Grey Flannel

Powdery leather, dry violets and tobacco. Smells rustic to me. It reminds me of an old cabin with old leather furniture. I dig it.

Smells very mature, masculine, and unique. I would recommend this to an older man. Grey flannel was a fitting name, it smells like a grey flannel on a rainy day.

This is wonderful but you have to let it mature. First spray resembled a public urinal. I let some air in the bottle, waited a few months and oh boy, what a masterpiece! There's a reason this has been around for 50 years. Masculine yet refined. Bold but smooth and quite charming. A true classic that every man should have in their collection.

I would start this off by saying it is not blind buy safe but then again, it is only like 20 dollars for a big bottle. This is definitely dated and not modern as the opening citruses are very quickly overtaken by the powdery florals and earthy herbs. The opening is not sweet yet sharp; sharp in a bitter way, not citrusy or fresh spicy like most frags are today. It can come off a little overwhelming at first. The middle notes and dry down are where this comes into its own. It is a vintage, somewhat barbershop style of fragrance. You smell clean yet rugged which calls back to the name, Grey Flannel. I see myself wearing this during fall and into winter for casual use. I would never wear this to work or in a situation where I am concerned with making a good first impression. I just would not take the risk. If you like modern frags, this won't be for you, but it is a cheap opportunity to experience vintage style to see if it is something you want to try pulling off. I like it, but it is very situational. Wearing this requires a true decision. Regardless, if you're even considering this and you have 20 bucks to spare, go ahead and get it just to have a unique scent on hand when you are feeling some type-of-way.

Kinda smells like a public restroom when it settles? But the first few sniffs were good.

Grey Flannel is the best! All you guys who say it sucks are a bunch of fucking assholes!!!

Yeah I think I need to check my nose, I thought I was into more vintage, gentlemanly scents. Here is where I draw the line. When I red the notes, I thought it was for me, until I smelled it. You get that almost annoying smell, that stays strong and radiates for a long time. I get a eucalyptus smell from it???? (Am I high lol??) Oh I read that its more like a leafy smell, yeah I get that, still eucalyptus coulddd be my call. Then it dries down to a soap bar smell, this is the part were it gets to a point were I liked it. Its subtle and fresh, yet the strong start puts me off, even tho I like perfumes with a strong opener. If you're into a smell that's vintage this is for you, its cheap price makes it a easy bb, yet I regret it. Im so sorry, I had such high hopes when reading trough the notes, yet you disappointed me. 5/10 I also returned it, you still did good.

Blind Buy Diaries # 21. One spray and I am teleported back to 1987, travelling with me pops, windows down in a beat-up old chevy, "Dancing in the Dark" by the Boss, blaring out from the speakers, with this heady scent of an amalgamation of facial creams, shaving cream and aftershave, projecting like he just came out from a trip to the barber's. Is this a barbershop scent? Yes it is IMHO, albeit a floral one. One of the rare floral gent's fragrances, which I do actually like. It carries a bit of the essence of old school Chanel Antaeus and if my memory serves me correctly, also JPG Fleur De Male. Florals are in play for the duration of the scent, with Galbanum, Iris and violet dominating, and the narcissus note and oakmoss providing the "bitter" feel. The drydown is floral and earthy, so vetiver and oakmoss, can be smelt, but not to sure about the almond note. Suits the name "grey flannel". The only letdown is the faulty sprayer on my bottle, which shoots out a stream of liquid rather than an even spread out spray. All seasonal scent? Good for summer, spring and autumn. Unisex? Masculine IMHO Blind buy worthy? If you have a wanton for a Barbershop scent, and considering its filthy cheap, yes. Performance? Longevity, around 6 to 7 hours on skin, longer on clothes, with decent projection and sillage.

This opens with a green violet leaf so sharp it's almost confrontational. Not everyone will understand it immediately. That's fine. It's not for everyone. What follows is a clean, powdery, soap-like drydown that feels completely of its era in the best possible way. There's an earthiness underneath that keeps it grounded — this never floats away into abstraction the way some powdery fragrances do. Grey Flannel smells like a rainy afternoon and a specific kind of calm that's hard to find in modern perfumery. Been wearing it for decades. Still reach for it after a heavy summer rainstorm when the air smells like wet earth and everything has slowed down. Nothing else fills that space.

Honestly I bought this because Phillip Michael Thomas (Tubbs) from Miami vice wore it. The first hit was like whoa! Then the dry down came and I felt as if I were back in the 80’s again. I kinda like it but I wear it at home mostly.

