Grey Flannel 1975 Eau de Toilette

Grey Flannel (Eau de Toilette) by Geoffrey Beene
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A perfume by Geoffrey Beene for men, released in 1975. The scent is green-spicy. It was last marketed by French Fragrances, Inc..
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Main accords

Green
Spicy
Floral
Woody
Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
GalbanumGalbanum LemonLemon NeroliNeroli PetitgrainPetitgrain BergamotBergamot
Heart Notes Heart Notes
VioletViolet NarcissusNarcissus GeraniumGeranium MimosaMimosa RoseRose SageSage IrisIris
Base Notes Base Notes
OakmossOakmoss CedarCedar VetiverVetiver AlmondAlmond Tonka beanTonka bean

Perfumer

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Scent
7.2713 Ratings
Longevity
7.7549 Ratings
Sillage
7.0540 Ratings
Bottle
7.0527 Ratings
Value for money
9.1160 Ratings
Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 23.04.2024.

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Siebenkäs

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Siebenkäs
Siebenkäs
Top Review 45  
Homesick
I haven't settled in too badly here and I'm not just saying that to make myself feel better.
And also not because you get used to everything.
I like both sunrises, I like our settlement
and I even like the Aviors.
Stupid name, but they actually call themselves
so, the Delta Tradux Translator is quite correct there.
Of course, Avior is an absolutely uninhabitable double
star and only moons 4 and 5 are reasonably comfortable.
And yes, it's true - I almost feel at home here on 5.
Not really at home - but still.
And only sometimes I feel a bit homesick -
Longing for woods, for example, for meadows, for
Mist, hay, flowers or green mountains. And for
other earthly goods.
And it is for these moments that I have Grey Flannel.
Luckily.
Some of you might call the top note at first
perhaps a little gruff, but believe me,
630 light years from Earth, you smell this
quite different.
It quickly grabs me, the grassy, tart potpourri,
around a very perky and dewy violet
note note rankt like beloved weeds hiding concrete.
A little lavender rises to my nose, calls
Provence memories on the plan and drives me
maybe once briefly a tear in the eyes.
Already it is wiped away again. Nonsense, just no
Sentimentalities please.
Gradually, everything becomes softer, slightly powdery and
Iris-muted, a bit of sage and maybe some
Narcissus are still in the game, rich green forest moss
seems to lie beneath everything, springy and reality
cushioning.
A green-fresh earth wind that is woody-balsamic and
almost a little tonka-sweet blows, slowly and patiently,
like the echo of a fairy tale in our dreams.
A walk in the woods in our minds, while a few hundred
Yards away, purple borse swamps waft.
(No, they're not really dangerous.)
And some more comes to mind - a large,
cool, airy flower shop, for example, with its
its own unique fragrance and flair. One in which you can
A little carnation for your buttonhole.
And of course a perfectly tailored suit, not
not necessarily Neapolitan, but more British. But
yet softer and more casually tailored, so more
Anderson & Sheppard than Henry Poole.
So in short - for me such a kind of calling card
of our good old Earth, as I have it roughly in
Memory.
So already a little distorted and transfigured.
But simply beautiful and of its own magic.
Old-fashioned?
Sure, as old-fashioned as the earth seems when
for 14 months in a G-127 ship.. in a G-127 ship for 14 months And not by choice. Well, if we had been a little bit more serious 25 years ago climate change a little bit more seriously,
maybe more than 10% of the Earth would still be.. would still be inhabitable. And all the moving would not have been necessary would not have been necessary. But what the hell.
You wonder what I'll do when the bottle is empty?
Well, by now there are no stars in the constellation of Ship's Keel
nor in the Horsehead Nebula, nor in any other galaxy
of this part of our beautiful universe even one
remote corner that is not supplied by Amazon.
Unfortunately, however, there are no other sources either -
but that's what everyone seems to have put up with.
Kids, I think I'm getting a little too
contemplative. I think I have to go out and talk to some nice
Talk to some nice Aviors about their vacation on Gliese 5.. play a round of golf quod. I'm already
quite good, level 7 about, if you let me a little
a little bit of cheating, and that's what the Aviors are good at,
i mean in cheating-ignoring.
We humans can do quite well, can't we?

