Eucris Eau de Toilette

This is truly outstanding! English gothic medieval royalty, dark forests, old castles, and knights in bottles. Eucris is the magnum opus of the classic and venerable British wet shaving company, barbershop, and perfumer Geo. F. Trumper, based in London. Geo F Trumper Eucris EDT, from 1912, is a classy, elegant, refined, aristocratic, regal, luxurious and gentlemanly scent, well known in the wet shaving community, but isn't too well known outside of it, and isn't marketed or broadcasted across the Internet. Eucris is a "hearsay fragrance"; rumors about it and its scent profile make people interested in it. Eucris has a small but dedicated clientele, regardless of whether they’re into wet shaving or are just avid fragrance enthusiasts. What brought me to try and purchase Eucris EDT was my love for the Bond novels and Bond movies, since James Bond purportedly wore this scent in two Bond novels—"Diamonds Are Forever" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." Regardless if Bond wore Eucris or not in these two Bond novels, Eucris is a masterpiece with its own merits. Eucris EDT is a combination of Edwardian-era British royalty in a bottle, combined with an old classic English butch, ultra-manly, no-nonsense barbershop feel to it, that in an olfactory way probably resembles and belongs in a London setting of the late 1800s and the early 1900s—yet interestingly feels very timeless and up-to-date. The olfactory impression: A dark, thick, mysterious, inky, and surprisingly fresh and soapy gothic (everything is relative) oakmoss and old and rotten black currant combination, with sandalwood and floral notes lurking in the background. It smells like an old and ancient other-worldly fantasy forest in a magical fairy tale, with old castles and knights in the background. Very outdoorsy—it smells a little bit like wet or damp earth and tree moss in a dark gothic forest in the late afternoon, evening, or nighttime in the fall or winter. Eucris also has a slightly smoky, leathery undertone with something in it that reminds me of tobacco. Eucris’ bitter, slightly harsh, and austere, butch, and ultra virile aroma is probably attributable to the oakmoss, while the sweet and soft underpinnings are probably due to the black currant and sandalwood, and the fresh aroma is probably attributable to the floral notes. The “old” or “rotten” feel of the black currants is probably the key factor that adds to the darkness and mystery of this oakmoss-heavy scent. It’s probably the ”old” or ”rotten” black currant aroma mixed with oakmoss that lends Eucris its ancient and old other-worldly character. But the sandalwood and floral notes keep Eucris balanced, refined, elegant, civilized, and very gentlemanly. Eucris EDT is surprisingly elegant, refined, luxurious, upscale, aristocratic—regal even—in character. Yes, Eucris is one of the most regal-smelling fragrances I’ve put my nose on, next to Geo F. Trumper Eucris EDP and Penhaligon's Sartorial. Eucris’ black currant note makes it vaguely similar to the black currant note of Creed Aventus. Eucris’ olfactory impression makes me think of it as an absolute masterpiece—probably 1 of the 10 greatest men’s fragrances of all time, deserving a perfect olfactory score of a 10/10. Performance: The Achilles’ heel is the performance. Almost nonexistent sillage and projection on my skin and 1-2 hours of longevity. Occasions and settings: Eucris EDT is probably ideally worn on cold or semi-cold days, in spring, fall, and winter—primarily cold days, evenings, and nights in fall and winter. Definitely a suit and tie fragrance ideal for formal or semi-formal occasions and settings. Since I’m smitten by the scent of Eucris—to the extent that I’ve made it into my signature scent—I’ve switched from Eucris EDT to Eucris EDP, which gives me basically the same Eucris DNA but with greatly improved performance. Final score: Despite a very weak performance, sillage, projection, and longevity, I still give Geo F Trumper Eucris EDT a 10/10.

