Himalaya 2002

Himalaya by Creed
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7.7 / 10 1076 Ratings
A popular perfume by Creed for men, released in 2002. The scent is fresh-citrusy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fresh
Citrus
Woody
Spicy
Aquatic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
BergamotBergamot LemonLemon Mandarin orangeMandarin orange
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Juniper berryJuniper berry LavenderLavender PepperPepper JasmineJasmine NutmegNutmeg Gun powderGun powder
Base Notes Base Notes
CedarwoodCedarwood SandalwoodSandalwood Tonka beanTonka bean VetiverVetiver
Ratings
Scent
7.71076 Ratings
Longevity
7.0911 Ratings
Sillage
6.6899 Ratings
Bottle
7.8864 Ratings
Value for money
5.7423 Ratings
Submitted by Kankuro, last update on 05/15/2025.

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Reviews

30 in-depth fragrance descriptions
5
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10
Scent
Eternity

8 Reviews
Eternity
Eternity
Helpful Review 3  
A Scent for Mr. Big
Himalaya promises clarity, purity- almost transparency. And the scent keeps it promise. It's a scent for Mr. Big in "Sex and the City". Attractive, successful, charming, intelligent and so forth. This scent fits a man wearing a suit, who is successful in his business and who doesn't want to catch attraction due to a strong, individual perfume. Himalaya is understatement at its best. It's of very high quality. Very fresh and clear. This transparency and clarity has a positive effect on your business environment. It doesn't distract but it's present in the background. I first got to know this scent when I met a top manager who always had to look neat and well-rested while he had to perform on a top-level day by day. He could have gone for any scent in this world, because he has pots of money but he decided to go for Himalaya.

As a woman I find this scent smashing!

Btw, Mr.Big actually uses Eau Sauvage in Sex and the city as the movie has told us :-)
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jtd

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jtd
jtd
Helpful Review 4  
What?
I don’t know the Creed line very well, but just tried Original Vetiver and Himalaya. The former is a clone, the latter not so much a clone as simply derivative. Himalaya smells like 75% Salvador Dali’s Laguna mixed with 25% Cool Water. It settles down to a metallic musk without distinction. Laguna and Cool Water both have far more coherent drydowns.

Thank goodness I tried Irisia from Creed at the same sitting. Otherwise I’d have written this house off with 2 strikes.

Also, these names. I loved Irisia, but there’s not a trace of iris to be found. Original Vetiver without a bit of vetiver in the composition. Himalaya? Iconic mountain range full of bucket-list implications for the western bourgeois dilettante? Cliche watery-fruity fragrance? What’s the association? This is less le Labo misdirection than bad lifestyle marketing in the vein of RL Safari.
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MasterLi

375 Reviews
MasterLi
MasterLi
Helpful Review 3  
Impressive smell, bright, fresh, zesty, pure...


I am impressed by the smell of this one. I've now tried a few Creed fragrances and think that Himalaya can compete with the famous ones. I get an opening of juniper berry and bergamot (with citrus: presumably grapefruit and lemon). The sandalwood, ambergris and cedar wood make a great base. It seems simple, yet it delivers a really good punch and is interesting. I don't have a point of reference to compare it to designer fragrances, but I will say that I am yet to be disappointed by a Creed fragrance. I also get the inspiration for this fragrance as the mountains of the Himalayas. This smells like how you would imagine iron rich mineral water from a mountain stream to smell like. Ultimately, I do think it's a good fragrance, and again, as with all Creed fragrances, it's up to you to decide whether to invest and purchase or not.
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7.5
Bottle
5
Sillage
2.5
Longevity
6
Scent
Miaw2

339 Reviews
Miaw2
Miaw2
Helpful Review 2  
Another disappointment
"Another disappointment"

It is a light musky with some woods and citrus tones. It smells good, but not worth the price.

Expected more from a Creed and this also disappointed me: not that it's bad, on the contrary, has a fantastic aroma and very well built.

The disappointment is in the sense that it lacks personality: much like aroma with Paco Rabanne XS, launched 11 years before, lacking therefore originality.

Sillage, duration and projection are medium / low.

Updated December 2014
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Pricing
7
Bottle
3
Sillage
2
Longevity
8.5
Scent
Siento606

1 Review
Siento606
Siento606
3  
Very underwhelming in 2022
The first Creed I have tried. After initial application I felt like this may be a good perfume for a sophisticated, successful woman. Unfortunately I am an unsophisticated, modest man.

Notes here all seem accurate, but any top notes seem to disappear in seconds. After 30 minutes of very smooth well balanced heart notes, again to me more feminine than masculine, it settles into a vague clean smell, like a woman who showered three hours ago but didn't wear perfume. Not a bad smell, but nothing to grab your attention either.

On me, even with liberal application, it's skin-close after 45 minutes, completely imperceptible after about 4 hours. I have not experienced anything at this proce point that performed so poorly.

Even if it performed, to me the scent is so mundane. Is there such a thing as too smooth, too well-balanced? It smells good, but I'm not sure why anyone would wear it. Safe to skip this one.
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MerlotsupernMerlotsupern 3 months ago
8
Bottle
6
Sillage
4
Longevity
8
Scent
Perfect professional scent, unfortunately cursed by its sub-par performance and damning price.
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KingPinKingPin 6 years ago
8
Bottle
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
6
Scent
Feels unbalanced, the notes are not working in harmony. Not bad, not good, not worth the price.
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Traian1999Traian1999 3 years ago
Elegant clean scent when you have no idea what to wear. Love the gunpowder touch
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DiegoeskDiegoesk 3 years ago
Not sure why ratings on this is low. I love this scent. Its like a mix between GIT and Aventus Cologne.
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BoBoChampBoBoChamp 3 years ago
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
8.5
Scent
A fresh and clean, powdery spicy-woody Spring fragrance, with an uplifting, metallic spicy-citric opening. Masculine. Very versatile!
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Connoisseur6Connoisseur6 3 years ago
7
Scent
This interesting freshie is just amazing in colder weather. It's snowing right now and Himalaya is very pleasant in this climate!
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NoureddineNoureddine 5 months ago
Himalaya by Creed is a fresh, woody fragrance inspired by the Himalayan mountains, combining citrus and sandalwood.
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Nikito27Nikito27 7 months ago
7
Bottle
6
Sillage
6
Longevity
8
Scent
Fresh, a little metallic. Easy to wear every day, energetic. Not very long lasting and no real dry down.
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HolscentbarHolscentbar 1 year ago
7.5
Scent
really well done. Opens light fresh, airy and green. Aquatic notes in the woody base. Handsome
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Topfpflanze3Topfpflanze3 2 years ago
8
Bottle
7
Sillage
7
Longevity
7.5
Scent
It takes 5 minutes but then it becomes wonderfully airy and fresh with clear soapy notes. Perfect timeless office scent, but not a must-have
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