Love in Black

A VIOLET ORIENTAL My Favoriten Creed. Violet, roses and iris , very nice composition. Indeed extremely similar to insolence and lipstick rose . Insolence being more on the younger and sweeter fruitier side and LOVE IN BLACK more grown up and earthy. (Lipstick rose being more powdery aldehydic .) I like the ceader and cloves in here as well as the blackberries. Violets and irises are strong in the opening and the rose seems to be more in the dry down. The dry down is my favourite part, so fresh and slightly sweeter than the opening , this is when you can smell the blackberries and the rose the most. I own lipstick rose and when I wear Love in Black I constantly think of Lipstick Rose. Its a lady like perfume , very purple and feminine. Like most violet Perfumes LiB is not everyone's choice as violets are something people relate to the past. Which perhaps is what I love about it. The musk in here is clean. I just ordered a 75 ml bottle. Can't wait. This to me is an all around suitable choice for winter and summer , day and night. Love it. Completely agree with the review by Lust87 its a sweet cosmetic elegant violet powder with black currant. So charming ! Update ; MISIA is out now which is very much in the same category. Misia being softer and more powdery and less spicy , like a younger sister or more tame lady. Love in Black is very similar yet louder !

This is georgeous! Alot of people compare this to insolence, and like the reviewer below me, i agree this is not comparable to insolence. Insolence didn't work on me, it smelled like grape skittles and was close to the skin. But creed love in black smells like real wood violets! It's very waxy,lipstick scent. I can actually feel the wax, smell the wax lipstick , it's amazing! It doesn't fade into vanilla like lipstick on, it stays lipstick all the way to the end, a little cedar note comes out at the end. Beautiful! Long lasting! Sillage is 3ft. And stays 3ft for about an hour before remaining at an arms length sillage for a good 5 hours and gradually gets closer to the skin. This is a sexy lipstick scent! How many times did i say lipstick in this review, lol:) I forgot to mention that some people say they smell a synthetic plastic smell, i think it's the way their nose interprets the wax note in here. Without the wax note or would not be a true lipstick scent and would smell more candyish

Creed's Love in Black is a very elegant fragrance with depth and a touch of sophistication. The violet and iris are prominent but they're not overwhelming. The soft fruit and musk notes tame the powder bloom and the cedar adds a slight dryness which is more noticable once the fragrance settles on the skin. There's a soft sweet spicy note forever in the powder bloom that can't be distinguished, but you know it's there. The rose isn't heavy, but rather sweet and graceful. Toward the end you're left with a sweet soft floral that gives you a sense of comfort and confidence at the same time. Love in Black performs well in cooler weather (late fall/winter) and can be worn day or night, especially in winter. It's even better if you allow the perfume to fall on your "hot spots" rather than spray close and directly. Three sprays is sufficient. Longevity is astounding with 8+ hours, and the projection is pleasant and unoffensive. It will always have a place in my collection.

I am not a fan of Creed perfumes. Even though they smell lovely, they are not "complicated" enough for my taste or their price. However, Love in Black is a beautiful perfume. For me, this fragrance is all about the violets (which I LOVE). I can smell them from the very beginning till the end (it lasts around 12 hours) on my skin. Violet here is just gorgeous. I can detect some black currant, and it uplifts the fragrance in a fresh and just a bit sour way that goes well with the rest of the composition. Iris doesn't smell like a baby powder (that's what I usually get with iris), but a lovely, kind of weird combination of bread dough and a gentle, sweet, powdery note that complements the violet note very well. I can't detect any cloves on my skin. In a dry down, I get a pleasant woody musk and violets. This perfume projects well for the first hour or two and goes into moderate sillage for much more hours.

My husband bought Creed Love In Black for himself cos he loves this scent on him! I know Creed fragrances are all pretty much unisex but this was marketed as a feminine scent. On my husband, the violets provide the strong floral notes and the black currant notes provide the sweetness that reminds me of strawberry and cream lollies from Streets. On the dry down I smell more black currant and musk notes and the black currant is not as sweet as the first initial spray. The other floral notes are not as noticable. It is a wearable everyday scent and actually more subtle than most of the Creed fragrances I’ve tested. Unfortunately this is not cheap and also I advise not to blind buy it either. But I like Love In Black. Update: I sprayed this on my hair today and 12 hours later I can still smell it!! Other perfumes I’ve tried on my hair didn’t last longer than 3 hours but this one went the distance.