Oakmoss!!!! Lots of oakmoss. And caraway with a little unsweetened black currant. I know the pyramid above lists oak moss in the base, but it is forcefully present from the first seconds. There is a genuine oddity in the heart of this scent, white florals that manage to come across as dark and gothic. The base features a creamy, sandalwood tinged musk. The evolution is fairly minimal but there is a slight progression to this scent. I think this scent smells great. I like to watch quite old, black and white horror films once in a while and I like to don this scent when I do. But I also occasionally wear it on cold days, particularly in autum, where it just seems to work perfectly with the season. Longevity is not good with the EdT; four hours maximum and then only in high humidity but not hot environments. Trumper's is a very English house and, basically, this scent is compounded for London in the late fall and winter. In other environments, you can expect minimal duration and poor projection. Going heavy with applications doesn't seem to increase projection for me in hot it dry conditions. The EdP, which I have tried but do not own, has significantly greater projection and longevity. The ceramic bottle in which Eucris is sold is exceptionally fitting for the fragrance and quite elegant. Note that this is a metered splash bottle that allows easy control of the amount you apply, not a spray. I have put some Eucris into a travel spray for easy application, but sprayed or splashed, the performance of this fragrance and my perceptions of its notes are the same. This is one of those fragrances that you either hear about through word of mouth or you don't.. There is no advertising for Eucris and no Internet hype train. This is a venerable product (1912) that might perhaps be said to smell like Jacomo de Jacomo or even Quorum if you ignore some elements of each, but really, it is unique. It has endured because it has a small, but devoted following. This scent smells masculine. Morticia Addams is about the only female I can imagine enjoying Eucris, she would appreciate both its dark gothic charms and it's slight floral notes. Lilly Munster would find the scent lacking dusty, powderyness, I think. Women who actually exist would probably think this fragrance makes them smell like their great-grandfathers. If this scent intrigues you, definitely try it before buying. I imagine most men who like this fragrance will be at least middle aged, but because of the barbershop associations of this scent (there are excellent hair tonics, soaps & shave creams in the Eucris line) and the suitability of many of its product line elements to the wet shaving trend, I can also imagine younger, hip guys getting into Eucris in conjunction with their personal care regimens. Folks who enjoy unique vintage scents should make an effort to get their noses on Eucris. Recommended.

Want to raise your stiff upper lip trait about 1000 points? Well, look no further. Now, if the lip in question has to belong to a male no matter what, then it gets even better. Eucris is screaming "MEN ONLY!" at the top of its lungs! No male chauvinism here mind you, I fancy girls who dig masculine perfumes. A lot. But Eucris is one of the very few perfumes that I can't imagine a woman wearing them. And this is as ironic as they come, since its name derives from the Greek word "Eucharis" which means elegant and graceful, and it's a...female given name in Greece. Eucris, besides not being "female" in the slightest, is not very elegant or graceful either. It's actually so thick that it can be worn as an armour. An armour which was left for years in a musty attic, inside a sandalwood chest that once contained spices. In this attic, a fine English gentleman keeps all the items that he collected while roaming the globe and which are not impressive enough to be displayed in the main hall. But these seemingly undesired and mislaid relics are in fact the ones he cherishes the most. Like a determined and unyielding defender, Eucris draws a line on the ground and envelopes you in an aura of reverence and "I don't have time for this!". Especially when "this" is something like bitching about having being ordered to sweep the deck twice instead of once last week, while the boat you're on is split in twain by torpedoes and sinking fast in shark-laden waters with the nearest land way out of sight. Well, in this case Eucris would be the one worn by the captain, who would manage to deal with everything thrown his way, without loosing a single soul or his composure even for a second. And who would be awarded the Victoria Cross shortly after landing. Posthumously more likely. I showed the bottle to an old friend of mine, who loves perfumes but is not really into their history, and told him that this very bottle comes from 1912. Well, by just looking at its out-of-an-aesthete's-dreams bottle he partially believed me, and what disbelief was left vanished after sniffing it, cause as he said, there's no way such a perfume belongs anywhere after World War II. And he was right... Eucris is an oddity in our cursory times. Most perfume bottles are filled with perfume. This one's full of ghosts, but although ghosts are some sort of a national sport in England, the ones sleeping inside Eucris' bottle belong to a different kind. The one that smiles and laughs leave behind them. But all these smiles were faint and bitter and all these laughs were short-lived and sarcastic. If you have seen "Easy Virtue", Eucris is the fragrance I imagine James Whittaker (excellently portrayed by Colin Firth) would wear, if he bothered to wear any fragrance at all. Haggard but wise, and no-nonsense till the end. Like the soul of England in a bottle...

