Emerald Isle

I used to love GIT, back when it had the Millesime tag and the scent notes were natural and rich. The violet and bergamot were particularly evident and long lasting and for me, defined the distinctive nature of this classic fragrance. The last truly lovely bottle I had was 2013. Since then it has set off in a different direction and I feel it has become more muddy, almost flat in its notes. Less complex and vibrant and with poor longevity and sillage. Here is where Parfums Vintage excels. They drill down into notes of fragrances when they have been at their best and in my opinion, they do this really well. I haven’t tested all their fragrances, but the ones I have really capture the DNA of their influences. Emerald Isle pulls together that mossy, earthy richness and slightly dank, oily violet note, with sharp and fresh verbena and bergamot to almost identically replicate my first bottle of GIT. It has clearly been created by someone that understands what makes the original GIT so unique and special. Longevity and sillage are moderate, which I think are correct for this fragrance - certainly performs better than current GIT - and the scent profile evolves beautifully in the dry down. I love it.

I was interested in trying this scent profile out. I have a decant of GIT 2024 from 2024. And I have samples of PV Emerald Isle and Verbena Fields. I have done several side by side comparisons. The Verbena Fields is definitely closer to the current GIT. My partner said she could not tell any difference and I think it is very close. However, I had read that the Emerald Isle is supposed to be based off of any earlier vintage of GIT from pre 2010's or something like that. I have not had a chance to sample any older versions of GIT, so I cannot speak to the accuracy of the dupe. But I can say, I like Emerald Isle far more on my skin. It is not as harsh and angular as GIT in the opening and seems to hang on to the fresh green notes longer into the dry down. I think it also has a more sandalwood in the heart of the scent. Overall, I love this scent more than GIT but they are definitely different. I did not really dig the intensity of GIT up front and it does not seem like something I would spend a bunch of money on. However, I do plan on purchasing a bottle of Emerald Isle. I really do like it.

I have GIT and got a sample of this along with a number of others from Parfums Vintage. Got to say this is an excellent fragrance. Very, very similar to GIT - the nuances in fact improve the fragrance. To my nose, the fragrance is smoother due to the sandelwood, is fuller bodied and projects slightly better in the first hour. Longevity is good although no better than GIT. Very, very impressed by this fragrance - shouldn't come as a surprise as PV have a few bangers UPDATE: Now have a bottle of this and have therefore had the opportunity to wear it more. In my eyes it is an improvement on GIT - at least a recent batch I have. It smells better and projects far better. The first two times of wearing it my wife said she loved it - she never does this. The only department GIT wins is in longevity - it remains a skins scent longer on me. Emerald Isle lasts long, but GIT remains crazy long. I feel GIT will sit pretty on my shelf whilst I wear Emerald Isle. To be fair it is a beautiful bottle

I have a sample of this perfume. It lasts between 9-10 hours. With a medium intensity. I tried this perfume with my husband and we concluded that it is a scent that suits him better. It is a perfume that is not complicated in aromas but that works extremely well, as a whole of aromatic plants next to sandalwood, lavender and gray amber. Bergamite comes to refresh aromatic notes much more. Fresh, aromatic ... Aromas that form a perfume that is not complicated, it is not extrabagant. What it is is a versatile perfume, easy to use at many times of the year or moments of your day to day. A good perfume with which you know you smell good and with good quality of duration.

This is almost identical to Green Irish Tweed on the dry down. I highly recommend it if you want to see what Green Irish Tweed smells like or if you don't want to fork out all that doe for Creed.