Citrus and Wood

I would never have thought of Yardley as being a great visionary perfume house, especially when I bought a bottle of Citrus & Wood, probably soon after it came out in 2011. I came across it looking for their cocoa butter soap and then also buying their citrus & wood soap too. I bought the perfume/edt as sort of an afterthought, mainly because it was so cheap. I probably paid less that $40 online for it. And promptly wore it a few times, but it apparently made little impression on me, and I don't know why. I'd had other woody scents beforehand that I liked. I must have bought something I liked better because Yardley Citrus & Wood got relegated first into odd parts of my perfume closet and eventually out of it entirely into the depths of a drawer I seldom open. Then just yesterday I thought, "gee, rosequeen, you have a lot of new wood fragrances on your wish list..." And "don't you have a bottle of that Yardley stuff...?" So now I'm considering Yardley a visionary. At least with Citrus & Wood. They certainly came to the woodsy party before almost any other perfumer house, niche or hugely commercial. I don't usually look at the perfumer profiles but I discovered Christian Provenzano, who made this, has since then made any number of exotic fragrances, some of them with oud and other woods that people are paying lots more for. To be clear, I'm talking about the original Yardley Citrus & Wood bottle, the one pictured here at Fragrantica. Square bottle with deep brown label. Some eBay seller is calling this bottle "the original formula," implying they've monkeyed around with it since 2011. I don't know what that bottle looks like, but a cursory search of other Yardley men's scents on eBay indicates that Yardley has at least changed the design of their bottles since 2011. This Citrus & Wood is a great fragrance, rich and woodsy and long lasting; 6 hours on my skin. The citrus is bracing without being overwhelming. Not at all sweet; men will like this one. I just noticed it isn't unisex like I thought; oh well, I'm a woman and I really like it. Good year round; well, on a cool 65 degree summer day anyway. Don't remember wearing it on a sweltering 90 degree day. And still very inexpensive online, but not a lot of them around. At least not today; maybe people bought up the supply for Father's Day. And you'd get away with buying it for your father too; it smells enough like the higher priced wood fragrances to be a good gift, especially to a father who thinks you spend too much on perfume, even when you've hidden most of your purchases from him. A frugal father would wear this stuff often instead of waiting for "special occasions." Frugal fathers consider no occasion is so special to warrant wearing a glitzy obviously expensive scent. (Which is why we see so many of them from varying eras on eBay.) I don't see any of the Yardley Citrus & Wood soap online though. Good thing I didn't blithely use my last bar thinking I could get more of them at any time. It's not 2011 anymore, rosequeen... Edit, April 8, 2022, nearly 2 years after my review: Yep, it's a huge clone of Terre D'Hermes, just like everyone says. So close I wonder if Hermes didn't sue Yardley, or press them very hard, to take the Citrus & Wood off the market. It certainly seems to have disappeared quickly. No sign of it on eBay either, now or about a year ago when I last looked.