A woody/floral/herbal stunner that has been a mainstay in my bathroom for over 37 years. I love it as much this day as the day I discovered it in my father's shaving bag. Nothing has challenged it as my scent of choice. It has been consistently excellent for the duration, and for me is perfection. The one I'd wear in the last days and hours to comfort me before the journey to eternity. Eucris has a pedigree that is pretty much peerless having been worn by the great and the good for over a century. A visit to their shop in Jermyn Street, Piccadilly is to momentarily step into Edwardian London. Inhabited by impeccably polite staff heedful to tradition, it is a world away from the perfume counters of Harrods, Selfridges and Debenhams where the air is dense with liberally offered spritzes all competing against themselves. We are instead ensconced in surroundings that recall a time of Empire, brimming with Old World charm, and graced by gentry in town for fittings with their nearby shirt-makers - exceptions being the curious visitor, and the odd rascal from the world of politics. The sharpness of the black current contrasts with the gloominess of the caraway, coriander, lily-of-the-valley and jasmine. You become enveloped in an aura of rural England. The drydown evokes walking the coastal and country paths on The Cleveland Way in spring and early summer. Hawthorn, blackthorn, elderflower, juniper and nettle - English hedgerow greenery in its full glory. It results in an ambience of dank, mossy, undergrowth-type earthiness and works perfectly with the tartness of the black current. The extraordinary thing is, the floral elements contrive to make it even more sombre, and remind me of church flowers and chapels of remembrance. Not in a negative way, but in a profoundly beautiful and dignified way. One of several magnificent Trumper perfumes, Eucris stands tallest and showcases the ultimate in their craft, so that even after so very many years, it still has a mysteriousness and a near magical effect on me. Eucris is unique, and as English as Rolls Royce. In my opinion, this scent alone puts English perfumery on a par with the best in the World. Enduring, Eucris is in a word, wondrous. My signature scent forever. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ UPDATE. Since relocated to Duke of York Street nearby.

James Bond most famously wore Eucris by Geo. F. Trumper in Ian Fleming’s “Diamonds Are Forever.” For Bond fans its being in that book set it apart as a glamorous masculine fragrance from 1956 on. A masculine scent for sure but guess what? Tiffany Case would smell smashing in this scent too. A splash or two behind the ears and on the décolletage, a glass of champagne and voilà, magic. Created in 1912 by the famed London gentleman’s barbers you can bet that at least one bottle went down with the Titanic. It is a classic woody floral musk scent that when worn is sublimely rich and sophisticated in a very old school barbershop manner. That can be a good and refreshing thing in the world of todays gourmand and oud craze. At over a hundred years old it is still a star in the masculine fragrance firmament. It opens with the pungent slightly animalic bite of black currant, sweet caraway and earthy coriander. Then up from the bottom right though the mid notes comes the killer beauty of the oakmoss. It grabs the jasmine and lily of the valley in the mid note range and turns them on their ears giving them a toughness they rarely display. These flowers transfigured by the oakmoss are the Bond Girls of the scent, beautiful, tough and slightly dangerous. The dry down is all creamy sandalwood and musk, clean and sophisticated to the end. The Oakmoss holds on and never lets you forget who is boss in this fragrance. Eucris lasts around ten hours on my skin and has a respectable silage of about three feet in the fist few hours and then six to twelve inches in the dry down. It isn’t shy but it is discrete in its style and allure. The wonderful thing about Eucris and many classic old perfumes and colognes it that they carry a history, a life of there own over the decades and many stories along with them. If handled and nurtured with love by the houses that created them they can be as lovely, exciting, sexy and relevant today as the day they were first un-bottled and enjoyed by the public. Eucris by Geo. F. Trumper Five Gold Stars ***** (FOR MY 007 STORY ABOUT EUCRIS CHECK OUT MY BLOG ~ SCENTS MEMORY)

Some call this barbershop but wouldn't say that all, although Trumper is technically a Barbershop it is definitely a perfumer aswell in the classical British style. In terms of this fragrance, I feel this is masculine perfection, it's neither too dark nor is it too bright, old fashioned or modern, it stands alone. It lacks sweetness even though it has a fruity note which may baffle some people, the fruity note just isn't the typical candied fruit found in many fragrances, it's quite tart. Lily of the valley helps round this out balance caraway and blackcurrant and also helps the smooth transition into the sandalwood and musk, it's really well put together but not in a clean cut wholesome way, this may odd but it's kind of menacing, if it were a person it would be Christian Bale, skillful with a grumpy edge. This needs to be worn with confidence, someone who is comfortable in their own skin, a man, I don't say man and mean a specific age, I first wore this at 23, I knew myself, I wasn't hungry for people's approval so this is isn't for the older guy who wishes he was like still 25 and just rocks Sauvage because he thinks his daughters friends might think he's cool. It's for someone who has a backbone.

