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I was doing the math the other day, and assuming that the average atomizer is putting out 10-15 sprays/mL, it would take me 2-2.5 months to go through a 100mL bottle, assuming I sprayed my usual amount for both my scent of the day and my scent of the evening.

What got me on this track was seeing someone’s large collection here with a commenter claiming it was three lifetimes of perfume.

I’m ~30 now, with a birthday in January. Let’s assume I have 50 years left and kill my future self off at 80 for this experiment. Let’s say I but my first 100mL on January 1, 2027. That’s ~5 bottles in a year. Times 50, that’s 250 100mL bottles.

How many 100mL bottles are you looking at in your remaining lifetime?

I was doing the math the other day, and assuming that the average atomizer is putting out 10-15 sprays/mL, it would take me 2-2.5 months to go through a 100mL bottle, assuming I sprayed my usual amount for both my scent of the day and my scent of the evening.

What got me on this track was seeing someone’s large collection here with a commenter claiming it was three lifetimes of perfume.

I’m ~30 now, with a birthday in January. Let’s assume I have 50 years left and kill my future self off at 80 for this experiment. Let’s say I but my first 100mL on January 1, 2027. That’s ~5 bottles in a year. Times 50, that’s 250 100mL bottles.

How many 100mL bottles are you looking at in your remaining lifetime?

I was doing the math the other day, and assuming that the average atomizer is putting out 10-15 sprays/mL, it would take me 2-2.5 months to go through a 100mL bottle, assuming I sprayed my usual amount for both my scent of the day and my scent of the evening.

What got me on this track was seeing someone’s large collection here with a commenter claiming it was three lifetimes of perfume.

I’m ~30 now, with a birthday in January. Let’s assume I have 50 years left and kill my future self off at 80 for this experiment. Let’s say I but my first 100mL on January 1, 2027. That’s ~5 bottles in a year. Times 50, that’s 250 100mL bottles.

How many 100mL bottles are you looking at in your remaining lifetime?

I’ll update this as the wear goes on.

I recently received a couple of samples from Creed through the mail. Aventus was a massive success, but I was really curious to try Green Irish Tweed after hearing the comparisons to vintage Aspen and my own love of fougères. What better to do, then, but test them side by side?

To give Aspen a full fighting chance, I decanted my 1994 mini splash bottle into a travel atomizer and got to spritzing.

On the strip, Green Irish Tweed is the clear winner, with the picture-perfect aroma of lush greenery covered by morning dew; a soft fog covers the ground and the world is still, green and wet. Alive. Less shower gel, more luxury soap.

Aspen, by comparison, comes out the gate swinging. It’s a far rougher, far more aggressive take on the scent profile. The mint is more prominent and the composition is overall scratchier than GIT. At least in the opening, these are two different animals.

Actually getting these on skin, things get a little stranger.

On skin, I prefer Aspen in the opening. Honest. The galbanum in the opening of GIT smells oily and unpleasant to my nose; luckily that’s gone after 15 minutes or so. Aspen gets to the point a little quicker with the Irish Spring advert imagery. If GIT drops you directly into the commercial, though, Aspen is looking at it through a window.

4 Hour Update:

Green Irish Tweed is… fine. I won’t pretend to understand the hype entirely. Side by side with Aspen, the drydowns are near identical, with Aspen being a touch deeper and a touch sweeter. GIT feels more diffuse and a little more refined; less rough around the edges than Aspen. It’s close enough that I would say get some vintage Aspen instead of the current GIT formulation unless you’re really in love with the galbanum and viole leaf notes. This is not something I see myself wearing more than the couple wears I’ll get out of this sample vial.

That said, I can see GIT working at a banking job or similarly conservatively dressed office environment really well. Aspen would be more at home in a less formal environment, I feel.

GIT does a stellar job of replicating the real moss notes.

I’ll come back in a few hours with another update.

I’ll update this as the wear goes on.

I recently received a couple of samples from Creed through the mail. Aventus was a massive success, but I was really curious to try Green Irish Tweed after hearing the comparisons to vintage Aspen and my own love of fougères. What better to do, then, but test them side by side?

To give Aspen a full fighting chance, I decanted my 1994 mini splash bottle into a travel atomizer and got to spritzing.

On the strip, Green Irish Tweed is the clear winner, with the picture-perfect aroma of lush greenery covered by morning dew; a soft fog covers the ground and the world is still, green and wet. Alive. Less shower gel, more luxury soap.

Aspen, by comparison, comes out the gate swinging. It’s a far rougher, far more aggressive take on the scent profile. The mint is more prominent and the composition is overall scratchier than GIT. At least in the opening, these are two different animals.

Actually getting these on skin, things get a little stranger.

On skin, I prefer Aspen in the opening. Honest. The galbanum in the opening of GIT smells oily and unpleasant to my nose; luckily that’s gone after 15 minutes or so. Aspen gets to the point a little quicker with the Irish Spring advert imagery. If GIT drops you directly into the commercial, though, Aspen is looking at it through a window.

4 Hour Update:

Green Irish Tweed is… fine. I won’t pretend to understand the hype entirely. Side by side with Aspen, the drydowns are near identical, with Aspen being a touch deeper and a touch sweeter. GIT feels more diffuse and a little more refined; less rough around the edges than Aspen. It’s close enough that I would say get some vintage Aspen instead of the current GIT formulation unless you’re really in love with the galbanum and viole leaf notes. This is not something I see myself wearing more than the couple wears I’ll get out of this sample vial.

