Geir Ness for Men

This one deserves more attention than it gets. Like so many, I first smelled this one at the Norway pavilion in Epcot Center - a strange place to experience a fragrance, but interesting nonetheless. If this were a featured fragrance at the typical Sephora, it would probably outsell Acqua di Gio - seriously. This is a soft and cool fragrance that can be worn year round. In the absence of specific notes, it can be difficult to discern what's actually going on here. You get primarily floral notes on top - perhaps some orange blossom, lavender, the suggestion of iris, and a nice dollop of wild herbs. The base is primarily vanilla, but there is assuredly some woodiness here as well - not cedar or sandalwood but more akin to oak (as in wine barrels) or birch. In the drydown, the effect might be called "guerlain-lite" - also somewhat similar to Caron's Pour un Homme due to the lavender-vanilla interaction. Lastly, this actually has very good longevity as well - at least 7-8 hours. Geir runs about $60 for 100 ml. For the money, this is one of the best bargains out there. On the one hand, I'm glad this isn't too popular or well-known (so those of us that wear it feel unique). On the other, this is so much better than most of the designer frags out there and I'm tired of smelling populous crap like Allure Homme Sport, 1 million, and others. That brings to mind another comparison - most guys who wear YSL L'Homme should switch to this. This and the YSL are similar, but this one is both fresher and more subtle.

This is a niche fragrance made by the Norweigan perfumer Geir Ness as supposedly representing the spirit of Norway as a country. It is advertised as smelling like "crisp mountain air" and is made of high-quality ingredients. I first smelled this at the Norway pavillion at Epcot in Disneyworld, and was smitten by the fragrance almost immediately. The whole giftshop smells like this, while also being high in air conditioning, so it gives the effect of mountain air. I can't really pinpoint the notes in this that well, except for smelling a green undercurrent, and lots of sweet herbal and floral notes. It gets sweeter over time with something that smells like vanilla to my nose. It does give me the sense of mountain air but also sweet herbs growing in the underbrush. Some people say this is like the niche version of Chanel's Allure Homme Sport - I can't say since I haven't sampled the Chanel. Projection is very good. It projects in the air but in a subtle, non-cloying way. While longevity is fairly good, running at around 3 hours of strong projection and then as a skin scent many more hours after that. Overall, I really love this fragrance and it's one of my favourite scents. I really like pairing it with Pinaud Clubman, if using it after a shave (they are in a similar category of sweet, masculine floral scents). It doesn't really smell like anything else out there, and I will always be nostalgic about it since it reminds me of Epcot. 5/5

Just got this fragrance today from an online purchase and decided to wear it to work, and boy is this stuff familiar smelling (but in a good way). I am not sure what Allure Homme Sport smells like, but I do have several bottles of Versace Pour Homme (which apparently is supposed to smell a lot like Allure Homme Sport). I absolutely love Versace Pour Homme, to me it reminds me of going to the pool with friends during summer when I was a kid. Perfect summertime/hot weather fragrance which has amazing performance despite being a 'freshie'. Geir Ness to me is incredibly close smelling to Versace Pour Homme, however Geir Ness is a bit more 'musky', a tiny bit spicy, and much sweeter (it actually has a bit of a unisex vibe to it IMO). It's not as sporty as Versace Pour Homme, but still has that unmistakable DNA. If left without direct comparison, I bet many would identify Geir Ness as Versace Pour Homme. The very core of this scent is nearly identical (at least to my nose). A great way to look at this frag is to consider it as the older brother, and evening version, of Versace pour Homme. They are two very distinct scents that are surprisingly similar (if that makes any sense). Also ironically, both my Geir Ness and Versace Pour Homme bottles have the worst sprayers ever.. they seem to get 'stuck' more often than not after a spray. I think of all the 60+ fragrances I own, these are the only two that do that. Weird, right??

