Royal Delight

Glad I managed to score a 90's bottle of this royalty, I heard this this perfume was launched in the 18th century (don't know why fragrantica says release date 1993 !!) And there is a love story behind this creation, the queen of Spain fell in love with one of the palace guards and she asked creed to create a perfume for her lover. Back to the perfume itself its an amazing breathtaking floral leather with animalic ambre made with love for love and I'm captured ♾️ / 10

Another winner from creed(in my book) I ́ll start with the only downside; it didn ́t last for very long. Smokey amber. On my skin a slight toothpasty scent wich I love.Leather was not too in your face wich is good for me since I ́m not a huge fan of leathers. It has just the right amount of sweetness to work on both men and woman. I just can ́t stop sniffing my arm. I would definately be one happy girl if I found this under my christmas tree

It’s truly royal in every sense. The jasmine and the leather combo in Royal Delight is truly delightful and class apart. With citrusy top and classic vintage creed DNA. Very different from the modern Creeds. This is a classic European setup from the early 20th century. A representation of the heritage that European culture used to possess.

This has been my signature scent for nearly 20 years -- I adore it! But alas -- Creed has recently vaulted (i.e. discontinued selling) the fragrance, so until they bring it back (oh I hope) I'll have to make do with Jasmine Imperatrice Eugenie.

I actually wrote two reviews for this and I'm damned if I'm going to waste one so here's both...enjoy! Review 1 I knew nothing of royal delight... not a thing, just kinda expected another well put together but ultimately underwhelming Creed scent. Now I may have come across, especially in recent reviews as a bit of a Creed basher but I'm actually quite a fan of this accessible house. It's just that I'm not a fan of their lies! Anyway...moving on. Instant thoughts on the top notes a very realistic tangerine orange, I said Tangerine instead of mandarin/orange etc...(even though they smell almost identical.) and that's apparently what it is...more of a lucky guess really. Then a strong floral musk...I mean it's really musky but fresh and pleasant like many creeds. The first thing I said was 'musky tangerine with some white florals' That would be the jasmine which is key in making this scent more delicate and sweeter rather than bitter and waxy. Another way to describe it is a semi bitter orange, floral, musk like a Terre d'Hermes flavoured Musc ravegeur. Imagine that!?!?!? I actually really love it! The freshness of the top notes, the elegance of jasmine the sophistication of ambergris and musk this actually feels classy or Royal. I don't however subscribe to this bullshit... '...the Queen, commissioned a fragrance from CREED for the new man she would marry in secret, a royal guard." Why Creed perpetuate these lies (well I know why it wouldn't be the same brand otherwise!) ...it frustrates the hell outta me!!! Yeah so....this stuff is good. Review 2 This scent actually delivers the notes promised here, I had no idea what royal delight would smell like, I'd thought maybe a light musky citrus fruit affair like royal water but it's not really. The opening is a very dirty unsweetened white floral which is unmistakably jasmine but set against this backdrop of leather, making it almost animal and musky. Not an opening I completely enjoy but that's the challenge of this scent. Royal delight is a sibling or at least a cousin of royal English leather in terms of the overall mixture of leather and signature Creed ambergris. Oddly enough the orange (or tangerine specifically) comes out more in the drydown or at least when it's settled, which is a pleasant thing and in fact is probably my favourite element but by itself wouldn't present the interest of the fragrance as a whole. This is my second wear of Royal delight, my first impressions were that I loved it...hmmmm... not sure if I feel the same way now? Leather softens in the drydown and the jasmin sweetens a touch making the whole thing more palatable to me. I really don't think it leans either way in terms of gender and performance is not bad. A shaky but intresting dirty floral start leading into a pretty good fragrance when all is said and done.

Creed Royal Delight is a somewhat less discussed discontinued EDT-era offering, a creamy, sweet, floral/leather mix. It's a mix of citruses, florals, leather, and ambergris, and it's unclear what makes the blend slightly sweet. Perhaps it's just the ambergris mixing with the florals and citrus in a certain way, as surely the leather would contrast this. The leather is subtle, though, a base at the bottom at what more strikes me like a wood-based blend, with lasting citrus and the violet/jasmine blend assists without overwhelming. Violet perhaps adds the perfect amount of sharpness, just as it does in Green Irish Tweed, without really taking over or distracting. Royal Delight reminds me of a lot of Original Santal, not so much in terms of the actual notes but in terms of sweet, creamy, citrus, woody vibe that I get out of both. Performance is very good and the fragrance is highly versatile, but I believe it fetches a pretty penny since it's been discontinued. Still, a great entry from the line and another example of a discontinued that perhaps shouldn't have been, though ultimately I do get the same mood from Original Santal. From what I can tell, though, I'm on an island with that perspective, though. 8 out of 10