That said, I can see GIT working at a banking job or similarly conservatively dressed office environment really well. Aspen would be more at home in a less formal environment, I feel.

GIT does a stellar job of replicating the real moss notes.

I’ll come back in a few hours with another update.

I’ll update this as the wear goes on.

I recently received a couple of samples from Creed through the mail. Aventus was a massive success, but I was really curious to try Green Irish Tweed after hearing the comparisons to vintage Aspen and my own love of fougères. What better to do, then, but test them side by side?

To give Aspen a full fighting chance, I decanted my 1994 mini splash bottle into a travel atomizer and got to spritzing.

On the strip, Green Irish Tweed is the clear winner, with the picture-perfect aroma of lush greenery covered by morning dew; a soft fog covers the ground and the world is still, green and wet. Alive. Less shower gel, more luxury soap.

Aspen, by comparison, comes out the gate swinging. It’s a far rougher, far more aggressive take on the scent profile. The mint is more prominent and the composition is overall scratchier than GIT. At least in the opening, these are two different animals.

Actually getting these on skin, things get a little stranger.

On skin, I prefer Aspen in the opening. Honest. The galbanum in the opening of GIT smells oily and unpleasant to my nose; luckily that’s gone after 15 minutes or so. Aspen gets to the point a little quicker with the Irish Spring advert imagery. If GIT drops you directly into the commercial, though, Aspen is looking at it through a window.

4 Hour Update:

Green Irish Tweed is… fine. I won’t pretend to understand the hype entirely. Side by side with Aspen, the drydowns are near identical, with Aspen being a touch deeper and a touch sweeter. GIT feels more diffuse and a little more refined; less rough around the edges than Aspen. It’s close enough that I would say get some vintage Aspen instead of the current GIT formulation unless you’re really in love with the galbanum and viole leaf notes. This is not something I see myself wearing more than the couple wears I’ll get out of this sample vial.

That said, I can see GIT working at a banking job or similarly conservatively dressed office environment really well. Aspen would be more at home in a less formal environment, I feel.

GIT does a stellar job of replicating the real moss notes.

I’ll come back in a few hours with another update.

EDIT: I am in the US.

I was inspired by a recent post to reach out to different fragrance houses and find out who was still offering free samples. My results are below!

Who said yes?

Creed
Lalique

Who said no?

Armani
Yves Saint Laurent
Polo
Guerlain
Initio
Commodity
Mugler
Nasomatto
Serge Lutens
Xerjoff
Azzaro
Hermes
Borntostandout
Cartier
Montblanc
Chanel

Who am I still waiting to hear from?

Acqua di Parma
Comme des Garcons
Amouage
Burberry
Montblanc
Kuumba Made
Auric Blends
Nemat
Parfums de Marly
For Strange Women
Mykonos
Maksim
Æther Parfums
House of Brandt
Mercedes-Benz Parfums
Solinotes
Gisada

I was inspired by a recent post to reach out to different fragrance houses and find out who was still offering free samples. My results are below!

Who said yes?

Creed
Lalique

Who said no?

Armani
Yves Saint Laurent
Polo
Guerlain
Initio
Commodity
Mugler
Nasomatto
Serge Lutens
Xerjoff
Azzaro
Hermes
Borntostandout
Cartier
Montblanc
Chanel

Who am I still waiting to hear from?

Acqua di Parma
Comme des Garcons
Amouage
Burberry
Kuumba Made
Auric Blends
Nemat
Parfums de Marly
For Strange Women
Mykonos
Maksim
Æther Parfums
House of Brandt
Mercedes-Benz Parfums
Solinotes
Gisada

I was inspired by a recent post to reach out to different fragrance houses and find out who was still offering free samples. My results are below!

Who said yes?

Creed
Lalique

Who said no?

Armani
Yves Saint Laurent
Polo
Guerlain
Initio
Commodity
Mugler
Nasomatto
Serge Lutens
Xerjoff
Azzaro
Hermes
Borntostandout
Cartier
Montblanc
Chanel
Dior

Who am I still waiting to hear from?

Acqua di Parma
Comme des Garcons
Amouage
Burberry
Montblanc
Kuumba Made
Auric Blends
Parfums de Marly
For Strange Women
Mykonos
Maksim
Æther Parfums
House of Brandt
Mercedes-Benz Parfums
Solinotes
Gisada

I was inspired by a recent post to reach out to different fragrance houses and find out who was still offering free samples. My results are below!

Who said yes?

Creed
Lalique

Who said no?

Armani
Yves Saint Laurent
Polo
Guerlain
Initio
Commodity
Mugler
Nasomatto
Serge Lutens
Xerjoff
Azzaro
Hermes
Borntostandout
Cartier
Montblanc
Chanel

Who am I still waiting to hear from?

Acqua di Parma
Comme des Garcons
Amouage
Burberry
Montblanc
Kuumba Made
Auric Blends
Nemat
Parfums de Marly
For Strange Women
Mykonos
Maksim
Æther Parfums
House of Brandt
Mercedes-Benz Parfums
Solinotes
Gisada