MY YARDLEY McLAREN F1 SOUVENIR Yardley is one of those brand names that I recall very well from my childhood. I still remember the beautiful McLarens M19 and M23 that raced at Brands Hatch and Silverstone in Yardley livery, driven by Denny Hulme, Peter Revson and Mike Hailwood. Peter Revson (of the Revlon family of cosmetics and fragrances) won the 1973 British Grand Prix in a Yardley McLaren M23 at the Silverstone circuit and I was there to witness it. Drivers such as Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, François Cevert, James Hunt, Ronnie Peterson, Jody Scheckter, Niky Lauda, Clay Regazzony, Jacky Ickx and John Watson were all on that Formula One grid. The week after that F1 race, a bottle of Yardley (I can't remember which one) was the very first perfume I bought with my own money. I was 10 at the time. Citrus & Wood was released in the last decade and it's a very classy scent. It comes in a handy 50ml bottle that you can easily slip into your pocket. The citrus notes combined with the resins, birch, spices, amber and woods make a bold impression. The staying power is average, which is a shame because the ambery-woody dry-down is very pleasant. I have already bought three 50ml bottles of Citrus & Woods. I have more than 850 perfume bottles in my wardrobe and I wear this Yardley fragrance quite often. I like its earthy vibe and the fact that it slips neatly into my raincoat pocket on rainy days. I also wear Terre d'Hermes quite often. As a motor racing aficionado, my real personal problem with Hermés is that they have never sponsored McLaren or any other Formula One team, either in the 70s or in recent years. So I continue to reward Yardley by being a loyal customer of their fragrances. The fragrances - Citrus & Wood and Terre d'Hermes EDT - have an obvious similarity, but the Yardley bottle costs twelve times less per ml or ounce to be precise. The performance of the Yardley fragrance is inferior, but all I have to do is take the handy flask out of my pocket and spray it again. So, following my head and my heart, the Yardley flask took a chunk out of my Terre d'Hermes EDT usage. And my nose never complained about my head and heart's decision. I hope you don't mind a few little white lies in the text above. I still have the Terre d'Hermes EDP and EDT and use them a lot. It's a fantastic scent. My 50ml bottles cost me €10.00 each. At that price, I would only suggest that you buy at least one bottle blind. MUSIC: "Faster" by George Harrison Note: "Faster" was written and performed by George Harrison. The song was inspired by Harrison's year away from music in 1977, during which he travelled with the Formula 1 World Championship, and by his friendship with drivers such as Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and Niki Lauda.

Yardley is one of those brand names from my boyhood. I still remember (very well) the McLaren M19 and M23 racing in Brands Hatch and Silverstone with the Yardley colours. Peter Revson (from the Revlon family) won the British Grand Prix in 1973 driving an Yardley McLaren M23 in the circuit of Silverstone. Guys like Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi, François Cevert, James Hunt, Denny Hulme, Ronnie Peterson, Jody Scheckter, Niky Lauda, Clay Regazzony, Jacky Ickx and John Watson were all in the grid. An Yardley bottle (which one?) was the very first cologne I bought at the age of 11 years. .....welll.... Citrus and Wood by Yardley is a magnificent Woody Spicy fragrance. I bought my third bottle last week. I have about 200 perfume flasks in my closet and what do I wear? .... Citrus and Wood!!!! .... and by the way, I used to wear Terre d'Hermes with some frequency. The real issue is that they never sponsored McLaren or any other Formula One Team neither back in those days, nor in any other year. The scents are really alike and the Yardley flask costs kind of 10 times less per ml or oz (13 times to be precise). So I just follow my head and heart and now the Yardley scent took the place of Terre d' Hermes. And my nose never complained with my head and heart decision.

Yardley's Citrus and Wood is a fantastic affordable scent and is (IMHO) a hidden gem. Well blended, lasts 3-4 hours on me, and reacts well to heat, especially if you are out and about. I'd recommend it for transition periods of the year (Autumn and Spring). Citrus and Wood gets compared (understandably) to Terre d Hermes. Although quite similar there are some distinctions. Longevity on TdH is better but at 3 times the price that is to be expected. Citrus and Wood is a little more restrained, it also is more linear. The Orange note from TdH is substituted with Lime, but, to be honest, if I smelled either on someone else I would be hard pushed to tell the difference. I got a boxset with 50ml Edt and 200ml Shower Gel for £16.95 (around $22 for friends across the Atlantic) and is an absolute steal for that price point. As dubairob states in their review buying the toiletries line is a great way to compliment either Citrus and Wood or Terre d Hermes fragrances (the later's toiletries line is criminally overpriced in my opinion) so can save you some money. Excellent!

