Reviews of Spring Flower (1996)
by Creed

I got this as a gift. I think Creed has been overrated, overpriced for its quality. It's a sweet, aquatic, fruity scent. Something in it does not settle and subdue after hours of application on the skin, something in it gives me a headache, I just can't tolerate this one. Sorry Creed!

This is a surprising scent. The very top note is menthol mint something. Then comes water lilies or lilies left in much water and began to decay. Base notes are fresh nice florals which lily is not very heady, well balanced and nice. The only problem is these well balanced nice florals have become so crowded in the market that i began to see them like penguins and have troubles in remembering which is which. I will give it thumbs up but as a am not hit at heart by the top note surprises i would buy a cheaper penguin instead of it.

I got this for my mother as a gift due to its connection to Audrey Hepburn. While I don't believe this was ever truly worn by Audrey (she wore Interdit by Givenchy) try not to draw conclusion about the scent from Creed's claims. I always take those with a grain of salt.

I smell it now and it really reminded me of Aqua di Gio pour Homme! The men's version! Really weird. Though this is very young and feminine and has the usual Creed metallic house accord I associate them with. Great scent, I think, when you remove all predetermination of the 'background'.

I'm surprised so many reviewers compare "Spring Flower" to other aquatic/fruity/florals; In fact,"Spring Flower" is remarkably unique in a sea of tropical-caramels and rasberry-oceanics. "Spring Flower's" earthy prettiness and quiet playfulness makes it utterly charming and unexpected competition for those other thin, airy and saccharine scents classified as "fruity-floral"; a fragrance family that has since been stripped and "overbred" by the years of influence from marketing groups ("More Gourmand" they scream--"Drier, sweeter and headier!").

While the opening notes do unfold in a burst of bright tartness, they are immediately smoothed over by the sensation of buttermilk creaminess and sweetness--like strawberries or lignonberries in cream. Then follows a succulent watery-ness that begins to develop and run, like snow melting in early springtime sunshine, throughout the fragrance until drydown: It is at once too carnal to pass as water; to elegant to be mistaken for nectar or fruit juice. It almost seems like a kind of iced tea...one sparkling with lemons, peaches, rose petals and rosemary.

There is something so unexpected and sprightly about "Spring Flower" that although it is quite feminine, it would be a disservice to wood nymphs everywhere to call it "proper"; "Spring Flower" is melting snow dripping off spring buds, fresh grass, fields of flowers and wild strawberries. In other words, it's an interesting, raw kind of fragrance that mischeviously whispers: "Forget this party, school class or customer report...sneak away like Maria from "The Sound of Music" or play like "Marie Antoinette"...run to the woods, brooks and fields---stare at the bright blue skies, watch clouds pass by and live off berries and fresh cream! Who cares what anyone thinks or if you get your feet dirty." Unlike those quickly developed and mass produced fruity florals on store shelves (those that also seem to reproduce like rabbits in fragrance departments) "Spring Flower" has something they all lack: Spunk, character and a sense of humor. "Spring Flower" is a tickling delight...and almost seems to thumb its nose at those who feel otherwise. "lighten up, stop and smell the roses" it says, "think transcendental thoughts in lazy midday sunshine or stomp in rainy-day mud or crisp snow."

Recently I tested Cool Water Woman by Davidoff, ironically, this Creed Spring Flower graces my wrist only a few days later...and I'm not finding much difference between the two! My impression of CCW was "sweet fruity floral top with a woodsy ozone marine drydown". SF is actually even less than that! As VIBERT points out there is not much flower in evidence here...he's absolutely correct, I don't get any flower notes. What I do smell is a fruity opening with a somewhat sickly ozone/aquatic base. Unfortunately quite a disappointment for me.

Though a bit sharp, this fragrance is a really nice fruity floral that yes, is... happy. I saw this on Samantha's bathroom toilet in an episode of Sex and the City and thought, "did they really think Samantha would wear Spring Flower?? It's so girly and free sprirted." But that's the beauty of Spring Flower, it's youthful but ageless. It reminds me the brightness of Gucci Envy and it seems to sour a bit after about 30 minutes on my skin, a little bit like when one holds a penny for a couple seconds, but in general, nice... not fresh, not particularly floral, just bright a bright and friendly fragrance.

It's quite a 'pop' flower smell-rather modern and definitely something for a younger lady. I agree there are some fruity undertones too - I doubt Audrey Hepburn wore this either. She was too busy being over-rated, rather like this.

Spring flower opens with bright, sweet citrus notes and not much flower in evidence. As the scent develops, it remains a melange of citrus, watermelon, and aquatic notes. In fact, it reminds me a bit of Millesime Imperial, though far less poised and natural.