Love, love, love this is where I understood that the vast majority of modern perfumery is not for me, from Eucris, 3 things made me meet this masterpiece, my love for traditional shaving, my love for 007, and the love for the classic. Opening of blackcurrant, musk, white flowers and sandalwood, the cornerstones of British perfumery, which here turn into a unique perfume that almost seems to merge with its beautiful bottle, Victorian and ... gothic in appearance, but not in essence, one of the two fragrances inextricably linked to James Bond and Ian Fleming together with floris n089 which I will talk about very soon, a bottle that recalls James Bond's tuxedo, tuxedo and a nice Martini "Shaked not stirred" obviously .... ahahahah I love using it alone, or with a little extra pampering with its shaving cream, badger brush and free hand obviously black, I wear it strictly in an elegant outfit, especially on leaden and rainy winter days, it blends very well with the environment, and I in a suit and braces feel like 007 for a morning, for many it may be old or obsolete, for me instead it is a must in my collection and in my neck, but I am an old man young, so I don't count🤣

Geo F. Trumper recently released a new and greatly improved splash/stopper bottle for Eucris EDT, which I've now got in my collection. It's still the same amazingly and breathtakingly beautiful, masculine, elegant, aristocratic, regal, dark and mysterious, sublime, and ethereal fragrance as before, but in a greatly improved bottle. The final score is still a 10/10. PS: After comparing Eucris EDT to Eucris EDP, I've concluded that they might be 85-95% similar, although I'll admit that's difficult to quantify since we aren't privy to the actual ingredients and formula behind the fragrances. Putting the aesthetics of the bottles and the performance of EDT and EDP aside and focusing solely on the scent profile, I'd say that Eucris EDT is mainly driven by a winey and fruity black currant note supported by oakmoss, sandalwood, and florals, while Eucris EDP is primarily an oakmoss scent supported by black currant, sandalwood, and florals. Eucris EDP smells more inky, smoky, and earthy, while Eucris EDT smells more winey and fruity. But, in my humble opinion, both of them are perfect and flawless masterpieces deserving a perfect score of 10/10.

This is a review of the new Edp version of this scent. For a fragrance that came out in 1912 it does evoke from the smell a sombre mood like a rainy day in Downton Abbey or something Mr Darcy would wear from Pride & Prejudice. The bottle is quite beautiful and ornamental with it's black and silver motif. The smell is fresh and soapy with lots of moss and musk. Out of this you can smell hints of blackcurrant, cumin, spices and light florals. The quality is very nice with vivid notes that smell Soapy smoky and ethereal. Everything is blended and balanced so that no one note overwhelms the other out of the oakmoss musk. Eventually the scent becomes cleaner with the musk becoming more prominent and the sandalwood showing up here and there. The fragrance is easy and very lovely to wear. Compared to the Edt the scent lasts over eight hours on my skin though it does stay close to you within half a arms length. It also smells more smooth and refined with some of the notes been more balanced. The cumin note has been dialled way back for example. All in all a very classy scent with a dark sombre mood suited for the gentlemen.

Eucris is a real gem. Its a manly scent and very sophisticated. It's dark. It's mysterious. It is beautiful. I love the combination of blackcurrent blended with musky spices and wood and the rich oakmoss in this works so well. In short, it makes me feel great, even powerful. This does have like a gothic feel i totally agree with others on that. I feel this is what Count Dracula would wear to seduce and then go in for the bite! It's downside is perhaps the performance. While it has OK performance it does not project like a beast or stay for as long as i want, but then again if i could choose, this would NEVER leave, it's so good. Eucris is not loud, it's mysterious, sophisticated and subtle but does get noticed. I have had numerous compliments wearing this! Price is also quite high but i don't wear this other than for special occasions so it won't run out so fast. When it does i will buy another, for sure! Bottle is very cool too. Pitchblack. Suits the scent. Can't recomend Eucris high enough - 10/10 I love it.

Ok so I been called a fregarnce snob, it's not true I just find fregrances I like are niche, or not mass sold or well known. like a fregarnce but I don't keep to one type more a grouping of styles.. This fregarnce for me sites happily in a with in my Acqua Di Parma Ezzennza or my Bvlgri as it has floral heart notes but still woody and fresh.. The fregarnce itself is fresh, floral and woody. I'd happily put classically refined gentalman. Not putting masculine as petrol and greese are masculine but I would want to smell of it.. It's a up lifting fregarnce to get you balanced and ready to walk out the door and just be you.. noticeable understated but noticeable. As for the claims of not lasting that's true you'll get a few good hours but that's the style of fregrances it is want longer then use the shave range build it up and used a amplifier lotion from Guerlain.. Well hope it helped oh and PS, the bottle is perfect in my room next to my classis razors and shave oil.

