I've determined I don't like it and want to avoid it in future colognes.
Ambergris. The synthetic form now...
Emmet that is a good question. I have noticed it too and I don't like either. I don't know what it but there is a large department store in Kansas City that has all the major Creed scents. I have sampled them all for the most part. Bois du Portugal, Green Irish Tweed, etc. They ALL have that note you refer to and they all smell synthetic to me. I can honestly say I don't like any of them. And no, this is not a Creed bashing post. I just don't like them much. Particularly at their price point. I don't know much about French perfumes but I have sampled two from Frederick Malle; Une Rose and Noir Epices. They are both FAR superior to Creed in my opinion. They are pricey too but at least you are getting that famed "French perfume" effect. Quality all around.
Regards, Todd
I've thought Creed to be overhyped in their scents. Their greatest achievement (from what I've sampled) is Green Irish Tweed and I think it's the ambergris that holds the scent together. It's the salty, slightly animalic scent that seperates GIT from other well-built fresh scents. It's the ambergris that also drew me to Royal English Leather. It adds a nice zing to the leather scent.
You seem sensitive to ambergris but how about civet or musk? Have you noticed anything from those scents?
Emmet that is a good question. I have noticed it too and I don't like either. I don't know what it but there is a large department store in Kansas City that has all the major Creed scents. I have sampled them all for the most part. Bois du Portugal, Green Irish Tweed, etc. They ALL have that note you refer to and they all smell synthetic to me. I can honestly say I don't like any of them. And no, this is not a Creed bashing post. I just don't like them much. Particularly at their price point. I don't know much about French perfumes but I have sampled two from Frederick Malle; Une Rose and Noir Epices. They are both FAR superior to Creed in my opinion. They are pricey too but at least you are getting that famed "French perfume" effect. Quality all around.
Regards, Todd
It's the salty, slightly animalic scent that seperates GIT from other well-built fresh scents.