I cannot help but chuckle at TheNoseKnows' evaluation of Creed ROYAL DELIGHT: "Heavy. Too complex. Confusing. Stinky. Smoky." Hmmm... sounds like a list of required qualities for wintertime orientals to me. TNK must dislike many, many perfumes in this category! As for me, I appreciate a heavy, complex, confusing, stinky, and smoky oriental now and then. True, ROYAL DELIGHT needs a light hand to be appreciated, and the wearer (and anyone likely to be in the vicinity) needs very much to love spices. But if you don't like spicy elixirs, there's no point in vainly wasting your time on oriental perfumes! ROYAL DELIGHT is a classic member of its category, with great staying power, a mysterious darkness (rather smoky and "stinky" thanks to the leather note...) and substantial sillage. The light florals mingle enticingly with the spices, sandalwood and amber to produce an inviting perfume to my nose. Heavy. Complex. Confusing. Smoky. Yes, indeed.

I like Royal Delight more than other Creeds. It's an unusual scent but it somehow reminds something from the '80s, maybe Joop! Woman, I don't know. The term "royal" is quite funny, but all Creed names sound humorous to me. It is considered a unisex scent. IMO it's more suitable for an elegant woman with some classic style. It's not an old scent anyway. Actually it's quite modern and warm. It works fine with my chemistry, but only in Autumn/Winter, because it's too heavy in the hot weather. Although the leather note which I usually dislike, RD is not strong in a bad way, not harsh or too dry. Of course it's not a girlish frilly feminine floral! I smell a distinct smell of violet and orange peel. It envelops my neck like a warm, round soft scarf on windy days. It's one of the few scents I've been complimented mostly by women. I used up my decant and it's definitely on the expensive side, so no re-purchase.

Pretty, inoffensive and lovable oriental. I would characterize it as somewhat gourmet attempt on leather that is somewhere in between Traversee du Bosphore and Chanel Cuir de Russie; less sweet and synthetic-smelling than the 1st one, not as nearly deep and sophisticated-smelling as the latter. I will always decisively say YES to the soft, supple leather enriched with luscious jasmine, but in this particular department where Cuir de Russie is defining the depth and the dimensions of sheer beauty, this fancy stuff is merely scratching the surface... Nice, but for me not (full bottle) nice enough.

The Creed's perfume is quite very good sillage & longevity. I got it from a credible seller on Ebay. Jasmine and leather in the fragrance are well balanced and relatively prominent. It's citrus on top notes quickly fade within 2-3 minutes on my skin that's why I love the perfume because I don't quite like citrus note. Sometimes, I smelt some sweet powdery notes from the fragrance because of violet flower. So, people who love mix of floral powdery & leather notes should collect it before this gem will disappear from markets in the future.

My go to 'suited and booted' scent, this fragrance radiates sophistication. It is incensy, leathery, slightly powdery and floral. Many people seem to think it leans feminine, but I think it falls smack bang into the unisex range. Perhaps leaning masculine once you hit the drydown. This is probably the heaviest Creed that I own. It sticks around heavily, I've managed to get 10+ hours out of this one before. Given how strong it is, I wouldn't reach for it in the summer, but beyond that if I need to make a statement; this is it.

A very peculiar fragrance. To me it's more masculine than feminine. I can smell a lot of woods, some spices, leather. The drydown is warm and sublty oriental with a hint of green. Definitely a warm, but masculine drydown. Probably like a would-be-king would love to smell! It's a nice frag leaning masculine and has a decent sillage and longevity.

I have 3 Full Presentation 1oz bottles if anybody is interested . As for the fragrance , it’s very feminine to me, but does dry down nicely to a leather scent. Can’t say much more about it as I have never fully work it, just sampled on my wrists.

Interesting jasmine-leather combo. Somehow reminds me of the often seen juxtaposition between soft feminine and hard masculine edge. Embarrassing as it is to admit, I immediately thought of a female dominatrix clad in slick black leather. Warm tangerine in the opening is too fleeting for my tastes. Definitely geared more toward female aesthetic (would not deem this unisex by any stretch of the imagination). (63)

