Reviews of Millésime Impérial (1995)
by Creed

I think this is a bit of a victim of its own success. Just smelling the fragrance as it is without caring about Creed, King Faisal etc. one gets a fresh fruity scent that, while coming with a nice ambregris note, has SO MANY competitors these days that I find it extremely hard to justify the extra price tag. No need to mention Unforgivable, even extreme cheapies like Nautica Blue (No, really. Try it!) manage to combine freshness and fruityness, with a base that may be constructed of cheap synthetic musk molecules, but still gives an impression of something-like-ambregris. It's not a horribly bad scent, but neither Creed's heritage nor the high price is adequately mirrored by the scents quality/complexity, which is why I give a thumbs-down.

On my skin:
- smells cheap
- gives me headache
And it's overpriced, of course.

'Millesime Imperial' is one the rare error in my perfume library. I tried it first time in a pharmacie at Verbier, Switzerland, in winter. I liked the warm richness of this scent, and the bergamot opening. I tried it several times after that in Paris' Bon Marché or Printemps. And ask my friend to offer it me.. I bear it two or three months, and then I was disgusted.
'Millesime Imperial' has a very special marine note, very ioded, which may evocate a walk on a long beach. The combination of floral and citrus notes is very nice, and gives a sweetness to it. The precious woods (sandalwood, (red ?) cedar, perhaps some vetiver) give a warm richness? But it very rapidly dominated by a too strong amber and musk accord , a too rich signature of the Creed Millesimes, which gives to all of them the bad sensation, after an hour, of a sad sameness. This ambre-musky base, combined with salty iode and rich oriental woods turned 'Millesime Imperial' to be quite nauseating. But, actually, rich.
I may reproach all the Creed Millesimes to be overwhelmed after an hour or less by its too rich base, and to lake the very rare refinement and distinction of their Eaux de toilettes, composed from 1780 to 1980.

A bit disappointed after the experience of Vetiver and Royal Water in the past.
Smells wonderful but very light and longevity is poor!

After dropping $250 on this stuff I was disappointed to find that A, it last about 60 seconds on my skin or on clothing, and B, they have stopped putting it in that cool gold bottle. A waste of cash. Starts off smelling like a really beautiful and expensive scent mixed with stagnant well water, then fades into oblivion.

It's a very clean smell after the dry down, but starting out it smells like I just applied the Bath & Body works Cucumber & Melon lotion. The Bergamot stands out, as does the melon note. At some point it smells like I just walked into a humidor. This is probably better suited for an older man... with gray hair.

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.

YUCK! Heard everyone raving about this so I gave it a shot….pheeeEEeew!! Couldn’t wait to get it off my skin! Smells like hairy dark Shaboo-boo AL-boo-bi men that bathe in cologne to mask their pungent body odor…catch my drift?

Being partial to more masculine frags, I couldn't get into this one. The typical Creed quality is there but this is just to fruity and unisex for my taste. If you like more green, clean or masculine try GIT, Himalaya or BDP. For a night out try Acier Alumimum. I enjoy many Creed scents and respect their quality but dont' buy this blind.

Since PuffDaddy enjoys this scent, I will not buy it. I have never had it, nor do I want it. Creed is such a gimmicky company..

Long story short I really didn't care for this one. Smells strange- like sweaty feet mixed with cologned dryer sheets.

Hmm, I wonder if I got a bad sample. All I smelled was salt. It was as though I had splashed some water out of the harbor on me. I felt dirty and smelly for quite a while.