Creed has launched Acqua Originale, a new collection of five fragrances for spring / summer 2014: Asian Green Tea, Vetiver Geranium, Aberdeen Lavander (it is spelled that way on the bottle), Cedre Blanc and Iris Tubereuse.
Asian Green Tea ~ a green floral; "The Dawn envelops the lighty [sic] fruits and wakes the mandarine, limes, petitgrain and bergamot pulps with softness." With bergamot, lemon, mandarin, neroli, blackcurrant, heliotrope, rose, green tea, violet, amber, musk and sandalwood.
Vetiver Geranium ~ a citrus floral; "We are behind the shadows of trees, wild roses and geranium are all around us, as an enchanting balm for a sweet evening." With bergamot, lemon, green apple, cinnamon, geranium, rose, amber, cedar, musk and patchouli.
Aberdeen Lavander ~ a green floral; "When the East, its voluptuous patchouli leaves and its vetiver resin, come in contact with the West and its mauve lavender, its rosemary, iris/rose all mixed with its wormwood… for a perfect harmony." With wormwood, bergamot, lemon, rosemary, lavender, lily of the valley, rose, tuberose, leather, patchouli and vetiver.
Cedre Blanc ~ a woody floral; "Jasmine and geraniums blend with the white cedra to creates a warm and free movement." With bergamot, cardamom, laurel, geranium, jasmine, lily of the valley, white cedar, sandalwood and vetiver.
Iris Tubereuse ~ a white floral; "Made with royal notes such as lys and lily of the valley. We feel like lying on violet leaves, surrounded by orange and a slice of vanilla. Iris Tubéreuse makes us feel like we are in a garden, ready to live a beautiful story." With violet leaf, galbanum, orange, lily, tuberose, orange blossom, musk and vanilla.
Creed Acqua Originale Asian Green Tea, Vetiver Geranium, Aberdeen Lavander, Cedre Blanc and Iris Tubereuse can be found now at Nose in France, 100 ml Eau de Parfum, €149.
(via nose.fr)
These sound pretty! It’s fun for me to pretend what my wardrobe – fragrance and otherwise- would have in it if price were no object. I like the bottles, so I would probably pick up at least one of these 😉
I’d like to try the Asian Green Tea, but admit none of the others are screaming out to me. But you never know!
They had me at amber/musk/sandalwood 😉
Gosh, being an educator and a former English Teacher, I wonder if they misspelled “Lavender” and didn’t realize it until it was too late. (we Writing Teachers notice and worry about things like that)
I agree with “Nebbe”. I think the bottles are pretty and the different fragrances seem interesting. I wouldn’t mind trying one myself.
It’s hard to imagine, but anything is possible!
The word in French is “lavande,” so maybe that’s why it would be harder to notice… unless they were going for a sort of hybrid word?
Oh dear, that Asian Green Tea is calling my name. I am on a tea fragrance bender lately. What is the best tea fragrance in your opinion? I want to see if I have tried it.
Hermes Osmanthe Yunnan.
Yes, that is a nice one! Have you tried By Kilian Imperial Tea yet? I have a sample but have not tried it yet. Look forward to it.
Yes, review here:
https://freebox.it.com/2014/03/18/by-kilian-imperial-tea-perfume-review/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Not sure why, none of these are calling to me and the bottles get a meh.
I live in Aberdeen, Scotland which is where I am assuming they are referring to? Although I used Spring Flower many years ago it then came to my attention that people have been misled by the use of the bottle illustration showing a logo similar to The Prince of Wales feathers one, alluding to perhaps having gained a Royal Warrant from this particular member of the royal family. Just don’t like to think of people being conned, a la, as I have mentioned before, the Jo Malone/Estee Lauder/Jo Loves scenario.
Probably not Aberdeen, Washington, ha ha.
Creed has never thrilled me.Picked up a bottle of Alpine Mountain Water for 14 dollars at Winners. Hubby likes it to me it smells like CK One lol
My perfume gal at Neiman Marcus last week sent me samples of these. The classifications now are:
CEDRE BLANC – Woody/Fresh
ASIAN GREEN TEA – Citrus/Rich
IRIS TUBEREUSE – Floral/Rich
ABERDEEN LAVANDER – Green/Rich
VETIVER GERANIUM – Woody/Fresh
I, too, am not impressed with most of the Creed fragrances (do have a few I love), but was very pleasantly surprised by these. Have tried three so far. The first one, IT, was very creamy-rich, luxurious, and sophisticated. White florals tend to give me a migraine, but didn’t have even a hint of one with this. The second one, VG, was DEVINE! I was in town that day and I’m sure people thought there was something wrong with me…I kept lifting up smelling my arms it was SO good =). The third one, AGT, I’m wearing today. I don’t get any tea from it, all I get is some Strawberry Shortcake doll =(.