Blue Grass Elizabeth Arden for women

My mother's signature scent.. and I say that in a good way. It is powerful enough to make me very homesick if I smell it when I haven't seen my mother in a while.
I purchased an Auric Blends Egyptian Goddess oil roll on for myself and as I wore it I found myself thinking of Blue Grass often. Great scent.

Opulent white floral animalic musky scent with green and just a slightly bitter nuances. Easily unisex in an old school or in a very modern way and threre's something almost niche quality in Blue Grass.

To me it's somewhere between Kiehl's Original Musk and Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps.

Also Blue Grass is somewhat similar type to Diptyque Orphéon. Not the same but both are vintage type clean and powdery scents with noticeable jasmine and also vanilla/tonka and cedar in the dry down.

When you layer Blue Grass and Tesori d'Oriente White Musk, it's just heavenly aldehydic musky, white floral and soapy clean combination which is fresh and refined.
And both costs almost nothing.

My youngest daughter told me I smell like I've been blowing bubbles when I wear Blue Grass, and I completely understand what she means.
It does have a 'bubble' facet. I have since imagined this is what Glinda, the good witch of Oz, must smell like. Blue Grass is very uplifting and magical.
It's great bang for your buck, plus she packs a punch, so be careful not to overspray.
I don't think it smells dated considering how long ago she was released, just clean and powdery. Bubbly fresh!
Side note: Layers beautifully with Not A Perfume by Juliette Has A Gun. I swear to God I've had more compliments today, even from my 17-year-old daughter who rarely if ever comments on my perfumes.

I l like this. It is a soft, powdery scent that is not only pleasant but relaxing. Yes, it is definitely an old-fashioned perfume. But I find a lot of older fragrances to be pretty and easy to wear. I didn't find it strong at all. It's a clean scent and you can smell the carnation but it 's in no way overpowering. On me it comes of soft and subtle. I can't believe I waited this long to try it

A winter-autumn perfume. Its full revelation occurs during freezing days and cold rainy days. If you want to enjoy a smooth transition of notes and a true aroma, then wear this perfume exclusively on such days. You will not be able to fully appreciate this fragrance during the warm spring, as the hot season does not allow the fragrance to fully bloom. Quickly move from the beginning to the end notes and you will only hear the heart notes briefly, while the end notes will linger for hours. However, in the cold, you will feel the initial notes for at least 2 hours, then with smooth transitions, the middle notes will last about 6 hours and then you will smoothly transition into the final notes. I don't recommend it at all during the hot summer, since after about 20 minutes of application, you will already reach the final notes. Overall, I have fallen in love with this fragrance for a long time and my little bottle is almost empty this winter. So, for those who are not familiar with this fragrance but want to get to know it, I recommend you try it for the first time during cold weather.

Today I noticed Blue Grass reminds me of Jicky edt, which is hard for me to find now. I'm so glad I have this complex beauty. Like Jicky edt, it's also very unisex. I'm starting to love wearing Blue Grass.

1980s bottle found in a thrift store. Old fashioned, prim n' proper . Lavender, Talcum Powder , Carnation & Aldehydes mainly . Smells like a fresh bathroom that is housing an Avon collection in 1973. If your auntie or mom dressed up as Scarlett O'Hara and went to a "Gone with the Wind" theme party: THIS is what you would want them to smell like.

Opens up with a suffocating blast of dry soil and freshly cut stems (most likely coming from carnations) with distant solar aldehydes. There is a lingering presence of Narcissus and Lilies. Twenty minutes into the experience, it transforms into something that’s reminiscent of LouLou’s dry down, underlined with tantalizing soapiness.

A friend of mine gave me this as a b-day gift. The bottle looks so simple that it made me question the juice...But, that was prejudice, this is a quality fragrance. Loads of aldehydes and a beautiful musk note that really looks like real almiscar. Be careful with Blue Grass, it's a potent juice.

Blind buy mistake, way too sharp for me.

Pro tip. Layer Blue Grass with Pani Walewska by Miraculum, it adds an aldehydic sparkle boost and complements Blue Grass perfectly. And definitely a unisex combo for confident men.

Blue cap spray review.. Beautiful. Smells like old school face powder. It's not nearly as bad as some are saying. It does smell old fashioned but that's not always a bad thing. Blue Grass has that shame clovey powder smell that Oscar de la Renta, L'Origan and Je Reviens have. I like wearing this.

In a bizarre way I oddly like this. Not on myself; it's somewhat a nostalgic scent. It reminds me of nice elderly ladies walking around 'Marks and Spencers'.
It's very inexpensive and probably a great choice for someone older.

I smell a patchouli amber musty sweetness...
Just nice grandma' I suppose?..

I just purchased a 1 oz. vintage “natural spray” of Blue Grass and I think it has unlocked a scent memory that right now I unfortunately cannot place. I feel like I have definitely smelled this before. Perhaps on a family member. Now my brain hurts from trying to pinpoint it.

More than nailing particular notes, this perfume evokes an image for me: a lush green mountainside view with misty clouds hanging low after a heavy rain. At the bottom of the mountain there are pastures and horses grazing in a field of wild flowers. Everything is green, washed clean, and feeling refreshed, yet there is still a warmth that rises up from the earth even though the rain has brought the temperature down.

The nostalgia is epic with this one. It’s comforting. Like a coming home. Reminds me of the mountains in Appalachia.

If I am going to consider the notes, my nose mostly picks up plenty of aromatics. The most prominent are fresh lavender, spicy green carnation, and geranium surrounded by clove and a very herbal bay leaf along with the dry sweetness of sandalwood and tonka bean. It’s both addicting and beautiful the way the herbal florals and spice waft up around you in a sweet, gentle cloud.
It’s quickly become one of my favorite fragrances I wear for comfort, as well as for bedtime too.

I must add, there is also something so so very close to the actual scent of Sweet Grass in this fragrance. Sweet grass is used ceremonially in my culture and in spiritual practice. I have never encountered a perfume that has such a resemblance to it.

I’m a vintage perfume fan. And although I naturally gravitate towards the classics, I wasn’t 100% sure I would like this. This was a blind buy and the best surprise. Blue Grass is not a like, it’s a LOVE for me! 💙

I love vintage perfumes, but this smells like shaving cream and urinal cakes. No no no.

A clean porcelain basin filled with highly chlorinated water. 🫥

Today, Blue Grass and I, we are giving this another chance. I am guilty because I love to over-spray, which isn't tolerated by the current formulation of Blue Grass. No, no, no. You have to go slowly, or she will shut you down. Whew. It really can be stifling, but I am on my way to true appreciation! Blue Grass is a spicy, leathery, powdery, aldehydic journey, perfect for times when serious contemplation or concentration is needed. It is a bit citrusy, somewhat floral with carnation and narcissus; and others have mentioned a vanilla-like flavor, which I don't get. But for me it's very aldehydic, spicy, leathery, powdery, and resinous. Altogether it becomes earthy and wise. In the early stages, it's overwhelming and leans too heavily in a foamy, shaving-cream direction--when I sprayed too heavily. For me this might be worth searching out a vintage to learn more, but for now I'm getting closer to enjoying this bottle I have. Peace.

One more word: I do have to tolerate that stuffy, off-putting, odd tuberose for a bit as well. That may be the bit that smells like toilet blocks? But it does coalesce into the interesting leather spice powder vibe I eventually come to with Blue Grass.

Update 8/22/23: Totally different experience today. I don’t know what I am smelling! This perfume is beyond me. I give up.
Yet it has a very pretty sandalwood dry-down. I have found that how much you spray will determine what you smell, to a very sensitive degree. Tricky character to work with. Respect.

Historic scent, the opening is shockingly pungent, I think our generation can't stand it. The dry-down is sophisticated but still too powerful. This fragrance acts as a fist, use it carefully.

I like a lot of vintage scents like Arpege, White Diamonds, Chanel No. 5, and Charlie Blue. Blue Grass is too adelhydic for me. It's smokey, acidic, and mysteriously gothic. My mom likes it, so I gave it to her. This is not for the fresh or gourmand crowd. It might be dark unisex at this point. Not good for hot weather or scent sensitive environments.

Echoing the review below mine, by Anamandy, I had bought the current version a few months ago and have been waiting to see if my early (sadly, negative) impressions would change. I also know it can take some time to learn a fragrance, but dang it, the word "suffocating" is real here. For me, at least. With the current version. I have not tried a vintage. I've been looking for something with a nice geranium note, but unfortunately the lavender overtakes all for me, and not in a good way. Because lavender with chemically smelling spices and (I thought it was) a harshly wrought narcissus, but I don't know. Can you imagine too much aldehydes, with lavender, *with* tuberose even, with scratchy spices--not smooth? Anyway, sorry. And I absolutely will try it again sometime in the future, but the few times I've worn Blue Grass so far have not worked for me. Power to those who "get" this fragrance, and what a cool history and note lineup. Peace.

Edit 9/3/23: I do get the slight similarity to Opium in the beginning, with a beautiful carnation note. If only this were not clouded out with too much extra, like the tuberose and lavender. Or take out the narcissus if you must have the lavender and tuberose?

I try not to write reviews right away after receiving a fragrance unless I am blown away, in a good way, from that scent. Regardless of whether my reviews are favorable or not, I've found too many times when I do leave a first impression review it is often subject to change, for good or bad. But here is one perfume where my first impressions haven't changed one bit. Just a caveat - I have never smelled the original or reform before in my life and know no one who wears it either.
Super synthetic opening that calms down throughout the wear but never disappears.
Monster silage with one spray that stays even after you "scrub" it off.
Excessive spiciness that brings to mind red hot candies.
Wish it were much weaker.
Seriously in need of a modern makeover.
Suffocating

Maybe this was a great fragrance at one time because smelling it at a distance gives me an idea of what it might have been. Now, it is a chemical mess. The heavy synthetic top notes are spoiling this for me, and though it lightens up somewhat it stays throughout the duration. The clove and other spice notes are so heavy and overdone it is literally breath taking. It is too sharp, too much, and overwhelming loud. Considering that there is supposedly a boatload of florals in this, I didn't notice because I couldn't get past the synthetics and excessive spice. The only exception is the lavender, which is so overdone that it goes beyond a floral note into pure soap.
The lack of quality here is very apparent. That seems to be an issue with a lot of the great EA fragrances of the past that are still in production today. At one time they were fantastic quality scents that sold in department stores. Then they started showing up in discount stores. Instead of discontinuing the scent or giving it a major facelift or keeping the quality the same but raising the price, like other manufacturers would, EA continued to produce them at their now discounted prices, cutting the quality in the process. If EA is going to keep this on the market, at the very least it would be nice if they updated it into a lighter version. They can start by watering it down; lightening up the spices so it's not so spicy hot it feels as if you just got hit with tear gas; cut back on the ingredients and substitute what's left with quality ingredients. Maybe then it would be a nice fragrance, though I doubt EA would ever go that route because I think they are just going for the fast buck here and the hell with quality.
I thought I would keep this to use as a bathroom spray, but even one spray in those rooms fills my whole house with this scent and had family and friends who came over complaining about the "smell" as in "what's that smell?" Though I still see vintage bottles of this available, I have no interest in trying to acquire one because this experience has tainted me forever. If it works for you, that's great and I'm happy for you, but it doesn't for me.

Edit - reading the reviews, and OMG! @Shining_light is right. This does smell just like toilet bowl blocks.

Bought blindly because I was very curious to smell it and it's so inexpensive. I've been getting to know it for a couple of weeks now and it's old fashioned like nothing else I've smelled, and I simultaneously love it... and find it abhorrent.

The opening smells like mint and urinal cakes! My husband said it smells like a very clean public toilet. It dries down to smell very herbal and floral; the lavender never really identifies itself for me but I can feel it's soapy woody purple-blue presence. Smelling close to skin on the dry down it does have that shaving foam sweetness similar to youth dew but the sillage is still the soapy purple-blue smell. It definitely suits it's name and it smells very of it's time. I wish I didn't have the association with urinal cakes.

With regards to the horsey association; it does certainly have a grassy feel to it, but when I'm missing my equid friends I reach for the tack-room-and-cigarettes of Cabochard. I imagine a female ghost would wear this to her job as a professional haunter. Her favourite job is at the abandoned ww2 airfield but sometimes she stands in an upstairs window of an abandoned cottage. I live in an old house and I feel like someone here is very happy each time I wear this or spray it around which makes me feel happy too.

