Millésime Impérial (1995)
by Creed

A dry metallic wood with musks. Well, that's all I get for 30 minutes before it leaves my skin. If your skin is dry try Bois du Portugal which lasts longer. It's just another bottle to sit on the shelf.

9/10 Miss the longevity. But smells like heaven!

This was my second Creed right after Green Irish Tweed, and is my favorite of the Creed line. I feel rich, important and even a bit important wearing this. The only downside is that it's not very powerful and perhaps even a bit "watery" at least on my skin, and does not last too good. Extra point for the very fine bottle.

I'm new to MI. In fact, I'm new to Creed fragrances in general. I've fallen in love with them though. They are intriguing to my nose and the complexity of the dry down I really like.
MI starts out very sweet to my nose (on my skin). It doesn't really start smelling more masculine till the dry down when I get a hint of some sandalwood and musk in the basenotes. But for the most part, this is definitely a unisex fragrance to my nose. I love it on my wife and she loves it on me...so it works out.

It is definitely refreshing to smell a fragrance that isn't bogged down in spice and woodsy, leathery smells that are atypical masculine fragrances. This is light, fruity, floral with a hint of the usual masculine scent. I would find it great for a spring or summer day outside...a couple sprays on the neck and one on the wrists and I have my wife hanging off of me for the rest of the day....

If you can pony up the cash for it, I recommend it as an alternative for most of the cliche, run of the mill aquatic fragrances that seem to be pushed out on the market. Its unique and many other fragrances have tried to copy its great scent. Like I said, I'm new to Creed, but I'm sure this is one of their best along with GIT and Silver Mountain.

MI smells aquatic without smelling like all the other scents you see at the department store counter (*update: it does now compared with Sean John's Unforgivable). It has a nice marine accord and I also smell watermelon even though it's not listed as a note. The drydown has the typical Creed house note along with a musky base. The only downside to this scent is that it doesn't last long for me. A couple hours and then it's gone. It's also a little too subtle for my tastes and doesn't project the sillage that I like in a frag. With that aside, this is a very sophisticated scent and is very versatile. It would be really awesome if Creed made an Extreme version for this.

Creed’s website describes Millésime Impérial as “exotic wood and musk notes are enlivened with a refreshing marine note.” I find a dominant melon-aquatic accord, quite radiant and uplifting. Far more interesting than most aquatic scents. I used to complain about longevity with this one, but not anymore. I get many hours out of it. My one complaint would be that it seems to be fickle in how it presents itself. Sometimes it feels very rich, other times it seems lighter.