Yardley Gentleman Elite

Wow! This is great. I just bought it to take my purchase of Floris Santal at AllBeauty over £66 to get a 10% discount. First impressions. I’m more impressed with this than the Floris and this was around just £16! The bottle label is crudely stuck on, off centre, but the rest of the packaging including the bottle is great. The fragrance is very good. It reminds me of visiting Abercrombie and Fitch in London years ago, when they were pumping Fierce into the air. This is a spicy fresh citrusy generic offering and a departure from my usual purchases, but I really like it. A clean, fresh, mass appealing and no nonsense scent suitable for the gym, work, the daytime. I love it!

What a lovely men’s fragrance. My new signature fragrance a real beautiful fragrance. Price is incredible. Long lasting. Sexy and Manly. But not old man smelling. At first I thought it was weak and boring but when I went back to it I really captured that soft blend of lemon, grapefruit and pine moving into the woody notes. It’s classy and clean. Not a fan of the others in the Yardley gentleman range but this one is a real beauty.

My signature scent, wore it all around italy and it is my most complimented fragrance strangely enough. Kind of annoying since its also one of my cheapest lol but idk what these other reviews are talking about. It is not powdery at all, it is a super masculine clean mature scent. KIND OF similar to Drakkar Noir without that barbershop undertone. Can also wear it for practically any occasion, from work to a wedding.

I've had this for a couple of years now, a gift from a family member. Bags of grapefruit from the get go, a big mid-hit of almost minty green, and an underlying hum of woody deepness. I spray this liberally, to get some longevity and silage, and it pays off (so that I get to enjoy this without seeking it out), while being very inoffensive at the same time (so it doesn't knock everyone out around and about).

Yardley Gentleman Elite is a classic manly animalic scent, presented in contemporary taste. The idea is brilliant, this frag serves as a bridge between two worlds, the 80s green-animalic powerhouses and today's perfumery. The perfume pyramid follows the 80s recipe, citrus top-green mid-animalic base, but some notes are substituted to make it modern. Starts fruity and synthetic, the grapefruit gives the scent a sticky cheapish texture, the vetiver is intensive allready, these two form a cheap Terre d'Hermes. You have to survive this beginning phase, just like in the case of some classics. Then comes the green phase, when grapefruit fades, and pine becomes the main player along with vetiver, delivered on a strong animalic base. In case of the classics, the animalic base is usually leather or civet, backed up with oakmoss. In this case, it is amroxan in my opinion, the perfume pyramid claims it's amber tough. Synthetic, and harsh, but not unpleasant at all. Reminds me of Jaguar classic and Dior Souvage the same time. From this point, the scent is very linear, and fades till entirely gone. The overall quality is not very high, but it is still good value from such a cheap fragrance. Approx. Zara quality with average performance. This frag is not a masterpiece at all, it's quality is a burden. The honor is in the idea of the scent structure. The genius of the scent structure is that it allows us to live our affection to 80s classics, while being totally acceptable for today's audience. It doesn't mean it is a mass pleaser, certainly not. This frag is for individualists with a strong character. It radiates the manliness and charisma of the classic green-animalics, without grandpa, dated or even mature vibes. Easy to wear alternative with a compromise.