Blue Grass has a weird dry-down, which smells like outdoors and leather, like horse equipment. I think it's the best part of this perfume. Otherwise it's strangely disappointing. It's not that spicy, not that lush, not what you'd expect really from something called Blue Grass (great name!) But I kind of like the dry-down after 30 minutes of spraying. After an hour it's completely gone, so no longevity to speak of. I don't know where I would wear this.

This scent is one that Texas society ladies used to use in the 1960's. Also said to have been a favorite of writer Joan Didion.

I blind bought this because a YouTuber that I respect, highly suggested it. Today, is my second time wearing it. Although, I was expecting a fresh, and clean vintage scent--Elizabeth Arden's Blue Grass didn't disappoint. It is very distinctive and classic. It is always nice to visit another era using fragrance and other cosmetics. Blue Grass is green, aldehydic, and very spicy. Cloves, spices, bay leaf, lavender, carnation, sandalwood, and musk are all equally prevalent to my nose. In my opinion, this fragrance's initial sprays and dry down are quite masculine. Blue Grass can definitely pass as a unisex fragrance. Longevity and sillage are great with this one. Not a safe blind buy due to its complexity, but can definitely be a signature scent for the right person. Great for spring.

I’m normally not a big fan of vintage perfumes but I actually like this one. There are definitely aldehydes on first spray but it’s not an aldehyde bomb (thankfully). As with many vintage perfumes there are a ton of notes and it’s hard to pick out any individually; they’re all blended to create a nice, albeit synthetic, overall scent. This is a bit spicy and a bit herbal; also warm, although not woody. I think it smells quite sophisticated. Not sweet or floral at all, marketed to women but I reckon a man could easily wear this. Goes for super cheap.

I didn't know this Blue Grass existed. 1940s vintage. I get wet grass and water and an overall mint herbal tone, must be the vetiver. Dry down is dry like a fine wine. Not as sweet and girly as some of the fragrances of today. The spices are subtle. I also get a sense of leather or something like conditioner you would rub on leather to clean it. A really nice balanced fragrance, not one ingredient trying to compete with the other. Reminds me a little bit of Ralph Lauren's Safari for women, but not as loud and overpowering. Blue Grass is clean, fresh, and youthful. It is no old-lady perfume. Seriously. Longevity for me was about 6 hours. Very affordable. Pleased with my blind buy.

The most alien scent in my collection. It is like laying in a bed of mint and grass and cold wind swooshing all over on a summer's day. It is like the spirit of wind was captured in this bottle. Love the carnation in this. The initial aldehyde blast is an assault but when it calms down it is really nice and it lasts up to 12h on skin, longer on clothes. My man liked this and thought it smelled nice and fresh and feminine. To me it is unisex. Very vintagey. Love-Hate situation for me but a very good, masterfully blended fragrance non the less.

This is beautiful ! Nothing like I had expected . I am over 60 , and am just getting acquainted with BG . It is extremely inexpensive and smells quite like an expensive English soap. The carnation note is mesmerizing . If this was repackaged by a hip perfumer it would sell for a bundle because it is clean, elegant and one of a kind. Such a feminine scent and also a great performer.

I regret not seeking out this lovely scent years ago, and will buy a back up bottle because it smells like a garden on a cool spring day with wind blowing on carnations and baby’s breath. I love it !

Love this.
Carnation is featured and it is both warm and fresh as a commenter says below.
It reminds me a bit of a super toned-down Cinnabar.
This is good for day wear.

I blind bought this just because it was inexpensive (AND on sale), and I grew up in Kentucky, so thought it might be nice to get a whiff of a pasture or a hay barn. I adore it. The only thing missing is horse shit and saddle leather, which are other "notes" I love. :)

This perfume is very unusual for a feminine release. It starts out as sort of a spicy aldehydic fougere with some carnation and clove, but after 10 minutes all of the interesting top notes and heart notes have gone away, and all that remains are some powdery vanilla-adjacent notes alongside heavy, fatty aldehydes. I suspect the formula has been greatly reduced over the years.

It smells nice, I would enjoy this if it retained some interest, but sadly the scent progression is beyond disappointing. A vintage bottle may be worth pursuing.

Blue Grass today is nothing whatsoever like it was years ago. I have just returned a 100 ml
Perfume Spray it was so cheap smelling and overpowering. It has definitely changed from
when I used to buy it at Elizabeth Arden's red door shop on 5th Avenue 40 years ago. Do not
buy it if you remember it from years ago as it is awful now... As for the vote for 'longevity' I
just can't get rid of the awful smell and the 'sillage' vote - what is that? Silage means manure or animal
fodder in England so I don't know what it means here but it does fit the product.

One of my top 3 perfumes. It smells dry, tart, aromatic, memorable, herby, vintage, airy. The best packaging - I love the illustration and simplicity.

Omg amazing and sooo affordable! I want enough people to keep buying this so they never stop making it but don't want everyone else to smell this exquisite!
Powder, musk, spice, warmth, floral, sweet but not sickly at all. Vintage smelling for sure but in the nicest way! Not 'old smelling' but classy. Keep getting warm comforting wafts as I move around.
Watch the review by Super Dacob on YouTube, his description is perfect. I'm addicted to doing his method of warming the smell on my wrist by breathing out on to it first to warm the molecules up, then smelling it's wonderful depth.
Can't believe I only just found this one. Been wearing it more than my No. 5 and for under £10 for 100ml.
Good blind buy if you love No. 5 and Arpege.

This is precious. Cute. Adorable! Very sweet and youthful. I can definitely pick up on the florals and musk, but this smells 50-60% like banana pudding!

I really enjoy wearing blue grass smells like bubble bath and it’s so beautiful definitely an underrated fragrance I will continue to have a bottle in my collection

after debating with myself (if i should buy it without testing before) i got it. oh damn the first notes hit me full on. i was so surprised of such power! then it calmed down just enough to realise this was a childhood scent.

i remember waking up and checking on my elegant granny getting ready. i absolutely adore how it took me straight to my 5 year old self. with that being said i strongly don't think this is an old lady perfume. elegant lady perfume? hell yeah. i think this would smell so good on all ages 20+

flowers dripped in oriental spices. that's it. im dying to know how it would smell on me in warm weather but that just makes me more excited to appreciate it right now.

I conjure up the bride of Frankenstein in a Kentucky horse pasture. That having been said, I do like the development, just not the initial blast. Apply an hour before our rendezvous, and I will be happy with this spicy floral. Maybe two hours before. And no, it is not an old lady perfume.

I bought this as I remember it from my childhood. My grandmother wore it (among other perfumes). Before anybody thinks “oh yes typical old lady’s scent”, well she was young then. This is a real perfume, not one of these modern sugar bombs, that are frankly really obnoxious and vomit inducing. This old school perfume lasts, and has lasted the distance. BG is strong and you get your moneys worth, not having to respray every 5 minutes. Happy shopper right here.

I bought a used bottle of Blue Grass for a few quid, as my mum used to wear it and I fancied a little infusion of nostalgia. Yup, took me right back! Will I be wearing this though? Nope, absolute scrubber on my skin. Some perfumes catch at the back of my throat and this is one of them. I will still have a sniff from the bottle though and think of my mother, but you'd need to pay me to wear this. Sorry BG, I know you have a loyal following and I'd wear you if you suited my skin!

You get a blast of overpowering notes in your face where you just can’t help but grimace and pinch ur nose. Then it calms down and smells like an old grandma’s bathroom in the worst ways possible

Bluegrass by Arden arrived today and bought out of curiosity on Amazon and to my surprise I found a great elegant classic perhaps dated but also unisex. After a very vibrant start it becomes flowery and finally very oriental with benzoin, vetiver and santalwood,and tonka bean. I love it and will use it.

My relationship with this perfume started off as a 'totally love this feminine fragrance' in the spring to 'can't wait to finish this lavender- powdery bomb' in the summer.
Half-way through the bottle I found a better way to use it up by scenting my undergarments and handkerchiefs and spritzing it on drawer liners so that the fragrance softly cleaved to my clothing. The dry down is perhaps the best part of this fragrance... it evokes the picture of a woman confident in her femininity.
I used up my bottle in 2020, and firmly decided against ever repurchasing it.

Update: Fast track to 2022 and I've been thinking about this enduring fragrance lately. My nose was untutored in 2019, but now that I've waded my way into more 'vintage' smelling fragrances and know enough to adore and appreciate them, perhaps I could give this one a wee revisit in the form of a travel sized bottle.

After trying and loving Memoire Cherie, I had to give this a try, too. I've purchased an enormous 6oz "flower mist" for an awesome deal on ebay. I'm a little scared reading the reviews. I often like things that others on Fragrantica dislike or categorize under "old lady," "stinks," "smells WEIRD." I love Lauder Youth Dew and I hope it's like that.

Edit: I forgot I had this in a little vintage purse spray refill of "Perfume Essence." It is light, fresh, summery! The benzoin is heavy but so pleasant-- along with the aldehydes and geranium, it creates something powdery and sweet. There IS something grassy about this. More like hay/woodruff. Sometimes a mild whiff of dill?! I remember testing it in middle school, when Gap Grass was "a thing." My grandma had this on her dresser, I tried some expecting that green cut grass scent--not to be had--I found it repugnant. Now I'm older and smarter, and I love it. Reminds me of Tussy deodorant cream, I'll have to try the Bluegrass deodorant as well. Like Wind Song, it's an old-fashioned interpretation of freshness, no melon or sea salt here. I really like this.

The flower mist arrived today, I'm still at work and will update on that later!

Later: The flower mist is lovely but too light to enjoy as anything more than a refresher. The bottle is divine, stylized mares and foals grazing 😍🐎 I'm curious to try the modern spray, or an 80s one. From other reviews, it sounds as though older is better. I think not TOO old, though. Unless pristine, I can imagine losing those lovely top notes. My perfume essence fared well in the minute pressurized can.

Final thoughts: If you're curious about the vintage version, aim for a perfume or "perfume mist." These have more potency (obviously), and if you find one that's pressurized with propellants, you're likely to get juice that's still fresh.

I have no emotional attachment to this, I've never smelled it before and my mom would hate it lol. So here is my modern take on this:

I LOVE it! It opens with an aldhyde, which I really dislike, at first I was like 'OH NO' But the headache inducing aldyhyde went away very quickly, maybe 3 or 4 min.? Then Blue Grass blossomed.

On my skin it's spicy, cinnamon and clove (living my goth girl fantasy on that ha!) But then it became floral, with hints of spice and just a touch rose. The carnation was there. This just smells good.

And it has LASTED, it's been 8 hours since I last sprayed it and I can still smell it like I just sprayed it 2 min. ago. They don't make'em like this anymore.

One down side is just how much this projects. Don't wear this before a long car ride, unless you want to blast everyone. I wouldn't wear this in summer because every bee in my state would know where to find me. Early spring, jacket and shawl, early fall at night... that could be the modern sensibility, I've noticed the older perfumes sometimes smell like they can be used as fuel in a pinch, while newer perfumes are made to be inoffensive.

The price is also excellent. I got a giant bottle for $20 on fragrance net.

The extreme spices on the dry down was so overbearing I had to shower and wash my hair to get rid of the overbearing scent. It was strong like ammonia. My husband said it looked like I was going to vomit. I have bought hundreds of perfumes over the years and to date only hated 4 this is one of the 4

When I first came across this fragrance in the 1950's it was still highly regarded and reminded me somewhat of Patou's Moment Supreme. Whilst Moment Supreme is no longer with us, at least Blue Grass is, a reminder of times past and a particular style of fragrance. However as for the claim that Blue Grass, created in 1936, was Arden's first perfume, that does not appear to be quite the case. While it was perhaps Elizabeth Arden's first successful perfume, in Lindy Woodhead's 2003 book War Paint, one dealing with Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein's rivalry last century, there are details of at least four other perfumes having been launched by Elizabeth Arden in the year 1929, these being called La Joie de Elizabeth / Le Reve de Elizabeth / Mon Ami Elizabeth and L'Amour Elizabeth. I have seen photographs of these perfumes as well, in an issue of English Vogue from that year, in an article describing them and their particular qualities. However, as Lindy Woodhead goes on to indicate in her book, these perfumes were not successful, and were quietly discontinued. Maybe someone still has bottles of these from that time, but that's probably wishful thinking.

Bring back memories of going to the Red Door Salon in NYC with my sister.