Flowers and castoreum is all I get. Yuck

this is a sublime perfume. if I already reviewed it in 2021 I feel compelled to do it again because the perfume is so amazing, brilliant and mesmerizing. so refined and classic and elegant. what I now first smelled (and I shall have bought it around 2000) was a sharp and spicy scent with far away the smell of decay. but I am now pocked and measled to know to just let that simmer down and what you get is the most fabulous and unbelievably chic perfume wafting up around your face and environment. what I smell predominantly is the Jasmine, the Bergamot which I never smell, yet in Creeds do. even the Tangerine. the Violet gives a very sophisticated but substantial brush. plus the Ambergris which lends these early Creeds that heady and hefty but also unimaginable and ingraspable Sway of Chicness and Exceptionality. where it perhaps was guilty for the infringuing initial note of Animalcy, which I love, the perfume almost immediately starts to settle in her Majestic Cloud of Scent, so enriched with noble ingredients. if it is a Leather than the Noblest of Supple Nappas. it is almost unthinkable that someone in 1993 had the thought of 'well let us call her "Royal Delight" ', and then compose (Pierre Bourdon) this perfume of that class. I guess Creed's story will forever be complicated and I doubt not Pierre Bourdon's geniality. but the above cited anecdote of 'Royal Delight is a leathery-floral fragrance the [a contemporary] Queen’s [of Spain] new husband loved and wore. With this gift of scent, the couple did live happily ever after, although news of their marriage caused scandal and forced the Queen from her throne', seems so fully adroit (clever & skillful) that such perfume makes me dream of Times Past and indeed Royals, Common People, Poor People & Circumstances. I have done some research to Creed and I found evidence that, as 'Clothiers', they were established even before 1760. {and the fucking Florises, Penhaligon's, Yardley's and Crabwell's were, if then perfumeries, than from thin, inept, diluted English demure Toilet Waters which didn't amused us.] the enigma is of course then, where are the old flacons of perfume and I believe that Creed's establishment in Paris started with veritable perfumes. but then we have the fact Olivier Creed introduced these lame Gent's Colognes. I feel however that the perfumes now allotted to the 1950s-1990s have some that must have been concipiated earlier. with the risk of getting the Forensic Anti-Creed Brigade after me but gfy. this is a Fête of a perfume and a Delight to wear by all means. just precisely bc it has connotations with older and riper perfumes.

Bottle cap has a flowery scent, perhaps violet. The initial spray is smoky with flower background. A minute later smoke develops more fully. In a few minutes later smoke equalizes and flowers reappear stronger. Feels like walking around in a field. Slowly leather emerges- very realistic - as if actually wearing a leather jacket. At about ten minutes, the first hints of ambergris appear with a stronger flowery leather tone. The scent is similar to but one octave "higher" than the stopper on my Royal English Leather bottle. At 20 minutes leather and smoke overtake the still present flower tones and the fragrance could be considered unisex past this point. Agree with other reviewers that opening is feminine. At 25 minutes becomes more similar to Royal English leather, but agreeable and pleasing, perhaps the brutality of REL softened by fleeting jasmine notes. A very soothing and pleasing drydown unobtrusively continues. The drydown could also be vaguely remniscent of a "sweeter" version of Royal Oud. It's a shame that this is yet another vaulted fragrance. The interplay between the floral and base notes is an intricate symphony. There is a tug of war between them, each side winning for brief period. I feel that all the notes are perfectly balanced.

Royal Delight is... take a guess... a royal delight. So, the name is apt. Royal Delight opens with dry, dusty, bitter florals set to a background of a classic leather note and the same sandalwood that is used in Original Santal. I see Royal Delight as a more complex, more unisex version of Original Santal. The fragrance sticks around forever and has a variety of different stages of development, which is such an awesome feature of many vintage Creeds. Also, it becomes apparent that Original Santal was never a clone of MontBlanc Individuel; MontBlanc Individuel was a different take on Royal Delight. Who do I recommend Royal Delight for? Anyone who isn’t afraid of florals and isn’t afraid of manly and woodsy notes. This is truly the fragrance of a dandy: a heterosexual man of status who is able to embrace their feminine side without shame or trepidation. The same niche that appreciated Royal Mayfair and Windsor probably liked Royal Delight as well. It isn’t a basic bro fragrance by any stretch of the imagination. It’s an old money, French smell. Should have never been discontinued. Creed needs unique fragrances like this in their collection to keep their unique identity.

In Spain during the 1800s it was forbidden for widows to remarry, but a year after King Fernando's death Queen Maria Cristina fell in love with former Royal Guard, Augustín Fernández Muñoz. Maria Cristina commissioned a fragrance from Creed for her new found love to wear while reciting his vows and for the remainder of his days. The Queen and Muñoz eventually secretly marry and run off together, living happily ever after. Whatever happened to real love? The type of love where risks are taken, rules are broken and sacrifices are made. This woman ordered that a fragrance be created from a very prestigious perfume house in the name of the man she loved. The sparkling citrus sets the tone of the relationship. The floral notes represents a fairytale romance. Leather and amber interprets the burning desire that existed between them. This is a perfume built from the ardor of love and that is what truly makes Royal Delight so unique.

