Vert Fougere

I've wearing this for the 3rd time today having given it a couple of wears in the run up to Christmas. I can see at present the user votes leave a pretty confusing picture. I'm not surprised that this isn't universally loved. Vert Fougere is just not that sort of fragrance. If I had to sum the fragrance up I'd say its mature, austere and a little dark. While I do get smoke it does not dominate the composition as some are finding. For me this is very, very green. Very resinous. The glabanum is very prominent, and I could swear I detect angelica too though not listed. I wouldn't call this a fougere, though I suppose it does have a vague barbershop vibe. When wearing this I get the feeling of being in a huge coniferous forest, sat around the dying embers of a camp fire just a suggestion of smoke remaining. I think this is a very interesting fragrance. It's very different and one I would wear for my pleasure alone though oddly enough my girlfriend likes it too. I'd say you need to be a fan of green resinous fragrances to appreciate this. While its not really much like anything I've tried before there are very vague similarities to Profumum Roma Arso (less smoke) and the almost melancholy green quality in Frederic Malle French Lover. Longevity is better than most offerings from this house. It projects very well for around 2 hours, this slowly retreats and becomes a strong skin scent afterwards lasting up to 10-12 hours. I'm 7 hours into my current wearing and still being rewarded with wafts of resinous green goodness.

To me its a daytime perfume! Its a very special Fougere with smoke. Smoke can hit hard at first smell but give it 20 minutes and all ingredients come nice until lavender with base notes makes this very green but also a bit earthy. I use this as a kind of signature during daytime at autumn and guess it will be nice also for sping. Its not a summer perfume to me and its not winter either. Its an inbetween scent and do its job about that. Very masculine so I not see this as Unisex at all. It has a classic vibe from 60s, 70s, begin of 80s but also a bit modern. That green with tree notes with some flowers and smoke make it perfect for a walk or at an early visit at a pub or a café. Its an old school perfume with a nice perforamace. I recommend this as above for 30+ men.

This is just great. Start out with a punchy fougere style. Ends up a powdery fougere. Very nice. I must have gone nose blind because my daughter let me know I was wearing "a lot". It was about 6hrs in to the wear when I saw her. I'm also outside a lot for work. So that's a good testament on its power and spillage. I'm happy to have it in my collection!

Glad to see this finally added to the DB. A fantastic old-school and yet unique fougere by Floris. Very dense and green. The Galbanum, patchouli and lavender are at the front and perfectly balanced. And what an outstanding performance!

Let it dry down. Do not judge it by the first spray.

This feels like the first Floris I could consider "niche" and it's great for it. First thing that sprang to mind was Royal Mayfair, they both share a campherous opening note but after this open Vert Fougere has a medicinal green note (I am thinking oil of wintergreen) that has been freshened up...but then has a smoke note added. At this point I'm feeling it's conceptually like (but not the same) as DS&Durga Burning Barbershop whch I also thought was great. Vert Fougere is much more green, bitter and spicy though, compared to the charred mint and lavender soap in Burning Barbershop. There is an elegance to this, but it's also brash and bold. So be prepared to smell something that's not like a typical Floris, this is more like if there was a Beaufort and Floris collab.

The opening is harsh, smoky, and pungent. The cannibus references are accurate for the most part, but after the opening settles it becomes much more wearable and enjoyable. However, one must love green scents, I certainly do. Feels more like a woody aromatic than a fougere due to the smokiness and woodiness, but since the cashmere wood is so smooth here, the end result gives off a barbershop vibe. I love that the perfumer used cashmere, instead of tonka, an excellent replacement if you ask me. I also get cypress here, a note I love dearly. To me, the overall smell reminds me of vintage Polo with smoke and cashmere. The late dry down gets a little floral, feels like there might be jasmine in the composition. A nice one for the colder months.

Vert Fougere is a fragrance with a classic vibe twisted with a very unique green note, I would say. The opening of VF is quite pungent with this unique green note - not the clean and fresh green smell you would normally expect, but somewhat bitter, smoky and creamy green, which could be described as cannabis-like as some other reviewers say. If you don’t like this opening, this fragrance is not for you. Personally, I like this opening because that’s what makes VF different. Also, the dry-down is very sophisticated and sexy. Definitely a mature scent for grownups, age of above 30.

I disliked this a lot when it was fresh out the box. There was a bitter pine smell that I hated, but after spray it a few times and letting the bottle sit a few months, the pine is still very much there but it's complimented and contrasted perfectly now. It's not at all overpowering as it was when new. Masculine barbershop freshie but with an earthy smokey twist. Kind of a sexy and modern take on the old classic barbershop fragrances. My only criticism is that the smoke is remarkably realistic and actually smells like cigarette smoke.

Blind bought a 10ml bottle of this in Floris sale and I'm happy with that purchase. It has a coherent, well done scent profile (reminds me a bit of Acqua Di Parma Colonia Futura in its green herbiness though not its smokiness) and I'll be happy to use it occasionally, but not more than that, so 10ml is sufficient. It's one I can admire to some degree for it's artistry but isn't the sort of thing that would come above many other things in deciding what to put on that day. So 10ml rather than full bottle is the perfect size I reckon

Opens like a fresh, zesty spritzer, then continues light and smoky on a bed of moss and spring flowers. Minimal projection but enough scent sitting on the skin to ease you into the day feeling fragranced. EDIT: Returning to this today, I am struck by what a welcome antidote it is to amber/vanilla fragrances, should you tire of them: there is a camphorous kick in the tail of vert fougere which is bracing and earthy at the same time.