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Konsalik

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Konsalik
Konsalik
Top Review 35  
I'm sorry, I misunderstood you! (or: What happens under the suit)
In the perfume chapter of his book "Der Gentleman" Bernhard Roetzel writes about "Grey Flannel" and others:
"Fortunately, you don't notice that this fragrance came onto the market in 1976, in the middle of a decade not exactly known for its timeless style. It goes best with a more classical wardrobe."
I didn't understand that at first. On the contrary: The impression of the uncomprehensible that was conveyed by many commentators on this page also came up in me at the beginning. The end of the fragrance was still quite obvious: Discreet soap. Quite classic. But what was the purpose of the floral bouquet in the opening and in the heart, which seemed to be artificial and did not want to combine harmoniously with the soap-clean base, but on the contrary smelled almost like an unripe papaya to me in combination? Not at all balanced, rounded, unobtrusive - not all that one would associate with a fragrance that is to be understood as the perfection of a classic (i.e.: old British) wardrobe. So it's the awkward seventies after all? But Grey Flannel" doesn't understand its task in such a striking way!
It is well known that today there is a popular fragrance category within the genus "Freshies" (as the English-speaking Youtuber probably call it), whose representatives are supposed to convey the impression of refreshed ability to go out or visit: Freshly showered, fresh laundry from the line: Everything concentrated in the bottle. "Grey Flannel" basically doesn't do anything else, only in the old and - in my opinion - more interesting way. In concrete terms, this means not taking a shower, but taking a bath. Not with liquid soap and shower gel lubricated, but with curd soap rubbed off (whose parents and/or grandparents did not have this almost endlessly productive piece of curd soap, possibly with pine smell, in the bath lie?). The laundry is not treated with Lenor's "Sommerwaldstrandbergquellzauber" fabric softener (which also damages the fibres), but refreshed with a shot of the herbaceous-floral ironing water additive alone (the housekeeper says her great-grandma already swore on it).
Only from this perspective do the first impressions described above make sense: that is why the fragrance components may seem so unconnected and stand next to each other. That's why "Grey Flannel" is a "spray-on suit" to a certain extent: it underlines, reinforces and extends the essential steps of the morning routine of the gentleman of the old city. No wonder that his habits and preferences for our modern noses at first do not give a harmonious, i.e. immediately and easily classifiable picture. Roetzel was right.
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pudelbonzo

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pudelbonzo
pudelbonzo
Top Review 33  
Friends are like stars...
... you can't always see them - but they're always there.

My best friend and I are an example that friendships between man and woman work - also, or just when some eroticism crackles in between.

In any case, we love the feeling - and love to find each other attractive and desirable.
In addition there is deep affection and understanding.

We like to go out together - and sunbathe in being perceived as a beautiful couple.

And when the couples move home at an advanced hour, he says to me: You see - they have to go home together - we are allowed to go to bed separately.
That has its charm, though.

And during the welcoming embrace we immerse ourselves extensively in the scent of the other.

Grey Flannell is something I particularly like to perceive in my boyfriend, because on the one hand he looks distinguished - but on the other he also has a discreet sex appeal.
A gentleman with a tendency to go astray.
Mysterious and exciting at the same time.

We share our secrets - which are indeed exciting - but stay among ourselves.
Because the gentleman enjoys - and is silent.
The lady too.
Between us we make an exception.

We are always close - even if we are separated by many kilometres in the meantime.

