Bois du Portugal Creed 1987

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A popular perfume by Creed for men, released in 1987. The scent is woody-spicy. It is being marketed by Kering Beauté.
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Main accords

Woody

Spicy

Green

Citrus

Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Bergamot

Basil

Lemon

Lime

Mandarin orange

Heart Notes

Lavender

Clove

Coriander

Nutmeg

Pimento

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Sandalwood

Patchouli

Leathery notes Vetiver

Vetiver

Ratings

Scent

8.0878 Ratings

Longevity

7.9743 Ratings

Sillage

7.4727 Ratings

Bottle

8.0699 Ratings

Value for money

6.4372 Ratings

Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 04/19/2025.

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Reviews

27 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/18/2022

4
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Golcher
136 Reviews

Golcher

Helpful Review 4

old school is cool

Bois du Portugal certainly has an older style, a more mature and classy take on fragrance and it succeeds in everything it does. Forget your Invictus type of fragrance, this isn't your typical generic fresh aquatic with some sweet elements to appeal to a younger and hip audience. This one is different, this is for someone who wants to create an impression that will last.

BdP follows all the tropes you expect from a Fougere, it uses a lovely citrus opening as a bait and once it hooks you it sends you through a journey of lavender, vetiver, patchouli and woods that will leave you in awe. It's a timeless piece of perfumery cause it certainly has all the elements of a dated fragrance but it feels modern, it feels actual, it's just... timeless (there's no other word to describe it).

To me this may be one of the best Creed fragrances out there, this based on my batch 19R01.

03/23/2023

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

ScentSlave
224 Reviews

ScentSlave

Helpful Review 4

One of the best Creeds

It’s a tie between this and GIT for me. Such a masculine, old school feel. It’s what you expect a highly intelligent, successful man to smell like. High class. Self confident. That’s what this exudes.

Performance is great. A powerful opening, that radiates a nice 4ft projection radius, and lasts for an easy 8+ hours. Sillage is also great; they will know where you have been, and where you have gone.

I prefer this over GIT because it performs better, and it’s less common in usage. It might feel “too old” for some, but if you’re “old enough” to wear it, you’re going to shine, as it is the scent of success.

11/27/2017

MasterLi
375 Reviews

MasterLi

Helpful Review 2

Pleasant and conservative men's fragrance...

I do like this one. I find it the type of fragrance which doesn't smell completely "modern" in it's approach. It takes very traditional masculine ingredients here and comes up with a smart, slightly formal and traditional fragrance.

What I get from here immediately is the sandalwood and lavender combination. It's a very good combination and one used very often in male-marketed compositions (most famously in Guerlain - Héritage). In fact, Bois du Portugal is very similar to Héritage (the eau de toilette version).

Having said that, although this is a very well made fragrance, no doubt... I can't help feeling that if you are on a budget you can find this effect for less.. In fact, it reminds me not just of the Guerlain fragrance, but also of a great fragrance by the house of Caron called The Third Man (which I would recommend as this fragrance but with a more daring, floral edge). That fragrance has more flair than this one. I would say that, again, as with all Creed fragrances, if you have the money, go for it. Yet if you want your money to go a little further by mixing it up a bit, then go for the other French houses. As always, a very safe and traditional choice for men from Creed.

05/23/2024

5
Pricing 9
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Omnipotato
226 Reviews

Omnipotato

3

Old School

Citrus, soapy, mossy, powdery. The cornerstones of men's perfumery back in the day. Nowadays the men's market is saturated with synthetic cloying ambers and airy aromatics, but through the 60s-80s, the citrusy barbershop fragrances were king. And Bois du Portugal is definitely one of the better ones. To the basic fougere formula of oakmoss, lavender, and bergamot, a green, almost vegetal accord is added that gives it more of a sharp edge rather than the more soapy fragrances in the fougere genre. The drydown is fairly powdery woods, further cementing the old school vibe of this fragrance.

And maybe this isn't the right venue to talk about this, but when I say "old school" I don't mean that people under the age of 30 or 40 should be banned from wearing this fragrance. It just means that 1. If you're over 50 or 60 and wearing this fragrance, people will think you've been wearing the same frag since the 70s/80s, and 2. If you're under 30 wearing this fragrance, you are making a statement, similar to wearing something like a tweed sport coat with elbow pads, or a vividly-colored patterned bowtie. As long as you feel you can pull it off, go for it.

In general I'm not a fan of the soapy/powdery "gentleman" scents, but Bois du Portugal has just enough unique green notes to make it stand out. Not worth a full bottle from me, but I can see this being the perfect scent for someone who wants to make an impression on people.

03/15/2017

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Syed
13 Reviews

Syed

2

Creed Bois Du Portugal - Ahhh Frankie Sinatra

One fine day I had a weird thought to try a Creed fragrance belonging to my year of birth i.e. 1987, and to really feel what exactly the fragrance house was into the late eighties, and I have to say that I wasn’t a tad bit disappointed, in terms of being good at what was going on, it’s one of the examples of extravagance, exuberance and fresh rawness of the 80’s era bottled.

Since the first spray this fragrance reminds me of a mixture of other famous perfumes namely, Armani, Polo Green and to a great extent Old Spice cologne. Faintly familiar and timelessly surprising.

One great thing is that there has been no heavy restructuring or reformulation of any sort, and is exactly what you expect it to be, clean crisp and sharp.

Bois Du Portugal was launched in 1987, and is the brainchild of Olivier Creed who is famously said to have designed this fragrance as he conjured up sights and smell of the fragrant trees of Portugal, which is literally what the name of this scent means.

Mentioned below is the review:

Bottle design (8.5 / 10) - We have the same Creed bottle outline, but what makes it special is the attention to the detail. The top is jet black with a golden Creed sigil embalmed on it (yes GOLDEN), the actual bottle has tailor cut green on it with ‘Bois Du Portugal’ imprinted on it in golden. It is, simple, yet elegant and royal in its stature making me feel proud of its possession.

Scent (8.5 / 10) - It is tough to decide the range of score here, for some it would be a hit or a miss, and may easily be classified into a wet shaving community cologne, and a barber favorite. However, all said and done, I still admire this very much, since it is to me a defining statement of the late 80’s era, sharp, crisp, citrusy and in your face.

This is a Woody/oriental scent; and too much woody at that. It opens with a burst of bergamot and settles down into the extremely well balanced lavender, which is not nauseating, rather soothing and sweet if I may say so.
It is the constant interplay of these 2 elements in the scent which makes this scent simple yet definitive, and right at the base is the smell of vetiver and sandalwood which evolve and linger on you giving it the earthy and woody texture, it wants to encapsulate.

Longevity (7.5 / 10) - The perfume lasts on my skin for a good 6+ hours, however after the 2-3 hour point, it lingers more closely to the skin.

Overall the performance is pretty good, with reasonably appreciative silage that is not disturbing and over powering

In summary, the fragrance still retains its crisp and clean masculinity and is definitive of a time and era bygone whose remnants I look forward to clinging on to.

One fact this one was Frank Sinatra’s signature scent.

Overall: 82% ( B+ )

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