Zeste Mandarine Pamplemousse

What a lovely way to get to know Creed! I'm honestly kind of intimidated by those big masculine bottles with the crossed swords - but Zeste Mandarine Pamplemousse is my kind of scent - casual, chic, and unisex. Opens as a citrus, fades into a mossy wood. It's very much an American gothic novel, set somewhere in the deep South in an citrus grove down the hill from an abandoned Victorian. That looming dark base note gives the scent depth - and it stays on my skin pretty endlessly. Would love to have the budget for this one!

This is such a zesty and tart scent. Perfectly rounded and long lasting. One of the best from Creed and a summer beast.

What's not to like in Creed ZESTE MANDARINE PAMPLEMOUSSE? This is a refreshing, all-purpose, every sex citrus scent in which mandarin, bergamot, and grapefruit mingle in equal proportions with, it seems, vetiver. The famous/infamous Creed water is entirely absent from this linear composition, which will be good news for some. The bad news is that the longevity is poor--I could empty an entire bottle over the course of a short vacation. ZESTE is a pleasing light and casual summertime scent which I can wholeheartedly recommend to those with no budget constraints.

In my opinion, this perfume is prominent with white flowers from middle note to the end and slightly subtle with bitter citrus. However, the citrus is rather standing power about 10 – 15 minutes after spray. Totally staying power on me is 7 – 8 hours. It’s nice and worthy to try.

A very attractive scent by Creed, comes off very light and airy. In my opinion it is more of a feminine scent due to the white flowers in the dry down. My girlfriend and I are sharing this but we are probably not going to be purchasing it again.

Very average scent. Not worth the price. OK bergamot/ hot weather scent. 5 hours max if you are lucky. Get a cheap scent and it will be better. Creed should be ashamed!!

Smells like old french gentleman You get a many floral vibe, a vetiver backbone,mellow citrus and ambergris. This is the kind of fragrance I would say is outdated. Musty and almost musky mellow florals and vetiver. This is could be said as a elderly french terre d'hermes. He became more sentimental (floral) and lost his edge , but gained some body odor. If you are younger than 40 and do no not like the sound of this avoid. I suggest terre d'hermes parfum or Josier kaleidoscope over this any day 5 hours longevity and fair projection.

I love citrus fragrances, especially grapefruit centric ones, and I love the only other Creed I've tried so far (Virgin Island Water), so naturally I expected to love Zeste Mandarine Pamplemousse too. But to my disappointment, I don't. The citrus in this is rather unoriginal, and quite weak to boot. It's overwhelmed by scents that I don't care for, a vaguely masculine soapy woodiness. I agree with a reviewer below: to me it seems more suited for an older man than for a woman around 30 like myself.

Imagine if you took old school citrus chypre fragrence from the 60s and 70s like eau sauage edt or capucci pour homme or chanel pour monsieur or even ysl pour homme and added that creed touch with real ambergris (maybe they were still using real ambergris back then... i doubt viking cologne has any real ambergris in it lol) and add some white flowers like jasmine and lily of the valley or even narcissus & viola you get zeste mandarine pamplemousse! I actually smelled this about 8 or 9 years ago and hated it. I own a half full 75 ml bottle and i got my nose on this before i smelled the other fragrences listed. I still dont like this style as i much but i dont hate it AS much as i did. If i go old school i prefer Givenchy gentleman from 1974 for example over this or even kouros or antaeus my nose likes those way more. But if you like that citrus style i mentioned this is worth a sniff if you can find it. I would still only wear this in the dog days of summer and other than the white floral mid you can drench your self in this and not offend. What is interesting about this is that this used to be creeds value proposition. This beautiful ambergris made it worth paying an extra 100 bucks over designer fragrences. Now that creed wants you to pay 500 bucks over designer fragrences and you dont get top notch materials its like the product doesnt match the story... i dont think their current product offering is worth it IMO & they need to take erwin creed and olivier creeds name off as perfumers on all these creeds... the game is up folks.. we all know ghost perfumers are used just look at the evidence. All that being said If you like this style i was mentioning earlier & you can find this on the secondary market for 100 bucks even though it is officially discontinued i would go for it. I would rather have this over pour monsieur for 185 bucks any day ill tell you that. But i still dont care for this fragrence family. Although spraying this once a year for reference is an interesting case study in what creed built in 1975. Cheers folks and how about some truth and honesty creed!! -Ramsey

This is definitely one of the most underrated Creeds out there. I really don't know why more people aren't talking about this, but I suppose that's not exactly a bad thing. Just means I smell more unique and it keeps the price point low compared to other Creeds. I got a 75ml of this at a retail outlet in Luxembourg for just shy of 100€ so I really can't complain about the price. I later realised I bought a 2013 batch and the first thing that came to my mind was one of those Ron Paul "explain this shit" memes, but having read the reviews here I'm doubtful that time has affected the juice. I still get 6 to 8 hours longevity from this fragrance, which isn't bad at all for a fresh, clean, citrusy EdT. Terre de Hermes EdT can't compete with that, at least not on my skin. As is typical with most Creed fragrances, the notes are very balanced. The top notes are a sprtizy harmony of citruses, which is nice and invigorating for about 15 minutes. Then the florals kick in and round out the citrus notes and give it a clean vibe. I don't go gyming nor do I have a sport fragrance, but I do love a relaxing afternoon in a sauna, so let's call it my sauna fragrance. I think this is well suited to anything casual and relaxed in the spring or summer, and it's also absolutely a unisex fragrance. If you're shopping around for a clean, citrusy spring/summer scent and don't want to smell like the hordes of people reaching for Aqua di Gio (not hating on it, but it is everywhere), this juice is worth trying.

Inexperience was my greatest teacher. This was one of the first niche scents in my collection. Now that i got my nose under some high quality fragrances, i feel like Creed Pamplemousse is an afterthought. There are sooooooooo many better citrus scents on the market. The only people that wouldn't agree are Creed fanatics.

Very pleasant citrus mandarin start, mixed with slightly soapy but unobtrusive ambergris in background. At 15 minutes White Flowers come on strong... Together with citrus create a very relaxing scent. Later dries down to pleasant ambergris.