I cannot be objective about this scent. It was my Grandmother's signature scent & I adore her. She was beautiful, intelligent, classy, loving, witty, generous, practical & kind. To me, those traits are wound up with the fragrance. Warm, clean, light, spicy, fresh, pretty, elegant, yes all of it. A beautiful composition probably more of a daytime scent, work appropriate. I think it would be suitable on any occasion & certainly signature scent worthy. I love it.

this one starts with heavy aldehydes and white florals. i read it as ylang ylang, but i think its narcissus and jasmine. it's a bit soapy and definitely smells 'old school' and definitely reminds me of perfumes worn by women from my grandmothers' era. the drydown gets a bit spicier-i sense cloves and carnation. at this point, the perfume is improved. it's pretty after the sort of difficult opening, then seems to fade fast. for me, this is nostalgic, and that's what i enjoy about it. it brings back a childhood era and people from that time.

Ooh this was nasty! I’ve only thrown away 2 perfumes and this was one of them. It just smelled of a harsh toilet cleaner like the little round blocks you put in the cistern.
It was so harsh it hurt my nose. The two other people I was with said exactly the same.
Shame as I should have liked it judging by the ingredients and notes. Nope, definitely not good.

Smells like the inside of a marbled blue schwayder bros Samsonite hard-shell train case from the 1950s.
I'll call it.... Vintage, but not a classic. The notes are okay, but there's something about it that feels unclean, like it's hurting me. Having grown up in a time when potpourri was a feature of every domestic bathroom, I can't help but associate it with other bathroom smells. Similarly, blue grass seems sympathetically linked with something foul and harmful to the nose. I don't like the way it clings.

I love this, but only in small doses. I use it as a room or clothing spray.
The first time I sprayed it I swear I could still smell it fleetingly weeks later, when I would stop and think 'wow what's that lovely scent?' It reminds me of my childhood in the 80s and my mother. It's comforting, yet the fragrance is bracing, bright and clean. It smells like a woman eating musk-flavoured sweets, taking a fresh load of laundry out the back door to hang in the sun and the wind. The clean clothes smell of soap, but they still have the faint scent of her perfume on them.
For someone who very easily gets headachey and nauseous around fragrance, I can handle this surprisingly well! You can really feel the aldehydes in your nose, like a strong gust of wind out on a hillside, but this evaporates leaving a clean, soft-spicy sweetness. Beautiful, but I wouldn't wear it on my skin.

I bought a Vintage bottle & it blew me away how strong it was. I thought mybe just b/c it was Vintage, So I bought a new one. It IS lighter, but they are just too strong for me. I have both if anyone in the U.S. wants to buy them, just msg me on here, I think the Vintage is 80% Full 2 Oz & The new one is Full 3.5. oz.

Aldehyde, herbal soap, great grandmother, 1950's nightmare. & I was born in the 80's so it's not that I'm so used to candy shop laced with always there vanilla, like some born after 1999 - but this really does terrify me. I smelled it first when I was a child - from the bottle, & from a tester in Debenham, & ouf..

Am not meaning to insult anybody who likes it but.. oof. Strong, nose-burning, stuff - my gosh.. EA Blue Grass does kind of suit this - & as somebody on Fragrantica wrote it was 1930's - & I would hv said it was pre Second World War - although to me, it has a real 1950's housewife feel - that's the image I get - perhaps that Great Grandmother wore it still, bc she loved it then - maybe something our long gone Queen Mother would have worn, RIP, lovely lady.

To me though, it's heavy, dated, soapy, & v herbal. Potent too, my gosh. Am amazed they still sell it - & waa surprised to see one influencer, (a v chic American lady - New Yorker(!) - say she wears it - & that it's unusual but she likes it - she likes soapy pfmes, as myself I quite like them - sometimes - but this, just no. Not for me, at all. Perhaps it smells differently on others - & admittedly, I couldn't bring myself to leave it on my hand where I sprayed it, & washed it off almost immediately - bc my nose was burning from it. Nevermind

Herbal soap is the most accurate description, very strong outdated (or "classic 30's") perfume smell. Gifted this to my grandmother, she said it smells like countryside from her childhood (1930's) and grass/hay (hence the name). Beware this can induce nausea on other people! (made my boyfriend sick, and mom said it smells like soap)
EDIT: after not having it, I somehow seem to crave to smell it, also it smells exactly like herbal dandruff shampoo I have, so yeah - herbal soap is the most accurate description.
Longevity and sillage are SUPERB tho. Can feel it on clothes for days.

Longelity/Sillage: 5/5
Blind buy: not safe

like it, but really does smell like ripe banana to me. only one other commenter has mentioned this so i'm a bit confused! is my nose broken?

I use this as a room and bedding spray. I find it a little bit strong on my skin, but I find this interchangeable with Perfumers Workshop Tea Rose as the finishing touch in a freshly tidied house. Its a nice spicy, fresh and clean scent and is perfect for that purpose.

The Blue Grass cream deodorant is very nice, I use it daily. The deodorant is the equivalent of wearing a light fragrance.

Edit: I've really started to like this. I wear it sometimes.

Horrid. I love it.

How strange this is. The opening almost stinks - like 80s hair salon, remember sitting there, waiting for my mom to get her permanent wave done. That, mixed with present ladies perfumes, aldehydic, flowery, musky.
Opens with the intimidating chemical paint thinner tail of Ysatis etc. I also smell something from Sunflowers in it.
Before I got it, I was thinking warm spices and lavender can´t go right, but I can´t smell lavender that much. I smell carnation (Carnation smells so divine! And this carnation reminds me of Terracotta, Bal A Versailles and Anais Anais - all the silky smooth, spicy softness) also amber and unburned sandalwood incense (that is why I like it so much, it smells like the drydown of Opium, or like what I like the most in Opium - carnation, powdery soap and not so strong spices), hmmm.
It´s a bit woody sweet, super soft and powdery fluffy, aldehydic clean and flowery, touch of those warm spices. Soap bar in clean linen. Countryside, summer, lazy afternoon...
Need to wait for at least 30 minutes to let it melt into nice, soft, light, clean, carefree, pleasantly old school - classical scent.
I like it, cause anything that smells like my childhood summer, is just good:)
The nostalgia must determine one's taste. I can imagine kids from the 2000s, growing up on sweet power bombs of the 80s, tend to like something similar. I grew up in 70s-80s, so it was more about soapy/floral classics.

This review is for the original formula, perfume (small bottle with a jewel on top). I picked this up for my vintage cosmetics collection- a full, unused small bottle in a (tatty) case. Of course I had to test it. And I was surprised how well I like it; many perfumes of this era don’t age well. This one however does. Its a surprisingly full scent and a bit spicy/aromatic without becoming pungent or sharp which often happens. I kept smelling my wrist all day, the dry down is very nice & a bit powdery and I kept trying to figure out what it reminds me of until I finally got it - its very similar to Vol de Nuit edp with Blue Grass being a more fresh / defined and Vol de Nuit softer, powdery variation on the theme. Overall I really enjoy it.

This beauty shouldn’t be judged by the initial first spray, I have learned with lots of classics, You need to let it mold/warm up into your skin for maybe 10 mins before smelling it. I nearly threw this out bec I wasn’t being patient. Guys let it sit for a few mins before judging it. It is such a clean crisp beautiful smell. This smells like something I used to wear in the dry down I can’t pin point what it was though. Remember be patient and let her bloom on your skin❤️ I am absolutely in love with BG.

This will become my daytime staple,definitely,with the old perfumes ,you just can't go wrong ,they are just so cool and interesting. This is such a nice ,refreshing,energising scent,smells very distinctive, kinda herbal in a good way, like nothing else I own. It's good quality,among the lasting ones by E.Arden. I never thought I would say this for a fresh scent,I am usually not into those, this is just magic and one of a kind. You will smell very cool if you decide to rock this one!

One of the very first perfumes in my early perfume experimental phase. I wore this around the same time that I discovered my very first perfume, Heaven Sent - and Ciara. This was in my horse phase of life where I wanted to be a veterinarian. The horse motif is used in this advertising graphic design, so I'm sure that that would have been one of the reasons I was drawn to it, plus its packaging had one of my very favorite shades of blue in it -- so that would have been another reason why I would have been drawn to it.

I'll have to revisit this and smell it again.
I wore Heaven Sent and Ciara a bit more, but still have fond memories of wearing Blue Grass.

At first spray is nice then it turns funky😌

Dated ? Maybe to some people since there is no pear , marshmallow, praline, or honey .

This one is beautiful for those who appreciate classic scents and perfumes that are well made . It is very clean, light , and yet quite lasting . I do not find it bombastic , but gentle and feminine . It smells like exquisite soaps my grandmother used to store in her cedar chest .

Bluegrass is perfect for a hot summer day because it is refreshing and has hints of incense and carnation . I adore it !

Well I really don’t know what more to add. As so many have spoken so highly of this beautiful perfume.
All I can say is this is heavenly. Just so beautiful, soft, powdery, comfort in a bottle.
Now I have no recollections of my Mother wearing this one. But the moment I received this from EBay, I opened it and a very strong memory came.
That was when I was very young ( very early 80’s or possibly late 70’s?) I was given a dolls house, well kinda. Because it was more a Xmas house, type thing. And in there, was planted all sorts of goodies. Like chocolate, a doll, etc.,. And I think, but I’m not entirely sure, this perfume.
I have this memory and that big Xmas house together in my memory. And it smells EXACTLY the way I remembered it to be.
Now I have the vintage BG, so it’s probably much more true to that memory scent.
But I feel so happy to have this, it’s incredibly beautiful. I decided to order another one, and was able to win in a bid. Lucky me, another vintage, on its way.
Memory is an interesting thing!
I’m so glad to have this in my collection. I think I will now never be without this marvellous perfume.
Lasts for hours on my skin, around 6 plus. And much longer on my clothes.
It has a rich creaminess to it. And one you simply cannot find these day’s.
I’m no longer that interested in, newer perfumes, as they are way too sweet. And have no depth at all. As well as being overpriced!
Oldies are the way forward.

I love this one so much! Is like an exotic relative with many of my favorites! It gives me the same vibe with the dry downs of samsara ,Youth dew , L'Air du Temps, Loulou, Opium and even no.19 or Coco! It is comforting and in gr8 price. I also like the simplicity of the bottle but i hate the sprayer.
a year later....
Plot twist: my hubby discovered this....stole it from me and wears it almost like a signature scent! I didnt see that coming but it suits him so well....

Blue Grass is one of my forever favorite classic: mixed of bitter spices and warm aromatic sweetness. I really don't feel any sharpness or fresh notes as many review here maybe in the beginning only but it settles quickly on my skin and lasts quite long. Somehow reminds of Youth Dew but less heady and more simple. Enjoyable beaty.

Starts off as animalic and skanky aldehyde in a way that makes one curious for the dry down but the dry down is just baby wipes with a bit of spice. I thought, based on the name “Blue Grass” and the lavender note that this would be more herbal and green, but alas.

Bought a vintage gift set online with a 50ml bottle of this for my sister as a 'stocking filler' Christmas pressie. Of course I tried it!!

The last time I smelled this was 47 years ago, when the same sister bought me a mini travel set of all the toiletries in a little bag, for when I went into hospital to have my first baby. It was lovely, but a little strange. I did have Je Reviens then, too, but I never thought they smelled remotely the same, and I still don't. I also love that one too - I have 2 vintage Eau de Colognes 90 in the Lalique bottles.

So, what was it like? Utterly fabulous. Far more floral than I remembered, but I adore floral anyway. But this vintage bottle smelled honey-sweet and thick with flowers, almost pollen-y, with a wisp of a high note keeping it fresh. Simply divine, and it lasted for ages.
I am now on the search for another vintage bottle, as I can't face being disappointed by a reformulated bottle.

My mother wears Blue Grass, she has for years, many wonderful memories of our times together. Specifically going to the mall, Bon Marche Elizabeth Arden cosmetics counter to buy a bottle of Blue Grass. I remember when mom asked for it the saleswoman reached under the counter and gave her a bottle, like it was some kind of special alixir, one that had to be asked for as only a select few knew of it's existence! It was, like so many good perfumes in the 70's and 80's more expensive than it is today. That was a time when a woman often had her "signature" scent and she was quite loyal to it! Perfume then was a staple, one would never even dream of leaving home without it. It was an investment. Perfumes were strong, full bodied and made a statement about the wearer. That was my mom. My mom now lives in another state and I miss spending time with her. I purchased a bottle of Blue Grass very inexpensively a few months ago and spraying it filled me with a flood of happy memories! Yes it's the same soapy floral DNA just a bit tamer, not as long lasting but beautiful nonetheless. The perfect fragrance in warmer weather! I wear so many different fragrances myself that I wonder if my daughter will associate any particular one with me? We'll see!