Şu günlerde Türkiye de Gratis mağazalarında 35 tl ye bulabileceğiniz parfüm. Burada yazarların büyük bir bölümü bunun TERRE Hermes e çok benzediğini yazmış. Ancak ben bir benzerlik bulamadım. Terre de portakal turunçgiller çok bariz bir üstünlüğü sahip bunda ise durum farklı. Ancak çok benzediği bir Hermes var o da Hermes Voyage. Pek parfümleri birbirine benzetmeyi sevmem ancak buradaki benzerlik çok açık. Hem Terre yı hem Voyage ı bununla 3-4 defa karşılaştırdim ve açık ara Voyage a benziyor. İşin ilginç tarafı Voyage edt den daha güçlü parfüme ise yakın bir yoğunluğa sahip. Kalıcılık çok güçlü değil. Ancak beni asıl şaşırtan bu daha keyifli bir kullanıma sahip. Voyage ise özellikle ilk başlarda benim "yagli gibi" dememe neden olan bir havaya sahipken bu daha fresh tarafa yakın. Aradaki fiyat farkını söylemeye gerek yok. Bence bu fiyata çok başarılı. Voyage dan 1 yıl sonra piyasaya verilmiş ve açıkçası başarılı bir taklit olmuş. Ancak halen bunu onlarca kişi nasıl Terre ye benzetiyor anlamış değilim. Çünkü alakası yok.

Residing in an olfactory bubble of citrus and wood, or is it wood and citrus. Drying down nicely, keep cupping my nose in the residue of my palm, always a good indication. Not going to be evening romancing on this, but would do something active and productive...might even go into the workshop having been invigorated by its after shower freshness and mingle it with the scent of worked iron and sweat. Could equally enjoy it at the end of a days travelling in the heat after that first shower in a gem of a hotel, replacing the staleness of the day, on a small arid Greek island as the crickets begin their nightly chirp. Then I am joined by someone beautiful at the bar overlooking the moon lit sea and I was wrong, romance is in the air and the soft rythmic swoosh of sea on sand is the perfect foil for the scent haze and the contrasting smell of my new companion.

Undoubtably this is a Terre d'Hermes smell alike from the first sniff. It opens with a very beautiful, dark and tart vetiver note that sings a perfect duet with the citrus and made me close my eyes and inhale deeply. As it progresses it mellows down but never stops reminding me of a simpler TdH, the eau fraiche edition. Gone are the flint aspect, the strong sillage and the monster longevity of TdH as this wears much closer to skin. Not a bad thing though as this has a natural feel about it that makes it a "feel good" scent. One of these rare and often inexpensive gems that put a smile on my face (RnG vetiver was another one). The drydown is mossy and slightly musky but still retaining a sweet citrus character. Best news about it is that since it is much cheaper that TdH it offers itself up for abuse and overdose ;) Love it, wish it came in a bigger bottle!

Yardley is one of those brand names from my childhood. You bought their talcum powder as a gift for your granny! I hadn't given the brand serious consideration since! However, being very impressed with Terre d'Hermes after extensive testing, I did a lookup here to find close alternatives and Citrus & Wood was top of the list. I bought blind online. I'm not disappointed. It really does open and dry down like Terre d'Hermes. That bitter citrus opening note is captured perfectly and the heavier earthier notes follow up the same. I wish the longevity was better, however, the upside is that you can spritz this on generously without fear of being called 'Mr Cologne'! And at a fraction of the cost of the Hermes original, being generous with the spray certainly won't break the bank. A fun fragrance and strongly recommended.

Very similar to both Terre d'Hermes and Montale Red Vetyver. Also very similar to Roger & Gallet L'Homme Sport. The name sums it up very nicely: you smell citrus and woods. Though the simple and effective name doesn't quite describe how masterfully they are blended. Simple and amazing, a deep green scent. Smells excellent quality, especially compared to its price. Or should I say, regardless its price. I'm a woman who loves orientals but has to find something fresh for the summer, and men's scents such as this are just what I need for summertime. However I must add that the woody notes give it enough depth to be used in colder weather, too. Longevity is also much better than you would expect of a citrus scent.

I found this online for a very cheap price as part of a gift set. I checked the reviews on here and noticed that one person likened it to David Beckham Homme. Homme to me is an extremely underrated scent that actually got me started in collecting fragrances and to this day it remains one of my favourites and I can totally see when that one person said it was similar. The opening citrus blast is almost overwhelming, painful even but fortunately that harshness only lasts for a few seconds, then it immedately settles down into a delicious scent. I dig this one, a lot! Decent longevity and silage for the price. Get on it.

