Truefitt & Hill Freshman

Of all the samples of T&H, I personally like this one the best. It smells fresh and "young". I am not fond of T&H line of cologne as it is mostly overpriced scented alcohol that fades quickly. My friends like this one also the best of all the T&H colognes.

I wear this to work a lot in the Spring/Summer. On the surface, it's either a very unrefined Green Irish Tweed (at a third of the price), or a less synthetic Cool Water (at twice the price), depending on your perspective. It's not spectacularly subtle - the opening citrus is almost abrasively bitter to me, which I really like, however this only lasts for around 15 minutes. I do not get any florals at all, or much woods. The opening is a bit unrepresentative as the dry down is about the most elegant oceanic scent going - Polo Blue mixed with GIT with the volume up high. It's quite "brash" and young, but it doesn't smell plasticky or synthetic, and it is about the least cloying frag I own with the exception of Guerlain's Vetiver - virtually everyone I know likes it. And therein lies the problem for me. It's very nice... but nice can often get dull. By the time my working week is over, i'm literally gunning for my cologne shelf to put something different on. At least the Vetiver has some genuine excitement in its bottle.
That said, the box is very nice and T&H all have lovely bottles. Atomiser is diabolical but if you're used to their colognes, i'm sure you're aware of this.
Longevity is ok - around 5 hours, although you can pretty much hammer the spritzes and not annoy people too much, especially if you wait for the citrus to fade before stepping out. The opening has pretty impressive silage though, so I would be advised not to go nuts minutes before entering a room or keeping this in your desk drawer for "top up spritzes" as the lemon is quite cutting.

If you wear GIT a lot, and you want a similar "beater" cologne for slumming it, this is the one for you. If you want some nostril excitement, look elsewhere, because off the top of my head I can name about 15 frags that smell pretty similar to this, and some at a fraction of the price.

I don't know...I find this to be very basic, basic stuff that really does smell like any department store cologne kiosk. Not unpleasant per se but just smells like Tide laundry detergent with a bit of Cool Water spritzed in...to me not worth the high price of admission. Of course all is subjective in the world of fragrance!