5/6 hrs later I can still smell it, especially when my body warms up, I like it when I get a sudden sniff from my neck

I don't know if it's because I'm smelling Sun and Nature that I love this one, Aldehydes make me happy!
I don't care that's old fashioned either. Technology change, fashion always come back, especially in fast pacing world were we want always new things and stuff just get rebranded. PLUS i LIKE WHAT i LIKE, that's my philosophy!
The bottle has a problem with the cap, I don't know if it's a bad batch(I've seen several comments about it)
In my view it's not worth to pay good money for it, Arpège and Youth Dew have similar scent, bottles are better...still they don't have big production costs. As a longevity I haven't done a proper comparison but they do seem all pretty long lasting.
I'm gonna be a good girl and not buy it anymore until I'm at the end of the 3rd bottle(that probably will be Youth Dew since it's the most precious)

Glamorous friends of my mother wore this in the 1970s. When my mother became an Elizabeth Arden enthusiast some time in the mid-70s, she had a makeover at EA (remember how EA used to offer that?). She came home with a completely different hairstyle, bagful of face moisturizers, toners, masques, makeup, and a bottle of Blue Grass. I thought it was the most gorgeous, intense scent. Not my thing (even at seven I was a Chantilly devotee), but it suited her so well, a tall green-eyed redhead who grew up riding horses. Not thoroughbreds in Kentucky - she rode Morgans in Texas! But still. The glamor of open land and a fine horse, a lost glamor these days.

Anyway, I still love Blue Grass even though it seems weaker than it was then. Could be that my sense of smell has changed. Very lavender and spicy carnation; does not remind me of Churchill Downs at all, but would I wear something that smelled of horses, turf, and booze?Actually, I would...But I can't see it being marketable.

Does Not smell like Kentucky grass or even Texas grass. Still, I love this, and especially love the horse on the bottle. So glad they kept the 🐎 horse.

Guys - if you like Pour un Homme de Caron (1934), you will love Blue Grass. It's like an American version of that French classic. Definitely wearable by a man. Same vintage vibe, nearly the same age.

To me it smells like soaps from another time. Not my choice of a perfume.
This is the smell of fine linens, with soap among them.
This perfume is from 1936, definitely the smell of an era. This is the smell of clean.
I have it on my wrist right now, while on the other, a modern floral that is obviously artificial. Between the 2, I keep coming back to smelling Blue Grass.

It is an extremely powerful incense scent to me. Lavender and carnation are the strongest notes in it. In my experience, it lasts well and has moderate sillage. It's bold but in a relaxed, old-fashioned way. When it dries down it gets way more powdery.

I really thought I would like this one, but it is way too strong for me. I love baby powdery scents. It is a real shame, and affordable it is for sure. Hubby calls it a clean diaper scent. I resorted to using it as a toilet spray. I might find other use for it later. It would be perfect for a body soap though.

This is definitely a vintage throwback. It reminds me of my youth. It is a nice relaxing fresh herbal. Very clean and nice. Great for a hot summer day when you want to feel refreshed!

A lovely classic floral from Elizabeth Arden.
This is a softly spicy carnation floral with cloves and licorice-toned lavender. Herbal bay leaf also lingers in the background. Aromatic, fresh, and soapy.
Perfect for summer.

I had it back when I was in my 20' and I really disliked it back then. So I threw it out. But now, in my very mature age, I have found a new love for perfumes that I didn't care for in my younger years and I have started to collect them as minis. I have my eyes set on this perfume and when I find a mini of it on ebay I'll purchase it and then see if I have changed my mind about it.

I have changed my mind about a lot of perfumes and seeing the ingredients in this I think I'll like it. I think it was the carnation scent that put me off back then, I have never liked the smell of carnations but I'll see. I'll make an update when I try it on again. Some things are an acquired taste and there's a lot of food items that I couldn't eat in my younger days that I now eat with with great pleasure so perhaps Blue Grass is an acquired scent for me? I'll see...

This was my Paternal Grandmother's favorite perfume. Sadly, she passed away about six years before I was born - So I wear this in her honor. For that reason, I've fallen in love with this fragrance. Wearing it is almost like a warm hug from her, which brings me great comfort. The opening is powdery lavender, however after about 20-30 minutes, the spiciness of carnation kicks in. Perfect composition of fresh soap, herbs, and spices. This can be worn year round, and I've found this to be quite long lasting. I hope to be able to purchase this perfume for many years to come.

No offence but I find this one kind of yucky.
On me it smells like a combo of cigarette and nursing home.
My grandma used to wear the deodorant back in the day so, full of nostalgia, I thought I'd give the edp a try and order it online. Bad move.

I had the opportunity to sample this in a traveling box in a fragrance mini. It's really pretty, and super familiar. On my skin, it's too close to Guerlain L'Heure Bleue to own, although on drydown it's much more animalic. Really pretty ethereal fragrance.

Quite bland so difficult to dislike and difficult to love too. All I can say is that it is "nice".
Ok for summer as it is cool and fresh. Poor sillage on me.

Blue Grass. How do I love thee? This is a gorgeous cheapie, everyone should try, if you love lavender. It lifts my spirits, and calms my stress and anxiety. This is my comfort scent. She's beautiful.

@sittingqueen: whatever happened to those Faberge frags...Tigress, Woodhue, et al? Those were fantastic! I wore Blue Grass in my teens, wore it on a few first dates as well. Ah, the memories. The reformulations are "meh", not the same but as close as we're ever going to come to the original. Fragrances of that era had such personality. Unlike today. Blue Grass always did have the tendency to become a little strange after an hour or two, but I still loved it. At the current price, if you like soft and clean, and you like chypres, it's worth a try.

Now I'm off to repurchase Emeraude...another blast from the past.

Unfortunately this does not vibe with my skin chemistry. On me, it turns very soapy lavender-y, in a way that smells very mature to my nose.

Blue Grass is a cheerful and comforting scent, although the name of this juice doesn't really have much in common with grass, blue or any other color. This fragrance is akin to the smell of fancy french milled soaps sitting on the vanity in a high end Hotel. Or, something that a more mature woman would have on her boudoir. This definitely has a vintage vibe to it, but not so much so that you would be averse to it. In fact, it's so lovely done that I wear it myself. I love it. It's powdery, fresh spicy, sweet, and floraly. Classy in a non assuming way. Very comforting to the senses. Sillage and longevity are really good. A little goes a long way. 5 hours now and I can still smell its goodness underneath my sweater !

Another beautiful classic by EA, although the current version is nowhere near the depth and longevity of the original. I remember the scent from my childhood as my mother always wore it. My mother always thought she or my dad had bought an "off" bottle, so bought another. I told her about how the fragrances have been reformulated and she was so disappointed. I have the recent formulation,but it's almost weak and the depth of the original blend isnt there. I CAN smell a faint /watered down hint of the original. Perhaps that's why BG is sold cheaply. I've tried to wear the scent but it just keeps reminding me of how the original was.

Does anyone else think this perfume smells so much like Play-Doh?

Back in the 90's (in my teens) me and my friends used to go in the shops to smell this perfume and laugh at it. This one and Lou Lou. They were both so odd. We laughed at the thought that anyone could seriously wear these.

I wonder if I'd feel differently about this perfume today. (I'm in my 40's). But I dare not blind-buy it even though it's cheap since I'm not a fan of any of Elizabeth Arden's stuff.

Thanks for reading. ♥️

Just wanted to add that this is a godsend for those hot summer days for me. So many other of my fragrances seem too... something, but this is refreshing and never nauseates me!

Blue Grass was my 1 and only perfume in the 80s
It was a interesting mysterios kind of smell that lasted the whole day
Now when I bought a new one it dosent smell the same as before
The mystery is gone and its just. Different
Its not very good

Sometimes you must grit your teeth to get past the initial whiff of a fragrance in order to appreciate the composition. This is my experience with Blue Grass. A shockingly harsh blast of aldehydes nearly did me in. Patience revealed a very crisp lavender/green fragrance. Very, very clean, fresh and long lasting. The deodorant is good. This would make a nice travel duo. You will not have that stale “my perfume is plumb tuckered out, but still persists to annoy others” vibe.
I wore this in the 70s; it was an outlier for me, as I wore a lot of faberge (Aphrodisia, Flambeau, Woodhue).

I've really gotten to like this. I took it and one other fragrance on vacation with me and ended up wearing this most days. My husband generally isn't much of a fragrance fan but this one hasn't gotten me any negative comments. :)
It's refreshing and kind of herbal, good for daytime or casual evening.
Good lasting power - I can smell it on myself hours later!

Yes, fellas. We can wear this too. As another reviewer mentioned, a light application is the key. Remember this is an EDP, made in France.

I was curious about this scent. The name and age of the fragrance made me think it was worth a try. Thankfully, my hunch was right. This is a great springtime scent for either sex, and my guess is - with a light application - it will veer masculine or feminine depending on the wearer.

Controversial? Absolutely. Heavier sprays will bring out the aldehydes and animalic factors already discussed. As the saying goes: if you're feeling froggy, leap!

That said, those with a light trigger finger might want to give this modestly priced juice a try. It's a nice companion for casual occasions and can easily become a good friend that you reach for.

What to say about this one, it's not one that I enjoy wearing on its own. However I've learned I like it much more when I add it to blend on my skin with a very citrusy scent. They seem to both calm each other down and bring out the most interesting characteristics of each. I do appreciate Blue Grass for its historical context and will continue to wear it occasionally blended with something else, like EA's Pretty. If you like the scent, I think it lasts longer than average.

I agree with KTEO, this is nowhere near the scent of Blue Grass from the 50's and 60's. I remember the scent of the vintage Blue Grass as my mum always it. My mum bought herself a bottle of the reformulated BG and from the top note down to the base note, throughout the day kept saying that it wasn't the BG from her youth. We both agree something is defiantly missing. I don't know if the grassy/hay note that is missing but the new BG is not the same formulation. The new BG is ok for a modern watery scent but cannot be the old BG of old. I think a lot of people have been disappointed with the new formulation.

I recently tried this for the first time. I had never been interested because I thought it would be astringent and nose burning. What a delightful surprise ! I adore this scent and it will be perfect for a HOT summer day here in Alabama , It is very clean and refreshing and feminine . Don’t let the price or age of the scent fool you . This is lovely . The sample I have is not heavy. It is a soft green floral with some lavender - feels like a clean garden scent . I can’t wait to spray it after a working in my garden on a how summer day .

( I also recently tried Ciara for the first time and figured it would smell cheap since it is sold at Wal Mart . I read reviews and purchased the 100% formula and can’t believe Ciara does not cost $100 . It is a well crafted orientation with oomph and lasting power. Almost addictive ! )

It is a joy to find a long lasting scent that performs and does not cost a day’s wages . Blue grass is a really pretty scent!

Poor Blue Grass often tops the lists of hated fragrances, and yet there's lots of love for this vintage. And indeed why not, BG is so much better than its reputation.
A low cost classic Elisabeth Arden perfume with good longevity, Blue Grass was one of my mother's fragrances.
I still have one of her bottles and the scent has aged well - as has my mother!
Blue Grass has very similarities to Je Reviens by Worth,
which also happens to be a personal favorite. There's a bit of floral sweetness in both fragrances but BG has deeper and sharper notes.
I suppose perfumes like Blue Grass and Je Reviens are considered old fashioned because they don't align with the current taste in fragrances. There's nothing fruit chouli about either, which is yet another reason why I like both.

@miss mills - the perfumer was Georges Fuchs, 1934 according to Basenotes.

Does anyone know who the perfumer is who made this one, please? This is one of a few bottles of tester perfumes I was just gifted and it has a so very nearly vintage Guerlain vibe to my nose. There are the sparkling aldehydes along with spice and herbs but the overwhelming smell on first spray for me is minty! Is my nose broken?! Perhaps it's the lavender and aldehyde together which lean minty and almost soapy, I don't know, either way this is very strange on my skin and it reminds me so much of my granny's closet that I'm wondering whether she might have worn this (which makes me want to wear it to work tomorrow).

Ladylike, a little officious, buttoned up and ironed but very, very interesting! I would wear this out ironically if I were a hipster or an art student sporting a patterned granny dress, blue tights and a knitted brooch but pretty much nowhere else that I can think of. And I don't wear perfume ironically (though I do have a knitted brooch) so I guess Blue Grass is out for me but I can absolutely see why it has its devoted followers.

