Grand Neroli Atelier Cologne for women and men

I'm glad that I went out of my way to test Grand Neroli. Admittedly I'm more of an orange blossom fan, however I find myself gravitating towards neroli whenever I crave something more green, citrusy or bitter. Atelier's Grand Neroli is all three of those things, making it the perfect scent for a hot Summer day.

This fragrance opens with a crisp and refreshing burst of citrus. You can tell straight away that this fragrance uses natural, quality ingredients. It doesn't have that chemical undertone that many mainstream citrus scents have.

Many years ago I would play under the orange trees in my backyard, peeling back the rind and eating orange after orange. I remember that bitter, slightly green smell of the tree, and the shiny surface of the leaves. Grand Neroli captures that nostalgic, very personal moment for me. It's a beautiful memory.

The citrus top notes are relatively short-lived, as Grand Neroli develops into a slightly masculine, green and woodsy chypre. It's still quite a fresh fragrance, however the oakmoss, musk and galbanum give Grand Neroli a deep, aromatic vibe.

I was a little concerned when I saw vanilla and amber listed in the base notes, but thankfully they weren't all that noticeable. There is the tiniest hint of creamy vanilla, but the note is in no way sweet or overwhelming.

As you would expect from a cologne, Grand Neroli's longevity is average. It acts as more of a refreshing spritzer, one that is not intended to last the whole day. My advice would be to decant some into a travel atomiser for when you're out of the house, and spritz away.

A few of the Atelier Cologne "concentrated colognes"--or whatever they are called--feature detectable neroli notes, so I gather that the creative team loves neroli. This particular entry, GRAND NEROLI, is obviously intended to be a virtual neroli soliflore--and it really is. I tried and tried to come up with some other note possibilities, but all I could detect was a greenish neroli. So maybe some green notes along with neroli? I thought.

The official notes include galbanum and moss, so that's the green. But there's also birch, vanilla, white amber (not even sure what that is...), and an opening blitz of citrus: lemon, petit grain, neroli, and bergamot.

To me, GRAND NEROLI smells like a fine neroli cologne, no more and no less. It's more refined than 4711, obviously, and less loud and penetrating than Tom Ford NEROLI PORTOFINO. So, yes, this is a good neroli cologne, but that's about it. I feel somehow that I am missing something when I see all of these rave ratings. I mean, folks: it's a neroli cologne, after all. How excited can I get?

I ordered a sample of this.

Yes, it's Neroli.

It's fresh and smells good but at $65 for 30ml or $165 for 200ml, I'll pass.

If you like fresh, clean, green neroli scents - try Mugler Cologne. It's unisex, as well as being far better and cheaper.

such a pleasing fragrance, a beautiful fragrance, i used to have an orange blossom type fragrace an oldie called sanborns which this reminds me of ..don't know if many have smelled that very old fragrance, grand neroli is just gorgeous and refreshing , such a clean open air type fragrance, just feels like you just opened up the french doors on a wondeful breezy spring day. wow..love this one.would smell wonderful on a man or a woman. but i do get a masculine type of aura to it, so clean and refreshing, makes you feel very clean and well kept.. it was a purchase for me. thumbs up, very nice fragrance..a lot of compliments on just a pleasing clean fragrance made up of quality components that is for sure.. orange sanguine is also a very nice fragrance to look at, will sample some of their other products for sure now. earth pleasing..smells so natural of earthly elements..if angels wore fragrance..becoming one of my favorites..

This is probably the most realistic orange blossom scent I have ever smelled. There's a few moments of adjustment when you first apply, but five minutes or so after that, out comes a beautiful orange-blossom, completely realistic, completely natural, enveloping you with its semi-powdery cloud. Unfortunately, this lasts only thirty minutes or so on my skin. Then a musky orange scent comes out, like something more vegetable, or more rooty, which reminds me of forgotten splendor, the scent that perhaps a movie star from the silent era might wear. At times in this phase it is occasionally sweaty/animalistic, but it's mostly like the orange-suffused wood or roots. It's slightly heady. The projection draws in closer to the skin, so you and the person you're with can smell it. This lasts the rest of the duration of the fragrance, fading as it goes, for about eight hours. On the whole, this is an interesting scent, and quite peaceful, but not masculine enough for me.

Soft breeze touches my face on the terrace,beneath the Mediterranean Sea generate the gentle wind.. cool lemonade..the setting sun's rays warming up my skin..as I inhale this scent-these images flash up in my mind.

I could compare this scent to Neroli by Annick Goutal, but Grand Neroli much smoother and softer scent.In the beginning the fresh citrus notes are very dominants, but fortunately they are evaporate and neroli comes forward with green nuances and the undeniably masculine oakmoss with bergamott. This phase after sort minutes transforms into a soft, chilly base with neroli, musk, amber and galbanum, the masculin notes just faded away.

Discreet neroli-musk, perfect choice for mediterranean holiday.:)

I like htis. It doesn't last long so go ahead and use generously. The opening had a strong, 'dusting with Pledge' vibe common to most lemon colognes. Fortunately this moves along, ushering in the more chewy, centered green.

All around this is a safe, pleasant, lazy spring afternoon scent. I prefer it on my bosom where it can get the warmth and moisture it needs to open up. i don't recommend sampling on a paper strip or finger; you'll miss out on the magic that way.

I do agree that its unisex, maybe a bit more for the gents than the ladies, but I will not be passing my sample on as I like it too much, and that's saying something.

If you love neroli, welcome to paradise.

Grand Neroli is the creamiest, freshest, richest, most well-executed neroli out there. The only thing that could even match this, MAYBE, is Neroli Sauvage by Creed. There's a few notes here and there in this one, but for the most part it's all neroli, all the time. And it lasts quite a while, like the other Atelier scents. An amazing tribute to the central note of Eau de Cologne.

Neroli is one of my favorite notes. I really like it here in Grand Neroli because I find it soft and fresh with a hint of sweetness from the yummy vanilla. Interestingly the dry-down in Grand Neroli smells very much like the dry-down of the very affordable Avon Herve Leger Femme, minus the woody notes that HL has. GN is probably my 2nd favorite Atelier right next to Orange Sanguine.

If that eau was a song, it would definitely be that one from Sade, Smooth Operator. Beautiful, beautiful neroli wrapped in sensual vanilla, with the galbanum keeping the balance, it's the type of scent you could carry all day and make all the others around you, wondering whether it is a perfume or the smell of your skin..
It is definitely unisex, there is no gender definition in this eau, BUT I do believe that it would work much, much better on a guy. The fragile tenderness this eau possesses needs, allow me to say a masculine skin, to reveal it's excellency.
And ladies, if you smell it on a guy, there's no need to ask. He's a smooth operator...

I love this scent. A real and fresh neroli. Not masculine at al on my skin. A very natural smelling cologne. great for summer.

A decidedly masculine neroli.

The green chypre aspects of this fragrance really balance the flagrantly floral neroli note. Instantly uplifting, with an initial neroli-bergamot blast, the fragrance dries down to a heavier petit grain, oakmoss, galbanum base.

Oh how I wish I could wear it, but the base feels a bit too masculine on my skin. My fiance, on the other hand, is more than happy to wear this new-found gem and I love to smell him in it!!!