The citrus sharpens dramatically over the first half of an hour, becoming very tart, so that the whole thing smells like a lemon drop. Still nothing particularly floral in there!

Instead, Spring Flower remains citrusy, with an unpleasant synthetic edge, and winds up remarkably cheap smelling and generic. I refuse to believe that Audrey Hepburn ever wore this shoddy, synthetic fruit mess.

hmmmmmmm........it's a great scent I know. NOT me however. A little too pristine. It is very fine smelling. Very feminine......but not something I have to have.

I tried to love this one - I really did! After hearing so many wonderful things about Spring Flower, I couldn't not try it. But the bright fresh happy scent only lasted a few brief moments until I was overpowered by... what was it? At first I couldn't put my finger on it. It smelled familiar, but like a man's fragrance - and then it hit me: cK One! The scent that lingered with me was the masculine edge of cK One. Reading calchic's review tells me why - hedione. I agree - it is a truly evil note. It completely ruined Spring Flower for me and I am unable to wear it again for fear of smelling like a South Beach tea dance circa 1996. Oh well - fortunate are those who can enjoy Spring Flower!

My signature scent -- can't abide not having a bottle. It is feminine and floral and fresh with a mysterious hint of melon and some watery notes. Subtle but its presence makes itself known. Wish the body lotion was as good, but alas the lotion part spoils the scent.

easy to wear, i like it .very floral,should be worn weekends.

I own this, but I love my designer off shoot better! lol. This really is a lovely scent but to me at any rate the creed scent has too much of an Alcohol scent to the Grape fruited floral

A very fresh, fruity, floral with great lasting power. A breath of fresh air and quite different from all the generic florals being put out by the fragrance houses. The mix of apple/melon, lemon and lilly notes make it stand out from other heady florals.

This easily ranks as one of the best from Creed

If a spring of glacier water could be bottled in a perfume flacon - it would definitely smell like Spring Flower. It makes me wonder if “spring” refers to the season or to the body of water. I would say it could equally apply to both, with its fresh and simple happy early-bird attitude, as if nothing too exciting or dramatic needs to happen today to make your day complete. Fresh, optimistic and tranquil with no unnecessary ambition - this is what makes this wonderful array of subtle fruity and citrus notes, along with transparent florals, floating like water lilies above the glacial freshwater, and there is just a hint of sweetness at the base to keep the scent going, cool and fresh and lovely. The spring waters just keep flowing generously and vividly!

Spring Flower starts off with a blast of fresh, citrus-fruity notes of lemon, bergamot and peach. There is also a hint of herbal note, almost minty. It is charmingly refreshing and positive. The thing is, that this fresh beauty lasts for a long time!
The heart and base notes still maintain this luscious fruitiness, along with delicate flowers that are neither heavy nor heady, but simply reminiscent of fresh, dew-laden blossom in an early spring morning. Though officially the notes are of jasmine and rose, to my nose it smells like waterlilies. Perhaps it is the combination of the rose and jasmine notes with the crisp apple and watery melon notes that create this light, bright and fluid impression.
The feeling is of inviting cool spring water, so inviting you absolutely have to drink them!
Later on notes of lilly of the valley and a citrus floral note emerges - it is not orange blossom, but actually smells a lot like lemon. Perhaps it is lemon blossom.
The drydown is a tad powdery, with the lilly and melon notes lingering on a base of cedarwood and perhaps a hint of orris. It is only slightly powdery, but still has the fruity floral notes.

Top notes: Peach, Lemon, Bergamot, and I suspect a hint of peppermint!
Heart: Jasmine, Rose, Water lilies, Melon, Apple, Lilly of the Valley, Lemon Blossom
Base: Cedarwood, orris, perhaps benzoin which adds a tad of sweetness without overpowering the top and heart notes, and very subtle musk, amber and vanilla notes.

If any perfume should ever claim to be a truly fresh, transparent floral, Creed’s Spring Flower is the one, and it does it all the way!
It is the one and only modern floral scent I tried so far that actually stands up to its top-notes premise:
It is bright and fresh, and stays that way after interacting with my skin, without giving in to harsh, stingy powdery smelling chemicals that usually tickle my nose in a most annoying and disappointing way. That is what makes it so convincingly appealing. Spring Flower is like freshwater pearls - it is soft, bright and subtly feminine in a playful, young and modestly attractive way, and simply stays the same, no matter what the surroundings are... Now here is where I totally understand the attractiveness of fresh, light floral! And how sexy can that be!
The lovely fruity, floral and watery notes linger and linger for long time, and stay fresh all the way!
You don’t need any particular reason to put Spring Flower on - fresh morning feeling that can last all day. And can be reapplied at night for a nice romantic evening.

