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Eau de Quinine Geo. F. Trumper 1898

7.7 / 10 19 Ratings

A popular perfume by Geo. F. Trumper for men, released in 1898. The scent is green-spicy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Green

Spicy

Fresh

Citrus

Powdery

Fragrance Notes

Herbs

Bergamot

Lemon

Rosemary

Ratings

Scent

7.719 Ratings

Longevity

7.115 Ratings

Sillage

6.815 Ratings

Bottle

6.620 Ratings

Submitted by Pazuzu, last update on 05/10/2025.

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Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

02/15/2014

8Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Fittleworth
89 Reviews

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Fittleworth

Very helpful Review 15

A rainy day in spring ...

Sometimes …
When a thin drizzle falls from a gray spring sky, dreary and monotonous, we pause.
We feel the silence.

We become aware of the crystalline beauty of the drops running down the windowpane.
We open the window, and the scent of awakening nature envelops us.
Green … yes, green is the day under its drizzle veil!
Fairyland ...

An aromatic, quiet green, bright, yet tinged with a dark, earthy note.

The tits cheerfully ring in the branches.
Blackbirds call softly, singing their bittersweet song.
A warm wind comes from the south, still hesitant, but already distinctly noticeable.
In this warm breath lies a promise.
We may be children again, we may wonder again.
Sometimes …
Sometimes we find all of this in a fragrance.

Then we may be happy.

11/09/2013

8Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Zionist
24 Reviews

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Zionist

Top Review

Homage to Restraint

A few months ago, I was at my esteemed shop of English perfume artistry on Goethestraße, where I bought and took home Eau de Quinine by Geo. F. Trumper, as the first impression - given my fondness for such creations from the island - naturally appealed to me.
Eau de Quinine is one of many high-quality barbershop scents that, initially, was treated rather dismissively by me and surely by many others who only engage with it superficially at first.

Yes, I initially paid little attention to Eau de Quinine because its strength lies in its subtle restraint.
A quality that fits poorly with the present time and will likely encounter little interest in today's world due to the loud, superficial, and fast-paced lifestyle.

As a first association while writing this comment, I feel that I could provoke a collective defensive reaction among perfume connoisseurs, as the market has been saturated for years, and because there are already hundreds of similar variants in countless comparable formulations or with other finer ingredients.

Geo F. Trumper has been around since 1875 - a company that has remained true to its principles and helps men highlight their gentlemanly qualities with its accessories.
Trumper is, for me, the incarnation of a gentleman's perfumer, awakening the gentleman in men with an unparalleled sense of style and nobility.

Eau de Quinine is an aromatic fougère that begins subtly with a top note of bergamot, citrus notes, and rosemary, to which quinine essences and other bitter substances from various herbs and ferns join, with the composition deriving its unique character from this interplay of incredibly fine bitterness and sweetness, never crossing the line of well-measured bitterness and pleasant freshness.

Eau de Quinine is a fragrance with many years behind it, yet remains timelessly unchanged, noble, and elegant in its restrained radiance and unobtrusive shine, and is anything but antiquated.

On me, Eau de Quinine has very good longevity, reliably remaining close to the skin as a companion throughout the entire workday, and develops nothing irritating in the base note.

I certainly have days when I crave scents with greater impact and presence -

but on the days when I want to retreat and distance myself from the loudness of life and focus more on myself and my own, needing days of heightened introspection, Eau de Quinine has become an indispensable companion.