Epicéa (1965)
by Creed

Well, I've got good news and bad. The good news is that this is a splendid pine fragrance with mint and spices serving to enhance the scent. The bad news is that the entire show will be missed by any human being that is not next to your skin. So unless you plan to make love in the forest, or to constantly sniff your own wrist, or skip humans altogether and give your bloodhound a treat, this frag can be somewhat frustrating. Sillage sucks.

Longevity is poor.
No it's not as poor as, say, Eau d'Orange Verte ( What is?) But it's undetectable after an hour, unless you have a vivid imagination, or a great memory.

Having said all that, if you owe either bloodhounds or humans amends by having worn synthetic junk--like Pino Silvestre---Epicea truly has THE natural forest feel. I suggest huge bottles. Bathe in the stuff if you can afford it!
Surreptitiously reapply throughout the day and enjoy a magic Winterland. Cheers.

I cannot give Epicea a full thumbs up because of its complete lack of staying power. When I put Epicea on in the morning, I have to spray my entire upper body with around 16 spritzes just to be able to smell it on myself for a good five or six hours, and even with that, the scent is very faint and barely detectable. I know I'm going to blow through this bottle pretty quickly. Perhaps it's my skin, I don't know. That being said, however, Epicea is a truly excellent scent, putting aside its eau de cologne-like staying power and sillage. It's a delicious citrus fragrance with a beautiful, warm pine note - very unique. To hell with just wearing it in the winter, at night, during athletic events, etc., or that other nonsense - it smells great, I love it, and I wear it all times of the year, all times of the day!

Boo!!!
Weak sauce.
This smells vaguely like a forest, but honestly, I'm not too sure I'd think that if I hadn't been told so by this website. See what I'm saying?

There's nothing unpleasant about this, but honestly, I wouldn't wear this if it were given to me for free. All I could think while wearing this out for a test was, "damn, I wish I wore something else, this is really, really boring." And it wore off rather quickly so if I'd had a reason to stop home I would've promptly applied something else

Creed should consider thinning its herd, starting here.

Pine! That's it mostly it, with cardamon, spices and a bit of citrus like others have mentioned. Epicea is a very simple fragrance, yet it's very natural smelling and enjoyable. The only downside to Epicea is that it smells very mature, as in 65 year-old dad or grandpa mature. Therefore, I can't see myself wearing it, being in my early 20's. I would however love to smell this on someone else - I can maybe picture this on the most "outdoorsy" of my friends.

Epicea is a great example of what Creed could do back in the day. It's really a shame that great quality fragrances like this only make up a very, very small percentage of the market these days. I can understand how this wouldn't appeal to the average, modern fragrance buyer, but man, it must have been some great stuff back in the day.

7.75/10

Epicea is the most authentic, most natural, and most authoritative pine scent available. It is one of the more unique offerings from Creed. I am uncertain about individual notes, but the opening might have a slight citrus tinge to it. What is most detectable to me is the fresh and invigoratingly masculine scent of Russian pine mixed with some unidentified herbs and spices; Creed have produced a very natural smelling pine fragrance indeed! And it should be said that even though there are spices and herbs in this, the pine note takes center stage. When I wear Epicea (only in winter, naturally), I can easily picture myself in a dense and beautiful snowy forest, even if I am simply struggling to shovel a foot of snow off of my driveway in -30 degree weather before work in the morning! It is a powerful evocation of a dark and dense forest filled with huge coniferous trees, one of nature's true beauties. A fragrance for a real man who shows no fear, the strong and silent type, much like the legendary Gary Cooper, who wore this. The only drawback is longevity; 3 or 4 sprays will probably last around 6 hours before a reapplication is required.

Pine and herbal citrus, almost tea like. A nice scent and has the Creed metallic house accord like in GIT, SMW, BdP. "Enjoyed by Gary Cooper", well super-dooper. (sarcasm)