For some reason I really enjoy this perfume though I'm not usually a fan of adelhydes or green notes.
It's fresh and yes, it could remind you of a nice, fancy soap from an expensive hotel. It's not a dainty smell it's more of a woman who has outdoor barbeques and goes camping and loves horses and maybe biking. Totally not me but I find amusing in small doses. Maybe someone in my childhood wore it, I can't remember but it gives me a sense of nostalgia.
There is a bit of medicinal note at the initial spray but it doesn't last long.

Blue Grass is rumored to be a perfume favored and worn by Queen Elizabeth 2, herself, and that has made me curious to try it for quite awhile. I've had fun watching Prince Harry's recent wedding to Meghan Markle and seeing the lovely dresses worn by the ladies in the Royal family. Queen Elizabeth is always such a standout in her brightly colored outfits. I love her sense of style and I finally got around to trying one of her favorite perfumes - Blue Grass.

The first spray surprised me because it is fairly loud and strong. But the dry down is a soft, fancy soap scent which is both feminine and clean. Pristine, poised, mannerly elegance. I can see the Queen wearing this.

My Great Grandmother wore Blue Grass. It smells very crisp and clean, a little spicy from lavender and the carnation, which is a note I especially adore. This reminds me exactly of the scent of expensive garments after having been dry cleaned when I was a child, the chemicals used around 25 years ago, evokes a much more 1980's scent to my mind. I believe "White Linen" gives the impression of fresh laundry hanging on the line, for a comparison. This would not go amiss as a linen spray for your garments if you do not particularly enjoy the scent on your skin. Fragrance repurposed in this manner can be just as lovely.

I just received my 100ml bottle of this joyful classic. I'm glad I did because the juice is being phased out here in Canada. Now my work only carries the cream antipesprant and dusting powder. I asked the rep what was going on and she gave me the troubling news.

I love aldehydes! This delivers for me,full force almost leathery cleanliness. Must be the combo of lavender and vintage 1930's aldehydes in the top. Then it mellows into a gorgeous powdery clean floral. The base is delightful with the musk and cedar most prominent on my skin.

What a jem! If you see it buy it! If you don't end up liking it, store it well in the box and I guarantee it will be worth something someday.

Where do I start? I had yet to find a Elizabeth Arden fragrance I could stomach. A few months ago, at a Ross store I blind bought EA's Mediterranean thinking it had to be an summery aquatic fragrance that might pull me out of the cold winter slumps. I pulled the lovely undescribable shade of blue bottle out of the box. The bottle is cool and feels good in your hand. I sprayed and boy, was I disappointed!!!! What a let down. The name and the bottle don't match the cheap fruity yuckiness. That bottle of EA has been delegated to the "gift closet", ha!...although I don't know anyone I dislike that much to gift it to. Enough of this tangent.
On to Elizabeth Arden's vintage Blue Grass. Another blind buy. Read the conflicting reviews here, but wa somewhat intrigued. Went searching on eBay and found bottles with crazy high price tags. Until, poof, there it was...a gift set for $8.99! I grabbed it! It just came in the mail. The moment of truth. I hold my breath and spray my wrist. Arrrggghhhh! Oh no, not another EA disaster?!?!? Just as I was about to go scrub and write off that $8.99, something happened. Something lovely and wonderful. I love it! Beautiful soapy, powdery dry down. A definite keeper. Not to worry Blue Grass, you will never see the inside of the dreaded "gift closet"!

Old fashioned soap. Done perfectly.

This is wearable Jicky.

Soapy with some herbal sharpness. Something minty, and something oddly sweet. Overall it's soap, but to a vintage perfume lover-- it's got character in the notes. Wonderfully blended to create a scent that seems linear but gives out "pops" of certain notes if that makes sense. I swear I even got some hay. And now florals.

I expected to be "scared" of this cheap blind buy, given the reviews, but I find my current EDP to be light, I used many sprays on both skin and shirt. I can smell it for sure, but not offensively.

This is what I wanted White Linen to be.

I love vintage scents for a cozy homey feeling, while imagining another era.

Ohhhhh as the soap dries down (aldehydes) it IS like L'air du Temps but better! Stronger! My current EDT and EDP of L'air are weak compared to this. Now I have a less-soapy, kinda herbal spicy carnation woody powder. This is terrific!!

Very disappointed! It was my first perfume back in late '70s. I used to like it so much, it was such a classy and special perfume! It smelt airy, grassy, soapy, spicy, earthy and a bit musky and flowery. The scent is completely different from what I remember back then. A very bad reformulation. I just smell some harsh spices and incense, a sultry, fusty old church smell, a metallic and synthetic mess! Anyway, for those interested, please try before you buy.

Unfortunately, I find this fragrance as horrible. I rarely felt such a repulsion for a perfume

Based on reviews and notes, I expected I would love this. Nope. Not at all. It’s not for me. I am not a fan of Elizabeth Arden fragrances. Nothing has changed. It reminded me of something you might smell on ladies in church 40 years ago. There was nothing clean or fresh about it for me. Musty was more my impression. Obviously others like it since it has been around since 1936. I’m disappointed. I really wanted to like it.

wearing the vintage in the frosted bottle with the horses, so all the top notes have deteriorated. In this fragrance in the top, I smelled oakmoss, it quickly burned off to a lovely soapy floral. Aldehydes, lavender, naricissus, woods and musk.

OK, so where do I start. I wore this quite a bit in the early 70s and liked it very much. Well, apparently I was alone. I went on a week long ski trip with someone I was sort of in love with, and he very bluntly told me that my perfume stunk "to high heaven." As it turned out, I never heard from him after the trip, and I think it had a bit to do with my choice of scent. (not entirely though, I'm certain.)
Well, as it turned-out, the guy was a real jerk. So, I have Elizabeth Arden (and Blue Grass) to thank for the break up.
So, A.S., wherever you are, I'm hoping someone else out there is torturing you with something like Elizabeth Taylor Passion, or Giorgio - just deserts.

Even though the formulation has changed since my childhood memories, when I purchased this recently it still brings back those warm, wonderful feelings. There is very good reason why Blue Grass is considered a classic.

I believe that this has been reformulated as it smells only vaguely familiar to the Blue Grass I remember my mother having in the 1970's. It is quite strong indeed and I would caution that this would not be a wise blind buy.
I smell a lot of grasses, spicy carnation, hyacinth, a powdery soapy smell, and a tiny bit of citrus...lime perhaps?
It always conjures up an image in my mind of a young woman running towards who knows what in a field of waist high grasses. She is wearing a pretty floral patterned tea dress, a straw hat, and is anchored with old leather boots.
This is a very nostalgic smelling scent reminiscent of an older time, but certainly NOT an "old ladies" perfume for goodness sake. I will never understand how a perfume can smell like an "old lady"...how unimaginative and rather insulting at the same time, as I know many women with a lot of "rings in their tree trunks" who smell absolutely precious.

It lasts and lasts and projects beautifully. You should only wear this if you want to "be smelled" :)

If you like: Avon Mark Earth, you may enjoy this.
If you like: Estee Lauder's Private Collection, you may enjoy this.
If you like: Coty Emeraude, you may enjoy this.
If you like: Coty L'aimant or L'origan you may enjoy this.
If you like: L'AIR DU TEMPS by Nina Ricci you may enjoy this.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my review. xo

I tried to get a feel for Blue Grass since it was worn by Queen Elizabeth [2]
I see now after wearing this for a while that it's beautiful. If you look for the beauty you will find it.

Many many years ago, the Blue Grass deodorant was so gorgeous, it cost 10 times your average pharmacy/drugstore/supermarket deodorant but my God it was worth it.
I can still remember it.
Today it’s rubbish.

I have no idea why I decided to blind-buy this, as I usually don't like the first 3 listed notes. Of course I did not like it and I ended giving it away. It is too old fashioned for me and I can sense the aldehydes a mile away. However, for such a fresh scent it lasts incredibly well, so if you like it, I would highly recommend it.

I saw a bottle of this for very cheap in TJ Maxx, so of course I just had to buy it. I love classic fragrances, and for me usually the older the better. This was the very first Elizabeth Arden fragrance, so I was very intrigued to try this, especially seeing the very beautiful packaging up close. The design is so simple but makes the product appear more high scale. On first spray, you get a blast of aldehydes, not uncommon with many fragrances in this time. The opening on me smells very mossy, which is surprising to me because the opening notes are very citrus/floral here. I'm thinking its a combination of the vetiver, cloves, and bay leaf in the fragrance that give the fragrance it's rather unusual opening for me. After the perfume dries, I smell a familiar spicy carnation/cloves note not too far off from Wind Song. The cloves are a bit stronger than the carnation in this than in Wind Song. I'm also getting a sort of baby powder vibe from this, because it's alot softer than Wind Song. It must be the lavander that gives it this quality. Just imagine how Johnson & Johnson baby powder smells, then add spicy cloves and carnation. This gets better with time, after a while, the woods peek through and give the fragrance an incense sort of quality. The sandalwood, cedar, tonka beans, musk, vetiver, and benzoin give the fragrance a deeper more intense feel without overpowering the fragrance. So by the end of the perfumes wear time, you have spicy carnation and cloves, softened by lavender which gives it a cool baby powder like quality, and deep, intense woods, that further soften the fragrance. I unfortunately returned this to the store, the opening to me was just way to mossy and strange smelling. I'm almost certain now it's the bay leaf, which really overpowers the opening and just in my opinion isn't a nice smell for perfume in general. It's a shame, because the dry down isn't too bad, and by the time you've worn it for a few hours, it almost smells like a man's cologne. Very sweet and intense woods. I remember smelling something amazing and not the knowing what it was, then thinking, "Wait, that cannot be the same perfume." I imagine the vintage of this is alot better, and probably has more notes to balance out the rather unusual combinations.

Being an admirer of older perfumes, two years ago I bought Blue Grass as a present to my mother for her birthday. She was indifferent to the scent - she neither love it nor hate it, but she was wearing it until the end of the bottle.

On the other side I was quite intrigued. Blue Grass was like a feminine, more floral and lighter version of Koruos to me (it has that civet vibe nevertheless there is no civet in it). I liked the scent, but I was hesitating to use it, just because was labeled "for women".

Until today... The reason that I decided to buy a bottle of Blue Grass for me, was because last week I received a sample of Amouage Gold Man and in the moment that I sniff it, a picture of Elizabeth Arden's creation popped into my mind. I was so fascinated by Amouage Gold Man and I told myself: "If this could be a masculine scent, why should Blue Grass couldn't be masculine on me?". That's how I realized that there is no such thing as women or men scents. If the scent gets you - wear it with pride. And now I have my bottle of Blue Grass - a truly amazing state of art.

Smells like Johnson&Johnson baby shampoo from my childhood

This is the most punishable perfume I've had out of over different 60 ones.
The beginning is so synthetic jasmine wrapped in synhetic honey/resin combination. It reminds me of cheap votive sticks. I thought perhaps the synthethics will evaporate and change like cabochard by GRES and develop into something interesting or beautiful as other reviews suggested. On me, it does gets weirdly sweeter and rounder like a glowing liquid amber mixed with a few drops of honey, my memory recalls a distant haze of Clinique Aromatics Elixir or Royal Jelly. It takes nearly 6 hours before jarring synthetic gives way to soapy smell which is not exciting nor interesting and that's not enough reward to bother with this one. It cannot be used as an air freshener either.
I think the title should be changed to Stressful journey to Amber Glow or better Extremely Synthetic Blue Grass.

I do not own this, years ago I worked with a woman who oversprayed and it kind of turned me off it. Like others have stated, a little goes a long way. I recently tested it again after 30 years and the minute I sprayed it, the smell of the powder hand soap that was in the dispensers at my catholic grade school 40+ years ago came to mind... boraxo? not sure what it was... but it dries down quite lovely and old school.

Why didn't I try this long ago? I know I tried it...does body chemistry change over the years? I think so.
Love it- clean and complicated.
Yes!

About Blue Grass Vintage Perfume

This fragrance was still selling in the 1950's!

Upon my first visit to the Elizabeth Arden Red Door salon around 1954, a lady whose sole job was to spray perfume on customers to get them to make up their mind about buying the perfume, sprayed this on my wrist. Initially I wasn't impressed. It smelled like too many of the kind of perfumes I was wearing at the time - Vent Vert by Balmain for instance. It was a blast of aldehydes, lavender and floral notes, and woods. By definition, this is a chypre. So I never did buy this perfume during the first visit. By the 3rd visit to the Red Door, I had become intrigued and wanted to wear it just to have it in my wardrobe.

