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Musk Collection

Creme de la Creme Areej Le Doré 2024

8.4 / 10 138 Ratings

A popular perfume by Areej Le Doré for women and men, released in 2024. The scent is woody-spicy. The longevity is above-average. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Creamy

Oriental

Animal

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Ambergris

Philippine oud

Clary sage

Heart Notes

Spices

Indian sandalwood

Sandalwood absolute Iris

Iris

Jasmine

Pandanus

Rose water

Ylang-ylang

Base Notes

Ambergris

Indonesian oud

Sandalwood CO2

Ratings

Scent

8.4138 Ratings

Longevity

8.6119 Ratings

Sillage

7.9120 Ratings

Bottle

9.3119 Ratings

Value for money

6.887 Ratings

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Interesting Facts

The fragrance was part of the collection Musk Collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Santal Galore

Alexandria II Parfum

Civet de Nuit

Reviews

10 in-depth fragrance descriptions

05/31/2024

9.5Scent 9Longevity 7Sillage

OTt8
99 Reviews

OTt8

3

An Ambergris Jewel

It has an opening of natural grey amber with that classic dry/dry scent immediately accompanied by clary sage and oud in its more woody (Filipines) version. As the minutes pass, spices, flowers and a light note of rose emerge. Throughout the duration of the essence what dominates is this hint of natural ambergris, full-bodied, elegant and with that classic ALD vintage allure.
Duration excellent medium trail.
From the Musks collection it is one of my favourites. Really beautiful.

05/22/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV

3

Silky-oily-powdery-musk skin crema

Crème de la Crème is favorite of this series and the easiest to wear. Yet it has never smelled the same way on me the three times I have donned it. The first wear induced rare feelings of euphoria, because it reminded me of a soft, vintage floral perfume – L’Air du Temps perhaps – worn down to a barely-there skin scent clinging to the baby hairs at a woman’s neck. Soft yet strong, like a photo I recently saw of Jean Harlow one day before her death from kidney failure, her delicate yet bloated frame held firmly in place by her co-stars Clark Gable and Walter Pidgeon, who seemed to sense she was near collapse. This version of Crème de la Crème was sweet, clove-ish, dried-rose-petalish, shot through with the citrusy brightness of ambergris and bathed in the dusty but resinous sweetness of sandalwood. There was a absinthe-like note floating around in there too, reminding me of the cloudy, bittersweet herbaciousness of Douce Amère by Serge Lutens. The final aftertaste, however, was of the delicate Indian attar-like floral sandalwood of Alamut by Lorenzo Villoresi, only airy and astringent where the Villoresi is sodden with sweet milk.

The second and third wearing immediately revealed the minty-camphoric sting of a clean island oud – like a Borneo, but in reality, an oud from the Philippines – sweeping in the medicinal radiance of hospital-grade antiseptic fluid. How had I missed this the first time around? Now I could smell the sharpness of lime leaf as well as the familiar richness of the sandalwood, which in its second outing smelled like a century old sandalwood elephant ground down into dust for zukoh incense. Reddish wood, all powder on the surface but with globules of calcified amber rolling around like a bag of marbles underneath. This is immediately recognizable as real-deal Indian sandalwood, its tart, yoghurty nuances darting in and out of the sweet richness, coating your tongue with the kind of roundness and balance you really don’t get with sandalwood synthetics.

Roundness doesn’t mean sweet or feminine, though. The slightly mossy bitterness at the center of ambergris gives the sandalwood a fern-like character, making me think of those big, old fashioned fougères, redolent of shaving soap, oil of cloves, and bay rhum. The sweet-sour-soapy finish of the sandalwood reminds me a lot of Jicky, but also by extension, Musk Lave, except that in Crème de la Crème, there is a faint spicy-floral breeze that nudges it into the realm of the Caron carnation (Bellodgia or Poivre).

Third time around, like the second time, but with more pronounced soapy-leathery-amber notes that made me think of the floral, oiled galoshes of Knize Ten Golden Edition, the plasticky ylang of Chanel No. 5 eau de parfum, and of Pears soap. This is not unpleasant, just surprising. Perhaps it is the creamy, dusty airiness of Crème de la Crème that makes it so quixotic and mutable. Like one of those shifting sand pictures that changes every time you shake the frame, it softly accommodates whatever fantasy or feeling you project onto it.

03/28/2024

10Scent 9Longevity 10Sillage

BobbyGee
230 Reviews

BobbyGee

3

Salty amber WOOD

A scent that is difficult for me to compare to anything I have ever smelled or known... simply unique.
It's also hard for me to describe everything I feel and the ingredients I smell. Certainly a lot of balsamic wood, a whole lot of sandalwood combined with even more ambergris, VERY SALTY AMBER, spiked with many spices and flowers and agarwood. A slightly smoky iris root, sage or jasmine shimmers somewhere there.
Over time, the scent becomes even more balsamic, although salty amber is still present.
In my opinion, it is a very unique scent and unique at the same time. I recommend.

08/21/2025

9Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

Evannell
49 Reviews

Evannell

3

I didn't understand it at first

It took some time for me to get my hands on Creme de la Creme again. At the time the Musk Collection was launched i didn't understand what it was. The collection was meant to be musk-oriented. What i thought i felt was smoky sage and some orris butter, on a woody base.

As i took my time to get to know artisanal perfumery some more, recently i returned to ALD. This time i can clearly feel how much Creme de la Creme is centered around salty ambergris. Everything i feel is literally floating on ambergris. It's easier to perceive flowers knowing that - they are dissolved in ambergris. There's also this rich, stable woody base. Anyway, the blend is perfect and it's hard to distinguish many notes one from another.

It went up from bottom to the top of the Musk Collection for me. It was just a matter of time and training for me to understand what it is.

Updated on 08/28/2025

01/04/2025

10Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Markblackink
22 Reviews

Markblackink

2

Addictive ambergris an Santal beautiful deep mix

It starts with a real ambergris feeling, as if you are walking on a high cliff above a sea you can’t swim in because of the big waves: piercing, salty, but more mineral than watery or fresh.

But immediately in the background, you can smell a precious sandalwood and the mix becomes so beautiful, creamy and addictive.

Flowers (frangipani? Ylang ylang?) come later, softly but the day after you will smell hints of Sandal wood but more flowers (rose water? Jasmine?)

Anyway, I’m not an expert but I fall in love with all the creations of Adam and it makes me think he has some artistic unique feeling in this world we love.

Maybe the most easy of the musk collection to me, and so beautiful anyway

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