I give this a tremendous thumbs up!!! I really enjoy this fragrance. I have been so intrigued and fortunate by the Creed line. This brand of fragrances are simply amazing! As for Royal Delight, as I read through many reviews I was a bit hesitant with the many that suggested this fragrance to be feminine. Once I received RD, at first I was shocked and thought...those reviews were right. However, after the dry down...WHAT A SURPRISED SHOCKER!!! Yes, at first spray you will think more feminine, but once you let it evolve you will be truly amazed!! I am not very scent savvy so I can not descriptively give those notes, however, this fragrance is somewhat sweet and leathery yet, very masculine!! This is slightly reminiscent of JOOP as well as Original Santal, however Royal Delight is its own scent. Give Royal Delight a chance, won't you???

Yes, it's similar to Joop! Femme, at least my vintage bottle of it, and so, yes, I swapped it off and kept the Jopp! Femme, which cost $10 or so. And yes, it's a somewhat odd composition, though otherwise I'm not sure what it would be that would interest me. Do we need another English Leather? Do we need another sweet and "big" floral? It's one of those scents that most might call love it or hate it, but even if you do love it, you might not wear it often, and so that's why I think Joop! Femme would be the better option for most who like this kind of composition. You could always layer to make it more "masculine." But of course if this is the exact composition you want, then buy it while it's still available!

@Heang168 Don’t be naive. Fragrance is mostly composed of aroma chemicals with a few naturals. A listed note doesn’t mean it contains that specific raw material. You can’t recreate a fragrance just by looking at fragrantica listed notes. Jasmine can be just hedione or can be indole too if it’s more animalic for example. Drops of leather?? Leather is never used as an actual raw material. Ambergris maybe..considering it’s from 1993 and of course the citruses are mostly extracted oils from the peel but with added linalool and stuff in different percentages depending on the desired effect.

This isn't half bad, a floral-powdery leather with a very slight tartness coming in on the rare occasion, the ambergris makes its presence known in the dry down, but with Chanel's Cuir de Russie as my metric for floral-leathers, this doesn't really even begin to compare... That is a true animalic, this is more scented powder on warm skin... And please don't buy into the royalty/celebrity hype of the brand, it's been proven time and again that none of it is true, they started making their perfume in the 1970s, end story.

Opulent, delicious, royal. An old smell from 1800s, heavy, rich and sweet at the same time. The jasmine is present but the leather is overpowering it. This is maybe what use to be a festive classy gourmand at that time.The fragrance best suits a king at night, giving a fastuous dinner with all members of the court. Royal Delight is a good experience if you want to smell the ardor of love too. The comment from ArkangeL describes the whle story behind this fragrance.

The story behind this masterpiece is already enough to play with people's mind, but the juice itself is classic. A rough birch note takes you back to a medieval castle with a huge door! The ambergris is the key of this door in the palm of your hands. (30 min after, it all settles down). Now, you can feel a huge amount of a dusty parma violet note with some sweet jasmine from the royal garden. (The citrus Creed DNA is always there). Impossible not to fall in love.

As many have said before this perfume smells a bit feminine when sprayed at tge beginning. After just a few minutes it changes it's course completely in my oppinion. It is the time when the rich florals comes in. It is a very complex, spicy and rich smell. The longevity is good also. So far this fragrance exceeded my expectations. The bad part: is dicontinued and the ones you find on ebay are ridiculously expensive

Heavy. Too complex. Confusing. Stinky. Smoky. Just too much. Lies in film on skin about 2 inches thick. Must flee from scent. Quickly, hop in shower, wash off, and never look back, not at least until I am old and aged, at which time I would still hate it. "Royal?" My a&^%s; there is nothing royal about this. Nice packaging though. I wanted so to feel equestrian, at last. No go.

This is like the sister of Antaeus. Just swap the rose for the white florals. Even though it doesn’t list any castoreum, it does have that animalistic leather in it much like Antaeus does. Probably one of the classiest leathers I’ve ever smelled.

Hello.if I want to know.how to mix it all essential oil in note.many drop or ml.cam or not?if ok can help me? Tangerine many drops? Bergamot many drops? Jasmine many drops? Violet many drops? Leather many drops? Ambergris many drops?

love that one, I use this,for being unisex but I feel ashamed sometimes as this is much more suitable for women than to me, a man, its Joop femme all over, an opulent floral voluptuous and rich

It smells good but just to feminine and makes you feel like you have visited a French Boudoir. Would smell better on a women but I would not wear it.

Wow. This is heavy sweet raw wrong. Smells like I had an accident. I love it.