I recently went to an expensive high end department store called Neiman Marcus. I’m not sure if it’s just local to Texas, or a nationwide department store. Anyways as soon as you enter from one of the main entrances, there is a perfume table full of Creed products. I mean around 30-40 Creed bottles that are all different products all laid out in front of everyone, and is very pleasing to the eyes and reminds me of a muesum, but no glass casing haha . I tried out Virgin Island Water, Creed Green Irish Tweed and loved them both.
Virgin Island Water smells like a pina colada, and creed green irish tweed has a very pronounced ambergris smell. I also was given a new product called Irisia, but that smelled way too flowery and mature to me, similar to an old woman’s perfume. I also smelt the only bottle she had that was a rare and limited edition product and it smelt too overpowering and flowery as well lol.
What products have all of you tried, and which ones do you enjoy most?
Well, to be honest, you picked up on my two favorite ones as well. I already have some VIW on the way and am waiting for GIT to get back in stock to order some. I also enjoyed Millesime Imperial, but not quite as much as the other two. But yeah, give that one a try as well, a great summer scent.
There are a lot of very good, less popular scents from Creed that don’t have the drawbacks of the very popular fragrances. I find I like Tabac Blond and Royal English Leather. Actually I like most all of their stuff.
If you like the “green” scent of the GIT, search for some fougeres. It’s a popular fragrance type. Penhaligon’s English Fern is a good one, and people won’t mistake it for GIT.
Some of my favorite scents are “antiques” that are no longer available but that I’ve been able to collect. The only pavlovian responses I’ll get from my oldies are from grannies, and I don’t mind that.
While your post makes some valid points, GWTW, i’d have to disagree with your suggesting not to use GIT for Revivia based on age and occupation. Since he’s in college still, it’s highly unlikely that there are many cologne connoisseurs around him, at least from my own experiences. Also, although a popular fragrance, the Creed line is a relatively expensive brand, which would also keep the non-connoisseur from buying it. So for our age category, it’s actually a fair bet that women would not have encountered GIT or other Creed products very much. I agree that it’s always nice to branch out and use the less popular scents, especially if you want to establish a signature scent for yourself, but i feel that if you love a scent you should wear it.
I’ll be honest. I have never smelt CGIT in my life until now and I am almost 21 and do go out a lot. Nobody in my college campus that I have been around has smelt anywhere close to this scent, not that I go around sniffing people . Like Mr. Feel Good said, I’m sure most people my age (20-21) aren’t going to cough up $300 for a 4 oz bottle of a cologne that they are very unfamiliar with.
You both make the good point that if the scent is not well known in your social circles then I have no argument against using it. In fact, I made that point in the linked post.
It is a good quality scent.
However, don’t completely discount the possibility that some of your college friends might come from different social circles or subcultures than you do, and may have previous exposure to the scent.
Very good point my friend. There are lots of rich kids in Austin, so you never know when one of them might have the precious CGIT on hand. I will definately go to the expensive department store either tomorrow or the next day to try even more colognes out. What do you recommend I try to sample Gone with the Wind, Mr. Feel Good, Denec, and others?
I’m afraid i’m going to bow out on this one, since to be perfectly honest, i find myself mostly attracted to fall/winter fragrances with alot of spice and warmth to them. Not as much the fresh, citrus-y notes. Mind you, this is from the designer fragrances i’ve been able to smell in my local store. I suppose another one you might smell would be Green Valley by Creed, which is also a very green fragrance that would be worn less by people. I’ll let you know if i stumble across any other scents for spring/summer in my scent-ual quests though.
I don’t like to always follow trends, and by this I’ll be more specific. When colognes are said to be meant for the winter, summer etc, I’ll wear them in both the winter or summer and all other seasons if I really enjoy the scent, just because I can and if I love it I don’t think a season should limit my cologne usage. It might just be me, but I think colognes are good for any time of the year. Thanks for your help though Mr. Feel Good.
I suggest you pop over to the basenotes forum if you would like some interesting discussion on fragrances.
I did mention a couple of other perfumes I like above. However, tastes differ. You will need to explore and explain your tastes a bit before the experts at basenotes can guide you effectively.
Well said. That is very true, and I’ll take your advice and do some researching at basenotes. I might even be a member of that site come to think of it lol. I often go there to read up on a cologne I am possibly interested in. Thanks again. I’m going to write down a list of colognes to smell on a piece of paper. Problem is, I heard you can only smell 5-7 diff scents before your sense of smell gets screwy.
There’s a trick you can use to help refresh your nose’s palette. Ask for some coffee beans or grounds at the fragrance counter before starting to smell alot of scents. Then after a smelling a few (i usually stick with 3-4), smell the beans for awhile and it’ll clear the other scents out. Then continue on your way.
You didn’t know that? That’s why all perfume/cologne counters have coffee beans at hand, to help refreshen your senses. Other techniques to refreshen olfactory habituation are smelling a swatch of wool or an unfragranced forearm.
. I tried out Virgin Island Water, Creed Green Irish Tweed and loved them both.
