Creed Original Santal

Top Notes: Royal Indian sandalwood; cinnamon evoking calm and home; divine coriander; fragrant, cleansing juniper berry.
Middle Notes: Tender lavender, leaves of the absolute orange tree; fragrant rosemary; revitalizing ginger.
Base Notes: Soulful Tonka bean; dreamlike vanilla

On my skin this starts off strong with a candy orange smell smoothed out and subdued by the sandalwood, vanilla, and lavender smells which over time make it smell a little like bounce dryer sheets. If you sniff deeply you can tell there's a little rosemary. It's a nice warm clean scent but not a "WOW I need to buy this ASAP" smell. If you're into lavender and sandalwood then you should look towards Royal Scottish Lavender or Caron Pour Homme. I would wear this in the summer and fall. If you want an Orange smell then look for Terre D'Hermes and Creed Orange Spice or Creed Citrus Bigarrade.

As a big fan of Creed, the local rep pushed samples of this one on me as a sexy scent that women love.

Took it home, sprayed some on.

EGADS! It's JOOP!

Without the exclamation point!

It does have a serious similarity to JOOP upon first application. And the overall sense one gets when wearing it is that it is a high quality, more refined version of that infamous young lounge lizard scent.

I wouldn't knock anyone who likes it. Fact is, I gather JOOP! is actually a very strong seller. I won't attack Creed for doing a nicer version. As one of their newer offerings, this one is created for younger men IMO. If you're young and chasing women, they may like this. It's not a bad scent and once the opening notes fade, it is a bit less JOOP! like.

Mature-ish wet shavers like me can be a bit put off by it. Not what many of us would consider a "typical" Creed.

I'm usually a big fan of Creed frags, but this one I just can't take. It smells exactly like Joop. It's an extremely sweet Sandalwood, and even then, it probably shouldn't be called Sandalwood. No thanks...pissed I spent $6 on a sample actually.