Seven Seas

This is not Viking, more like a niche old spice original aftershave. Don’t see my 1st review on here but.. I recently bought a few samples of Gucci Envy & I must say, I’m picking up similarities between these two mainly in the mid. Difference being: Seven seas has the mint note in the beginning 10min that is just beautiful!! Mid is Envy/ Floris Santal. You notice the spicy aspect of Viking but it’s rounded & blended in a bit. Approaching the dry down, the rose becomes most noticeable, mixing with the sweet patchouli, which is very nice. The mix gives off a cloudy cocoa/ rose scent around a old spice base. The way this juice transforms start to finish is just stunning!! Niche quality for sure!! This is the fragrance that put me on to rose being a masculine note in perfumery (if done right). OH DEFINITELY FULL BOTTLE WORTHY Edit 8/24/23 : does resemble Viking quite a bit. Viking: opens w/ far more citrus & pepper & It’s lighter all around..Lacks the mint & rose completely & the patchouli isn’t as blended (lacks the yummy’ness). 11/2/23 : Today the far dry down was terrible.. the patchouli was overly sweet screaming notice me 😩. Probably just need to not do a full spray considering it is a Extrait. Small dabs fixes this issue for me.

I need to start this post by saying I have owned 8 full bottles and 4 packs of samples from Alexandria Fragrances. They do an incredible job and in many cases create things almost identical to the original at much better prices. For some reason Sevens Seas just does not work. I love Viking it is one of my favorite Creed Fragrances and I would consider actually paying for a full bottle. Seven Seas has similar ingredients, but not in the same amounts and that might be the key. It is pleasant, but if you try the original you cannot go to this.

This is a can't miss scent that is stunning from start to finish. Top notch longevity and projection. I would rank this near the top of Hany's creations. This review is based on never smelling Creeds Viking.That being said I really do find this to be an amazing juice. Would work great during the warmer months. Keep up the good work sir.

I haven't tried Viking yet but I like this for what it is. Minty fresh with a little spice that smooths out as it dries down probably from the sandalwood. Wearing it right now. Going on my spring rotation for sure.

Alexandria Fragrances Seven Seas is a pretty good buy if you want a 90's kind of scent. I got this in a travel decant after I smelt the scent Seven Seas was meant to be a clone of, Creed Viking on the cloth mail out. I liked it so when figuring out a sampler, I figured I would get this one. I find that Seven Seas it does copy Viking from what I remember of the open. But I also notice some Calvin Klein Eternity for Men as well as Ed Hardy Born Wild in Seven Seas. The main main notes I notice are the mint and the rose and the lavender. Like I found with Invidia, the rose note isn't as annoying to me which is a plus. I do notice the pink pepper and the citrus in the open too which it gave it the comparison to Born Wild and Eternity (for Men) (especially with the lavender). Now I'm not exactly if Creed Viking itself has an Eternity similarity, I know that some reviewers said Viking reminded them of a 90's scent (which Eternity defined in 1990) but Seven Seas does remind me of Eternity. IMHO this makes me not as high on Seven Seas as I'd like to be. The base is lavender with sandalwood and some vetiver, though not into the Guerlain/Tom Ford style that I personally don't like. The performance of Seven Seas is awesome on my skin, especially for a freshie. This is one of the strong points of Seven Seas and Alexandria as a house in general. Seven Seas is a scent that lasts eight hours on my skin which I think might be from its extrait formulation. Projection wise it isn't that strong but it will work. I wore this at WWE Royal Rumble this past year and in the wind on Jefferson when I was walking to Chase Field from Hard Rock Cafe, I caught a strong second whiff of it. This was at least three four hours after initial spray. Seven Seas is pretty versatile. I feel it works pretty good for most settings though not a club setting since it is too clean and strength is not as good as the other Alexandria Fragrances releases that I have smelt. It can work spring, summer and fall. In winter, you could use it just it is more daytime oriented. Date wise, I'd be careful since it smells similar to Eternity and some what like Born Wild (though not nearly as woody.) I do like Seven Seas but I think I will need to pass on a full bottle of it. Seven Seas is a nice scent with really good performance and well worth the price versus Viking but if you have Eternity for Men or Born Wild, it will redundant and even at Alexandria pricing is a bit too expensive (considering prices for the alternatives.) For this, I rate it a 7.3 out of 10. To me it is in between Eternity for Men and Born Wild with Eternity being my least liked and Born Wild being my most liked of the three.