Skye
by Geo F Trumper

I love the name, but that is about the only thing I like about this Trumper offering (I do think it comes in a pretty shade of blue as well). While I think it is trying to convey a modern, fresh scent, on my skin it smells musty. My guess is that I am anosmic to its musk ingredient. It is short-lived on my skin. I can’t recommend this one at all.

A pleasant and clean scent – fresh with rosemary, neroli, and ylang ylang: This is a charming combination, and it forms an intriguing opening accord. It is light and borderline synthetic, but just barely borderline and the synthetics are easily ignored. This is the kind of opening and scent that could go anywhere and be anything. I like it… it has that feel-good aura, and it’s the kind that could hardly ever be misapplied or offensive. Unfortunately it’s also the kind of scent that disappears quickly from my sense of smell. I don’t think it is a short lasting as it at first appears. I develop anosmia to it rather quickly, and the dry down is a light, white-musky skin scent of the sort that also likes to disappear on me with haste. I like Skye but it is too frivolous and too short lasting and too adequately replaced by a typical designer scent.

This stuff is practically non-existent. Just like air; ubiquitous yet undetectable unless the wind blows. I'm not al all impressed with the Geo F. Trumper line.

I don't see this as being at all in the solid, trademark Victorian style of Geo. F. Trumper. It seems like an accomodation, and a rather pallid one, to currently-modern tastes for synthetic/marine/fresh scents. I don't care for it. A rare disappointment from the excellent House of Trumper.

Referring to j_dubyah's review above listing these ingredients, I can certainly detect the ylang ylang and neroli as top notes - sweet and strong. It's a re-development of Trumper's far more preferable Marlborough to my nose, the latter being far subtler.

Skye seems to me a delightful summer scent for the younger man - say in his twenties. After 30 a switch to Marlborough might be more appropriate.

Quite pleasant but as stated above, for the younger man

At first it smells to me like clean linen covered with jellybeans. Doesn't really transition from that to sun washed sheets until the midlife of the scent. Does smell a bit synthetic, which surprised me considering the source. But Skye is a perfectly pleasant and clean scent. It actually has a bit of character to it. Longevity is atrocious though. Skye seemed to fade on me into the faintest trace in about half an hour. Also gives me the impression of a fragrance that might be more at home on a fellow just old enough to use Trumper's shaving products. Great while it lasts, but it doesn't.