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Grev 2009

Version from 2009
7.3 / 10 52 Ratings
A perfume by Slumberhouse for men, released in 2009. The scent is woody-resinous. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Woody
Resinous
Spicy
Fresh
Green

Fragrance Notes

Spruce balsamSpruce balsam CloveClove Orris rootOrris root BirchBirch CedarCedar Copaiba balsamCopaiba balsam

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
7.352 Ratings
Longevity
7.937 Ratings
Sillage
7.037 Ratings
Bottle
7.644 Ratings
Submitted by Formicula · last update on 01/08/2025.
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BobJ

11 Reviews
BobJ
BobJ
Helpful Review 7  
Woodcutters Perfume
I've had the chance to sample Grev several times now.

Frankly this is not the kind of juice to wear to impress women. It p*sses all over Black Aoud, and is the sort of stuff you might wear if you were going into the sketchy part of town and didn't want to get messed with. Kind of like what I picture the guys in the Mad Max movies wearing, if they wanted to get dressy.

It's strong and interesting in a way that I suspect few commercial frags would ever dare to be, and in a way where you smell it, but where it also feels like it might burn a hole in your wrist if you don't watch it with application.

I think it will be at it's best when it's colder than hell outside, and I'm off on my cross-country skis in the woods. It has an "out in the woods" kind of smell, but the sort where, once you reach the heart, you might smell if a recent and massive blow-down event had happened which had smashed all the pine and fir trees, trunks needles and all, to smithereens. Guys in the North who cut wood for their wood stoves will know what I mean, but stronger than that, and more like when you are walking around in the slash. Not cheerful and refreshing, but manly and somewhat aggressive.

It's not from France, is what I mean.

And with cloves.
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Insense

25 Reviews
Insense
Insense
5  
An ear to ear smile
My first review on this, two years ago:
"I never expected for compliments on this one, yet I had! This was surprising for me, as its oddness in the opening had puzzled me. But, yes, after the notes settled down, the real experience began. And what an experience! Initial burst of cloves and spices seemed to be too much for me, but something was so appealing that the first friend I found (a lovely woman, about an hour after I had sprayed the fragrance) sniffed it while kissing me and just said: "wow! you smell so good!"
Herbs, balsamic also. What a hell of a brand Slumberhouse is becoming! Speechless.
(Do I have to say I stayed with a smile ear to ear that spring afternoon?)"

My final thoughts, today, after ending my sample: nothing has changed, except that the day I am testing it again is colder, and perhaps it is even better in this sunny day of winter!

Discontinued, as I read somewhere...I'll just add that I haven't tested the last launched scents from this house, and that I became confused for so many experiments and discontinuations. Are we consumers being the guinea pigs for Josh?
Josh, give us a break :)
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MartTobacco

32 Reviews
MartTobacco
MartTobacco
1  
Cold, mineralic and spicy
Suddenly, I've realised, that I'm starting to appreciate Grev more with every wearing.

At first it smelled to me like a typical fougere from the 80's or even from 70's but man.. Grev has got so much more to it. Mint, (oak)moss, lavender (maybe?) and there's hell more lot to it. Keeps you entertained for sure, while you're wearing it.

First things first - it's got absolutely outstanding and lovely note of clove. At times it's being dominant, at times it's blended perfectly into the other notes. Personally - I prefer moments when it takes control, because I absolutely love clove as a note. It's also got a lot of oakmoss and some woods to make the scent round and complete.

It's not totally bold and challenging as, let's say Jeke or Sadanne, but it's not gonna be everyone's cup of tea.

It can be worn almost year round - probably best season is spring, but I absolutely love its smell in the high heat and humidity. That cooling factor and clove note are absolutely to die for.

Now I'm regretting a bit I didn't pull the trigger right when it was re-released in 2022.
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Apicius

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Apicius
Top Review 9  
A Wonderful Accord
It is the peculiarity of many great perfumes that they cannot be reduced to just a few notes in their description. No matter how complex such a composition may be, it is difficult to recognize individual elements. There seems to be something akin to an alchemical moment in the art of perfumers: notes are not just blended together, but suddenly something entirely unique emerges. The attempt does not always succeed. For example, I would never have described my old Habit Rouge as a patchouli or leather scent. Only today, after a reformulation, must I unfortunately do so.

