Chèvrefeuille Original (1982)
by Creed

VERY GREEN, VERY GOOD. Love it. If you are a green frag lover, this is a must sample.

2nd October, 2011.

I recall the smell of the honeysuckle bushes that covered the slope leading down to the parking lot at my elementary school. Unless they meant for this to smell like the leaves or stems of honeysuckle, and not the flowers, it's a complete misnomer. The very top notes are OK, with restrained florals over a very sharp green, but it doesn't take long for a bitter minty lime monster to creep in and ruin the party. This stage is heady and dark, burning my sinuses with a bitter chemical green. Fortunately this starts to disappear after a while and the florals make their cautious return over a slight rotted wood note. I remember this taking a lot longer on previous testings of CO, though, which caused the burning sensation to last longer. In the end, it's not a bad semi-floral unisex green scent, but there's a slight sulfurous edge. Plus, my nose is already super fatigued just from smelling those top and mid notes to write this review. Fortunately, the urinal cake note in the far drydown was still not lost on me.

26th September, 2011.

CO is a sparkling green floral that can come off as slightly effervescent. It's certainly unisex and inoffensive, as well as being much more old-school than the newer Creed offerings. It lacks punch and swagger in terms of the smell, and it also lacks sillage and longevity. The word, "boring," comes to mind.

If memory serves, Arôme 3 is similar, but better.

18th September, 2011.

This is a lovely light citrus/floral. Good projection, good longevity. Not a feminine floral, this is decidedly gender neutral. I was impressed with the 6+ hours I got out of this considering it's a citrus scent. The projection stays high throught. The only negative is that toward the end, this one started to go sour and pungent. Takes a long time to get to this point however, so its a minor negative. B+

6th August, 2011.

Chevrefeuille, In my opinion, is one of the best composition in the Creed's range. Green, floral, refined, unique and absolutely unisex. It opens with a captivating blast of honeysuckle leaves mixed with green notes and immediately enriched by a slight floral accord that stays quite linear for a couple of hours. Liqorice plays hide and seek throughout the fragrance evolution providing a delicate and aromatic extra touch.

While this composition takes the distance from other classics from the same house (i.e. Aventus, SMW, GIT) at the same time it won't disappoint the Creed's purists as the whole perfume structure is built on the usual ambergis base. Even if this time, it feeels like ambergis is kind of lurking in the back as if were a signature printed with the invisible ink. Recommended.

6th June, 2011.

This is clearly a quality blend. I wanted to like it so much, considering its listed elements. I love the smell of honeysuckle and the childhood memories it evokes.

Right out of the bottle this smelled incredible. It was crisp, light and clean with an element of sharpness: the fennel or licorice others have mentioned. I thought this could be a signature scent.

Unfortunately in the dry down it soured on me. It turned rubbery and stale floral. The mint I'd looked forward to sadly turned the whole thing antiseptic. My lady quipped that it smelled like hospital and rubber gloves.

If it works with your chemistry and doesn't go medical on you, this would be a great summer evening scent.

5th April, 2011.