The fragrance opens with aldehydes that are hard to miss. Fresh and old fashioned. The neroli and orange blossom citrus scent is there at the first spritz. And then there is a distinct lavender scent. Lots of lavender. It's a spicy floral aroma. There is a carnation, hardly any roses, but there is narcissus and tuberose, so it's got a bit of a white floral vibe. The flowers, however, are not at all the kind of perfumy flowers that I was wearing at the time. In no way does this resemble Arpege which was powdery and much more delicate and feminine. This is a chypre with floral touches but it has a stronger foundation of woods and vetiver.

The perfume has incredible sillage and the scent is long lasting. At the dry down, the scent turns a bit masculine. The woodsy notes of sandalwood, moss and cedar, along with vetiver, are pungent and it matches up with some of the woodsy notes in men's colognes. However at the time of the fragrance's debut, this was the way that a lot of women's perfumes smelled like. This was an era of confident women who wore perfume that projected and had a deeper and more powerful presence. The woods only help push up the aroma into the air out of your skin and pulse points. The scent matches up with a dark suit. This was never a "dress" perfume to me. It was business wear perfume. It reminds me, and only slightly, of Bandit by Piguet, although Bandit has heavier musk and leather. This fragrance replaces the leather in Bandit with chypre ingredients of vetiver, moss and heavy woods.

The woods are really quite beautiful and remind me of the autumn. The leaves have fallen and the first winter chill nips the air. This is a country scent, like being outdoors in the late fall - September, October. This perfume fills my head with visions of prairies, hills, and little cabins in the woods, cabins that are each at a distance from each other. It's also rather like a masculine soap. Sometimes it's good to mix it up and wear perfumes like this.

I enjoyed wearing this perfume when I was a music teacher and when I taught voice/opera. The scent was formal and it meant business, it was no nonsense, sober and like others have pointed out, a bit of a unisex or fougere with lavender and sandalwood.

It's still such a great aroma but it's a pity that this perfume, the first of Elizabeth Arden's many fragrances, is being pushed further back into everyone's memory or it's becoming nearly extinct. I hope they never discontinue this fragrance and that it can still sell to fans of vintage perfumes. This was the perfume that enabled Arden to continue to produce perfumes well into the 20th century.

Best used sparingly, this is one of the longest-lasting perfumes I know. Cool and beautiful in moderation.

Fragrance Review For Blue Grass

Elizabeth Arden

Top Notes

Aldehydes Orange Blossom Lavender Neroli Bergamot Lily Geranium

Middle Notes

Spices Carnation Tuberose Lavender Jasmine Rose Narcissus Cloves Bay Leaves

Base Notes

Sandalwood Tonka Bean Musk Benzoin Vetiver Cedar Wood

This was the very first Elizabeth Arden fragrance launched during the Great Depression in the US. As such the fragrance in vintage form with it's aldehydes and florals would be unwearable today. Fortunately the reformulation is not bad and smells like the original in a more wearable fashion. This made me think of women from the the "Blue Grass" states of Virginia West Virginia and Kentucky, during the 30's when it was not easy to travel as often as today, these places were far from the big cities of New York or Philadelphia, Boston or Chicago, and being so far from Fifth Avenue and Elizabeth Arden's Red Door salons, the ladies who lived in farms would never have had access to a classy perfume like Chanel No. 5 much less an Elizabeth Arden. What's a gentleman farmer's wife to do? My immediate impression of this perfume is that Elizabeth Arden herself came up with the idea for the production of a perfume that could be imported and sent to little towns in Nebraska, Kansas, the Dakotas, Arksansas, or any other "country" area where women of the plains could also get a hold of a fragrance. And it does not smell European or too frilly. It's the scent of "blue grass" and the plains and fields of the American Mid West not the powder rooms, beauty salons, boutiques and perfume stores of Fifth Avenue Manhattan NYC.

The aldehyde content here is an old fashioned Chanel No. 5 era aldehyde. And of course that's why I love it. Brilliant, sparkling and fresh, perfumy, classic aldehydes. I adore them. Imagine a fresh morning dew that was made into a fragrance. This smells like dawn on a farm. Once the aldehydes fade out, a lavender, distinct lavender emerges. It's a lot of lavender too as there are two notes of it. Lavender fields at dawn. And it's enough of a spicy floral in itself as to not even need other florals by it's side. The floral note of lavender at the top and the sandalwood and cedar wood at the base also made me aware that this is very similar to a fougere. Men's fougeres typically include lavender top notes and sandalwood bases. Indeed this is a unisex fragrance, or it would be today but in the context and milieu of the 30's, it was all woman.

The lavender is joined by geranium, white lily, neroli, orange blossom, carnation, tuberose, and narcissus. The flowers are heavenly and very easy to pick out. I enjoyed the tuberose because it was not shriek, just sweet and buttery, and it went well with the creamy benzoin in the bottom base. Jasmine, rose and bay leaves and cloves. Ah. What an aroma. This is earthy, green, floral, spicy and aromatic. It smells like a more floral man's aftershave. The flowers are to die for! They smell like floral fields and flower gardens in suburban backyards. Very outdoorsy. The neroli keeps them fresh and delicious.

In the dry down I experienced musk, sandalwood and oak moss as well as cedar wood. It's a woodsy dry down, pure woods. The musk and woods really do give it a masculine aura, but I don't care about gender labels. This is neither feminine or masculine. It is a fragrance of lavender, florals, and woods. The woods are really quite nice. It's such an easy to wear and very memorable well composed fragrance. It does not smell like any other fragrance of the era - not an Arpege, No. 5, No. 22, My Sin, Vent Vert, etc. It is very different and a perfume that stands alone. Unisex, classy, bold, outdoorsy, sporty, it's a chypre of the highest caliber. I can totally dig this perfume and it makes me want to go to the Poconos and wear it while enjoying nature and going on hikes along the mountains.

Beautiful.

I have been wearing this perfume since I was a young girl. I have other perfumes I like too, so I don't wear it exclusively but every time I do wear it people stop me and ask me what I am wearing because they love it. I have been asked to gift it to her for her birthday by my 20 year old niece and I have been asked what is is by women well in their 60's. It truly is a perfume for all ages that evokes a sense of play and lightness. Plus it doesn't give me hay fever, despite the jokes about it smelling like "hay" by some others. Many new perfumes give me terrible hay fever, but not this one. I agree that you need to give it at least an hour to develop. But then you can walk out and smell classy all day.

Sometimes I smell something in my mind and just have to wear it for a week or more. I had Blue Grass on my mind so am wearing it his week. It's sweet, crisp and floral. It's me this week,day and night, I would not be comfortable in anything else. I am wearing the formulation m you get in shops now

WHOA. ITS LIKE BEING SMOTHERED BY 4711 EAU DE COLOGNE AND TEN THOUSANDS BAILS OF HAY. its exactly what it says : blue grass , intense horsey hay play. ( 60's vintage bottle)

it also has that generic hotel shampoo smell to it "fresh for everyone but awkwardly bitter oldschool"

its not a bad thing, its just its own thing, im starting to enjoy being propelled back by these oldies, everything is so immediately agreeable these days, its cool to throw the random oddball at your nose and have a freak out.

hour later, hmm yah still bit too screechy and warm and weirdo on me AVON LADY MEETS NINA RICCI L'AIR DU TEMPS in hay ?..hmm maybe my vintage is off..awkward

I agree completely with Planet X! Blue Grass is very spiritual and complex. Also, unique as it could not be mistaken for anything else. Fresh and breezy. The lavender and cloves make it bittersweet. A beautiful scent for a down-to-earth country girl.

Incredible! Spiritual and of such a complexity!
I Am fascinated by juices, that downvoted by majority, especially if it is vintage , so just bought it in vintage formulation, after reading these contradictional reviews and especially admiring the one of grayspoole, where she is writing about Blue Grass being one of faves of Marlene Dietrich.
Blue Grass opens with fresh happy aldehydes, moss and bay leaf with bright white florals, like a big sun, that shines under the whole white world, leaving that trace all way through development, which tends to be more relaxed, - lavender and spices and carnation.
I absolutely see, why creating this perfume took so much time and effort and I see those happy running in meadows horses silhouettes engraved on bottle glass, - celebration of Spirit and Freedom, escape and relief of all worries.
Herbal-spicy and warm, yet somewhat freshly crisp and cool - sounds like it can't be in same bottle, yet it is. Going to wear it till the last drop, although was buying just with idea to be introduced to the legend.

Dreadful.

I like soapy aldehydes but this one smells like a cross between old school facial astringent and chlorophyll.

Je Reviens is a better take on a bargain priced grassy aldehydic. Right about now, they're the same price, so there's no need to torture yourself and others with this one. Even better, Halston Classic for that fresh scrubbed, clean feel. .

A common question in the perfume community is what defines a scent as "cheap smelling". No offense to those who love it, but I'd bet the dictionary entry would include a pic of Blue Grass perfume.

Unfortunately, I have no idea what the vintage might have smelled like, my bottle is of recent manufacture by Elizabeth Arden.

Edp:
This is, for sure, a more graceful variant/version of Chanel no19 (which I strongly dislike).
This has got the same distinct grass note with a fresh and floral twist. Soapy. Soap with grass scent.

I wouldn't ever use it but I can see how this could be someone's signature since it's not as (in my opinion) Bad as Chanel 19 - and Chanel is highly overrated and popular so why shouldn't this be when it smells almost the same?

So, should I mark it with dislike? Hmm, I don't think I will... I would use something - for example detergent or shampoo - that has a Blue Grass scent but I would never (ever again) pay for something that smells like this, unless a friend who I'm buying a gift for, wants it.

Edit: It gets more pleasant and likeable when it's lighter. I would buy soap that smells like this but only it it has a fair price.

In 1980, in Scandinavia, you could buy a versiom of BG in a green/turqoise box. It was truly sickening and headache inducing. It was a thick cloud of horrible sweet flowers blended in the most terrible fashion. I will never forget how awfull it was.

(Current formulation)

A good one to have on hand on days when you don't feel like smelling like a bowl of fruit, a bunch of flowers, or a cupcake.

Opens in an unfriendly way. After a while the heart softens with carnation and other flowers, but to me it never stops being about soap and hard woods. Nothing inviting or approachable.

I tested it on a hot day when I had to do a lot of walking along industrial roads, and I dearly appreciated its soapy cleanness preserving my freshly scrubbed feeling--against the odds!

I didnt like this one at all, the lavender I felt didnt work with my chemistry

I can only tell you about vintage 1960 version in a blue rubberized bottle in the perfgume mist. it is astonishingly lovely (and I'm a vintage Arpege, Mitsouko,Chanel 22 girl). Does it smell vontage, yes. But it's a great fragrance. I get aldahydes, carnation and a slight civet. It's pretty and the dry down is powdery yet not old lady.

This was bought for me as my first grown-up perfume when I was 15 years old. 30 (oh dear) years later, and I still have a bottle. I'm one of the seemingly few that really love this.
I love it for being instantly recognisable, for good or ill, there's nothing else like it. The coldness it retains to it's core is refreshing, almost but not quite clinical, and because of that, oddly, reassuringly..staunch.
You can count on this to be what it is, if that makes sense.
I like it when I'm a bit stressed, I find it calming and dependable and stabilizing..it has never been a "signature" or a deep obsession for me, but it has been a lifetime constant.
I think that makes it pretty special in its own right, and I will never be without it.

For me, this is a perfume that starts off beautifully - but gets bad, then worse, to the point where you HAVE to get it off your skin!! The initial spray is aldehydic bliss, followed by a manicured, elegant floral experience. But quickly, the scent changes into that "heavy" old-lady kind of floral we all know... Then it morphs into something really soapy. (To all the people who think modern-day florals smell like soap, you don't know what you're talking about...) Old-fashioned florals are REALLY soapy. The final part of the drydown is spicy as well as soapy - and strong... well I couldn't analyze it any more because I was rinsing it off my wrist!

Current formula:

If you can bear with the initial aldehydic burst, the juice definitely settles into a clean, brisk, soapy floral with an incense base to show later.

Blue Grass has a sterile aura about it; that is to say that's not your clubbing scent or something to wear to impress the opposite sex. However it is something you verily enjoy for yourself and it is distinctively a feminine fragrance on the lady-like edge of the spectrum. I believe it is perfectly acceptable to men hence, albeit there are better alternatives if your purpose is to impress.

To me, Blue Grass has definitely a Victorian Goth aura to it. The cool, brisk, and flowery structure of the fragrance stands and satisfies for the Victorian part, whereas the incense base gives a gothic edge to it.

