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I don 't hate Creed but I feel rather indifferent. I never found anything from Creed that thrilled me whatsoever.
I feel the same way with Bond N9, the only one I like is Chelsea Flowers, it 's sexy and feminine but I have the feeling I can find something very similar and much cheaper at Sephora.
That said I understand why guys here love Creed much more, their scents concept is closer to high end mens colognes than classic womens perfumes of Guerlain or Chanel or niche scents by Serge Lutens and Frederic Malle.

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Nice thread. The Cult of Creed celebrates.
Creed was my first niche experience and GIT was my first niche fragrance. GIT is versatile for any occasion year round; however, I prefer to wear it in the warmer months.
I recently added Millesime Imperial to wear in the hotter summer months. It wears very close the body and I expect better sillage in the 90-degree humid heat we experience in ATL. I haven't experienced the low longevity issues have mentioned. I have 8-hour plus longevity with 5-7 sprays.
Bought SMW blind last summer and realized after a few wearings that it just wasn't for me. I gave the remainder of the bottle away. Too bad that was in my pre-Basenotes period, that would've made great swap material.
I currently own bottles of GIT and MI and have samples of the following:
Acier Aluminum
Royal Delight
Himalaya
Tabarome Millesime
Epicea
Erolfa
Bois du Portugal
Bois de Cedrat
Citrus Bigarrade
Santal Imperial
Royal English Leather
Orange Spice
Chevrefuille Original
Silver Mountain Water (for reference use only, who knows I may give it another try)
Baie de Genievre
My next additions are likely to be Original Vetiver, Acier Aluminum, Himalaya, and Tabarome.
The most underrated of those I've tested and worn are Royal Delight and Acier Alumimun.

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Does anyone here really "hate" Creed?
What I HAVE read here over the years are people debating whether they are worth the money, but I don't recall anyone ever saying the house sucks. That'd be impossible...they've produced too many indisputable classics.

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My favorites are:
Millésime Imperial
GIT
SMW
Try Bond No. 9 "Wall Street"

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Originally Posted by Reed Why so little love for Original Vetiver? I love this scent so much it feels like a member of the family. I would certainly mourn if it were to pass away. I think I'm going to stock pile it just in case they discontinue it.
I've sampled some other Creeds, but at this point the only bottle I own other than Original Vetiver is GIT. My problem is that I like Original Vetiver so much that I lose my motivation to try anything else. This thread is inspiring me though.
Creed sure has great marketing. Whether you love it or hate it, everyone has an opinion on Creed. I really like Original Vetiver, as I stated in my post. It took me a while to come to terms with it though, as it is a different type of fragrance from most of the creeds I like so much. It has a much more synthesised, blended smell to it. It doesn't have the striking naturalness that my other favourite creeds have, instead a great blast of synthetic grass to open with. I keep coming back to it, and every time I am happily surprised by how good it smells. It is a very fine fragrance, just a little un-creed like

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Creeds are always there for me. I've tried and purchased some other niche brands ,but I discovered I wear Creed the most.
Creed seems to concentrate more on the creation of classics.
Refined , yet wearable perfumes, where most niche brands get lost in being groundbraking, inventive or differend.
I own Millesime Tabarome, Bois du Portugal and Millesime Imperial. And I recently got a decant of Vintage Tabarome.

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Just a question: Does Creed represent typical English or typical French way of perfume production?

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That's a great question DesGrieux. I've wondered that myself and assumed and hoped that it was more English-oriented. They started out there, did they not?!
Some have mentioned that they have good marketing...I was under the impression that they don't really do any advertising. They make the product exclusive to certain stores and that's about it. There are "in-store appearances" once in a while. As for marketing, I suppose the naming, coloring, implied imagery (Virgin Island Water) do speak for themselves. What the does "Erolfa" mean anyway?! lol The other day, when I bought my bottlle of GIT at Neiman's, after the SA had rung me up, she exclaimed "well, you know it must be good if Cary Grant wore it!". Lady, do you even know who Cary Grant was? Are you making the strange assumption that I, at 26, even know who he was? Are you trying to impress me with the fact that a celebrity wore it? ugh. Ditzy SA's can ruin even the best fragrance purchase! She did make a couple samples for me though, so I'll let her off the hook. I wonder what the SA's cut is on a $200 bottle of cologne.
I too, happened upon the house via basenotes. I went to Neiman's soon after for testing. They say scent is the closest thing tied to memory; I can remember that day as if it were yesterday. I smelled things that made me feel like I had worn them in another life (as I mentioned in a previous post) - a great indicator that the scent is a "must-have". All of a sudden there were two fragrance categories: Creed scents, and everything else. Green Valley was my first...

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Originally Posted by DesGrieux Just a question: Does Creed represent typical English or typical French way of perfume production? From what I have read of Luca Turin's commentary on Creed fragrances, he considers theirs an english style of perfumery (I dont know what english vs. french style is)

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Originally Posted by Scentronic The other day, when I bought my bottlle of GIT at Neiman's, after the SA had rung me up, she exclaimed "well, you know it must be good if Cary Grant wore it!". Lady, do you even know who Cary Grant was? Are you making the strange assumption that I, at 26, even know who he was? I always found that Cary Grant name drop strange - GIT came out in 1985 - Cary Grant died in 1986 aged 82. That means he started wearing it at age 81 at the earliest, and wore it for one year at the most...