Green Irish Tweed Creed 1985

25 years ago I first met my husband at the family doctor in the waiting room. I walked into the waiting room and smelled a wonderful scent. There were two men and a woman in the waiting room and immediately had it (who is now my husband) wearing this wonderful fragrance. Believe it or not, "it was love at first sight" for me. He started to talk to me and I found him once more charming and nice. When I was ready himself to the family doctor he was waiting for me outside and we made an appointment. My husband has worn over the years, of course, many other odors (there I made sure of: (- but this remains his signature scent).
Green Irish Tweed is refined, clean, fresh and stylish. On the right man, the smell is sexy and seductive.
As I described to women breathtaking (at least for me) ........

What a great smelling fragrance! It really feels like walking through the countryside on a cold, dewy morning... with the aromas of the vegetation and greenery mixed with that cold, damp air!

To me there is a lot going on here. Lemon verbena, moss, some orris, sandalwood and ambergirs. It's an incredible smell. I think this is quite pleasing and inoffensive, everyone will like this. On the other hand, I do feel that looking back, even though it is a great example of it's kind, it's not as incredible a smell as people make it out to be. That's probably because it's a victim of it's own success I guess. The comparisons to the aquatic fragrances seem to knock this down a little. I for one like it very much, but the comparisons are there.

Again, as with all Creed fragrances, it's up to you to decide whether to spend the money for a full bottle or not. If it smells great to you, and you have the money, sure. I do appreciate what it does but I still think there are a host of fragrances which have copied this at a lower price point. A victim of it's own success perhaps, but still a great classic of male fragrances. Very very good!

Creed, a fragrance house I don't shy away from calling overrated and overpriced, as most of their creations don't hold up to the expectations, expectations that are set highly due to the premium price tags. But when it comes to Green Irish Tweed, I nearly find myself making an exception. Not because of how groundbreaking the scent itself is, but because what it means to me personally.

Growing up in a mountain village (not in Ireland, just to be clear), I was constantly surrounded by greenery and natural, green/herbal smells. The distinct smell of pine also played a huge role, although I'm yet to find that one pine fragrance that transports me back to the tall fir forests that I used to roam alone with my trusty dogs. But so far, Green Irish Tweed is the one fragrance that gets closest to reminding me of that place, even if it doesn't feature any piney accords.

But yes, I also quite enjoy the scent, even without the emotional attachment. It opens with a very bright and nose-piercing citric blast, getting both the energizing, sweet and sour lemon, and the more bitter, refreshing bergamot. They are accompanied by an intensely herbaceous and grassy vervain, slightly clean and fresh. The peppermint doesn't go unnoticed, but it doesn't scream too loud for attention either; just a proper cooling, minty undertone, well-integrated. The galbanum plays one of the most important roles here in keeping the structure 'green' with its smooth green forest kind of smell. It's not resinous or "fatty" as in other compositions, just pleasantly green and bitter.

The cooling sensation from the peppermint slowly morphs into a slightly aquatic, watery vibe - like freshly cut grass in the morning still filled with dew. That's the violet leaf doing its thing. Some aromatic florals such as the geranium and lavender append their herbaceous attributes to the scent with a subtle sweetness derived from the lavender. The violet sort of softens things with a powdery touch, but neither takes the whole composition into a floral-dominant direction.

Once at the base, things soften down both in strength and overall complexity. You get the ambergris that does the heavy lifting regarding the salty, aquatic accord, while some dry woodiness serves as the grounding component, although it is covered in oakmoss, bringing a damp earth accord which is only fitting as a finale here. It's an overall hard scent to hate; well-blended and of high quality, mimicking the smell of each particular note quite accurately. For a green fragrance lover, this might be borderline the endgame of the genre, but I'm reluctant to call it that. The nostalgia does much of the heavy-lifting here for me.

In classic Creed fashion, performance is not something to phone home about. While longevity did surpass my expectations with close to 9 hours on my skin, projection and sillage were quite mellow, not getting much pushing power 2-3 hours in. Those first few hours, fairly decent, but hardly room-filling. Not terribly mad at that, however. I can live with it. After all, nature was also quite gentle and calm back in the mountain village I lived, so it's only fitting.

You won't be finding Green Irish Tweed a hard scent to wear at any point in time. It's extremely versatile, signature worthy, with spring being so to say, the season demographic. Outside of extremely cold winter days, I could wear Green Irish Tweed anywhere, anytime.

While the scent itself here is quite lively and "in a good mood", with a clear touch of timeless refinement, I actually find it quite introspective and almost quiet. During the time I spent in that mountain village, a walk in the forest and the green-covered hills was part of routine. Not a day went by without at least one hour walk of pure silence. It was only me, my thoughts, and my dogs, and the occasional deer or boars we'd stumble across. And so, I very much tie this fragrance to those moments, especially since I got my 10ml Green Irish Tweed vial around the last two months I spent there, when I was completely immersed into the place, enjoying every last moment I still had. So even though the price to pay for a full bottle here is still quite out of my budget and not exactly what I'd consider worth rushing to buy, Green Irish Tweed will hold a special place for me, so I'll always keep a 10ml vial around.

Overall Rating: 6.9/10

Timeless fragrance . It will never go out of style, and it is a True, Tuxedo, to Tennis Shoe, fragrance . Only a few, can match it's versatility !

And so I thought this would be a fragrance as green as grass. It appears so even in the first couple of minutes: an almost gourmand-green smell welcomes you. Basil, tomato leaf, that kind of green. This is not for me was my initial reaction.

However, later in the game it’s like you’re at this party and someone throws you into the swimming pool! Aquatic freshness slaps you around the ears and suddenly I get the link to Davidoff’s Cool Water. I love that phase! I’m not a big fan of CW because that one has a weird synthetic backbone but Green Irish Tweed is completely lacking that headache inducing element.

After an hour of two there’s nothing left but a citric woody backbone. Nice, but I wish the party lasted just a little bit longer.