I blindly purchased this perfume after hearing an amazing story of a nurse in the 1950's and a particular man who always knew when she was on duty because of this scent so I had to have it- well my romantic vision was short lived after the initial spray- it was awful sorry to say. I even tried to off load it to my mum but even she could handle it. It ended up in the outside rubbish bin.

Maybe mine was like really, really off.

I think it has a lot to do with chemistry, and there's no medium ground here. One absolutely loves it, or hates it.
Never thought this simple perfume would be so complex.

$32 a bottle, fresh at Macy's, and I go through one every year since a little goes a long way and lasts a good long time.
The worst comment I ever got from this was "You smell like soap." (Heck,....I don't mind smelling like soap for goodness sake...lol)
Btw, the aldehydes do wear off quickly. If you can't stand them, use the spray in the air and walk through method.

£10 for a bottle: either it is a bad perfume and they are desperate to sell, or they have made a mistake on the price tag. Neither. Is it bad? Not really, is it good? Not really, and the £10 justify the investment: nothing to be surprised here, just a fresh flowery and powdery juice that seems to work on two levels:
1 After spraying the first layer is asphyxiating and difficult to describe: heliotrope? Musk? Vanilla? Whatever it is it smells highly synthetic
2 After 1/2 hour it settles a bit to become powdery but absolutely no surprise
Will this be my signature scent? Certainly not. That would teach me to buy cheap stuff.
Some reviewers have mentioned the smell of Palmolive soap, freshly cut grass, well that's not my case. I have learnt from this experience that maybe spending a bit more for a nice Guerlain is worth more the investment.
I will probably revisit BG in a few weeks time. In the meantime and on the positive, it will look good as air freshener in my toilets...

I just got a vintage in my hands and I am puzzled with the dissing this one gets. Must be the new formulation of which I cannot say a thing.

The opening of the vintage formulation is aldehydes, but it takes only a few minutes for the warm powdery flowers to open up. I get geranium, narcissus and carnation in an old style blend. Gently spicy warmth is blended in. There is no greenness in the scent, just warmth and mellow spiciness. The Vintage is not bold in our time but I can see the charm of this. It is clean and safe, surely something to wear in the daytime. It stays close to body and I am curious to hear what reactions people around will give on this one.

My vintage bottle of this parfum is one of my most treasured scents. I love carnation, so that's the first attraction; secondly the combination of spices, narcissus, benzoin and whatever witches' brew of aldehydes is in the original version, is absolutely magnificent. The strength of the stuff, the originality and punch of it, made it completely unique. It was one of those scents where the combination of ingredients made a completely new smell. For comparison I bought a recent bottle and it is, like L'Air du Temps, a pale shadow of its former self, with no staying power, and it now smells as if half the ingredients are omitted (which is quite likely). I wouldn't bother with the new; but if you can find a bottle of the original stuff - great! :)

After many years of bad reformulations, Blue Grass is certainly in the running for most despised vintage perfume. But if you want to understand how the impeccably turned out Marlene Dietrich (who had multiple fittings for her gloves alone) could wear Blue Grass, read Dorothy Grace's perceptive reevaluation of the scent below. In its day, Blue Grass was an original, admired, and extremely well bred perfume. The original flacons are gorgeous--clear glass with translucent pale blue glass stoppers molded with a horse head design. My small bottle of Blue Grass perfume oil is more recent, probably dating from the 1950's. It is a dense unguent that opens as a powerful fougere of lavender, laurel, and cedar, suggesting the dried herbs used to purify and mothproof linens. Gradually, Blue Grass becomes warmer, soapy, and only slightly more feminine with notes of carnation and jasmine. Coumarin and sandalwood basenotes do not alter the overall green and vegetal character of the scent. Blue Grass has absolutely no carnality or sexiness. It is all about perfectly clean skin and brisk outdoor air. Dietrich must have found it so refreshing to put this on after a long day at the studio playing Shanghai Lily in veils and feathers.

The current version has been stripped down compared to what I remember. It used to be richer, more powdery, and potent.

The current version is a clean, soapy floral, with a nice dose of lavender, spice, and vetiver. I like it as a casual masculine fragrance. With a light trigger finger, it smells fantastic on the right man.

I bought a bottle of Blue Grass a few years ago based on reviews from another site. What I got smelled NOTHING like I expected. It was so bad I couldn't wear it. I adore green scents but this was like no green I had ever smelled before; very pungent and just awful. I see here that people say to get the vintage scent. I have tried that with some other perfumes that the vintage is recommended with bad luck. I get perfumes that have spoiled or they don't last very long on the skin.

I'm surprised at how much Blue Grass is disliked; but at the same time not surprised. I think the name may have something to do with people's expectations that this will be a very breezy, grassy scent but it isn't. In truth, it's a very unusual scent that plays different types of notes against each other. What I mean is that there are the sweet bright florals like daffodil with bright aldehydes pitted against darker spices such as cloves so it's an unusual mix that is not often seen in perfumery.
I don't get a strong aldehyde opening like from classic floral aldehydes - I do get something that smells very much like banana Starburst candies in the opening. I thought at first my nose was playing tricks on me but every time I sprayed it - there it was. Nonetheless, I'm not complaining; it was kind of cute in its way. Overall, I like Blue Grass very much. It's perfect for spring - and maybe fall as well.
Because Blue Grass is so unusual, I would definitely advise trying before buying but give it time to play itself out (I mean, several hours, maybe even more than once). It changes constantly and keeps you wondering what will happen next. Sillage is very good so maybe less is more with this (I say this because I'm seeing so much hating going on) and it's pretty long lasting.
I'm giving it a "love" for it's intriguing take on the "floral green" genre and uniqueness.

I've never come across any perfume that smelled like rotten eggs(?). Even the ones I dislike immensely, such as the over ripe fruit smell.

So come on, now. Let's not get carried away.
As a vintage nut that I am, I can say Blue Grass is a very clean smell, like you just came out of the shower, or a flowerfield.....

and not the fruit cellar.....*clears throat*

My mum used to wear this back in the 1980s/90s and I've always associated it with her. No way I could wear it because its her scent!

This is an update from my first review.
Yes, definitely, I prefer the old formula to the new one, big time. The new one the opening is very green in a weird way (I don't like green notes, except for Niki de Saint Phalle's ) and it has a very strong anise note (I really dislike anise). I will repeat what other reviewers have mentioned: must wait for the dry down, then it almost becomes the beautiful scent it used to be in the past.
Now the positive: the old formula is still available and it smells unique, distinctive, clean, fresh. I just purchased a 4oz vintage bottle on line and can't wait to get it.

Wore this vintage formulation years ago and did like it very much. Grandmas wore it and so did mom. I thought I would give it a try again just for old times sake. However, I found it harsh and soapy. I definitely get the vetiver and grassy notes, but not in a good way. Thank goodness I had a good walk in the wind and hopefully it all blew off me because I did not like it.

Haha, I have such a bad luck with all my blind buys!

I was hoping for a soapy and powdery soft scent, like all the reviews raved about. The word CLEAN came up many times in the reviews...

But this smells like rotten eggs, mixed with a strong fecal smell. Very much like a dirty public restroom.

This is - so - the opposite of clean.
It actually makes me nauseous, that is how vile it is.

My Dad bought this for me in the 70s. I can almost smell it as I think about that, and I wore it but it was kind of horrible. There was a blue box of powder that came with the set. I think I somehow connected it in my mind with the book Black Beauty and horses. I am sure I bought more as a young adult ,probably because this was Edmonton Alberta and other than Charlie and Avon pickings were slim at The Bay downtown. Yes, it was an awful scent, but I've enjoyed thinking about my Dad who is now gone as I write so worth it after all.

I rememeber seeing this when growing up but never knowing what it smelt like. I only recently tried it on and wanted to buy it straight away.

I'm not sure what's in it, maybe lily, but it's very clean, comforting and feel good. Like the Fresh clean feeling after a shower or freshly washed linen. Or as somebody else said, like standing in a hayfield after the rain. It gives me a boost to start the day, so I would call it a day time fragrance. I wouldn't say it's very exciting, but I like to wear different fragrances for different moods.

I'm not sure why people call old classic perfumes old fashioned, but then rave about old ones like No 5 that have had lots of recent publicity.

The information above is incorrect. According to the Perfumeintelligence database, Blue Grass was created in 1934 by Fragonard perfumer George Fuchs for Elizabeth Arden. The scent was named after the scent of her Kentucky home.

I can remember my grandmother wearing this as long ago as 1962. I keep a vintage aerosol bottle of the perfume oil in her memory. It still smells luscious!

Either my bottle has turn rancid (bought it in a drugstore in Sydney for $8 Aussies) or simply not my cup of tea. On me it smells like mosquitoes repellent :-(

I think this is a very much dated perfume, in the it completely reminds me of an old mother's powder room. On first spray I detect nothing but a strong, powdery...But not unpleasant smell! There is some spice, and it definitely comes out more as the fragrance dries out.I detect some lily...Very mild. Still the powder persists. The fragrance as a whole reminds me of those old powder-puffs that you would dusts your body with to dry your skin and lightly scent it. Not a bad fragrance, but like I said, dated for sure.

First off, I think this and Je Reviens are both fragrances that you are either going to love or hate. They are very similar. I, myself think that Blue Grass is very unique and vintage and lovely. It starts off to me like the feeling of standing in a hayfield just after a rain. If you live on the great plains like me, that's a wonderful place to be. I get the combination of aldehydes, lavender, and carnation. This stays around for about 30 minutes or so. Then the lovely spices, benzoin, sandalwood, tonka and classic florals make an entrance that soften the initial blast at the beginning.

At this point, it transforms into a beautiful vintage powdery, soft, fluffy feathery scent. In my opinion, it wears much like an Annick Goutal, particularly Heure Exquise.
Not that they smell the same, they just go on and transform the same to me. Yes, I am with everyone on this one, the drydown is the best phase of this perfume. Not everyone is going to love this, but you really do have to wait and give it a chance. As with any perfume, I am only interested in what is inside, and I find it to be a very unique, multifaceted, and enduring perfume.

An earlier reviewer advised to wait for the drydown. I think that's one of the best things said here.

I love this perfume. Truly. It's one of my very favorites. It's fresh, clean, powdery, grassy (and I like those things). It's perfect as an everyday, daytime scent. Sharp citrus and sweet floral lovers probably won't take to this one, though (although I can say I have plenty of those scents in my collection as well. I'd give anything a try).

I've become inured to it, but to me, there is quite an aldehyde assault when it's initially applied (it's the same thing I experience with Youth Dew). I suck it up and drive on--because it's only going to last for a very short time, and it's entirely worth the wait for the lovely drydown. It seems there are many individuals who are quick to give up on a scent because of an aldehyde aversion. I say: patience! Often you will be pleasantly surprised.

I find the current formula very similar tothe previous reformulation (not the current one, which reminds me of Samsara) of Chanel nº 5. Staying power is amazing.

Many years ago I loved the smell of Blue Grass. Decided to give it try again and ordered two bottles on line. Just got them in the mail today. One of the bottles is the new formula, the other is older. What a disappointment! The new version is not even close, I noticed it the moment I sprayed it on. Unlike the original version, that smelled wonderful from the start, this smell....well, I can understand the reason for the negative reviews. The older version dries down to a point that it almost resembles the original, but it takes at least 1/2 hour to kick in.
This is a real shame. Even though Blue Grass was not up there with Shalimar, L'Air du Temps", Chanel 5 and the other French classics, still it was very lovely and very distinctive.

This is a fabulous (and cheap) scent for everyday. It smells very aldehydic and very clean and fresh, a bit like Palmolive soap but with more zing.

It doesn't last more than couple of hours but I just bought a 30ml bottle for £6 so I guess I can afford a top up now and then. A fabulous classic.

After quite a few months that I said I would buy it, I did.. I don't use it everyday. I don't want to get so use to it that I can't smell how strong it is on me.

It has a sweetness to it. Not the lollipop candy sweetness, but I guess one could call it a spicey sweetness. Lots of florals and spice.
It seems I'm drawn to the scent of carnation and cloves.
I had several comments on it first week I wore it. My initial first comment as I walked into a room was " Oooo , who is that. Is that you? It smells so clean."
It's a HIT!!

I used to wear this back when! Loved it then and then it disappeared from all the retail stores. I like heady fragances and aldehydes so keep that in mind when you read this. In the same manner I don't like smelling like grass, cucumber, or watermelons.

