Feuille Verte (2006)
by Creed

I think that's the scent you smell passing the Gates of Heaven. Really.

11th December, 2011.

I was very lucky to sample this fragrance last week. I don't think I could do this fragrance justice if I tried to review it, so I'll just say that it is divine. 10/10

29th March, 2011.

An unabashedly prejudiced review: The superb quality of the individual notes and the complexity of construction separate this fragrance from most of its competition – including most of the Creeds. Feuille Verte is an incredible offering. The clarity, purity, and artistry of the notes and accords have little competition. In the opening I especially appreciate the lime note that is as pristine as the lime notes of the best colognes: quite an achievement in a fragrance as complex as this. The rose combined with oakmoss in the middle notes is a unique and interesting combination to my nose, even though those two notes are not particular favorites of mine. The base is what I admire most.: I’m a sucker for jasmine and this is another jasmine version that I love unconditionally. I found the presentation of the jasmine a surprise when the movement of the fragrance led me there. It’s perfection. Let me echo the sentiment that the only thing wrong with this fragrance is that it is not part of Creed’s permanent line.

7th August, 2009.

Today is a gloomy autumn day here, thick clouds overhead, ground wet from recent rain. Instead of giving in to the weather, I wanted to feel spring and Creed’s Feuille Verte did the trick. Fresh, green and serene, it works magic. One of the best Creed’s I have tried and one that certainly deserves to be part of Creed’s regular line. I echo the comments of zztopp and tilted.

12nd November, 2007.

memories that will just about completely fade within 2 hours

it smells mostly like the name: a green leaf

I don't see anything to get all rapturous about

at least it doesn't stink of ambergris!

6th November, 2006.

This is a quirky one. It is a construction made from really superb ingredients, each note is sublime and very natural smelling. The lime mandarin top is clear and bright and surprisingly persistentas it melts down into the mossy vanilla with a tinge of rose. The rose serves to blend the citrus into the middle and link it into the vanilla, which is underscored by a very pure jasmine absolute.

It really is a game of three halves, with top middle and base having quite seperate identities. For me this is a delight and also the problem with this fragrance. I get a slight curdling sensation between the acid citrus and the emulsion-like vanilla heart. This is smoothed off (to an extent) in a guerlain-like fashion by the mossy note in a conceptually similar way to heritage or habit rouge (in this conceptual aspect only, the frags are quite different).

I find it bold and interesting that the vanilla forms the heart and the jasmine the base where usually the contruction wouls sit the other way around.

Overall, a fine fragrance with stunning quality of ingregients, blended in an interesting and thought provoking way, but,for me, just short of being a classic.

19th October, 2006.