Fragrance Reviews by Nezdelupe

A deep blackcurrant tea, with a milky stone metallic lifter note coupled with a violet and herb (was it the faintest hint of rosemary?) accord. Early on, bright, sparkling and uplifting, developing into a warmer, heartbeat of core Creed Millisime with currant and the other aforementioned notes. The result is persistent to my nose, in a background kind of way, prompting me to take regular and proper sniffs to get the full effect. (Get your nose right in there and even the early high notes can be re-found!) Fairly linear but complex all the same, and the interplay between the notes keeps it deliciously interesting. Seems to last at least 7 hours on me (autumn season), although I’ve yet to establish the power of its projection and sillage. Green Irish Tweed could be in the process of being dislodged by this brew as a regular daytime frag for me. Yummy.

Once again Vibert's take on things is similar to mine. Rather than simply repeat his review, I'll add simply that this is a brew which on my skin seems to meld with my own natural scent (in complete contrast with something like Terre d'Hermes, which smells like itself and is pretty much the same on everyone). The result is a warm amber that's subtle and nicely balanced. Nothing earth shattering though and I too would have liked more leather or booze to keep things interesting!

Wonderful birch high note but it lasts only seconds on me before heading straight into quite a sweet powdery carnation, honey, leather melange. Give it an hour or two and on me it develops, with the occasional spicy note along the way, into something reminiscent of Habit Rouge but in my opinion not as balanced, interesting or sophisticated as that and certainly a million miles away from the masterpiece that is Chanel's Cuir de Russie.

I tried the re-issue and not the original/vintage stuff. I can imagine an earlier version being a fabulous 70's French gay brew, as eluded to in other reviews here.

Vibert's comments express almost exactly my own experience of this one. Like the man says, it is quite a challenging fragrance and I like that about it - keeps my interest, both sensually and intellectually. I'm on the verge of struggling with many aspects of it, especially the amber/palm/sugar/red sandalwood sweetness in the dry down. All in all, although I really enjoy the creativity and artfulness of Idole, for me it is an occasional treat rather than a regular indulgence.

I’m new to this lark and this is my first review. I’ve tried several Creeds in the past (GIT is a daily standard) but this is certainly different from the standards. I got the high notes others have suggested, enjoyed them and just wished that they’d hung around for longer than 20 minutes. However, I found the dry down on me to be quite an unpleasant experience. Yes, I got the warm amber and spice (a hint of cinnamon’s in there), but I couldn’t shake off the peculiar sharpness that reminded me of Mitsouko gone sour. It’s like a ship’s head/toilet and I found it completely overwhelmed everything else. In fact I found it so nauseating that I had eventually (4 hrs later) to wash it off. Powerful stuff too – I only used two small tester vial drops. Maybe it’s my chemistry and maybe it’s a bad association with sailing holidays with my Dad (!) but this ‘un gets a thumbs down from me.