Warm, green scent. Like sitting in a parlor room with leather armchairs, or a barbershop surrounded by greenery. Dried down, there's a slight hint of marijuana (must be from the smoke accord and the florals).

This is a weird one. I like it, but I don't love it. At least not yet. I guess I'll settle with an "ok" for now. What does Floris Vert Fougere smell like? It's a very dry, woodsy and green scent. It's a barbershop with a twist. It smells like a tobacco bomb - cigarette ash, to be more exact - combined with the scent of a sharpened pencil, combined with green notes, (could it be vetiver?), mixed with the olfactory sensation of something that smells like a fruity chewing-gum. Not a great one and certainly no masterpiece, but I just might become more used to it in the future. To me, this scent is definitely meant to be worn in fall and winter, and could most likely be worn day and night. Not a poor fragrance, but not a great one either. Final score: 6/10.

when i smell this fragrance...i picture someone sitting on an oversized leather chair, in a dark room, lit only by the fire place. a glass of cognac in one hand, a marijuana cigarette in the other, just ashing on the floor, no f@$%× given. divorce papers on an end table next to them with a revolver resting on top like a paperweight, ready to end it all...or end someone else. this is what i imagine a bond villain would smell like. its an angry, dark fragrance. i sampled this fragrance first and was so intimated by it's scent...that i purchased a full bottle. Vert Fougère literally bullied me into buying it. i guess i would wear this in the winter time, on a cold dark night, while watching serial killer documentaries. idk what to do with it.

Cigarette ash and galbanum are the dominant notes to my nose especially early on. Drydown smells a lot like tonka: it's sweet. Too sweet for me personally. Interestingly Vert Fougere does have a fougere mood to it. Vert Fougere should probably be called Fougere Vert, right? "Green Fougere", not "Green: The Fougere". Anyway this is interesting, and I respect it. But I wish they didn't try quite so hard at remaking the fougere. Bitter green in smell, grey in feel. Reserved, cold, aloof, sophisticated, English. It's a respectable release that'll never be a mass market success.

It’s quite a suffocating, closed-off scent. Like a shrubbery composition mixed with the contents of an ashtray. It’s similar to something, and maybe a bit irritating because it lacks release. Yes, perhaps it leans toward that dreadful Pino Silvestre, but in a darker and more refined tone?

Thank you reviewer Chicken. There's a huge marijuana top note in this stuff. I just sprayed this out of my little decant. I've lived in Northern California since 1968 and I'd recognize pot anywhere. Massive blast of it in this fragrance. And not 60's hippie pot either. Intense legal pot store/lounge pot. Wasn't expecting this with Floris, but I guess they're really trying to do something about their allegedly stodgy image. Whatever. I'll add to this review when I'm more than 5 minutes into it. Ok, 2+ hours into it, that's not a top note, it's a huge marijuana heart note too. (Smokey base note, indeed. Ha.) Vert Fougere never really gets beyond that though, especially if you've gotten some of it on your clothes. However, I'm beyond this; it's not cutesy to me. If I wanted to smell like pot, I'd smoke the sh**. I don't; I want to smell like perfume... And to think this retails out at what, $190? (Oh, that's right, pot is expensive now, so I guess Floris thinks $190 won't be a problem for their customer attracted to this market. I can't get used to that. I remember when pot was $100 a kilo.) For the first time maybe ever, there are no discernible barbershop notes in this Floris scent. If you're looking for barbershop, get an old time vintage Floris scent like No. 127 or Elite or almost any other man's scents Floris made before maybe 1980. Their Spencer Hart is pretty good for a newer barbershop scent. Floris made some great ones, and although the name Vert Fougere complies with that theme, the juice here absolutely does not.

Update 2: this is nasty, sorry. Tried again tonight and it really smells like they paired a cheap fougere like scent with a smokey soup. Almost nauseating and a scrubber. My wife made one of the worst faces when she smelled that one. Update 1: after three days and a few more sprays the bottle has changed Believe it or not Maybe it is such a new fragrance and the bottle is also brand new and the juice needed to settle. So, the opening is indeed very smoke forward. You smell only this light, slightly acrid smoke. But after a few minutes, it evolves into a barbershop a slightly smokey barbershop fragrance, like Sartorial or Invasion Barbare more precisely. Really not unpleasant.

What an odd scent. I am getting strong weed smell right at the spray. Layer in some smoke and that is basically what you get. You have to wait a bit and then you can sense a bit of a barbershop aspect of this but only if you can get through the weed and smoke. This is not something I want to smell like. I hadn't read the reviews before ordering a sample and had only read a description. That was obviously way off as I was expecting something totally different. No big deal...live and learn but this is a big pass for me.

Initial spray: This is a can of Skoal mint chewing tobacco. I'm aware there are no mint notes, no tobacco notes. But if you've ever opened a can of Skoal mint chew, then you know. This is it. Damp and wet earth and synthetic scent. Dry down: Smells like old less offensive Skoal mint chew and a faint hint of a man's cologne with some smoke. Not my bag.