GFT

What a delightful pick-me-up! To my tastes, this, along with Balle de Match, is pretty much the pinnacle of men's semi-sweet citrus fragrances. It begins as grassy lemon, somehow capturing the brightness but not the sourness of the peel, with just enough soapiness from the blossoms thrown in to mellow it out. In a sense, it's lemon dishsoap, but only in the most delicate, ephemeral way, with just a hint of that sharp soap fizziness that irritates my nose when overdone. It also has a bit of the creamy headiness that I recently found in Creed's Royal Water, but it actually backs it up with something! As it fades, it manages to keep the ratio of tart lemon rind, sweet fruit, and soapy blossoms surprisingly constant, and slowly introduces woodier basenotes. It does venture closer to the brassy, golden metallic aura of Colonia Intensa or Lalique White, but like Burberry Original, GFT stops short of crossing over into that zone; I might call it an "organic" alternative to CI or LW. What's probably the most unusual here is that the stuff has superhuman longevity for a citrus fragrance. Even at the end of the day, I can still smell the quiet, soapy-citrus base, as almost a "clean linen" or "white musk" type of scent, but again in only the most natural, unforced sense, and with sweet lemon juice persisting hours beyond the point where you'd normally expect it to disappear. One of the best in its class.

Popped in to the local barbershop to stock up on Extract of Limes, but unfortunately they were out. Picked up GFT instead. This is a classy, sophisticated gentleman's cologne. Very much in the same vein as D.R. Harris' Arlington, or Taylor of Old Bond Street's Mr. Taylors. However, this has a lot more lemon than both. The open is a blast of citrus, predominantly lemon but with a hint of bergamot and mandarin. This slowly fades into a woody-musky drydown, however the lemon sustains throughout. If you don't like lemon, don't buy this. It's by far the most predominant note. If however, like me you love lemon, buy a bottle of this and just bathe in it, it's that good. Longevity is decent for a cologne, I get 4 hours on my skin with moderate sillage.

Lovely citrus cologne with many fougère traits. This is what AdP Colonia Essenza could have been instead of the cheap soap bar mess it becomes after 30 minutes; GFT is in fact the perfect modernisation of the 1916 AdP Colonia. The first seconds you will smell more talcum than I personally like, but that lasts only two minutes before it dries down to a stable if intimate barbershop scent. It is not so top heavy that you couldn’t use it the year around. Perfect for the workplace if you have perfume sensitive colleagues. GFT being a cologne, you are free to change into an evening scent after working hours, without any fuzz. For example Trumper’s Havana ;)

This is good stuff. A fresh sophisticated scent. Cost is quite expensive but you should get a 30ml to try at least once. Trumper make first class fragrances but are not as well known as the designer brands. They began (and still exist) as a barber shop in London renowned for their excellent services and superior product line. You can use this to your advantage as their fragrances will be different from others in your social circle. I apply this quitle lightly and find that it lasts well, it stays on clothes for a long time too. Thumps up :)

Fresh blast of lemony opening that dries down to a lavender mid and lavender musky base. Right in between like and love for me at the moment. Fresh while still being a gentlemanly old school English scent. I might grow to love it, it's a pleasant and easy reach scent for casual or summer wear. Scent: 7.5 / Sillage: 7 / Longevity: 7