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Classic D. R. Harris

A perfume by D. R. Harris for women and men. The release year is unknown. The scent is green-citrusy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green

Citrus

Fresh

Floral

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Citrus notes

Lemon grass Lime

Lime

Rose

Rosemary

Ratings

Bottle

6.48 Ratings

Submitted by Apicius · last update on 12/22/2020.

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/20/2017

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

MasterLi
376 Reviews

MasterLi

1

Cologne with a twist...

So this Eau de Cologne by D. R. Harris is a great take on an old formula. What I love about it is that it has the note of lemongrass, which is always unusual, and one which, in this case lends a very refreshing and unique feel to the whole fragrance.

The classic citrus and herbs combination is there, but you can tell (as with all products from this company) that they use really high quality ingredients. I think the way this is made is exquisite. A really good fragrance in my opinion.

12/12/2020

7Scent 3Longevity 4Sillage

FvSpee
323 Reviews

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FvSpee

Top Review 27

Neukölln 17: Cologne, very British, Rose in the Buttonhole

As a teenager, we were backpacking through Scotland and came across a wonderfully maintained garden, with roses of course, where an older distinguished gentleman was present and busy. We practiced our school English, a conversation got underway, and it turned out that the host and gardener was just like the garden (very English) and had retired to the (Scottish) countryside. I still remember two things clearly from our conversation. He told us that some animals (moles, I assume) were causing him trouble and that his wife was urging him to get rid of them. However, he couldn't bring himself to do it; he always caught them and drove them far away into the woods, hoping they wouldn't come back. And we asked him if he had ever been to Germany. To which he dryly replied, not directly, but quite often about Germany, and he added: Cologne. Fortunately, we understood quickly enough not to delve deeper into this topic, which was not very suitable for cheerful travel chatter, and we politely said goodbye shortly thereafter.

The (not made-up) story came to mind a) because it contains essential elements of this fragrance with roses, Cologne, and British peculiarities, and b) just right, because I don't have much to say about the fragrance itself.

Classic (definitely not to be confused with the recently reviewed Traditional) does not open in a very classic way. Classic (in terms of citrus) would be Bitter Orange Marmalade (with or without whisky) or Lemon Curd (I appreciate the former, while I consider the latter one of those British aberrations). Here, however, lemon sorbet is served decorated with iced bergamot marmalade. Very fresh, very sweet, quite unorthodox, rather bright, and not at all orangey. The sweetness fades quickly, and it becomes a bit more bitter.

Then, alongside the citrus, a light green, somewhat damp, not very fizzy herbal note and a subtle, and what is not uncommon with roses, opaque rose join in. Rose is - especially in colognes - not my preferred note. But even if I try to abstract from this peculiarity: It is precisely the rose that once again manages, despite its very subtle use, to transform this already not very summery little water into one of those densely woven, tweedy rain colognes in riding boots with wet earth on them, which always seem to me a bit of a betrayal of the Mediterranean genre.

Conclusion: Harris Classic is, from the perspective of the Farina standard, not such a classic Cologne (less so than Traditional from the same house), but a fairly original light citrus Cologne, where the initial, quite exciting sweetness and the later insular rose density take turns at the doorknob. The performance is modest (after a spectacular first minute).

The target audience seems to consist of conservative, solid older gentlemen in the City of London with a longing for Victorian times and little inclination towards un-British, hence unserious Italian colonias or Teutonic colognes. Since this target group probably no longer exists (I haven't been to the island in a long time), I predict a soon "discontinued" for Classic.

For me, a good keyword.

Updated on 12/12/2020