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Creed Himalaya smells different from tester

post #1 of 22
9/4/11 at 12:28pm
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When I tested Creed Himalaya it had an distant ice cold metallic smell that reminded me of snow. It was a very interesting a refreshing scent which made me decide to buy a bottle.

However, my bottle of Creed Himalaya from neiman marcus smells a lot more floral than what I tested, almost what an old lady would smell like. The distant cool, ice and snow scent is not there. Obviously there is a lot of variance between bottles. I'm thinking of returning it for original vetiver, but I'd like to somehow find a bottle of himalaya that smells like the tester did. Are there specific lots that are better than others?
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post #2 of 22
9/4/11 at 12:32pm
I have personally never noticed any variation from one bottle to another.
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post #3 of 22
9/4/11 at 12:37pm
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Originally Posted by hednic View Post

I have personally never noticed any variation from one bottle to another.

hmm. Maybe I'm not remembering the tester correctly. I had bought MI that day but Himalaya was on my mind for months so I ordered it as well. However the scent differed as I remembered himalaya to be more ice cold and metallic rather than floral.
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post #4 of 22
9/4/11 at 12:45pm
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When I tested Creed Himalaya it had an distant ice cold metallic smell that reminded me of snow. It was a very interesting a refreshing scent which made me decide to buy a bottle.

This sounds exactly like Silver Mountain Water, not Himalaya. To me Himalaya is pepper and soap.
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post #5 of 22
9/4/11 at 12:53pm
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Originally Posted by Jridgen View Post

This sounds exactly like Silver Mountain Water, not Himalaya. To me Himalaya is pepper and soap.

^This. That metallic note you referred to is far more consistent with the smell of SMW than Himalaya. The similarities between the bottle colors of these two are more similar than other Creeds so it's very easy to get them mixed up. Just as a future note though, if you try a tester of Creed, it's helpful to jot down the batch number for reference if you liked it or didn't like it as their is some variation between batches, albeit far less so with Himalaya than other Creeds. Especially if you're going to buy a Creed from a dept store rather than online, if you like what you smelled from the tester, you're better off just buying a bottle on the spot
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post #6 of 22
9/4/11 at 3:21pm
Yeah, SMW is more metallic....and a much better fragrance IMO. Although, I can't stand Himalaya.
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post #7 of 22
9/4/11 at 3:42pm
SMW is quite metallic or ink smelling. I think that's what you tested.

It is sold in a solid white bottle. Himalaya is sold is a solid silver bottle.
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post #8 of 22
9/4/11 at 7:19pm
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Originally Posted by Jridgen View Post

This sounds exactly like Silver Mountain Water, not Himalaya. To me Himalaya is pepper and soap.

Should I return Himalaya and get Silver Mountain Water? My nose thinks Himalaya is OK, but then again I'm a fragrance newbie so I may not be appreciating it properly.
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post #9 of 22
9/4/11 at 7:57pm
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Originally Posted by MIHMOV View Post

Should I return Himalaya and get Silver Mountain Water? My nose thinks Himalaya is OK, but then again I'm a fragrance newbie so I may not be appreciating it properly.

You might be able to throw yourself at their mercy and beg ignorance that you screwed up Himalaya with Silver Mountain Water. But make damn sure Silver Mountain Water is the one you thought you wanted. We don't want to reading another thread with "I thought I liked Himalaya, but it might have beeen Silver Mountain Water so I returned my Himalaya......"
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post #10 of 22
9/4/11 at 8:18pm
First of all I assume OP can read, and so there is zero chance that he accidentally purchased a bottle of Silver Mountain Water.

I think what you have, OP, is a bottle of Himalaya that still has its top notes. What is the lot number on this bottle? It's on the box and back (or bottom) of the bottle.
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post #11 of 22
9/4/11 at 9:01pm
To the OP: Please post a pic of your bottle.
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post #12 of 22
9/4/11 at 10:11pm
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Originally Posted by Cerel9 View Post

First of all I assume OP can read, and so there is zero chance that he accidentally purchased a bottle of Silver Mountain

if you re-read post #3, a considerable amount of time elapsed from when he sniffed what he thought was Himalaya in the store and when he went back and bought it. I am suggesting he may have smelled several scents including Himalaya and Silver Mountain Water and not remembered that SMW is what he liked; confused it with Himalaya. They both have solid opaque bottles.
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post #13 of 22
9/4/11 at 11:26pm
Never expect one Creed to smell the same when going from one bottle to another.
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post #14 of 22
9/5/11 at 12:51am
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Originally Posted by zztopp View Post

To the OP: Please post a pic of your bottle.