i have been testing this out and I am really enjoying this fragrance, it is a delightful aromatic clean smelling, masterfully blended floral/citrus/musk. Geir Ness does lean toward a sweeter vibe but just enough to not over doing it. As sweet as a man can smell and still smell masculine. Geir Ness was an instant winner for my wife.. she commented several times about how much she enjoyed the fragrance. Geir Ness is a wonderful fragrance for the office and yet is romantic. I get excellent projection and longevity from a small amount. Very positive feedback for me after trying it out at work. I tried it with 3 short sprays. GN would make a marvelous signature fragrance. A very versatile fragrance IMO. On me this seems to be a linear fragrance and does seem to be long lasting. I am trying to think what does this remind me of ? I just cannot put my finger on it but I think if you enjoy fragrances like Platinum Egoiste or Pour Monsieur from Chanel. This sort of reminds me of that clean fresh smell you get from fabric softener .. maybe a cherry thrown on top. Nice stuff.

Geir Ness is really unique: a crisp, effervescent cherry soap with grasses and herbs, and the slightest bit of vanilla. It's very sweet, but maintains its freshness surprisingly well and thus for me remains a summer scent, though fairly winter-compatible. The best analogy I can think of is a midsummer day high in the mountains, where the wind and the altitude prevent it from ever getting very hot. Like my old cheapo Coty Gravity, the florals are distinctively fizzy and polleny, but here they last into the base. In general, the scent changes very little but I don't think that's a problem. But what's the association that always brings a smile to my face with Geir? It took a while for me to recognize it, but the box where I keep my collection, even while not holding a bottle of Geir, smells like Geir. Geir smells remarkably close to the average of all the scents I own. It's fresh and sweet, summer and winter at the same time.

This has a very similar tune to that of Allure Homme Sport. I have seen people say it doesn't but I own both, just receiving Geir recently. Now the difference is that Geir has a vanilla aroma, where AHS has the sort of synthethic citrus. I think Geir would definitely be more classy, mature and maybe appealing to the masses. I call it the sweet nothing. Nothing stands out in the scent yet it is outstanding. Think of Tim Duncan. You are never wowed by his game, but he will possibly go down as one of the top 5 players to play the game and maybe the best at his position. It is spicy, sweet, floral with a hint of citrus. Projection is above average and longevity is perfect. I wouldn't see anyone not wanting to smell like this and this could be the one bottle guy's one bottle! Overall I give it a 5 out of 5. It is everything you want without being anything you don't want. The only thing it lacks is the marketing ingenuity.

Great scent for a great price - when I first applied it I found it way too sweet and floral, but after waiting a bit it improves a huge amount. It dries down to this musky rose scent that is extremely attractive. I consider it sort of like a cousin of the Victorinox Swiss Army Classic with a more satisfying drydown. The vibe I get from it is almost like cotton candy with the sugary-soft-floral elements. With all the talk of Norwegian mountains I was expecting it to be a bit sharper and fresher like mountain air, maybe with mint or pine but I love the way it is even so. The biggest thing you need to know about this is that it's on the feminine side of unisex - I'm a guy and like it this way but if you exclusively like sharp/sporty stuff like Bleu de Chanel then this is not for you. Overall this may become my signature fragrance - quality stuff for the right price and it stands out.

very tough for me to describe this as the first time I used it I knew I had smelled something similar but wasnt sure if it was chanel allure homme sport that some compare it to-albeit this being for older men.Chanel Allure Homme sport is too citrusy and sharp for my taste and I really dont see the connection here. I do identify the floral,soft citrus and yes,it is toned-down spicily sweet.it doesnt offer much by way of transitions.what you get after 10 minutes is pretty much what you get 24 hours later in my opinion though toned down. It is a sweet,soft-smelling fragrance which when over sprayed can be overwhelming to the nose after all this is an EDP-comes in 50ml and 100ml. the bottle I must say is a thing of beauty. highly recommended for those who want slightly sweet,citrus floral scents.

Vintage bottle (rounded corners) Batch 35790 Somewhat darker honey color than you see in most pics from age perhaps? When a Youtube fragrance reviewer I like recommended this for Spring, and I saw it is from a Norwegian designer and has a huge following, I imagined crisp, clean air and bright, flowering bulbs in rich soil framed by snow-capped mountains. When I saw it is an actual men's fragrance, not the new unisex norm and that the slogan is "The Power of Norway." I thought,"Like... ALL the power of Norway? In this little bottle?!" yeah, sign me up, I want to be like one of those descendants of vikings you see in the strongman competitions. When I smelled it, however, I got super-synthetic flowers, honey and Riiiiicolaaaaaaaaa! A medicinal, cough-drop, feeling in the back of my throat.