Friends are like stars - one about Bochum - the other about Berlin.
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Annenas

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Annenas
Annenas
Top Review 30  
When past and future come together
This scent confuses me deeply. So let's first do what I always do when I'm confused: break down, clean up, analyze. This begins first with the scent pyramid, I take only a fraction of the listed notes really perceive, that looks then approximately so:

Head: Galbanum, Neroli
Heart: iris, violet, narcissus
Base: oakmoss, tonka, cedar

Looks a lot clearer right away, doesn't it? For me, this fragrance also works exactly as my reduced pyramid suggests: Balsamic-sweet opening spiced with a slight nerolischäfe, which drifts relatively quickly into a powdery floral mixture, but always remains slightly dark and resinous. In the drydown, it gets heavier, sweeter and rounder for me, tonka and oakmoss building a soft base for a very tiny bit of cedar bite.

So, putting that out there very simply, but it wouldn't be a review if I didn't actually rate it. Unlike the majority of the previous discussion posts, I'm female (identify as such) and wear the fragrance myself, which is by no means made easy here. Every other comment starts with "classic masculine" womanizer" "sexy, dapper man" and so on. Understandable, since this fragrance does have a DNA that we have long, long associated with classic men's colognes. But Grey Flannel is almost half a century old now, so maybe it's time to rethink it.

It smells familiar, I'm also almost certain someone in my circle (50+) wears it regularly, but still, there's something refreshingly timeless and exciting about it, as evidenced by the lively discussion here alone. It's definitely a fragrance that's a matter of taste, with a very classic build and a depth and sillage that you have to go for.

Not easy, does one it nevertheless one is rewarded with a fragrance composition that meanders through a wonderfully balsamic forest, throws itself head over heels into a sea of flowers and then beds down on sunlit oak moss. To be honest, it doesn't sound particularly masculine or feminine to me - It just sounds great. If you want to smell like he or she has a sense of style, you'd like to be outside, but also kind of lost in thought in a corner at a jazz club, Grey Flannel. And let's face it, at the price you also have nothing to lose, so girls, ladies and Co: dare you.

Grey Flannel may be a piece of history that each:r can evaluate as desired. But it is undeniable that this fragrance will definitely still have a future. (At least in my fragrance wardrobe)
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Hautgout
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Hautgout
Hautgout
Top Review 33  
The uncrowned Rex

Rex Gildo was in the seventies a very unfortunate figure of the German pop scene, who was similar to Roy Black victim of his œuvre (in particular the meaningless lyrics), that rather less by complex sound images stood out and finally led to the fact that he jumped out the window. Actually a sad story, although it is not documented beyond doubt whether the involuntary consumption of his music has led to similar acts of despair in many.....
Rex, a common first name for male sheepdogs, is Latin for king, and one of the few "uncrowned" in the world of fragrances is Grey Flannel. A double-breasted pajamas, which is worn mainly in winter but also in the summer (more sparingly dosed) before the sandman or optionally sweaty coitus to use ... If Jesus (the real Rex) before the Stations of the Cross would have applied a perfume this would probably Grey Flannel. The fragrance has everything and can do everything. Those who appreciate soapy (here in a very sublime, accomplished form) will find their Eldorado here. Followers of sweet fragrances, on the other hand, should experience their personal Waterloo here... The galbanum in the top note and the narcissus in the heart note are quite bulky fellows and should probably cause more frowns among mainstream consumers. The latter narcissus is one of the many floral protagonists that make the fragrance a veritable floral experience. Flowers Galore!
Conclusio: Jesus is no longer alive in contrast to Elvis but the Salvator is still among us...
Hail Grey Flannel.
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AlexArvAlexArv 7 months ago
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A unique scent of green powder.
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Violett85Violett85 10 months ago
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9.5
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This fragrance is a masterpiece. The violet note is dominant. It is a very clean soapy scent.
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ArcaneArcane 2 years ago
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A grand old fashioned barbershop-leaning shiner. Amazingly similar to Van Gils' classic Pour Homme from 1988, same solid EdT performance.
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StamatiosStamatios 3 years ago
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Iconic old school fougere.Strong opening (give it 10') full of soapy,powderly,green and slightly bitter vibes.Great longevity.A must have.
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Finerthings8Finerthings8 3 years ago
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Yes it smells old school but for the price this is unbeatable.smells like bar of soap with aromatic bitter green tones.
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