Silver Water & Birch

I don't know what it is about Silver Water and Birch but this is the first Cremo fragrance to get a genuine positive reaction. Today I wore it to work and sprayed it four times on skin, twice on my tank-top. Two girls that I work with (I am currently doing a summer camp) loved the smell twice though the first it smelt like their grandparents. I can't say I disagree that it smells good and perhaps if they got the oakmoss, it can smell like grandparents Cremo Silver Water and Birch is exactly what you'd think it is, it is a Silver Mountain Water. Silver Water opens with the most balanced open of the Silver clones I've smelt, the most balanced. Al-Rehab Silver is too metallic and has a very BO smelling oud like wood, Sun Java White Men is awesome but can be too inky at times. Silver Water opens with water of course, maybe a few citruses too. The mid is very much oakmoss. I tend to think it is synthetic rather than organic due to IFRA. The base is pretty much birch, but it is the least smokiest. Silver Water and Birch performs no better or worse than the other two Cremo fragrances I own, Bourbon and Oak and Spice and Black Vanilla. It is a moderate projecting fragrance that lasts for about six hours. I originally got the solid cologne which works great but it is a little on the slight side and later got the EDT after loving the scent at first smell (I had the bodywash but it lasts minutes.) Silver Water and Birch is a great spring, summer and fall casual scent. It works for occasions that you'd wear a polo. Casual meals, work or kicking it. If you want to go lighter and more subtle, use the solid cologne. Cremo Silver Water and Birch is EASILY my favorite of the three Cremo fragrances I've gotten my nose on. I think it is because it is the most dumb reach of the three. Bourbon and Oak is more bar ready while Spice and Black Vanilla is more date ready. Silver Water and Birch works in most situations. For this and the smell and positive reactions, I say Silver Water and Birch is an 8.2 out of 10.

To answer raymachengray's question: I have a box dated to 2018 (I keep all my fragrance boxes... Don't look at me like that...), batch code B90319/9093-3. The notes listed on the side are "iced spring water accord", oakmoss, and "sunwashed woods". Also, the blurb on the front of the box reads "A sparkling, aquatic dive into a mountain lake surrounded by cool moss and clean woods". It does sound from some reviews here that SW&B was reformulated at some point and the listed notes were changed to reflect that. I think I have the older formulation, though I've never tried a newer bottle so I can't say for sure. What I can say is this is a very pleasant fragrance, cool but more of a sweet cool rather than a sharp cool. It probably leans unisex. It gets compared to Creed Silver Mountain Water, and Cremo does seem to be inviting the comparison with the name and description. I've never tried SMW so I can't speak directly to the comparison. But if it's similar to a popular niche fragrance, with decent performance, for $20/100 ml it's a fantastic deal. Or at least, the old formulation was a great deal. Not sure if the newer formulation smells as good.

My local Rite Aid had 2 bottles of this stuff on the shelf for 6 months! I never bought one because I really enjoyed the barbershop vibe of Blue Cedar & Cypress which got me through Fall and Winter perfectly. Plus I wasn’t impressed initially by the Silver Water & Birch body wash i was able to sniff. However today,for Spring, I decided to switch up the vibe and take a chance. I bought one of the SWB bottles “blind” and wow was I blown away. At. home, I went back and bought the other bottle because there’s no way you can get this kind of quality for that price. And it probably won’t be around much longer. It has an amazingly calming and masculine vibe. Very similar to BCC that it feels mature and young at the same time. Sillage was big for first couple hours on my skin (3 sprays around my neck) 6 hours later, there’s a very pleasant wood/musk happening that promises a gentleman is in the room. I bought this blind and must say if you like the notes listed on the box (Lavender as the middle note not Oakmoss...) you’ll be satisfied with the scent. The wear is up to the wearer. For me, no disappointments.

For $22 full retail? It's really good. Fresh, clean scent. Nothing ground breaking or earth shattering but this is good enough to be an everyday wear during hot weather for most people. The "fragrance should at a minimum have the urine from a Algonquin pygmy monkey that has been drinking nothing but 12 year speyside single malt scotch for 40 days and nights, and the feces of a north bound Scandinavian albino hippopotamus; or else it is for peasants" crowd will likely hate it.