I can't really tell if it used to smell better or nostalgia makes me think it was better before. It smells clean, pleasant, calm. The name imprints a cold, somber feeling. Grey skies, cool air. Unfortunately it smells heavily of the industrial like clean smell found in urinal cakes. Also smells like a funeral home. Layer it with encre noire to get that mortician feel. The most nostalgic thing for me about this fragrance was finding it under or behind something in my room when cleaning. The idea of scented adult diapers is here also. Probably my least worn scent. It's really good as a basement couch spray. Something musty about it. Like a drying flannel in grey skies. I had it and barely used it as a kid. I have it now and barely use it as a mid aged man. Was it really ever any better, I can't say. I feel like it used to smell a little better on skin. It doesn't really evolve much, just gets more and more powdery. I haven't been able to give it away as nobody wants to take it. My dustiest buddy. Even if I gave it away I would still get it again. I know the feeling of missing this smell. I can't think of another scent it reminds me of. It reminds me more of times, places, feelings... It honestly works really well on the member berries if I wear it to the movies. The smells of the theater, concessions, the caked up urinals in the restrooms... Big time nostalgia kick

This classic fragrance is from 1975 (the year JAWS dominated the box office and wiped all other movies off the map). This is a cheapie and one of the best your $17.99 can buy. But you have to like 1) DRY. 2) Powdery . 3) And even though there is NO LAVENDER in here - whatever combination of flowers within (I'm looking at YOU iris) creates a "lavender vibe" . So: dry /iris / "lavender" baked in talcum powder - yet the powder is not feminine. Not nearly as feminine as the powder in Midnight in Paris ( a truly crappy piece of sh1t that everyone drooled over after it was discontinued. IF Grey Flannel went to that big perfume graveyard in the sky - we wonder how it would be remembered , worshiped or praised. Or if some losers would be paying $200.00 for a bottle as they did with MIP! Check Ebay "solds" if you don't believe me) . I used to call Gray Flannel the "Dust on Dracula's Coffin" because if you look at it one way - it can come off as "Gothic" and a bit tomb-like. (When I read the Women's Forum on here and they want something "Dark & Gothic on a budget" I always recommend GF because it's unisex and CHEAP) . Grey Flannel is the grandpa to Le Male and other powdery man-smells and I am rather shocked that it's still around, still smells pretty damn strong (!) and has not increased in price since 1975. GRADE: B plus. Best to buy this when you get the hankering for "something vintage" because you're bored with Oud, caramel and Vanilla. My last bottle purchased was a big 4 oz. splash on from Macy*s Backstage (Macy*s failed attempt to be T.J. Maxx) about 7 years ago. The smell was so strong that I actually thought "did I get a vintage bottle my mistake" ?

It is strong, it is long-lasting, it is timeless. But the scent is, idk. Am not sure if I actually like it or don't. I have the bottle for over 6-7 years and it is still almost half full, which reminded me to give it another shot today and see if it can bring back memories. It is mostly a nostalgic fragrance, that indeed can bring you back in time

Incredible nature-like perfume. The galbanum and violet combo really evokes this sort of grassy green plant insides smell, like the cracked stem of a dandelion, or pushing your face right up to a flower. It's sort of lightly wrapped up in this foggy, rainy wet musk. A very very well rounded perfume, very comfortable to smell. This perfume smells to me like an old professor who has slipped and fallen face first into his garden on a foggy day. Very green, slightly powdery, floral and just a little soapy. Not super "masculine" at all to my nose, even though perfume cannot be masculine or feminine, that is a stupid idea in my opinion. This is probably the best for value perfume you can buy right now, like in the entire world. Reminds me a lot of another masterpiece: Romanza from Masque Milano.

It took me a while to figure out what the drydown smells like but it suddenly hit me. I'm almost certain that Grey Flannel smells exactly like those big orange bars of Dial soap from the 70’s and 80’s. It smells like a vintage soap bar from that era. There were other brands like Zest, Coast, Safeguard and Lava but I'm pretty sure it smells like Dial. The opening can be a bit unpleasant and sharp but the drydown really becomes soapy clean.

Going by Aspen and Tres Nuit, which are said to resemble GIT, this is what actual green Irish tweed, the fabric, should smell like...dry, serious, a bit stuffy and dusty. But I like it.

Got it from ebay for £18, I spray on clothes, it doesn't project after a couple of hours or is it noseblindness?

