Creed Green Irish Tweed

I’ve got a cat. I’m gonna call it a dog because it has ears, like dogs do, so that kinda makes it a dog in a way. It doesn’t bark much but I guess dogs are a broad church.

Cheeky

Not sure I learned anything but this thread has been FANTASTIC. Come on Walter.

So does a scent need lavender, oakmoss, and coumarin to be a fougere? (FOOGER in Idaho)? Interesting postulation.  Fougere as I study means “fern like”.  I don’t care how you mix those ingredients you ain’t gonna produce something that smells like a fern

And to insist that a fougere must have lavender, coumarin, and oakmoss might be akin to stating Picasso was not a fine artist because tradition would dictate that both eyes cannot be on one side of the nose.  A tongue in cheek jab at you ExtraProtein, although I do wonder if ol Pablo was playing us for fools and laughing all the way to the bank

And Moriarty,  it’s not gentlemanly to unceremoniously kick a man in the pills!  Feel free to disparage the House of Creed all you wish but to place all GIT lovers on the same bus as Prince Charles?  That’s harsh man, and I believe a violation of the Geneva Conventions

So in closing I will not cede the point of GIT being a fougere nor will I apologize for it being one of my favorite scents of all time

I hope you all enjoyed the tale and want you to know that I love you even while we disagree.  In all seriousness, I’m just looking forward to what Dom has rolling around in that entrepreneurial brain of his

HEAR, HEAR, A joust is in order!

What does BOOGER mean in Idahoian?

I frequently take a cutting from the Boston Fern in our foyer and rub it on myself.  I think you have it wrong that one cannot simply smell of Fern…

Many ppl need a good swift kick in the bollocks Sir…

Picasso was brilliant, let me show you a piece I fancy by Andy Warhol.  This one speaks to me in so many different ways

https://youtu.be/Yd2iPKy5X5s

The main way in which Green Irish Tweed fails to be a fougère is that the scent does not resemble a fougère scent. At all. The main things it does have in common with fougère perfumes are that it is (a) liquid, and (b) sold in a bottle.

I would just classify GIT as a green fragrance.

By the way, I find Green Irish Tweed to be unwearable, unfortunately. I do not mind the scent - except perhaps for the disappointing dry-down - but it is far, far too strong and it never fades until all your skin cells have replaced themselves. One spray of GIT is like getting a tattoo in the middle of your forehead - it is permanent and an affront to everyone you meet. I consider GIT to be one of the most vulgar perfumes ever made. Prince Charles is said to wear it - so I shall rest my case there.

100% Green Fragrance indeed Sir

I’m kinda bummed I’ll never see you in the Creed Room downstairs in Harrods…

I do enjoy a frag that holds, GIT is definitely an acquired taste just not mine

HRH, the Prince of Wales does in fact enjoy GIT, you need something strong on the Polo Field….

I wonder what frag Sherlock Holmes would wear?

Surely Holmes would prefer an opium heavy Oriental

So does a scent need lavender, oakmoss, and coumarin to be a fougere? (FOOGER in Idaho)? Interesting postulation.  Fougere as I study means “fern like”.  I don’t care how you mix those ingredients you ain’t gonna produce something that smells like a fern

And to insist that a fougere must have lavender, coumarin, and oakmoss might be akin to stating Picasso was not a fine artist because tradition would dictate that both eyes cannot be on one side of the nose.  A tongue in cheek jab at you ExtraProtein, although I do wonder if ol Pablo was playing us for fools and laughing all the way to the bank

And Moriarty,  it’s not gentlemanly to unceremoniously kick a man in the pills!  Feel free to disparage the House of Creed all you wish but to place all GIT lovers on the same bus as Prince Charles?  That’s harsh man, and I believe a violation of the Geneva Conventions

So in closing I will not cede the point of GIT being a fougere nor will I apologize for it being one of my favorite scents of all time

I hope you all enjoyed the tale and want you to know that I love you even while we disagree.  In all seriousness, I’m just looking forward to what Dom has rolling around in that entrepreneurial brain of his

HEAR, HEAR, A joust is in order!

What does BOOGER mean in Idahoian?

I frequently take a cutting from the Boston Fern in our foyer and rub it on myself.  I think you have it wrong that one cannot simply smell of Fern…

Many ppl need a good swift kick in the bollocks Sir…

Picasso was brilliant, let me show you a piece I fancy by Andy Warhol.  This one speaks to me in so many different ways

Invoking Warhol, friend of John & Yoko not withstanding, is fightin' words.

It's a different topic but Creed is a bit of a joke for me their entire history is just fake mystique garbage.

Wisdom there but let's not limit the critique to Creed as the entire coutere industry is thus characterized truth told

Not sure what point I was trying to make Dan but cut me some slack it was 3am and I couldn't sleep and was in the mood for a rant. No wisdom here though as I had do google coutere for the most part it's not the Creed scents and the ghost perfumers just the BS about Kings & Cary Grant etc. The industry can be quite repetitive simply based on the way scents come to be made.

I generally like fougeres but don't really think of GIT as one. sorry to let my Irish brethren down but I'm not a huge fan of GIT.

That OK; House of Creed Brits masquerading as French IIRC. Both sufficient reason for any Irish man's scorn and derision.

This quote is on the Fragrantica page:
"Green Irish Tweed by Creed is a classic Fougere fragrance. One of the signature scents of the house of Creed, this "walk through the Irish countrywide" is a favorite of many celebrities. The fragrance is rich, fresh, sporty and unforgettable.
Green Irish Tweed opens with top notes of iris and lemon verbena. The middle notes include violet leaves. The base notes are ambergris and Mysore sandalwood."
I wish I knew who said it.