Agreed. please do this.
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post #15 of 22
9/5/11 at 1:38am
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Originally Posted by MIHMOV View Post

Should I return Himalaya and get Silver Mountain Water? My nose thinks Himalaya is OK, but then again I'm a fragrance newbie so I may not be appreciating it properly.

Go try Silver Mountain Water and then decide, there's a chance that neither are the one that you remember smelling and maybe it was something else that you tried the same day you tried one of these in stores. That's happened to me once or twice where I'll try so many different fragrances at once that I'll forget which one it was that I really liked or disliked several weeks later and have to retrace trying a number of those fragrances again to determine which one it was. Either way, both SMW and Himalaya cost too much for you to not be 100% satisfied with your purchase so the fact that Himalaya just smells "ok" does not justify keeping in my book
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post #16 of 22
9/5/11 at 1:52am
I have a full bottle of Himalaya, a large decant and several samples. They all smell slightly different, especially the top notes. One of the carded samples smells best (at least to me) because it contains the biggest amount of that trademark Himalaya synthetic musk note.

I did experience the same kind of variations with Silver Mountain Water.
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post #17 of 22
9/5/11 at 8:22am
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Originally Posted by hedgehog View Post

I have a full bottle of Himalaya, a large decant and several samples. They all smell slightly different, especially the top notes. One of the carded samples smells best (at least to me) because it contains the biggest amount of that trademark Himalaya synthetic musk note.

I did experience the same kind of variations with Silver Mountain Water.

I can totally see this. My millesime imperial that I bought smelled much better than the tester (which was already a great scent). The tester had more of a flat salty smell, whereas mine gets a wonderful vibrant watermelon note on the initial spray. I was hoping that by paying more and going through neiman marcus that I'd get a great himalaya version. But it appears that certain bottles are good whereas others are just absolutely awesome. If you get the awesome version, you just fall in love with the scent and spend the rest of the time looking for that same experience on subsequent bottles.

There's probably no way to know what you're getting unless you buy the tester outright. I'm probably going to keep the himalaya but get Silver Mountain Water and original vetiver to round out my creed collection.
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post #18 of 22
9/5/11 at 8:34am
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Originally Posted by MIHMOV View Post

I can totally see this. My millesime imperial that I bought smelled much better than the tester (which was already a great scent). The tester had more of a flat salty smell, whereas mine gets a wonderful vibrant watermelon note on the initial spray. I was hoping that by paying more and going through neiman marcus that I'd get a great himalaya version. But it appears that certain bottles are good whereas others are just absolutely awesome. If you get the awesome version, you just fall in love with the scent and spend the rest of the time looking for that same experience on subsequent bottles.

There's probably no way to know what you're getting unless you buy the tester outright. I'm probably going to keep the himalaya but get Silver Mountain Water and original vetiver to round out my creed collection.

Not to thread hijack but what is your batch number of MI and where did you purchase from?
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post #19 of 22
9/5/11 at 9:37am
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Originally Posted by Sidney_Falco View Post

Not to thread hijack but what is your batch number of MI and where did you purchase from?

Is it safe to give out the batch number over the internet?
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post #20 of 22
9/5/11 at 6:07pm
Be careful giving out batch numbers over the Internet. If "they" get this info along with the name of the watch you're wearing your fashion identity could be stolen. It's a pain to correct your GQ scores when this happens. Credit gets ruined.

Better to be safe!
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post #21 of 22
9/5/11 at 10:27pm
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Originally Posted by MIHMOV View Post

Is it safe to give out the batch number over the internet?

Only if you want your identity stolen, your house robbed by the Crypts (or maybe the Bloods) and your wife raped by terrorists.
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post #22 of 22
9/6/11 at 12:34am
Everyone calm down, I only want the batch numbers. Just hand them over nice and easy and nobody has to get hurt.
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