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Full on 10!
Before I get to the actual fragrance itself, a little anecdote beforehand.
My Wenigkeit has, how should it be otherwise, once again a bulk order of various fillings in the Soukbereich of Parfumo transacted.
Besides among others PDM Layton, PDM Pegasus and Creeds Virgin Island Water, which should definitely be ordered, the view also fell on Creeds Viking. Quickly checked again the scent pyramid, as well as the scent direction and found with shock that this should be spicy-fresh and to top it all off also has a citrus top note. This is so not my direction, I like more sweet, oriental scents. Anyway, I thought, it can not be so bad and ordered incidentally a small 2 ml filling.
When then the longed fragrance mail was delivered, I gave the Creed Viking first no attention, the other fillings were more important, more interesting and so was extensively tested. One day grabbed me then but the curiosity and I had to test Creed Viking and what can I say, I was flashed from the first moment of this fragrance, it was love at first smell, so to speak, and once again has turned out, unexpected often comes ;)
Now to the fragrance itself:
Viking begins contrary to discreet citrus, although bergamot and lemon are in the top note. This provides a certain basic freshness. More dominant, however, are the rose, pepper and mint. The latter again provides a special feeling of freshness in the opening, without smelling like toothpaste or the like. The pepper provides a certain sharpness, while the rose as a counterpart softens this sharpness.
After about an hour, the citrus is gone and the heart note of pepper, mint and rose has free rein. Now it becomes clear why the fragrance is categorized as spicy-fresh, because the pepper provides this dominant spice, mint for the freshness and rose softens the whole, so that the counterpart is not slain. At the same time, the rose but also provides a small barely perceptible floral touch.
This interplay remains for about 5 hours existent.
After that, woody notes are gradually recognizable, through the sandalwood and vetiver. Patchouli and lavender remain until the end very clearly in the background and are barely perceptible. The base note and thus the conclusion remains a woody scent, which lasts another two hours before the fragrance is no longer perceptible to me.
I really can not explain what fascinates me so much about this fragrance. Creeds Viking doesn't reinvent the wheel, break it down and it remains a classic scent, through pepper and mint. As one perfumo wrote, it's reminiscent of the old classic bar shave. Through the rose you bring, in my opinion this fragrance into the modern age. But what I clearly like is the linear progression of the fragrance and the smooth transitions of top, heart and base notes. It gives me a sense of freedom and a break from the conformist society in which everyone wants to please everyone else. Maybe that's where the name Viking comes from.
About the durability, I can say that this is decent on my skin with 8 hours. The sillage is about 3 hours, after which it becomes close to the body. The bottle is well processed, but you expect that for the called price of Creed.
Conclusion:
For me, this fragrance is unique because it brings this classic fragrance direction in the modern age and thus creates a balance between old, known and new, unknown. To my luck or bad luck, depending on how you want to see it, I do not know the Creed Aventus (yet), so I was allowed to test unprejudiced the Creed Viking. The fragrance is clearly masculine, it is neither unisex nor feminine in nature. For me, it will become my new signature fragrance and it will certainly no longer be missing in my collection :)
My Wenigkeit has, how should it be otherwise, once again a bulk order of various fillings in the Soukbereich of Parfumo transacted.
Besides among others PDM Layton, PDM Pegasus and Creeds Virgin Island Water, which should definitely be ordered, the view also fell on Creeds Viking. Quickly checked again the scent pyramid, as well as the scent direction and found with shock that this should be spicy-fresh and to top it all off also has a citrus top note. This is so not my direction, I like more sweet, oriental scents. Anyway, I thought, it can not be so bad and ordered incidentally a small 2 ml filling.
When then the longed fragrance mail was delivered, I gave the Creed Viking first no attention, the other fillings were more important, more interesting and so was extensively tested. One day grabbed me then but the curiosity and I had to test Creed Viking and what can I say, I was flashed from the first moment of this fragrance, it was love at first smell, so to speak, and once again has turned out, unexpected often comes ;)
Now to the fragrance itself:
Viking begins contrary to discreet citrus, although bergamot and lemon are in the top note. This provides a certain basic freshness. More dominant, however, are the rose, pepper and mint. The latter again provides a special feeling of freshness in the opening, without smelling like toothpaste or the like. The pepper provides a certain sharpness, while the rose as a counterpart softens this sharpness.
After about an hour, the citrus is gone and the heart note of pepper, mint and rose has free rein. Now it becomes clear why the fragrance is categorized as spicy-fresh, because the pepper provides this dominant spice, mint for the freshness and rose softens the whole, so that the counterpart is not slain. At the same time, the rose but also provides a small barely perceptible floral touch.
This interplay remains for about 5 hours existent.
After that, woody notes are gradually recognizable, through the sandalwood and vetiver. Patchouli and lavender remain until the end very clearly in the background and are barely perceptible. The base note and thus the conclusion remains a woody scent, which lasts another two hours before the fragrance is no longer perceptible to me.
I really can not explain what fascinates me so much about this fragrance. Creeds Viking doesn't reinvent the wheel, break it down and it remains a classic scent, through pepper and mint. As one perfumo wrote, it's reminiscent of the old classic bar shave. Through the rose you bring, in my opinion this fragrance into the modern age. But what I clearly like is the linear progression of the fragrance and the smooth transitions of top, heart and base notes. It gives me a sense of freedom and a break from the conformist society in which everyone wants to please everyone else. Maybe that's where the name Viking comes from.
About the durability, I can say that this is decent on my skin with 8 hours. The sillage is about 3 hours, after which it becomes close to the body. The bottle is well processed, but you expect that for the called price of Creed.
Conclusion:
For me, this fragrance is unique because it brings this classic fragrance direction in the modern age and thus creates a balance between old, known and new, unknown. To my luck or bad luck, depending on how you want to see it, I do not know the Creed Aventus (yet), so I was allowed to test unprejudiced the Creed Viking. The fragrance is clearly masculine, it is neither unisex nor feminine in nature. For me, it will become my new signature fragrance and it will certainly no longer be missing in my collection :)
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