Spring Flower

The first bottle of perfume that makes me know about the brand of Creed is spring flower and the reason why I am paying attention to it is solely because it was the scent designed for Audurey Hepburn, whom I am a big fan of. I love her beauty. I love her elegance. I love her kindness. I love her cleverness. I love her determined character. I love every part of her and she is definitely my favourite role model. This is why I want to try spring flower in the very beginning when I was searching for new fragrances. Well, when I fist smelled it, I can say I disliked it and even hated it a bit because it did not smell good to me and thus I was very disappointed. But, yes but, when I just left it for a while and took the time to smell other Creed fragrances collection, in which I have some all time favourites now, it smelt surprisingly and appallingly good that I couldn't held but kept smelling the scent from my wrist like a fool after I left the counter and was walking on the street. To me, it is both floral and fruity as sometimes you think the floral side is heavier while sometimes you can smell more fruity notes in the scent. However it is not just so simple as an ordinary floral or fruity scents that always smell powdery or overly sweet that disgust me a lot. Dare I say that floral and/or fruity scents are the most basic and commonplace scents in the perfumery world. Almost every brand starts with one and almost all of them have some of their signature scents or best-sellers in floral and fruity scents. From that you can see, it is basic, but it is not simple. Although spring flower is a floral and fruity scent that cannot be more ordinary and typical, Creed has the magical power to transform it from ordinary to extraordinary, from typical to unique. This is why Creed is Creed. The scent seems very simple when you only have a few brief sniffs, nonetheless it turned out to be very complicated when you get a deep breathe of it. It smells so nice. And the name spring flower matches the scent so much that you can imagine flowers blossom freely in grasslands and mountains and stretch their bodies in spring when your nose catch the smell. It undoubtedly depicts the general image that we all have for Audrey Hepburn as a beautiful, elegant, decent and aristocratic woman, but at the same time pretty,cute, smart and pert. I love this fragrance as much as I love Audrey Hepburn. Point to bare in mind is that you must leave the scent for some time to let it settle either on the test paper or on your skin because its head notes may be a bit too sharp or not so popular with everyone, the problem which most of the perfumes of Creed have. Just let it head notes evaporate and pass. Then when it comes to the heart notes and base notes which are very well blended, you will start to feel and fall for its charm. If you just ignore the perfumes and put it into blacklist when you catch the head notes and dislike it, it would be a pity that you will miss many good fragrances of this brand, exactly the same with what I did in the past. Luckily I gave it a second chance. It seems that I always have a stage of really disliking the perfumes with those of Creed's which later turned out to be some of my favourites. Another example is love in white and love in black, and also gardenia and royal mayfair. So smell it after spray, then wait for some time and smell it again. You will find a scent quite different and I am sure you will find your love in such a big collection of fragrances.

Update: Sept. 7, 2022 - I bought a small sample of this, have been trying it time to time. Oh my, I caught a whiff of the dry down to this --- and it is simply OTHER WORLDLY -- Truly Divine! This was not a love at first spray for me, but an acquired taste. The sharp tartness of the fruity notes in this are very bright, but refreshing...hidden under that layer - is the most gorgeous blend of "SPRING FLOWERS"! Just Gorgeous! ------------ I first tried this at Nordstoms, a lady in the perfume department handed me a card of this. This smells amazingly fresh and like a light floral on the paper strip. I ordered a sample to explore this further - and this perfume has a strong citrus lemon opening through the first 5-10 minutes of wear. This is fresh, clean (similar vibe to what I remember Light Blue by Dolce & Gabanna smelling like - only slightly more floral). After the first hour of wear, with my chemistry, there is a slight hint of mint that is shining through the perfume, this is unexpected - but very nice. I like mint in perfumes (but this can be tedious, you don't want to have a mint that takes over where a perfume begins to smell like toothpaste or mouthwash), the level of mint in this - is PERFECT! This was Audrey Hepburns signature perfume. I can see why she would like this one. The freshness of this perfume seems ahead of its time. This would have been a very modern perfume for her to have chosen at the time. This has a youthful, casual, spring-time type vibe to it. I can see why she would have gravitated towards this. It is truly lovely. The general vibe with this - is clean, bright, fresh, happy. There is a sense of optimism with this that is really a mood enhancing quality. I really love this perfume! This is very nice! ------------- Escada's Joyful is almost an identical dupe the first hour of wear. However, the original surpasses the longevity of Joyful. Both are so similar in the first hour of wear that you can't really tell them apart. I have not timed the exact longevity, but you would definitely need to constantly respritz Joyful to achieve the same length of wear as Creed's Spring Flower. I'm sampling this beside Dolce & Gabanna's L'Imperatrice 3. They are very similar, same general chord, but the notes of L'Imperatrice 3 are more airy, the notes in L'Imperatrice 3 lean slightly more fruity, I can smell the crisp grapefruit notes opening up more in L'I 3 the first 5-10 minutes of wear. (Unfortunately, L'Imperatrice 3's performance is about 2 hours on my skin; this does not have the longevity of a signature perfume, but is great while sampling). Spring Flower's notes are more tightly compact and leans slightly more floral, this registers as if you are smelling the entire chord, and not the individual notes so much. It would take an expert nose to tell these two apart and would probably have to be done in a side by side comparison on the skin or a paper strip. (These are so similar that it would be difficult to tell them apart, if you just smelled this without a direct comparison). Even an hour into the wear of both perfume samples, they are both taking on a hint of mint...which is really nice, very refreshing. The mint is not dominating the perfumes - it is enhancing the fresh quality of the perfumes. I'm still testing the longevity of this perfume. So far, so good. I love both of these perfumes. They both are great spring/summer type perfumes particularly if you like the sweet/sour dynamic.

