Viking by Creed Eau De Parfum For Men 100ml

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Your mileage may vary but if you can pay the price to get it for your collection then by all means enjoy. It’s quite in your face, A ‘I’m the chairperson of the board’ type vibe. Intimidating more than anything. If you like Mugler style fragrances you might enjoy this. During the cold it doesn’t have enough weight to speak its true words. That’s why I prefer BdP during early Spring, Fall, and Winter daytime As with all Creed's best, the achilles heel is the price point. I would easily buy full bottles of my top few Creed favorites if it wouldn't cost me in the 4 digits to do so. If I did that, this would absolutely be one of them. Unfortunately, though, as it's only my 2nd or 3rd favorite, until I strike it rich I'll settle for keeping a small decant around for an occasional treat.

And it also has the same DNA and undertones as millesime imperial. But as I stated.. spicier, and more masculine/boldness. Which I prefer. MI is too fruity and sweet, for me personally. But still a great one.She still had an old bottle of his OG Old Spice from the 60's in his old trunk, which is full of old family heirlooms and I popped the little splash top out and the fragrance was utterly stunning. Wow. I'm about a few hours into my first tester of this and am pretty floored. Honestly, this doesn't even smell like what I think of as cologne, it just smells good, like amazing incense. It took me about 15 minutes to put my finger on it, before I realized: cloves. Then, eventually, a hint of mint, a little licorice maybe? Something very much like being in a wood shop. Eventually something very warm and floral, almost soapy, comes out. Just a little. That was, until 2010. In retrospect, it's safe to say that the same hype cycle which made Aventus the most talked-about fragrance on the internet also tarnished its legacy. As heated forum discussions reduced opinions to either "best fragrance ever" (hyperbolic nonsense) or "overrated" (i.e. hyped - thanks for contributing), nobody seemed to see the scent for what it was: simply a pleasant, well-crafted masculine, its only fault being that it was aimed at a different crowd than Creed's previous offerings.

All that aside, it's a pretty good fragrance. Those spices hit you up front, then the lavender gradually gets stronger and eventually the tonka-woody base becomes the strongest aspect, but the spice, lavender and rose stay the whole time. Performance and projection are in line with warm weather fragrances, meaning it's not great, but it won't choke you out, either. Personally, GIT and Sublime Vanille are still my favorite Creeds and the only ones I've bought full bottle of, but this is a very good, very useful scent in many situations. Viking is an underrated fragrance, and I'm amazed it still has not reached a 4.0 rating on Fragrantica. But instead of saying noses are broken, I'll just say those are young noses. Everyone's a bubblegumchomper in their youth. But instead of being similar to classic Old Spice, Viking is closer to a fuller, niche-level variation on the traditional Bay Rum. Just swap out the slightly camphorous bay leaf for a deeply mentholated accord formed by the spicy mint and absinthe, take out the Rum, add lavender and it offers the same sweet, spicy daily-wear kind of vibe. The mentholated, anisic spiciness is addicting. Someone below said "like a combination of drakkar and clubman bay rum", which is a good take in my opinion. The comparisons to Drakkar Noir would be due to both being deeply mentholated. If you compare Viking to classic Old Spice it would be to one of the fuller, richer vintage iterations of Old Spice. I just sprayed my 1981 "Long Lasting Cologne" bottle of Old Spice on card and do get a closer similarity to Viking. One reviewer said Viking is like halfway between classic Old Spice and a Bay Rum. I would accept that.I will update my review regarding the performance etc after I have had more time with it and sorry for mentioning the "A" word so much, haha. A few weeks after this came out I put some on to go visit my parents. My sons both came with and were wearing other frags. Moments after we arrive and walk in the door my mother, who is nearing 80 at the time, says "Who's wearing Old Spice?".

Yea this is somewhat unique, has an small old spice relation (due to the cooling and warming simultaneousness; best way to describe that is like tiger balm effect), bold, zesty, playful, woody, cuttingly fresh, and could be worn morning or night depending on the occasion. It’s a serious and charming scent while not being too serious. Could easily be a go-to when you want that masculine scent in the warmer months when you’re not feeling the softer fruitier scents.This is acidic almost. Very strange to have called it Viking. India would have been a more descriptive name. The pink pepper is surpsingly clean, and paired with the minty herbalness, it really awakens the senses. This makes for a wonderful morning fragrance, and it projects impressively for an hour or so. The citruses smell very *real*, and not at all detergent-y. The best value creed right now, lasts longer than the others, not hard i hear you say but this is just lovely. Opens up fruity and fresh and stays that way longer than expected, got in the car today and the passengers all remarked how nice i smelled and asked what i was wearing. I had the same at lunch. At this moment and imo the only creed close to being worth its price. I managed to get a 2108 bottle and am delighted, i was using notedAromas duplex, that is absolutely incredibly close to it, if you cannot afford creed then i highly recommend that one and 29 pounds for 100ml. I had creed Viking on one arm and notedAromas on the other, NA actually lasted longer but just did not retain tat fresh opening form as long. I normally do not use dupes but it was too good to not buy as i will not but new creeds and wait until my woman buyer, finds me the older ones. I now have 7.

I would say this is suitable for guys 25 and over, it is more mature and very masculine for sure, so not a youthful clubbing scent, but still smells sexy. This would be really good to wear to a whisky bar.It’s like a very high quality niche old spice, with more dimensions. How can that be bad really? Old spice avenue is dominant for a reason. It’s masculine while still being approachable. I also think women would love this on a confident attractive man. But I wear fragrances for me.