Grev comes somewhat close to this ideal in the top note: here, a cohesive, new accord has also been created. It would be attractive enough to stand on its own - like in a classic Arabic perfume. It’s a pity that this could not be achieved. At least the perfumer refrains from pushing us with an overly hectic development.

I find the Grev top note extremely attractive - here we have a wonderful, slightly perverse mustiness that simultaneously has a certain medicinal freshness. Such an accord points to nothing other than itself - no story is being told. If we were to speak in terms of tones, we would be talking about absolute music.

Grev reminds me of quite different perfumes like Fetish by Neil Morris, Sartorial by Penhaligon's, but also Dior Homme. Grev does not share much in common with their notes, but it does share their style. One could describe it as musty-corporeal, a scent style that emphasizes the presence of the wearer but does not want to convey anything more.

Unfortunately, I also have some criticism. I find the scent experience not entirely cohesive. After a spectacular beginning, Grev fades into an indefinite, slightly resinous-smoky accord. It is still beautiful, but no longer something special. In particular, the green, somewhat floral freshness that was present at the beginning is now gone. One has to apply a bit more of Grev to achieve the usual intensity.

At least after the spectacular opening, there is a phase that need not disturb anyone, making Grev excellent for the workplace or anywhere one does not want to stand out with their perfume. Staying with the music: the star tenor must not only hit the high C perfectly but also hold it for a while! Grev cannot do that, and so I am torn about whether Grev will make it onto my wish list - yet the top note is as wonderful as rarely anything else.

Slumberhouse has produced an unfortunately sold-out Extrait version of Grev, which has been enriched with additional notes. It’s a shame, I would have liked to get to know that. Slumberhouse seems to produce such variants in very small limited editions alongside the regularly available scents. It might be worth occasionally checking their website.
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Bertel

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Bertel
Bertel
Very helpful Review 10  
Medicinally Bitter Clove
According to Slumberhouse, "Grev" is a "post-modern version of an elegant masculine cologne." The first impression already comes from the color: while the other Slumberhouse fragrances I know are deep, dark, oily liquids in dark brown, brown, or even black, "Grev" is transparent with a medicinal bluish shimmer.

The scent itself also conveys this impression to some extent: "Grev" opens with a piercing, slightly bitter, distinctly medicinal accord that combines a balsamic aromatic fir note with bright, bitter birch and intense clove, for which the medicinal-synthetic tone seems to be attributed to the Copaiba balsam. Almost minty, aromatic, spicy, grassy, and rooty, the woody cedar note is also recognizable in the base. The scent strikes me as hardly green but rather gray, piercing, also dusty, almost foggy, and very dry. In the heart of the fragrance, the iris root becomes very prominent, where a hint of bright sweetness comes to the forefront.

I don't see much development in this fragrance after the top notes fade (which doesn’t have to be negative). While the idea of the bitter-masculine cologne is certainly well captured and interestingly implemented, the scent completely overwhelms me with its very unpleasant medicinal-bitter Copaiba note, and the full-throttle clove with pale birch is not really appealing to me either. However, I do see the connection mentioned by Apicius to "Sartorial" by Penhaligon's, not so much in individual components but in terms of composition and effect; in this (very much appreciated) direction, I must/want to explore "Grev" further.
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After a fresh and airy herbal spicy-green opening, this cold and metallic spicy-woody Fougère, settles on a dry resinous-woody base.
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CK One with tea and clove
Really not for me
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Summer at Birkenlund
Brightly shining bark and
Kerstin smears ointment on roots
Pounding cloves with conifers
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Green facets. Fresh as the wind, sharp-sweet minty, rustling cool leaves. It's not lovely. I hear the Grinch chuckling in the bushes. Grin green.
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Very citrusy-medical touch to the Slumberhouse forest scene. It's something different but somehow not very successful, rather hindered spicy.
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Green, medicinal, dry woody, slightly mossy, piercingly minty. Given the notes and the rest of the Slumberhouse range, rather disappointing.
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An unpleasant mix of musty clove, the dull scent of white chocolate, and rotten dill. Freshness? If anything, it's seaweed. - Rejected.
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A textbook beginning, just like the start of an aromatic fresh scent, without choking on synthetic notes. #noPlasticLemon
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6 years ago
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Undecided about the green-blue clove birch, I want to smell like the herbal medicine that made Yoda age? It confuses m(M)e!
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They said it should smell like the forest. Those who only read the pyramid. It's a half-aquatic. Exciting and the birch isn't annoying.
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