Eucris is a beautiful representation of a classical, true old world style chypre from the Mediterranean; adding in the European touch of caraway to make it stand out. There's not much more to add that others have already said, but it has to be said that this is marvelous in humid heat, if applied with enough restraint. The floral touches of jasmine and lily of the valley (the now banned Lyral being used, with the impression lasting all the way through the drydown) really shine in the heat. While the winey/fruity touch of black currant help keep things from smelling rotten. There's also a bit of benzoin in the base to help round things out further. Of course, the loads of moss in this is just sublime. If you're into historic pieces that actually translate well today, this is a no brainer.

I got Eucris EdT almost ironically. I was a fan of the “skin food” lotion as an aftershave balm, but I didn’t see any real life situations where I’d be wearing the EdT with a straight face. Then Halloween time comes around and I decide to do a “goth stuff” marathon. Encre Noire, Moth, Eucris. Well shit, I’m a total convert. Eucris is calming, comforting, absolutely acceptable outside of the house. Cold weather seems more friendly to those notes but it can be worn all year round with appropriate restraint. Eucris feels to me like a name that’s been out of fashion for so long, you start seeing new babies named that. Or maybe I’m just getting more “nose confident”.

My all time favorite scent. My signature scent, I suppose. Love it. Can't discern what the notes are, but it's heavenly to me. If you were a teen in the 80s, you will probably like it. I heard one reviewer say this was like Safari by Ralph Lauren and couldn't disagree more. I tracked down Safari and it's nothing like it. This is also NOTHING like Quorum.This is more musky, which I prefer. This is elegant... I have 6 new bottles of this. Also have the EDP, and, on my skin, the EDT is stronger. Go figure. I'd give this 6 stars if it were an option. Spectacular. Class. Elegance. F#$%in'-A!

Alas, this is not a review, although I do own the Skin Food version of this, and in love, I decided to opt for either the EDT or the EDP, I have over70-80 Niche frags, but this is just completely different. The reason I opted to write something here was merely a thank you to the reviewers below for their accuracy, contrast and comparison of old and new, and the EDT vs the EDP, especially to @MaxMellows and @Peter The Fragrance Lover. However I'm still at odds whether to go for the EDT or EDP.... :)

Eucris litterally makes me shiver with pleasure! It perfectly fits the idea I have about a classic and traditional but absolutely not aged fragrance. A dirty/clean peppery /cumin opening evolving into a strong herbal-musky drydown while a robust oakmoss presence watches from the above. Crispy, snensual, dark, mature and elegant but not mannered. Probably not so easy to wear but nonetheless excellent. A staple in my wardrobe. Since 1912, one of the best in its genre. Rating: 8.5/10

I discovered this eau de toilette in the shop of Trumper in Jermyn street. In the mean time they have moved a few meters further to Duke of York street. This is a scent which seemingly goes very well with my particular body and not necessarily with another man's body. A female colleage who just loves it got a sample and asked her hubby to put it on suddenly came to the conclusion that what she loved on me was more an odour than a scent on him. So one advice: try before you buy.

Eucris is one of my top five fragrances. Yes, I'm an oakmoss fan. The scent is strong, rich, unique, masculine, and projection and sillage are excellent. It's not for everyone, though. This EDT puts me in the mind of The Haunted Mansion at Disney World; it smells like death in a good way. Sort of, "Breathes of life of gathering gloom." I also have the deodorant stick and body wash for a complete embalming. Seriously, I love Eucris and hope to get the newer EDP someday.

9.1/10 God this is a masterpiece. Just absolutely incredible, I have a little splash tester that I applied to my wrist and, when I smelled it, I laughed at how good it was. Honestly the blackcurrant and oakmoss woodsy thing that's going on is just euphoric. This is like a more refined version of Creed's Aventus; I need to get my hands on the edp version of this, because it's incredible. I can definitely see why Bond wore this.

Today I am briefly testing Trumper's drier, more leathery offerings Astor, Curzon, Eucris and Marlborough together. It took me a few tries to distinguish them. Eucris is weaker at first, with lavender and bay leaf, then strong and sweaty with mint or some other sharp herbs. Drydown is multifaceted...dirty for a while like Yatagan, then back to soapier dry herbs with a dash of sweet spice.