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I wouldn't say it's the best opener all the time, but in certain situations it can have it's advantages if you actually mean what you're saying.
This approach does work, and it works for a reason. It shows confidence. It also has to be genuine. If it is, it creates emotion. By walking away it says you were seeking nothing from the interaction other than conveying a thought. No attachment to an outcome. And it is different from most approaches. It's interesting, mysterious even.
I also did this on accident once. I was leaving the gym and the girl working the front desk had just got a new hairdo. I'd passed her sitting there probably a hundred times and was never really interested, so I had never talked to her before. But on my way out I felt the need to tell her the new do looked really good on her. Just a genuine, thinking out loud, compliment.
A couple days later when I returned to the gym, her face lit up immediately, she smiled, IOI's all over the place. I still wasn't interested but that's kind of the point. I wasn't hitting on her, it was completely genuine. The next day after that, it was back to greeting me like I was just another member. Just remember the window is short.