Blue Grass 1989

Version from 1989
Blue Grass (1989) by Elizabeth Arden
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7.4 / 10 91 Ratings
Blue Grass (1989) is a perfume by Elizabeth Arden for women and was released in 1989. The scent is floral-green. It is being marketed by Revlon Inc..
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Main accords

Floral
Green
Spicy
Woody
Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
LavenderLavender GeraniumGeranium LilyLily Orange blossomOrange blossom RoseRose JasmineJasmine
Heart Notes Heart Notes
CloveClove VetiverVetiver LaurelLaurel
Base Notes Base Notes
Virginia cedarVirginia cedar MuskMusk SandalwoodSandalwood
Ratings
Scent
7.491 Ratings
Longevity
7.576 Ratings
Sillage
7.074 Ratings
Bottle
5.777 Ratings
Value for money
8.826 Ratings
Submitted by Cincy, last update on 18.04.2024.

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Scent
Ttfortwo

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Ttfortwo
Top Review 36  
A sentimental journey
Blue Grass is the penultimate of my mother's fragrances, which have now moved in with me again.

Actually, all her scents were always a bit idiosyncratic, a bit repellent, distant in any case, sometimes a bit creaky and almost always gently melancholic.

She wore Mitsouko, Je reviens, Soir de Paris, L'air du Temps, Paloma Picasso's Mon Parfum, Jicky and Blue Grass. Jicky falls a little bit out of the line, but also only a little bit, because Jicky isn't really pleasing and catchy either. She wore Jicky only on really festive occasions and he stood her perfectly. It's still too big for me, but who knows, maybe it'll stand up to me someday.

Blue Grass is perhaps the most idiosyncratic and unwelcoming of all. I have never forgotten the scent, although I have not consciously smelled it for decades, because one day you could no longer buy Blue Grass. Just like that. So she used up her leftovers, and that's it. The fact that there was a new edition of Blue Grass at some point passed her (and me too - back then I just wore perfumes without any deeper interest).

Only here on Parfumo did I come across the name again and was able to remember the old scent colour, the sound of the scent, so familiarly that it was soon no longer a question: Should I encounter Blue Grass at any time at good conditions, then I will take it to myself - including the new version
And now it's here, the new version and I'm really surprised: It's so much in line with my scent memory that I'd probably need the direct comparison to spot differences.

The top note is as characteristic as before: very cool, cloudy, with a matt texture. Brittle and distanced lavender dominates, with strong soapiness and something herbaceous. Lily? I might. Rosengeranium? I'm sure it is. If I should assign a face, then it would be that of Greta Garbo, shaded look, flawless marble features, latent sadness.

The heart becomes spicier and softer in slow motion, the vetiver, with which I am not really good at, is perfectly arranged and is able to integrate and complement the spice with a hint of delicate grassy sweetness. A little powder, some soap. Gently. Melancholic.

A sentimental jorney.

I read flowery-green in the perfume description. No, that's not Blue Grass. Flowery-green, that sounds like light-hearted summeriness, like laughter of happy afternoons in nature or in the garden, like youthful freshness.

Blue Grass is ageless, cool, soft grey and gently fogged. And unmistakably quiet.
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Scent
Gelis

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Gelis
Top Review 19  
Green-floral-woody
In the last few days I had tested "Blue Grass" from 1934 and found it - despite green - beautiful. Yesterday and today now I wear the current (1989) version of "Blue Grass" and notice similarities and differences.

Common to the old and new version are the basic character "aldehydig-green-floral". While the vintage version then follows a powdery, it remains floral in the 89er. For that I can sniff out two of the flowers, lily and rose, which I can't with the 34, there's (only) a nice floral melange there. Floral-powdery is then the main progression of the vintage version. The 89 version gets a slightly woody note to the florals, and it also gets greener again (vetiver and laurel I think). In both fragrances, the clove plays with me hardly a role.

While the 34 blue grass ends in a cocoa tonka cream, the 89 grass becomes woody-spicy with a slight soapy note at the end.

Both continue to have a medium vibrancy and longevity in common and, not to mention, they have green parts that I like to wear, that doesn't happen that often.

The 34 scent seems more complex to me. But that may be because I can't define the florals apart with it, but I manage to do so to some extent with the 89....

Both are good spring/summer scents that can be worn for any occasion. The 34 scent gets an extra dot from me because I like the powdery and creamy base a bit better than the woody/spicy one - at least in this case.

I thank Serenissmia for the testing opportunity.

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Nerolia

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Nerolia
Nerolia
Top Review 20  
The Soap Box
Many years ago - I was still a child - an old lady gave me a bar of scented soaps from "Roger & Gallet". The soaps must have been lying in the cupboard for some time, because their scent had gone a bit. Nevertheless, this box was a real treasure of scents for me. Occasionally I opened it, took out every soap, smelled it and enjoyed its scent: rose and other flowers and also sandalwood. I had forgotten this soap box for a long time until I sprayed "Blue Grass" on it today.

A scent from another time. It's not like that anymore. You can't even call it old-fashioned, because nobody still smells like it. Even today's soaps smell different.

The fragrance has something pragmatic and serious. Everyday life is hard and wants to be mastered. First the work, then the pleasure. Perfume is only worn with a good dress on Sundays. And I want it to smell clean.

Nowadays this is almost a niche fragrance. I'm glad I got to experience that!
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Primel

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Helpful Review 26  
So near the sky
Summer 1976: The sun burned mercilessly, the formerly green lawns were dried out and brownish. Watering the garden or washing cars was forbidden due to water shortage. In this long, hot summer I got to know Bluegrass. A light blue box with a small horse printed on the dressing table of my ma...carefully I take out the bottle and spray...a spicy "blue" scent mists my senses. With my almost seven springs I had not smelled anything comparable.

Well, my ma never wore that scent, unfortunately, and most likely gave it away. Many years later I met this scent again, this one slightly changed, but the memory was still there.

Bluegrass is for me the scent of late summer when the sky is deep blue. The sun hangs heavy and golden in the sky and the air is clear. The insects hum sluggishly and melancholy spreads. This melancholy is wonderfully captured in this fragrance.

Bluegrass is a fragrance I will always buy back.
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4.5
Scent
Bergkristall

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Beautiful memories...
... 1992, I'm a girl visiting my sick grandma. Before she got sick she was a good looking lady with curly hair dyed black. Now she is gone and I can remember her by the smell. I have no idea what it was but it was this exact scent.... very fresh-soapy, a bit scratchy and classic-vintage beautiful.
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IrinaSpalkoIrinaSpalko 2 days ago
Grassy, spicy, neutral. No hunger or emotion here. I like both the modern and vintage version, maybe the modern one more. Unisex.
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