This scent is not meant for me, being female, but I used to use the shaving cream of this smell so I ended up buying the cologne just to have it on hand to smell whenever I wanted because it smells so nice. So it is in my 'perfume' collection just because the smells so good. I will get whiffs of it just to do it on occasion. It's such a nice clean smell that isn't overpowering. I wouldn't mind smelling this on a guy! It smells so good and is priced so reasonably!

This is my all time favorite from the Cremo line! i would even say that i like it more than Silver Mountain Water. To me this takes SMW and make it a little more mass appealing by removing that inky Body oder note. The Quality is still less than SMW but not at all like comparing the quality difference Between say CDNIM and Aventus. Smells like something Parfums Vintage would clone and sell for $100

I will say...this is working great on my skin..but it could be because I washed with the corresponding body wash, shampoo and conditioner, and deodorant. So all things considered...it's a slightly less inky very well done clone of creed's SMW and I am already getting better longevity. I wonder what would happen if I now try the creed with this body wash and deo combo

This is just fantastic and would make a perfect spring/summer office scent. It’s airy and light, smells like a designer level quality version of silver mountain water by creed, but maybe a bit more mass-appealing. To me it smells like minty ink with woods and fresh aquatics. I love it. Great value here.

It ́s not better than a designer fragrance, but for the price is one of the best fragrances I have bought. Fresh, woody, a little sweet. I suggest wearing it during the day or on a casual evening, do not use it in the office it has a good sillage.

Well, I love(d) this scent... Until I let my coworker whiff it, and she said it smells like her grandparent's socks. Well, now that scent won't leave my head.

I have had this fragrance for years. The notes correspond to the pyramid above. This fragrance opens with a rather sweet...something. Something synthetic that reminds me of nothing I have smelled in nature. I should make clear that the "something" doesn't smell unpleasant, just unnatural. The sweetness dims over the first half hour or so and is joined by an oak moss stand-in which tames the sweetness even more. By an hour or so after the initial spray this scent has a watery slightly sweet, slightly metallic tone that is quite nice. Finally, a slightly smokey birch note joins the earlier notes and they all swirl around one another for a while before the scent fades to a genetic woody deep dry down. It is OK right the way through. More so after the opening sweet smell fades. I tend to use this fragrance in specific situations: when I need to take care of errands or tasks around the property before I can shower. Thus, I will only wear the scent for up to 2 1/2 hours. In these circumstances, I don't want to waste sprays of a more expensive fragrance. Silver Water & Birch is just fine for such limited use. Which brings me to the key point about this fragrance. It is very, very cheap. I got the bottle I own just after Xmas a few years back when I had gone to a big box store with instructions to buy, among other things, some body wash for my youngest son. If memory serves, the Silver Water & Birch set with body wash, shampoo and the 100 ML EdT was on clearance for under $15. At that price, this fragrance is a truly great bargain. I can't comment on longevity because I always shower it off before it fades out on its own. Projection is moderate. The bottle and atomizer are generic, but not of poor quality. This fragrance smells vaguely like Silver Mountain Water by Creed, or rather, like a pared down, simplified version of SMW. This scent is not really a SMW alternative, it is too synthetic, cheap-smelling and linear for that purpose. If you are looking for a less expensive SMW alternative, consider Armaf Sillage, which is also much better than Silver Water & Birch. But if you cannot justify spending more than the bare minimum, and you can find a bottle with the notes listed in the pyramid above (because there are definitely reports that Cremo has changed this fragrance for the worse, at least in some production--if the fragrance description mentions lavender, my understanding is that the scent is very different from the one I have), then this unisex scent is better than most of what you can get for similar prices.

I was intrigued by this cologne because of its great price and availability. After the first spray, there's definitely a sharp hand-sanitizer smell that goes away pretty quickly. The initial spray strangely kind of smells like a grandmother, which isn't bad smelling but could generate that kind of feeling. Honestly, the beginning did kind of disappoint, but I do somewhat get their advertised feeling of "aquatic mountain woods", if the scenery also included an old woman's house. Once the fragrance settles, the dry-down is very nice. The lavender note definitely kicks in, and it becomes sweeter. The projection isn't that strong, but it did last for longer than some other reviews I've read. Overall, if you can buy this fragrance for $20 or less, then it very well could be worth it. But definitely don't come with high expectations, and maybe try to smell the soap first.