I am not an expert on notes so all I have is my memory that I liked it then and now too. I am sure that like all else, it has been reformulated but still pretty much what it was. But I will say that there are a lot of notes here and floral

I like buying little bottles of new trys so there's a $$ investment

then I found it again :) I wear it when I don't want to smell like everyone else. I also wear the dedorant, which is actually very good. If you suffer from sweaty hands ( an actual illness) you can try it on your palms mixed with a non perfumed cream

NO. To me it does not smell like granny ( and I am not one yet). Wait for the drydown, it is soft.

Way too much aldehydes for my liking, other than that I really don't know why I don't like this. Carnation, lavender, daffodil - I smell all that but find these notes lacking unity, there is a discord in this orchestra even if soloists are worthy on their own. I like a lot of separate moments in the Blue Grass, but not the perfume as a whole.

I started wearing this back in the early 80s in high school. I was the quiet one of the group but I always wanted to be different. So while others were soaked in Opium, Fendi, Giorgio and such I was spritzing on this classic. You have to be able to wait out the first few minutes but after you are rewarded with a clean, powdery scent that makes you feel fresh and lovely.

I have to say that this is my most hated fragrance. Although the scent improves a bit after the first few minutes, Blue Grass is one of those scents that I find myself having to wash off my skin. BG was my first experience with aldehydes, and I have made up my mind that I am not a fan. To me, this perfume smells like dental floss with a touch of stale bread. It actually reminds me of the unpleasant odor you smell when visiting a nursing home.

I have absolutely no idea why I like this, other than that is has a sort of creaminess mixed with a sense of being outdoors which I find comforting. As it does not contain oakmoss, one of my favourite notes, it is even more puzzling. Maybe this is why I like Jicky, that lovely hay meadow, herbal, forest gladeness that I go for. Should I ponder on this further.................. no............... just enjoy the moment and be grateful it is still in production.

The top notes arrive to sting the nostrils, but the base notes become a pleasant aroma that reminds us of something classic and senile.

I ordered this based on the composition and reviews, but I am so disappointed. This is a headache-inducing, overpowering concoction smelling of cheap soap. To me, it is a heady floral (artificial-smelling combination of tuberose, ylang-ylang, carnation, and lily?). Not my fragrance, alas. Maybe in tiny amounts on a very young person?

I just love it, this is fantastic and classic. great value.

Wore this to Homecoming in high school in 1970. Loved the carnations and powder combo. Smelling it now is a total memory blast but not my cup of tea anymore.

According to Wikipedia, Blue Grass was released in 1934.

I don't have a review. I just want to say that this fragrance has been around since the early 60's or earlier.( not 1989 as stated above) It was my first real perfume at age 15. A friend of mine wore it and I just had to have it. I have worn it of and on for over 45 years. It used to come in a lovely bottle with horses. Now it looks cheap and commercial but it is still the same great fragrance. It's like summer in a bottle and it lasts the whole day. I still wear it a few times a year!

Long time no see. It was over 20 years ago since I had Blue grass. This is a bold, edgy, loud and totally wonderful scent. First 15 minutes is all about aldehydes - and then it turns magic on my skin. So deep, so mature and sexy. A perfum for a superwoman, for a woman who knows her place in the middle of all action. Superlonglasting on my skin and if I spray my coat it will smell good for weeks. Blue grass is not for everybody, Many women will say: uack awful, but a few will fall head over heels for this one, that special is it.

Längesen. Det är över 20 år sen jag bar Blue Grass sist. Detta är en kraftig, högljudd, kaxig och helt underbar doft. Första 15 minuterna är helt dominanta av aldehyder men sen - blir den magisk på min hud. Djup, vuxen och sexig. En doft för superkvinnan som vet att hennes plats är i mitten av allting - där allt händer. Superhållbar på huden och om jag sprejar jackan så doftar den gott i flera veckor.. Blue Grass är inte en dussindoft. Många kvinnor kommer att avfärda den och säga usch men för några få så kommer denna att bli nummer ett för lång, lång tid framöver, så unik och speciell är den.

WOOOOHAHOOOOO! Wow. What can I say....I love aldehydes...LOVE EM'! But the opener on Blue Grass is awful! It smelled like the air fresheners in old Dairy Queens! I hated to go in there, not because it was dirty but that smell oh that smell! It made me feel like it was dirty. Ok now it settled down into a spicy balmy carnation..I like that. I feel like the dry down might take awhile so I will get back to you on that. But I will say this is NOT for people who enjoy soft girly SWEET flowers. And I would suggest NOT to buy this blind. AND oh yeah go easy on this one, two squirts should last all day.

PS I just for the heck of it shook up the bottle and sprayed it again...it seems like it dispersed the aldhyde bomb. I have found this has worked several times with perfumes that had a weird opening and it works well...now I have a pleasant spicy,powdery spray that I will probably use in the winter. ♥

Yesterday I had the chance to try Blue Grass and am happy that I did.

I smell hyacinth in this one. The initial burst was very strong, indeed it put me off. But after a few minutes I couldn't stop smelling my wrist. The powdery creamy "hyacinth" note (which I usually adore) was getting softer, yummier and delicious. Not in a sweet way, but in a perfect buttery way. I dunno, it's my skin maybe, but Blue Grass mixed perfectly with my chemistry. I wanted to eat myself..

While the heart notes were evolving in my skin towards the base (how much I like that phase!) I start smelling first carnation and some spices added to the buttery floweriness. Later on and finally, what I was left with was truly similar to L'air Du Temps, but certainly not the same. Blue Grass has a unique twist to it, and I think benzoin plays a big role in this.

If you are looking for a feminine fragrance, I can certainly recommend Blue Grass. It's on my wish list from now on!

once again I want to thank all the reviewers of blue grass, because I bought it based on the reviews and I love it! It´s somehow similar to l'air du temps, as I expected, but much greener, specially in the opening notes. after a while you can feel the carnation, but it seems to be tempered with anise and musk. the drydown is wonderful, very clean, classic and rafinné.I find it great for current summertime, in fact, I think this can be an all year round scent. Though I love this, I admit it might not suit everyone: you have to like green notes, carnation and be open to strong aldehydes to really love this.

If you can get past the initial blast of aldehydes
you'll discover a soft and powdery heart, almost innocent.

Different from what you may expect, Blue Grass
isn't a carnation monster, but because of the carnation it has a certain feel when wearing it, quite similar to Nina Ricci's L' air du Temps. Though both perfumes are different,
I can see someone disliking either one of them, not liking the other one either.
However, Blue Grass is fresh, clean but smooth and unsweetened, and stays that way. It's green but in a sophisticated way because of the woods and spices softening the harshness and giving the fragrance
another dimension.

This Eau de Parfum lasts quite a long time and though it doesn't radiate through a room, it is quite noticeable by others.
Don't indulge yourself in Blue Grass however, use it mildly, give her time and she might become a new companion.

This is a "just-got-out-of-the-shower" fragrance. It's clean, soapy, innocent, powdery, and fresh. I picture a barefoot young country girl with freshly washed hair, slipping into a sundress, laying in the cool grass, with the afternoon sun warming her freckled skin. Clusters of little white flowers, dandelions, blue skies, and fluffy white clouds....

This, to me, is not an "old" fragrance. It is beautiful in an odd familiar way. It reminds me of My grandmothers house in Valdosta Georgia. I would stay there with her during the summer. The cicadas and crickets would chime in together as the heat settled into her flower gardens. Everything was lush, green, and wrapped up in kudzu. The screen door at the back of the house would shut behind me with a creak, and a slow whine. I would find myself in a magical world of green plants and flowers. The neighbors shared big yards without fences, and in the afternoon large glasses of sweet tea with lemon slices. It was as if time stood still there.

I could easily go back there now, slip on a sundress, and wander back out into the fields to lay beneath the shade tree again. Even though my grandmother has long since passed away, and the house has been sold. I can spritz on some Blue Grass, and find myself barefoot in the backyard again. Her voice trailing after me, calling me to come in for sweet tea, homemade apple pie, and freshly sliced Georgia peaches. A haze of summer memories wash over me, and I am a young girl again. For sentimental reasons, I love Blue Grass....

Very 'everything' you've written... but keep in mind that this fragrance came to light in 1934 and since then a lot of things have happened, among them only one must catch our attention: its tragic REFORMULATION; so that, this fragrance, which was so cosy, soft, tender, beautiful (not only for me!) and really tenacious - against all odds it is still quite 'readable'! - can sound now 'cheap' because it's done cheaply! (apart its popularity also...) There are a lot of other perfumes - pathetically reformulated and completely transformed that still arise the curiosity and the admiration of (ingenuous) buyers and they are welcome with a choir of "wow".... It's a real pity, if anybody (especially in the U.S.) chanced to find an old bottle of this lovely juice, I'm sure, this person would change his/her mind. The now available Blue Grass is very similar to the old one but the old one was done with good ingredients. In both cases tenacity is remarkable. Although I do not run after vintages (sooner or later they too came to an end) I'd like very much to have a B.G. edition released - at least- before the '80!

1989, my eye! It came out in 1934. It is lighter than my usual scent, but I sometimes enjoy wwearing it when the temperature gets in the 100's in the summers here.

scorpiosheep, you are right-it was created in 1935! That's why it tells a story, not simply "smells".

Mmmmm...just came in from the mall, and of course wound up at the fragrance counters.

Although I like to go around on my own, spritzing the scent cards, I am glad that someone assisted me in finding this fragrance.

After the aldehydes wear off, it quickly goes into a soft carnation and very green. It was an instant hit.
I find that I'm attracted to the scent of carnation, badly.
Strictly floral, clean, no sickly sweetness.

I want it!

I had it a couple of times as a child and then as a teenager. Interesting scent; Green, flowery & powdery. Such a classic. Brings back memories.... :D

a horror! the only scent i have ever encountered that triggers intense nausea instantly (usually i have a very strong stomach). I recoil from this, wish to never smell it again - I begged my mother to get rid of her bottle

strong oldie type of fume. heavy green floral. somehow wherever i see carnation as an ingredient it seems to add to the strength of a scent and classifies the fragrance as an ancient one. very potent, so spare too many spritzes it lasts 24+ hours.

This is one fragrance that seems to have a mind of its own. It can be moody, sometimes draping over you like a soft blanket of country inspired floral aromas, while other times threatening to whiff like a stale urine stain if you get too close.

to all of you who hate blue grass..spray it on your pillow in the morning and then smell it after one hour. in the first 30 minutes it smells like greasy basil but then into a blue warm flower. its very warm from flowers and clean...beautiful scent but cannot explain the notes i smell...but remember after the first hour, nothing before that

Blue Grass is one of those classics that gets off to a rough start. Much like Mitsouko and Aromatics Elixir, BG can be a bit scary right out of the bottle, but the end result is worth the initial horror. It quickly morphs from an assault of aldehydes to a cool, dry unique fragrance with almost no sweetness. Blue Grass was inspired by the horse country around Elizabeth Arden's home, and strikes me as a fragrance that would be right at home worn with riding clothes or tennis whites. I can picture someone like Katherine Hepburn wearing it, or a student at one of the Seven Sisters.

My immediate thought on this? It's at once sparkling and wistful. There's something quite lovely about it.
I could never wear it though, it's just not 'me'. It's not clean. I gave it a proper wearing today and know this now for sure. I knew it when I caught a whiff from myself and thought 'that smells like Old Spice'. No, no, NO! Not for me!
It's going to be a stocking filler for my Mum because it is her, she likes spicy, I just can't do it myself.
I do think it's a well done perfume though, some of the non-spice elements, especially in the top notes are simply beautiful.

My grandmother has been wearing this since her teens so I feel this perfume has so many memories attached to it. I really like how floral, spicy and unique this scent is. To be honest, I am not sure if I'd wear this though. Maybe if I hadn't associated this fragrance with my grandmother I wouldn't like it so much! I would recommend women 25+ wearing this in winter as it's a little heavy for summer time.

surely the information should read 're-launched in 1989' as i remember my friend being bought a gift set by her mother when she was a teenager in the sixties? at the time i thought it too old for her and didn't take to it at all

When I was a teenager (in the '80s), I often pilfered sprays of perfume from my mother's modest collection. Blue Grass was one of the few I wouldn't touch. Haven't smelled the new version, but I sure remember the old one as ghastly!

I put this one on the dislike list because it changes into something wierd on my skin. But it smells okay from the bottle, and I don't mind it on other people.

I agree with Nuppu that would be good as a linen cabinet spray, or use it to refresh paper drawer liners.

Smells summery to me.

unusual, exquisite, long lasting. smells like luxury. on the other side decent. not for young girls I think. it has no sweetness. I don't detect flowers and I think is for winter season. I like it. It's special.