Sure, give this perfume away because of it's animalic ambergris endnote... but know that animalic notes is what turns people on... yep, I bet your boyfriend likes your natural animalic human smell and so do you! Of course if we are to smell those on their own they don't smell good like syrup synthetic vanilla...there's a reason us humans and animals don't smell like candy ! and also a reason I find animalic notes play a little magic. Quoting from an article "Among the experts, animalic notes take the prize as sexiest of all for the “dirtiness” they can add to a fragrance. “Animalic notes are the impolite smells of the human body and animals—think the hairier regions of the body,” says Aftel. “People find those sexy, and have throughout history, which is part of what draws people to places like the nape of the neck. Those areas bring with them that connection to sexuality and sex itself.” Back to the this fragrace.... Most mass produced fragrances use florals and etc, etc... that smell somewhat synthetic so they are FULLY likeable, because EARTH and anything that comes from it does not smell good! Have you 'really' smelled a Rose? with its nature smelling notes, from the first sniff down to the last note of raw EARTHINESS aromas which are generally not sweet and cute! Yet people buy perfumes that smell like citrusy LEMONS and say, "oh I love this fragrance, smells like lemons!" yet they would NEVER dare walking around smelling like a REAL lemon or walking around smelling like a natural peach.... which by the way has very little smell. How does this perfume smell like? Upon closing my eyes I was immediately transported to a Field of Flowers, Fresh flowers the opening is floral [real flowers not synthetic] and due to that it also has a very upscale, clean, crisp, elegant smell [as nature does] not your sweet, fake, synthetic cheap florals like in FlowerBomb Then the following image I got is that it must be daytime around 5-7am... because those flowers smell ozonic... you'll smell water... as if those flowers had water over them due to rain... you know that smell of nature after rain? That's what I get, a crisp, not bouquet but being in a field of flowers with the smell of wet rain early morning So the opening is fresh flowers, bright, elegant, crisp then turns into an airy, ozonic watery smell, still maintaining a very likeable floral smell then dies down into what smells like earth, like wet dirt, it does not smell bad at all, it just smells "different" [ambergris is not commonly used] have you ever smelled wet grass? wet grass early morning or even the dirt within the grass, is not a bad smell, it's a very earthy raw smell surrounded by the smell of fresh young flowers... all blended together so that it's also wearable and pretty. Hopefully that helps people experience this masterpiece as it should [and appreciate it], not with their idea of fake synthetics for a tinder date.

I remember getting this back in the day in my college days before all the watered down reformulations or whatever happened, it was really unique and expensive aquatic floral fruity smelling perfume. I was in love but couldn't afford it after I finished the gifted bottle I had. I had no idea that I was spraying such an expensive perfume at the time because I had never seen Creed perfumes at that time in my life. This gave me whiffs of spring flowery perfume here and there as I moved through the day and people used to stop me and asked what I was wearing. Lucky for me, the new released Curious replaced this and I found a new love I could buy (that one is also watered down now too). I bought a bottle from Nordstrom passing through one day and I knew that the reviews said it was watered down and doesn't last but I said to myself that maybe they got bad batches, or bought fake by accident, or something went wrong but if I buy direct from the stores with excellent reputations for their perfumes then I should be okay. I thought that perhaps I can relive those days, but nope. The perfume lasted one hour maybe, nobody could smell it on me, seemed much more synthetic than before. Not that it wasn't nice, because it was for 30min to an hour. I would have thought I was given a fake but I know it wasn't. So many of the perfumes from before that a broke college kid would shell out hard earned money for, such as Curious, J'adore, or even are just not the same. This was how it seems for me at least. I used up the 400 dollar bottle like a 10 dollar body spray in no time carrying it everywhere I went. I could never justify a repurchase. I guess I am always chasing these light, breezy, fresh, ethereal, watery, shining rose/floral perfumes and want others to softly smell the beauty here and there as I do but anything from my memory that was similar to this or Curious, are just watered down fleeting dreams that cost too much for a few minutes of memories. I am okay with things being re-done for sustainability and ethics but I wish they could find a way to get these perfumes back to their original smell and make them to last longer, I will keep dreaming but at least I have the memories.

💐My Thoughts: Personally I love the smell of peach. And when I sprayed this Perfume I immediately detected the peach in it. Later I detected the melon and the apple. Because of the melon this fragrance has hints of aquatic vibes to it. I really enjoyed the fresh uplifting fruitiness of this fragrance.The jasmine in this fragrance is really fresh and not overpowering. It's fresh and kind of watery maybe because of the presence of melon. The rose comes into play later. Again, the rose is soft and fresh. I can detect the musk on the drydown. The ambergris is hardly noticeable. To my nose this fragrance is more fruity than floral. It's fresh, feminine and alluring. It's easy to wear and it's worthy of being a signature scent. It doesn't smell dated or common. If you love floral fruity scents this fragrance will bring a smile to your face. It's kind of romantic and elegant. It's sophisticated yet sensual. And yes it's worthy for blind buying if you're looking for a romantic floral fruity scent. It is said that this Perfume was specially and exclusively designed for popular actress Audrey Hepburn. And it was marketed only after her death. It's a beautiful fresh fruity floral scent. 💐7+ hours on skin,lasts longer on clothes. Performs better in warm weather. 💐For first 3 hours within a hands distance. You'll leave a scent trail whenever the air touches you. Even after 7 hours if someone gives you a hug they'll smell the perfume on you. But performance mostly depends on body chemistry. My sister got better longevity and projection from this Perfume than me. 💐It's perfect for all year round specially for the weather of our country. But it performs better during warmer weather from my experience. 💐If you're planning to buy a creed fragrance and you personally love floral fruity Perfumes you must give this Perfume a try. It's beautiful and I highly recommend getting this. I love the bottle as well. 💗