I’m personally a HUGE fan of MOST Cremo scents. They have amazing longevity and the scents are amazing! I have some of the best expensive colognes on the market and Cremo’s colognes are stronger and last longer than most of them and are half the price. I haven’t personally tried Creeds silver mountain water so I can’t compare it but this one definitely reminds you of being in the mountains next to a beautiful stream. It’s aquatic, woody and musky! It clearly has a smoky leathery vibe due to the birch Needless to say it’s very manly. Highly recommend this cologne, if you want your money’s worth and an amazing expensive smelling cologne at a fraction of the price.

I have smelled Creed Silver Mountain Water but it has been a while. From what I remember this does smell similar to the Creed cologne. It is in the same vein of fresh, watery, woody cologne. The smell has is very light and watery with a musky woody base. There is no real citrus smell to this cologne but there is probably some citrus like bergamot up top. The performance is on the weak side so this is more of a cologne spray for summer that you can refresh with but not an all day performer.

i’ve never smelt silver mountain water but this smells good. smells like how i imagine an expensive resort lobby smelling if that makes sense. 9/10, amazing fragrance the only thing holding it back is it’s mediocre performance but for $20 there’s no reason not to own this (unless you already have SMW or other SMW inspired fragrances)

I own Cremo's Spice & Black Vanilla and Blue Cedar & Cypress--this is easily my least favorite. And it's still good! Not complex, only note I really got was birch with the slightest hint of that water note, nice and fresh. I'd go for this in warm weather, but you could easily pull this off year-round.

Spotted the body wash at Target today. Saw the name and thought "now wouldn't it be funny if this smelled like silver mountain water?" Turns out it does. Awesome. SMW is of course far superior.

It is an overall good fragrance for $20 it reminds me every time of a nice clean hotel lobby and gives me memories of going to MGM Grand Hotel as a kid.

Smells like another Creed Fragrance...don't know if its M.I. or S.M.W...I have M.I. but not sure. I think its SMW clone.

Woah...I am not sure if I should believe what I read or what I smell. I've had this box stashed away for a while because I have so many fragrances. I feel the need to open the new ones very sparingly. There seems to be a lot of controversy surrounding this fragrance. I have batch code 012024018. The notes listed on the side of my box are Top: Iced Spring Water Accord, Middle: Lavender, Base: White Musk. My first question is...where is the Birch?? The crazier thing is, on Cremo's website, when zoomed in, the side of the box shows the (I'm guessing) old notes with Oakmoss in the mid and Sunwashed Woods as the base. Yet the picture of the bottle...has lavender in it! Crazy! I'd say this reformulation moves it further away from Silver Mountain Water and more into a less-green Cool Water area. It's fresh and clean smelling, but it's honestly not what I was hoping for. I wanted the "sparkling, aquatic dive into a mountain lake surrounded by cool moss and clean woods" rather than the "light, refreshing scent with notes of spring water, lavender, and musk". I have reached out to Cremo to see if they can provide some clarity on this and will update you when I hear back. **UPDATE** I contacted Cremo via e-mail and they replied with a highly generic response...as predicted: "Thank you for taking the time to contact us, it brings us great Joy that you are interested in Cremo Products. Iced spring water accord, lavender, and white musk are the ingredients. On our website, we have a description of what we believe the consumer will experience when wearing our Silver Water & Birch scent. An ingredient list and describing the fragrance are two different variables of information. Thank you again for taking the time to contact us, if we can be of further assistance, you can reach us at 1-800-853-1762, Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Eastern Time. We appreciate your continued support of our Brands. Have a Joyful day! Marilyn C. Consumer Response Representative" Obviously, this answered nothing for me. I then called the number she listed and spoke with someone and voiced my concern with him. He apologized for the misinformation, took my contact information, and mailed me two coupons. One for $22 towards a new bottle of Cremo cologne, the other for $2 off any other Cremo product. If anyone else is having an issue with this specific bottle and the discrepancy in the notes, I'd suggest calling Cremo instead of e-mailing for a better resolution. 6/10