Obtained a presumably recent bottle in a lot (as I am often want to do for entertainment). Most of the time, one expects to encounter aromatic-woody, spicy, chypre, etc... fragrances labeled "masculine." Now, to be fair, fragrance gender is arguably a spook and for the most part I would say that any "fem" fragrances which I would not consider to wear owe that judgement to being so cloying that I would not dare to get within 30 feet of someone wearing them whilst myself wearing an OV respirator or because the zeitgeist is so aware of some particularly identifiable fragrance and it would be bothersome to wear it weather I were masc- or fem-identifying. That aside, I think it follows that I would call this unisex as I would if forced to choose for most things. I would very much like to have seen this before IFRA regulations for oakmoss changed, as I presume it had a greater oakmoss fraction (if even something like evernyl). I am also somewhat astounded to see that galbanum is voted most prominent top-note here, as I would not argue that at all. If anything, the iris-violet-mimosa accord absolutely dominates everything else to the point of irrelevance. I will have to watch for it in the drydown. That floral accord would be fantastic with a strong sandalwood base. I will add oakmoss to a decant and see how that goes. Smells in some ways (on a strip, drydown) like a urinal cake, but a urinal cake so good that it makes you want to install a urinal in your house so as to have reason to buy and use it. This is probably due to common use of one of the floral ACs in high quantities in such an application - wafting the strip does not give this impression.

Low quality ingredients and smell, idea could be good if good ingredients would have been used. Doesnt worth to buy.

Far better than I was expecting for an old school scent especially given the low price. Surprisingly, this hasn't been watered down unlike so many of the scents from the 60s to the 80s and while the scent profile is out of date it has a wonderful warming feel like a thick old sweater that works great when it's cold or raining outside. Not for everyone but if you're over 40, you might want to give it a chance.

Had to try this after so many reviews! Galbanum. The first time I encountered it was in an artisan oil by SA called Sultan. I immediately thought of the white sap that comes from the stem of a dandelion, very fresh and somewhat bitter and a powerful note that wants to mow down all the other notes and sit on them :) but...they did a great job of taming it down as much as could be expected. I do enjoy the drydown which reminds me a bit of Paloma, Rochas femme and Bal a Versailles. I think the petit grain got mowed over in this modern formulation, but all in all, a very solid value. I agree this is best applied to freshly washed skin.

Strong dusty florals that smell like cigarettes...not classy hint of green tobacco leaf.... like cigarettes.

Stands next to Polo Green as the most timeless, masculine scents to come out of the 70s. I couldn’t get enough of how great this smelled on me. I loved walking around in this all day. Unfortunately, my wife hates it. So it had to go. I need to get another bottle, and hide it, and only wear it when she’s not around.

Grey Flannel is a strong memory from my youth in the 80´s. Stylish, simple and calming. A true unisex scent. I don´t quite understand why the conversation around it gets sometimes heated. But maybe that is just a sign of a true classic? This beautiful chypre is still going strong! Highly recommended.

What I would call a "weird green" fragrance, it fits with English Fern by Penhaligon and Vert De Fleur by Tom Ford... Very pungent, blue-rinse, past Turkish delight and into something not exactly medicinal but more nursing home. I really want to love it, but it's been a few months and it's just not sitting well with me. Fahrenheit is one of my dearest fragrances but this is not my kind of violet.

L'infusion d'iris, Chanel 19, Silences, and Grey Flannel. The most gorgeous galbanam-iris perfumes in the land. Boys and Girls alike can delight in any of these crisp green chypres.

When I was a young teen, I loved to smell women’s perfumes at the department store but always ended with heading to the “men’s” section to grab the Grey Flannel bottle and take a final whiff. It was so different from everything else. I think this was when I first fell in love with chypre scents.

I truly enjoy this fragrance. It's a nice break from all the mainstream typical 'men's' fragrances out there. I don't know who came up with the idea that men (I don't like gender labels in any way or form, really) should smell like citrus, or so called Sport fragrances, etc. Personally I don't like labeling fragrances as male or female, since I don't think it matters one bit, in my opinion. Wear whatever you want, no matter what gender/non gender you identify as. That's only my opinion of course. So yeah, this one is a truly nice break from the most common guy's frags, which I am very grateful for. It's comforting, non headache inducing, green, and I think you gotta be comfortable with yourself as a person to wear it. I doubt it's one that the younger crowd might start out with on their fragrance journey, but what do I know? People sometimes surprise you.

This is my favorite rainy day scent. I like to mix it with Cool Water clones as well. I'm actually surprised that there is a smells like section for this one, because it's so unique. I guess it would make sense that someone would copy this one eventually. I kind of think Grey Flannel is like the father of Fahrenheit, and GIT/Cool Water. Those scents are also very unique (they were anyway). It gives off such a fresh, mossy, floral beautiful scent. It's an excellent performer, and I'd almost say it's unisex just because it's so unique and floral. For the price you can't go wrong.

Grey Flannel. This is different for sure. It starts out very green and violet on me and dries down musky. It is not a favorite of mine, I must be in the mood to wear it. I have the aftershave and the eau de toilette. I prefer the aftershave.