Top Notes 
Basil
Cardamom
Grapefruit
Lemon
Mandarin orange
Mint
Orange
Heart Notes 
Mimosa
Nutmeg
Pepper
Pot marigold
Base Notes 
Sandalwood
Styrax
Vetiver
01/05/2012
Flannelman
12 Reviews
Flannelman
Helpful Review
4
Not as green as expected...
Greenergy is a soft, easy to wear green and fruity chypre. It opens brightly with lemon but also sweetly with notes of orange and mandarin to which a faint (and brief) aromatic note of basil is added. The mint and cardamom could be more pronounced here, I think, to counter-balance the sweetness.
A light vetiver then appears, mixed with an array of floral notes, in the same vein as what is done in Insensé. I also get melon every time, although I have never seen it listed in the notes. The two keywords here are, again, soft and sweet.
Greenergy stays pretty much linear after that. While it's pleasant, to my nose its name was not aptly chosen. From "Greenergy" I was expecting an explosion of sharp green notes. And while it is green — because of the vetiver and a light moss-like note that develops in the final stages — it's also very flowery and has a sweet, soft, fruity side that I do not find "energetic".
All in all, this is not what I expected but nevertheless an inoffensive light fragrance for spring and summer. Longevity and sillage are on the weak side.
A light vetiver then appears, mixed with an array of floral notes, in the same vein as what is done in Insensé. I also get melon every time, although I have never seen it listed in the notes. The two keywords here are, again, soft and sweet.
Greenergy stays pretty much linear after that. While it's pleasant, to my nose its name was not aptly chosen. From "Greenergy" I was expecting an explosion of sharp green notes. And while it is green — because of the vetiver and a light moss-like note that develops in the final stages — it's also very flowery and has a sweet, soft, fruity side that I do not find "energetic".
All in all, this is not what I expected but nevertheless an inoffensive light fragrance for spring and summer. Longevity and sillage are on the weak side.
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