My 3 Day Adventure with Geir

Well, I finally had the chance to get my hands on some Geir. A rather small sized decant but enough to fully test the scent out.

Wednesday (Day 1): Sprayed some on at about 8:30 am in the morning. I sprayed once on the neck and twice on the chest. Started driving to school and I kept getting this sweet and cloying smell coming off of me. So cloying that I really couldnÂt pick up any individual notes from the sillage it was producing. I remember in an early post someone suggested a light application to actually enjoy the true magic of Geir, but unfortunately I think I screwed up. I thought I should retest this the next day. One of the things I noticed was even with an EDP concentration and three sprays; I only got a really good 4 to 5 hours of this stuff. Pretty much gone after noon hour. Â*

Thursday (Day 2): Went with two sprays this time. Got this really cloying sweetness at first but it dried down to a very mellow sweet scent with a hint of freshness, I think I pick up a slight mint note but IÂm not too sure. I thought it was okay but again I didnÂt really have too much time with this one, because it basically disappeared off my skin after about 3 to 4 hours. Really ticked off, I ended up retesting it after my night shower. Just one spray to the chest and I let it settle down for an hour before heading to bed. Smells like sweet fresh air with a very slight mint/herb undertone, which is really hard to detect.

Friday (Day 3, today): Sprayed twice on my chest again. Soon after I couldnÂt really detect anything. I think after about 3 straight days of wearing it, my nose has gotten use to the smell. I think I need to take a break and come back to this one a little later. ItÂs really funny to see how your nose adapts to new scents so quickly, one reason I can never wear the same scent everyday, I need to smell what IÂm wearing. With the issue of longevity, itÂs really weird; I never really had an issue with longevity unless it was a scent commonly know for poor longevity (ex. Mania). I guess with not enough sprays you donÂt get enough longevity, and with too much it becomes thick, sweet and cloying, kind of weird this one.

Overall, I thought the scent was okay but nothing really to rave about. I think I still need to test it out some more. It usually takes me a while to really enjoy a scent. Took me a year to enjoy Rive Gauche and a couple of wearings to truly appreciate Dior Homme. Â*

I guess I'll come back to this one.

Rockford, thanks for the reply.

Well, I just got home right now, and I'm really tried and I've been coughing all day. I think I'm going to stay home this Friday and just relax and listen to some tunes. Sprayed some Geir on my wrist again so I can hold it close to my nose. I think one of the flaws with Geir is that it's just way too much happening all at once. On one hand this kind of minty/herbal and then it's sweet but icy fresh at the same time. I think this is why it gets so cloying at times, because there's so much happening all at once, and it doesn't really develop. It's like spraying from a bottle and getting the top, middle and base notes all at once. I also find this synthetic quality to it.

In the past it usually takes me about 3 to 5 test runs with a fragrance to see if I like it or not, and so far it's okay. Not a very well made perfume but okay smelling overall, but definitely something I'll get bored with quickly.