Terre D'Hermes' younger less-accomplished brother. Very nice for the price, but doesn't replace the beast known as TDH in anyway! This is the temporary fix to the cloud-nine high provided by TDH! Overall a good scent though! Do not misunderstand - this is NOT a bad review...simply noting that, although it does smell similar to TDH, it will not replace it simply because of the price tag. Shame it only comes in 1.7oz. If you find it at your local bargain store, do not hesitate to buy it! VERY SAFE BLIND BUY! Enjoy. UPDATE: Ended up ordering 3 more as backups...I REALLY like this scent!

As I die-hard niche perfumery fan, wary of wandering anywhere below Serge Lutens, I got the surprise of my life today. A friend asked me to accompany her in a pharmacy, of all places, and there it was - the perfume I'm going to drown in all winter, with a 15 euro price tag! A-ma-zing perfume, I sprayed it heavily on me, my clothes, and every piece of paper I carried with me, I'm in love! When I see quality, I know it, and this marvel has it. I'd love to wear Terre d' Hermes too if it were available in my country. Oh, and I'm a girl :)

To start we have a lovely opening of lime and bergamot nicely blended. Then it gets more potent, woody and soapy with great sillage - it's a very pleasant long lasting drydown. Yardley have produced a gorgeous EDT here and it wasn't expensive - a very good purchase - nice bottle and packaging too. I tried Terre de Hermes at the airport duty free and immediately thought "Yardley Citrus & Wood". A gorgeous frag and a bargain. Never mind the price, this is up there with the very best - a gem.

I agree very much so with the previous commenter, I blind bought a bottle of this, think it cost me £7, what a revelation. Zesty and woody, worked nicely with the chemistry of my skin. Smells fairly expensive, didn't last amazingly on, but for how much it costs it doesn't really matter. I wonder had Yardley branded this differently, maybe under a different name how would it have done. Yardley's history of Lavender and Soap does not help. Great fragrance all round.

We've been waiting long for the legendary manufacturers of toiletries to provide men with a new fragrance but the wait was worth it. This little gem which can be purchased at a very reasonable price will never let you down. The citrus notes don't seem to dominate the whole, the scent develops rather towards the woodsy overtones - and that's very, very masculine. To cut a long story short - go for it! It's bound to become a modern classic soon.

I love this perfume! On a side note: it really resembles Terre D'Hermes a lot. Both Yardley and Terre are great scents. I love both! The biggest difference between them is that, Yardley's most important note is BIRCH. Before Yardley I did not know I love this note. Birch with vetiver... Everyone should try this great scent! Also has a rather good price tag, and for that price, you will not find many well blended scents like this!

What a glorious summer fragrance! Harsh lime and vetiver opening, tart, dry, almost medicinal, quickly moderated and enriched by luxurious cedarwood. Nice birch and oakmoss notes, too. Longevity is moderate, 5-6 hours on my skin (and more on cotton shirt), sillage is quite strong in the first two hours. Pleasant woody drydown, with a drop of bergamot oil. Very affordable, it doesn't feel cheap at all! Recommended.

This is brilliant, I bought it a long time ago, and now I can regret I only got one bottle. Although I have two similar fragrances (a Terre dupe and Roger & Gallet's L'Homme Sport), so I'm set for decades. A forest full of clean air, green mosses, fresh air... It's so green... like in the movie Death at the Funeral where they just keep yelling how green is everything. Yes it's pretty much the same as Terre.

Had to add a quick Christmas review, what a great Christmas gift this one turned out to be, hate to say I turned my nose up a little when I saw it, but wow what a cracker. I have to agree that the drydown does share a lot of similarities with Hermes. Having revisited this I will be using this a lot more then the last bottle, which for some reason is way off the new one. Gorgeous lime opening, love it..

read my other reviews and find out if you (more or less) agree with my humble opinion(s)... this one is indeed soooo similar to terre d'hermes...that i rather buy this cheapie...fact. Spray on your clothes for better longevity. Nah just kidding. The OG is still better but when you ́re on a budget, you can get this one for sure. 8,5/10