Spring Flowers - so not my type of scent as I'm so not a girly-girl and own not a single item in pink, yet I just can't not love this fragrance. Its sheer joie de vivre renders it irresistible on some level; it's just so dang happy! Has the same effect on me as the first real day of spring - which is my least favorite season for a number of reasons but still just so incredibly hard to dislike on that one particular day that even curmudgeonly moi falls for it every time. Super-fruity (I myself get watermelon - think it might be a subliminal thing cued by the extreme pinkness of the adorable bottle!) and lemony, fresh-from-the-garden florally, I'm always so delighted by the topnotes that I barely even pay attention to what comes after - except for one thing that docks the scent down a tad, the waft of hot-and-sweetish-breath-smell that is hedione, the jasmine-like compound that Creed seems to favor using in place of the real thing. In lesser blends - CKOne being the prime example for me - hedione can be a truly evil note, as rudely insistent and persistent as kudzu, that creeping green vine that literally covers everything in its path. But the other notes in Spring Flower help keep it under control here so that it only pops up now and then and fortunately doesn't permanently detract from the whole. Basiclaly, it's not a good enough reason to keep me from having very fond feelings for Spring Flower, the happiest, smiliest darn fragrance there is!

I've tried so hard to love this. The bottle: gorgeous. The notes: spectacular. So what seems to be the problem? The rotten melon and cedar note I get from it. Headache inducing on my poor fragrance sensitive brain. Smells great in the bottle but just not on me. I envy all of you who can wear this, because I sure wish I could(even my husband loves it).

If a spring of glacier water could be bottled in a perfume flacon ñ it would definitely smell like Spring Flower. It makes me wonder if ìspringî refers to the season or to the body of waterÖ I would say it could equally apply to both, with its fresh and simple happy early-bird attitude, as if nothing too exciting or dramatic needs to happen today to make your day complete. Fresh, optimistic and tranquil with no unnecessary ambition ñ this is what makes this wonderful array of subtle fruity and citrus notes, along with transparent florals, floating like water lilies above the glacial freshwater, and there is just a hint of sweetness at the base to keep the scent going, cool and fresh and lovely. The spring waters just keep flowing generously and vividly!
Spring Flower starts off with a blast of fresh, citrus-fruity notes of lemon, bergamot and peach. There is also a hint of herbal note, almost minty. It is charmingly refreshing and positive. The thing is, that this fresh beauty lasts for a long time!
The heart and base notes still maintain this luscious fruitiness, along with delicate flowers that are neither heavy nor heady, but simply reminiscent of fresh, dew-laden blossom in an early spring morning. Though officially the notes are of jasmine and rose, to my nose it smells like waterlilies. Perhaps it is the combination of the rose and jasmine notes with the crisp apple and watery melon notes that create this light, bright and fluid impression.
The feeling is of inviting cool spring water, so inviting you absolutely have to drink them!
Later on notes of lilly of the valley and a citrus floral note emerges ñ it is not orange blossom, but actually smells a lot like lemonÖ Perhaps it is lemon blossomÖ
The drydown is a tad powdery, with the lilly and melon notes lingering on a base of cedarwood and perhaps a hint of orris. It is only slightly powdery, but still has the fruity floral notes.
Top notes: Peach, Lemon, Bergamot, and I suspect a hint of peppermint!
Heart: Jasmine, Rose, Water lilies, Melon, Apple, Lilly of the Valley, Lemon Blossom
Base: Cedarwood, orris, perhaps benzoin which adds a tad of sweetness without overpowering the top and heart notes, and very subtle musk, amber and vanilla notes.
If any perfume should ever claim to be a truly fresh, transparent floral, Creedís Spring Flower is the one, and it does it all the way!
It is the one and only modern floral scent I tried so far that actually stands up to its top-notes premise:
It is bright and fresh, and stays that way after interacting with my skin, without giving in to harsh, stingy powdery smelling chemicals that usually tickle my nose in a most annoying and disappointing way. That is what makes it so convincingly appealing. Spring Flower is like freshwater pearls ñ it is soft, bright and subtly feminine in a playful, young and modestly attractive way, and simply stays the same, no matter what the surroundings are... Now here is where I totally understand the attractiveness of fresh, light floral! And how sexy can that be!
The lovely fruity, floral and watery notes linger and linger for long time, and stay fresh all the way!
You donít need any particular reason to put Spring Flower on ñ fresh morning feeling that can last all dayÖ And can be reapplied at night for a nice romantic evening.

Made for Audrey Hepburn and it shows: it's an absolutely lovely scent.

Love this fragrance. It's a lovely crisp and fruity floral that is very feminine and fresh. I always feel good wearing it.