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My new VIW smells mostly of sugar, a little coconut and rum and almost no lime. Should I be happy?

post #1 of 30
12/31/11 at 8:25pm
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It's batch no. A6210M01

I liked the pungent lemon. My last bottle of VIW was a very citrusy scent.
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post #2 of 30
12/31/11 at 8:31pm
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I mean lime.
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post #3 of 30
12/31/11 at 8:34pm
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omg this has horrible longevity too. DAMN YOU CREED!
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post #4 of 30
12/31/11 at 8:39pm
where did u buy it from?
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post #5 of 30
12/31/11 at 8:41pm
I never got much lime out of mine which was bough when first released from Neiman Marcus.
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post #6 of 30
12/31/11 at 9:00pm
Shoulda got AVENTUS!!!
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post #7 of 30
12/31/11 at 9:00pm
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where did u buy it from?

The internet. I'm sure it's real.
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post #8 of 30
12/31/11 at 9:02pm
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I never got much lime out of mine which was bough when first released from Neiman Marcus.

The lime added a hint of sophistication and professionalism to the VIW. This batch is all party.
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post #9 of 30
12/31/11 at 9:02pm
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shoulda got aventus!!!

LOL....
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post #10 of 30
12/31/11 at 9:03pm
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Shoulda got AVENTUS!!!

No way. Aventus is horrible. A cologne head who wore odd stuff to work every day, without any problems, got sent home for wearing Aventus. That's how bad it is. Based on that experiment it's the worst cologne ever made.

See here http://www.basenotes.net/threads/291...to-you-too-%29
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post #11 of 30
12/31/11 at 9:18pm
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The internet. I'm sure it's real.

I would send it back and get a bottle from an authorized dealer anyway.
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post #12 of 30
12/31/11 at 9:22pm
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omg this has horrible longevity too. DAMN YOU CREED!

you misspelled ebay
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post #13 of 30
12/31/11 at 10:02pm
I'd keep it. It will grow on you.
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post #14 of 30
1/1/12 at 12:44am
hahahahahahahaha
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post #15 of 30
1/1/12 at 12:48am
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No way. Aventus is horrible. A cologne head who wore odd stuff to work every day, without any problems, got sent home for wearing Aventus. That's how bad it is. Based on that experiment it's the worst cologne ever made.

See here http://www.basenotes.net/threads/291...to-you-too-%29

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post #16 of 30
1/1/12 at 2:38am
OMG, how could that happened?
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post #17 of 30
1/1/12 at 4:36am
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Never mind about the lack of longevity. I think I was smelling it too much.
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post #18 of 30
1/1/12 at 10:14am
Is this thread real?
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post #19 of 30
1/1/12 at 10:25am
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Originally Posted by Cerel9 View Post

It's batch no. A6210M01

I liked the pungent lemon. My last bottle of VIW was a very citrusy scent.

It's a little "green" still... Let it age a while, it will bloom.
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post #20 of 30
1/2/12 at 5:48pm
Well the creeds these days have been dealing with quality control issues these days. I have not bought any lately. I hope things turn around.
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post #21 of 30
1/2/12 at 6:06pm
You should not be happy.
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post #22 of 30
1/2/12 at 6:15pm
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Originally Posted by DavidBond007 View Post

Well the creeds these days have been dealing with quality control issues these days. I have not bought any lately. I hope things turn around.

I'm with David on this one. I'm down to just GIT, but plan to try MI once a year to see if I can find a magical, melony batch that smells like the old ones did.

Oh, and VIW? Maybe I should try it now; my biggest complaint used to be that the lime overpowered the rest of the scent.
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post #23 of 30
1/2/12 at 7:35pm
I really wanted to like VIW. I loved it for the first half an hour and then nothing. Talk about longevity issues.
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post #24 of 30
1/2/12 at 7:55pm
My VIW has an initial, short-lived burst of lime followed by light coconut. It definitely has overall longevity issues but I still like it very much.
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post #25 of 30
1/2/12 at 8:23pm
If you are not happy with it, then return it if possible. I wanted to like this one, but longevity sucks.
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post #26 of 30
1/3/12 at 3:53am
Mine smells of too much lime. You (we) should be unhappy that Creed can't control the strength of these basic ingredients to a point where there is some consistency.

With a note like lime, there should be no excuse for being able to control it. It isn't as if the lime season varied so much that it caused such a disparity.

It's lack of quality control or reformulation (for whatever reason).
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post #27 of 30
1/3/12 at 6:22am
long-lasting Creed = "Creed is using too many synthetics these days. They are really going downhill."

short-lived Creed = "Creed is using too many naturals these days. They are really going downhill."
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post #28 of 30
1/3/12 at 7:02am
Perhaps your bottle is from a batch for which smaller limes were used as too many griffins had blocked out the sun in Creed's garden that summer.
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post #29 of 30
1/3/12 at 9:56am
Someone probably diluted it with baby oil.
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post #30 of 30
1/3/12 at 10:24am
Strange,

I at one point had a batch of VIW that had a ton of lime, and the tiare flower, sugar, and coconut were all weak. Maybe we should mix our bottles together OP !!

Would it kill creed to stir the mixture a little more thoroughly before bottling ?....because these variations shouldn't be this extreme in scents that are predominantly synthetic like VIW.
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