Bestseller Dry woods · Citrus · Fruit
Aventus
Calabrian bergamot, a pineapple accord and smoky birch. The fragrance that set the benchmark.
The House of Creed official website
Since 1760 the house has composed fragrance for two capitals. Aventus, Green Irish Tweed, Silver Mountain Water: mixed by hand, matured in small batches and filled unfiltered at the atelier in Ury, France.
The Art of Millésime
Hand-mixed, matured and filled by hand.
Ury-en-Vexin, France
Composed since 1760
Fragrance written for London and Paris across seven generations.
Matured at Ury
Every batch rests at the house atelier in the French countryside.
Left unfiltered
No clarifying agents. The full composition reaches the flacon.
Filled by hand
Each bottle is weighed, filled and checked before it ships.
The icons
Six fragrances that carry the house. If you are meeting Creed for the first time, this is where to start.
Bestseller Dry woods · Citrus · Fruit
Calabrian bergamot, a pineapple accord and smoky birch. The fragrance that set the benchmark.
Bestseller Woody fresh · Fruity · Floral
Crisp fruit and florals resting on warm wood. Composed for her, borrowed by everyone else.
House icon Green · Fresh · Woody
Verbena, iris and sandalwood. In production since 1985 and still the reference for a green fougère.
Fresh · Green tea · Mineral
Bergamot and blackcurrant cooled by green tea. It reads like cold spring water on stone.
Woody · Spicy · Warm
Cedar, sandalwood and oud behind a clean lemon opening. Formal without trying.
Bestseller Dry woods · Citrus · Fruit
Aventus at a higher concentration. Deeper fruit, darker woods, a longer trail on the skin.
Les Royales Exclusives
Gilded flacons from the Pochet du Courval glassworks, plumes of gold applied by hand, and compositions drawn from 250 years of royal service. The rarest Creed perfume is poured here.
Citrus · Fruity · Floral
Bergamot, petitgrain and cedar, drawn from the terraces above the Amalfi coast.
Floral · Jasmine · Fruity
A floral built around jasmine and rose, worn the way couture is worn: precisely.
Citrus · Floral · Green
A clean citrus cologne with green undertones. Light, exact, endlessly wearable.
Amber · Floral · Solar
Soft amber and solar florals. The warmest composition in the gilded collection.
Woody · Floral · Fresh
A gin accord over eucalyptus and rose. Named for Mayfair, composed for occasions.
Oud · Woody · Spicy
Oud treated with restraint: dark, resinous and worn close to the skin.
75ml and 250ml formats
The Aventus Collection
Aventus opened a family: a lighter cologne, a concentrated absolu, and a version for her. Same signature, different weight and season.
Aventus, eau de parfum
The composition
The House
James Henry Creed opened the house in London in 1760, dressing the courts of Europe before turning his attention to scent. In 1854 the maison moved to Paris at the request of Empress Eugénie, and it has kept one foot in each capital ever since.
Perfume is still made the long way. Materials are weighed by hand, mixed in small batches, then macerated and matured at the atelier in Ury, France. Nothing is rushed, and nothing is filtered, so what reaches the flacon is the composition as it was written.
Millésime
Each batch is matured and recorded like a vintage.
Unfiltered
No clarifying agents. The full composition stays intact.
Hand-filled
Every bottle is filled and inspected at the atelier.
Customer reviews
Notes from customers who ordered through the official website. Names shortened at their request.
Bought it for my wedding in June. Eleven hours, two countries and a very long afterparty later, it still read clearly on my collar.
My father wore it through the nineties, and the bottle on my shelf is his. The verbena still opens sharp and grassy, then dries down softer than I remembered.
I live somewhere hot and humid, which kills most fresh scents by lunch. This one stays cool and mineral until evening. It has replaced three bottles on my shelf.
The peach and jasmine do not turn syrupy on me the way others do. My husband keeps stealing it, which says more than any review I could write.
I bought it for a milestone birthday, and it delivers exactly that kind of occasion: dark, quiet, close to the skin. One spray lasts an evening.
Smells like the holiday I keep promising myself: sea air, blackcurrant, salted citrus. It has become my summer uniform.
Questions
The questions customers ask most, answered without the sales voice.
Creed Aventus. It has been the bestseller since its release in 2010 and is still the fragrance most people name when they say Creed perfume. Aventus For Her, Green Irish Tweed and Silver Mountain Water follow close behind.
Aventus first, for the bergamot and birch signature. Green Irish Tweed suits men who want something greener and quieter, and Royal Oud works for evenings and formal wear. Viking and Absolu Aventus are the favorites among men who already know the house.
Aventus For Her leads. Carmina, Queen of Silk and Eladaria were composed for women in recent years, while Love In White and Wind Flowers hold their place for florals. Nothing here is strictly gendered, so wear what you like.
Bright Calabrian bergamot at the top, a pineapple accord at the center, smoky birch and musk at the base. It reads as fresh fruit and cut wood at once, which is why it works in an office and after dark.
Green, in one word. Lemon verbena and iris over sandalwood and ambergris, with a faint mossy edge. It is a fougère, so expect a clean, grassy opening that settles into warm wood.
Bergamot and green tea over blackcurrant and musk. The effect is cool and mineral, closer to wet stone and cold air than to anything sweet.
Six to eight hours on most skin, with the base lingering on fabric much longer. The 100ml and larger formats are eau de parfum strength, so a little goes further than the 30ml.
Four to ten hours, depending on the fragrance, your skin and the climate. Fresh work like Silver Mountain Water sits at the shorter end; oud and amber compositions like Royal Oud and White Amber sit at the longer end.
Raw materials and process. The house works with high concentrations of natural ingredients, then hand-mixes, macerates and matures each batch at Ury. The larger formats (240ml and up) bring the cost per ml down considerably.
From the official online boutique or an authorized retailer. Every Shop button on this site leads to the house store. To test in person first, look for an authorized Creed stockist near you. Treat third-party marketplaces with caution unless the seller is explicitly authorized.
Check that the batch code on the bottle matches the box, weigh the glass in your hand, and compare the cap and sprayer to a bottle you trust. Authentic flacons feel heavy for their size, with crisp lettering and no glue around the label. A price far below retail is a warning sign.
Start with what you already wear. Citrus and cedar: Aventus. Green and understated: Green Irish Tweed. Warm and resinous: Oud Zarian or White Amber. Order samples first when you can. Skin decides faster than reviews.
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