Eau de Campagne (1974)
by Sisley

I cannot be without this in the summer. Every perfume collection should have a palate-cleanser and this is mine. The perfect antidote to any overly strong, sickly, sweet or artifical scents. Just wonderfully refreshing.

Somewhere in between the fresh leafy green scents I love and the aromatic green scents I have a problem with. Not as musty and sharp as a hardcore old style herbal, but rather sour (which is not necessarily a bad thing) and, at least on my skin, somewhat stale green notes like fresh cut grass, tomato leaves and similar things you'd find in a garden. It's quite "true" to green growing living things, especially tomatoes, but while I love to smell real tomato plants I've realised it's not something I particularly like to smell like. I don't find this genre of green aromas especially "fresh" just because they remind you of nature. Rather the other way around actually - smell them for too long and you get a little queasy, the odour is just too pungent and, well, "aromatic"... That said, Eau de Campagne is light enough to be quite passable as a refreshing cologne for hot summer days nonetheless, at least on someone else's skin than mine, which tends to turn herbal and aromatic scents extra sour and stale.

This one took me a few attempts to appreciate but now I do. This is a straightforward herbal scent that smells as green as freshly cut grass in a meadow. When summer next comes around, I plan to re-visit it again to see if I’ll enjoy it enough to invest in a bottle.

So far, the only herbal scent that I truly admire.

Fragrance notes for Eau de Campagne
Top: bergamot, lemon, basil, wild herbs, galbanum
Mid: tomato leaves, lily of the valley, jasmine, geranium, plum
Base: oak moss, patchouli, vetiver, musk
“A brisk, spirited green fragrance... dynamic, original.”
Well, this green scent lover is a happy camper today. Eau de Campagne is a wonderful, distinctive scent. It has a very zesty, invigorating opening. The herbal notes are very well done; and the tomato leaves are a stroke of genius and are also very accurately rendered. This is a stroll in my vegetable and herb garden. The florals soften the greenery but are not a distinct element. The drydown has an emphasis on vetiver and musk. This is an excellent tonic pick-me-up. Highly recommended for green fans!

I like FOETIDUS' review! For myself, I enjoyed quite a brisk citrus note in the opening of Eau de Campagne, which seems to be the perfect accent to this foliage filled frag! I adore the mossy drydown. This eau de toilette is truly unisex as well.

The most thoroughly satisfying "green" scent I know of. If natural organic had a scent this is it. The tone is totally pastoral and of growing green plants. No figs, no citrus nor vetiver or creamy plant milk that you encounter in other "green" fragrances - but just greens here. Tomato leaves and cut grass scent the opening while the drydown becomes more dried grasses and hay. When I think of green in fragrances this is the one that comes to mind. A refreshing encounter with the green earth.