Baie de Genievre

I recently acquired a bottle of this, and it is quite a unique vintage scent. The cinnamon leaves overpower the opening, and I find it to be quite pleasant. Then the juniper berries take over and it has a mellow, tamed gin type scent. It has a vintage barbershop presence that is not unlike some of the other vaulted creeds. The projection is quite good and I also get very good longevity from it. It is neither overpowering nor underwhelming. I'm going to let you in on a little secret...if you want to smell like BdG but don't want to splurge $500+ on a bottle, pick up a bottle of Faberge's Turbo for about 1/10th the price. Turbo smells almost exactly like BdG, and was discontinued after just a couple years, but is easy to find on eBay. It's intriguing, because they were both introduced to the market at about the same exact time, in the early 80s. Turbo was marketed as a drugstore cologne at a much lower price point as BdG. Honestly, I suspect they were formulated by the same person, and just marketed under different names at totally different price points knowing that almost no one buying a Creed fragrance would also buy Turbo. Just totally different market segments. BdG's performance is a little better, and it's a slightly nicer overall profile. But the two are so similar that you will not notice much difference if you snag the much cheaper Turbo.

Baie de Genievre marks yet another discontinued EDT from the previous era of Creed that I've discovered a bit too late but is quite pleasant. Specifically, BDG is a good masculine freshie as its dominant accords of juniper and clove create a spicy pairing with the usual fresh up and down of bergamot at the top and ambergris in the drydown, along with a touch of vetiver. Mostly this is fresh juniper anchored slightly by clove, and it comes off sophisticated much in the same manner as Chanel Pour Monsieur (especially the EDT rather than the EDP) and Dior Eau Sauvage. Performance is good but not superb, especially given the Creed name and now discontinued cost ($200+ typically, it seems, on the secondary market). If you're inclined to track it down (provided you like it), I'd recommend checking it out. I seemingly cannot get enough of these sharp citrus/spicy freshies, like Bois De Cedrat, Epicea, and Orange Spice, to name a few. 8 out of 10

This refreshing scent reminds me with acres and acres and acres of pine trees in the Bavarian Forest the Juniper berries transport to a vision of a medieval germanic knight like in those wagnarian dramas where he plege his love for the fair haired maiden he loves and he promised the'll will be together in union right after the crusade of 1189 in palestine. so he placed a weath of juniper on her long golden locks and with heavy hearts and tears he kisses his beloved on the cheek and rode off. so she slowly walked into a beautiful cathedral knealed in front of the blessed mother took off her juniper weath and prayed for his safe return. or Karin from the VirginSpring before her innocence was lost. you'll find a sense of purity back to nature a cleasing of all the stresses in the moderen world in this scent.

So first of, I have to say that I wear different perfumes to work and ask people around what they think. To my surprise this was the most complemented from women and man perspective. They just liked it a lot. I think once of the reasons is that its a very sophisticated type of scent. Its not simple but not overdone either. It projects elegance, class, vintage, security. It can come off as an average brut type cologne; but the concotion is very well done and disnstictive to set it apart from other over hyped creed such as GIT, Aventus etc. which I also think are great. This one is now discountinued, but if you have a chance to get your hands on it I highly recommend it because it is a great high class smell! Close to the skin scent after 4 hours but it will get you notice for sure.

Slightly ginny juniper, hint of barbershop bay, warm cinnamon and clove, and a woody base with a hint of vetiver. Near perfect. Good formal frag, with a touch of edge and swagger. Deserves a better rating than it's getting here so far IMO. One of the few standout Creeds I've tried.