An Old School Creed: Creed Selection Verte Review

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Hello, ladies and gentleman! I hope everyone is having another fantastic summer day today. I have a classic fragrance for you today, Creed's Selection Verte. It was released in 1901. The sad part about this fragrance is that it only comes in a flacon. I don't understand that at all, but it retails for $630 on the Creed website. I was blessed by my friend, Mark Mobley, over at www.myfragrancesamples.com. He sent me a small sample with one of my orders. I am not sponsored by him or his website. He is just a stand-up guy to do business with. I always like to let you folks know where I get my fragrances anyways. Anyways, I will quit blabbering now. Let's get into it!


Notes

Top

Neroli, Citruses, Pepper

Mid

Herbal Notes, Peppermint

Base

Ambergris


The Scent

Opening

Selection Verte opens up with some fresh and juicy lime with some cooling peppermint and soapy neroli. It's very natural and realistic. A very Mediterranean style fragrance that is akin to some of the older Acqua di Parma fragrances or ones from some of the British houses around in that era. You can detect a bit of lemon in there as well. It is of the fresh and sparkling sort.


Dry Down

The dry down tames the neroli a bit and focuses more on citruses. It combines to complete the feel of a fragrance from the decade that focuses mainly on citruses with a neroli backbone to create a fresh and soapy scent that will withstand the test of time. The mint is still there as well, giving it a Mediterranean coast feel and coolness. I don't detect any pepper in this. I will say that my nose doesn't always pick up pepper in fragrances though. So, it could be something that I am anosmic to. It does have an underlying herbal tone in its composition, but I cannot detect which herbs they are.


Performance

Selection Verte isn't a stellar performer. I get around 6 hours from it with decent projection for around 45 minutes before it becomes a soft skin scent. However, given its age and that its an "eau de cologne" type of fragrance, it performs well. Most of those EDCs only last for around 2 hours. This one is an EDT though, not an ADC like most fragrances in this genre. Also, not an EDP like most of Creed's offerings. So, I give it a pass on that for what it is.

When to Wear it

This fragrance is best for hot summer days, but it can work in the spring as well. It's not dense enough for evening wear. It would be able to stand up to cold temperatures either. It is a very safe fragrance though. It's not going to get you a ton of compliments, but no one will really hate this one either. It can be used for casual and formal settings. It does have a class to it and it smells very natural.

Overall Impression

I do like this fragrance. It's very nice and natural. However, it's just not worth it to me, considering it only comes in flacons. There are many others that do the same thing at a fraction of the price and have better performance, such as ADP Colonia Essenza and Alexandria's Alexandria Port(A clone of Tom Ford's Neroli Portofino). It is worth picking up a decant and smelling it if you want to smell a piece of Creed's history. Other than that, it's a pass for me. It is also quite difficult to find.


Conclusion

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