfortunately discontinued, to no surprise. After all, Homme de Grès ' character is at odds with contemporary fragrance styles, specially when it comes to the fact that getting noticed seems to be the rule rather than the exception.

I find Homme de Gres a light scent with very moderate sillage and longevity. It's herbal and a little edgy as JaimeB has stated. It's also citric and woody.

I get a hint of lime ever so slightly and it's this note in conjunction with the top and heart notes that fleetingly impersonates the accord in Macassar to me.

This is a good spring / summer frag for me and gets a thumbs up.

A little smoky, a little leathery (birch tar?), but mostly herbal and citrusy. This is edgy enough to be bracing, but not enough to be annoying. The best thing about it its is straightforwardness. It gets to the point and keeps to it. It is not linear; rather, it develops quite nicely. Even so, it sticks to its theme and is consistently lemony.

This is great for warmer weather, but the smokiness makes it appropriate for cooler weather or evening wear as well.

Now THIS is what a lemon and wood scent is all about. A much richer and darker (to be comparative to things I know) of Lacoste (original) but not as playful, more sincere. This is amazing throughout all the stages of the scent. I would say that this is an excellent fragrance for anytime you wish to impress at anytime. Sadly discontinued, finding a reputable source for more might prove difficult.

A beautiful and manly scent. One of the few "reserved scents" that is warm yet serious. Similar to one of the the old Givenchy fragrances I used to own but somewhat more wearable in warmer months and by younger people. GET IT WHILE YOU CAN.