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Are there any good grapefruit fragrances?

post #1 of 37
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I just bought St. Ives Energizing Citrus bodywash and it's great. A real awakening scent for my morning shower. I've done some searching and have only come up with D&G light blue pour homme and Mark Ecko. Considering light blue's rating, any other suggestions would be much appreciated.
post #2 of 37
There used to be a Comptoir Sud Pacifique EdT which was rather remarkable in its authenticity.

I forgot its name.
post #3 of 37
Have you tried Hermes Eau de Pamplemousse Rose? Grapefruit + cedar, mostly.

Running a search with the term "grapefruit" brings up these posts:
http://www.basenotes.net/search.php?searchid=1175729
post #4 of 37
Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune by Guerlain OR Grapefruit by Marc Jacobs

post #5 of 37
Czech & Speake - Citrus Paradisi is bold and great.
post #6 of 37
Parfums de Nicolai Balle de Match is a summer favorite of mine. Complex and longlasting for a citrus frag.
post #7 of 37
Banana Republic Classic is a great unisex fragrance with pink grapefruit. You gotta check it out!
post #8 of 37
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Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune

This one.
post #9 of 37
Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune by Guerlain

Of the available masculines, this is my favorite.

I Love Love by Moschino is also excellent. This one is considered femminine, but I wear my wife's often. Fruity, citrus, and a little floral. Here are the notes:
Top notes of orange, lemon, grapefruit, and red currant.
Middle notes of rush, lilly of the valley, tea rose, and cinnamon leaves.
Base notes of tanaka wood, musk, and cedar wood
post #10 of 37
Loads - YSL Live Jazz, L'Occitane Eau de Badian, Cartier Must PH Essence, YSL Opium PH Orient, Oscar de la Renta for men, etc.
post #11 of 37
creeds pamplemousse is not bad, staying power is suspect.
post #12 of 37
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czech & speake - citrus paradisi is bold and great.

ditto!
post #13 of 37
I thought my bottle of Nina Ricci Club (haute concentration) was lemon but re-reading various blogs some say its grapefruit. At any rate, this ones not a real fresh\\light one to my nose. Seems to have more of the thick rind to it -more of a meaty citrus. Nice though.
post #14 of 37
Guerlain Vetiver Frozen (also known as Guerlain Vetiver Eau Glacee) leads off with lots of grapefruit in the topnotes.
post #15 of 37
I'm a big fan of the grapefruit in Hermes Un Jardin sur le Nil.
post #16 of 37
cool water frozen is pretty good
post #17 of 37
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Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune by Guerlain


+1 for the Guerlain.( with lots of vanilla though )
Fresh Hesperides- a fantastic fresh delicious grapefruit - no vanilla - just citrussy - addictive- unisex.
I also use the shower gel- just the same in smell- really does help wake you up .
post #18 of 37
Gotta go with 30 Roses with Hermes Eau de Pamplemousse Rose. An unbelievably realistic pink grapefruit scent. Sadly it may beat it's sibling, Eau d'Orange Verte, for the shortest longevity crown. Fantastic while it lasts.
post #19 of 37
Alright, I will give my personal imput of a well made grapefruit. I'd say Bulgari Pour homme extreme.
At first i was like, wheres the grapefruit? It smells very much just like green tea. (this was when i sampled it at stores, mayb weird bottle i dunno).

After i bought it, same thing, it was a light (i imagine bright white/light green citrus) grapefruit and iw as like hhh want more citrus.
But then the weirdest thing happened, after a few more sprays, it became pure grapefruit on me. No more tea, etc etc, it was pure grapefruit. Sour, sweet, citrusy. Very very very citrusy. Get a compliment from a girl everytime i go out.
post #20 of 37
Another vote for Guerlain's Pamplelune. Also Kiehl's makes a nice grapefruit rollerball and of course Calyx from Prescripives.
post #21 of 37
Hilfiger Athletics - Tommy Hilfiger
post #22 of 37
Jo Malone's Grapefruit is one of my secret weapons in the summertime. Rather decent longevity, too.
post #23 of 37
Frapin Terre de Sarment, has some great grapefruit note in it.
post #24 of 37
Let's not forget Terre d'Hermes!! Simply magnifique!
post #25 of 37
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Parfums de Nicolai Balle de Match is a summer favorite of mine. Complex and longlasting for a citrus frag.

+1.... Grapefruit prominent throughout.
post #26 of 37
Ninfeo Mio
post #27 of 37
Energizer by Boadicea the Victorious is a very fresh and an intense citrus with strong grapefruit. I'm never without a botte of this and it lasts a very long time once sprayed.
post #28 of 37
Another vote for Czech & Speake's Citrus Paradisi. Wonderfully unique!
post #29 of 37
Citrus Paradisi sounds great - I've been dying to try - does it smell completely clean ? The two reviews on Luckyscent mentioned 'animalic ' , BO and skank . Put me off for a bit. Skanky grapefruit ?
post #30 of 37
If you dont mind a bit of rose in with the mix Parfums De Rosine Rosissimo is great
post #31 of 37
I don't love to wear grapefruit and rarely wear anything with any degree of it, but I like Invasion Barbare (exceptional fragrance) and Terre d'Hermes (good with heat and sweat), both of which wouldn't be the nearly the same without grapefruit.
post #32 of 37
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Citrus Paradisi sounds great - I've been dying to try - does it smell completely clean ? The two reviews on Luckyscent mentioned 'animalic ' , BO and skank . Put me off for a bit. Skanky grapefruit ?

It has definite civet note to it (and it is posted in the list of notes). Not the boldest civet, but certainly noticable.
post #33 of 37
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Originally Posted by 30 Roses View Post

Have you tried Hermes Eau de Pamplemousse Rose? Grapefruit + cedar, mostly.

Running a search with the term "grapefruit" brings up these posts:
http://www.basenotes.net/search.php?searchid=1175729

Agree on the recommendation. There is a rhubarb note in here as well and it of course has a touch of rose. But the grapefruit is quite nice.
post #34 of 37
+6 on the Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune, which was my SoTD yesterday. Gorgeous scent, with perhaps the best longevity of the extensive series.

I will also recommend Nina Ricci's Memoire d'Homme, which is a sharp, sulfurous, metallic grapefruit, very similar in character to Terre d'Hermes. Memoire d'Homme also lasts a LONG time and is quite inexpensive.
post #35 of 37
+1 on the Hermes Eau de Pamplemousse Rose. Really nice while it lasts, which is not long I'm afraid.

I own a bottle of Terre d'Hermes but I'd hesitate to classify it as a grapefruit (dominant) scent. I'd look elsewhere if grapefruit is what I'm after.
post #36 of 37
Jo Malone's Grapefruit isn't bad. Eau de Pamplemousse Rose impressed me upon first try, and the second time around, I thought it was nice as well. Or atleast the top notes were. Thing is-I had my doubts about the longevity, because it didn't seem to be that prominent on my skin after about an hour after application. At the same time, I had tried several fragrances that day, so...perhaps olfactory fatigue had set in. I dunno. But the top notes were pretty nice though.
post #37 of 37
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