Blind bought this 3 months ago and I did not like it at first because of some weird smell. Then the weather got hot (80+)and now it smells really really good. So, I can understand why some reviews don't like it, and I can also understand why some like it. It does have the same vibe as Chanel allure homme but fresher, did a side by side. My bottle is different than the photo shown here, so I guess I have the newer version and that's why the longevity suffers. Also, I think it's cool for a change to have a fragrance from Norway instead of the usual fragrance countries. I am smelling it on my arms and this is great!!

Geir Ness is one of my favorite frags. It's incredibly versatile and can be worn any time of year for many different purposes. Longevity is among the best and the sillage is great. It doesn't develop much over the course of wearing it but that's fine by me. I don't need every scent, especially one that smells so great from the get go, to be a complex journey. Geir Ness intermingles spicy, woodsy, and sweet notes perfectly to create a concoction that falls in the middle of all of those. That's the key to its versatility.

Nondescript citruses, florals and spices but done very well! Smooth, pleasant and great performance. Beats most Bond 9 citrus florals with a huge margin at 20% of the cost! I agree that it is in the same group as Chanel's Allure Sport and Versace Pour Homme (which is also nondescipt notes to me) but much easier to wear and more likable. Definitely try it, worth a blind buy if you like the others I mentioned since this is done much better. Nice surprise from our Norwegian friends!!!

First time i tried this one i found it to be a bit old school and not a perfume i would like to wear. Now years have passed since that first try and i have now been wearing this for a week, and man this is some good warm and spicy floral scent. I have gotten some compliments on this one, i think its quite unik and also unisex as its quite soft, a good perfume from my own country for sure. The sprayer tho is crappy you need to pull it up everytime you push it down.

Of all the fragrances I own, there are 5 that I really like because, to me, they can be use anytime, anywhere and they will fit perfectly, they are as follows in order of preference; 1- Allure Homme and/or Homme Sport (same to me) 2- Geir 3- L'eau D Issey 4- Dior Homme Sport 5- Baldessarini They all are fresh, but have some kind of sophistication, creaminess, good projection, good longevity and all of them can easily be signature scents.

Sweet, but not in a feminine way. When I first purchased it I thought to myself, 'Man, this stuff is no where near as long lasting as they say it is'. Wrong. Sprayed it on my hand last night and not only can I still smell it 9 hours later, but it's VERY noticeable. Good thing I continued to test it and didn't go wild on my pulse points before heading out for my day. I might have made a few people tap out.

I first smelled this cologne in EPCOT, Florida. We visited Norway and got on the ride. After the ride was over it takes you straight to the gift shop. As I entered, the smell was so delicious that I asked the woman there what it was. She said it was the Geir cologne for men. I tried it and bought it righ away. I love the clean scent and it lasts a very long time on me. I have bought 2 bottles since then.

EDIT: My only issue with this is that the bottle you receive is not the bottle advertised. Other than that, I have no complaints with this fragrance. I had a bottle of this that I ordered from Amazon a few years ago, and got nothing but positive feedback. It also helped that I enjoyed the scent myself. Just reordered this from Fragrancenet. Can't wait for it to come.

I really love the smell of this a lot but the darn thing only lasts 30 minutes at best and no sillage at all. I see comments below on how strong it is and to be careful so that leads me to believe I have a crappy bottle of it. So the question is - do I buy another one? perhaps a vintage version? I guess time will tell..

I have just seen this coming in a new packaging and that includes the bottle. Can anyone confirm if the scent has been 'compromised' in any way?I have been around for some time to know that once packaging is changed,some other things have to give. I will treasure the bottles I have of this for a long time.Great scent

When I think of Norway I think of clean. Geir perfume,on my skin,starts out pleasingly clean and fresh and after a few hours turns into a very nice masculine flowery scent that has excellent longevity. All in all, a very nice perfume at a very reasonable price.