This isn't a safe blind buy, as it splits opinion between those who find its unique, herbaceous opening off-putting and those who adore its sophisticated, clean dry down. It's an acquired taste, but an addictive one for many.

A budget take on Creed's Green Irish Tweed. Isle of Vert captures that crisp lemon-verbena and green violet-leaf signature over soft sandalwood and amber, and wearers say it's one of the closer GIT clones. It runs mellower and more linear than the Creed, though - less intense and fresh, with weaker longevity.