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Creed Windsor ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 7 January 2010 27 Comments

Creed Windsor fragrance

Creed has launched Windsor, a new limited edition fragrance for men:

...created in 1936 for King Edward VIII of England from ingredients grown in the British Empire.  [...] Windsor is as subtle as the Duke of Windsor’s hand-tailored suits, shirts and ties..."

The notes feature gin, lime, pine, rose, orange, cedar and eucalyptus.

Creed Windsor is available in 50 ($450, in leather atomizer) or 250 ml (price unknown, in glass), and can be found at selected Saks Fifth Avenue stores or at the Creed website. (via creedboutique)

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  1. prism says:
    7 January 2010 at 10:38 am

    great

    but what about the notes?

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 10:40 am

      They’re listed above (?)

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  2. monkeytoe says:
    7 January 2010 at 10:50 am

    Four hundred and fifty bucks for pine, juniper (gin), and rose and less leather than is on a belt?!? Yikes.

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 10:53 am

      Creed charges $160 for the empty leather atomizers, although that still makes the juice extraordinarily expensive.

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  3. mjr17 says:
    7 January 2010 at 11:24 am

    Hmmm, I actually like the sound of this one. Maybe I’ll see if my Saks lady can come up with a sample for me.

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 12:02 pm

      Good luck!

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  4. boojum says:
    7 January 2010 at 11:27 am

    Sounds good to me too, and I do like (though wouldn’t pay for) those leather atomizers. Unless, of course, I became fabulously wealthy, and then I just might.

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 1:01 pm

      I like the leather cases Hermes makes for the Hermessences…don’t know if I’d buy one or not if I had the $.

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  5. Absolute Scentualist says:
    7 January 2010 at 12:41 pm

    The notes sound okay, but that is way beyond the new free for me to even consider anything more than a decant, which likely wouldn’t be a good idea since I’d probably like the stuff. :/ Seriously, Creed and Bond No. 9 really have it in for the wallet. I won’t deny Bond makes great perfumes (I haven’t tried any Creed) but I can’t help but think of how many bottles I could buy for the price of one little bottle of Windsor.

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 1:02 pm

      They aren’t budget lines, it’s true.

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  6. platinum14 says:
    7 January 2010 at 12:44 pm

    At that price, I guess that gin, lime, pine, rose, orange, cedar and eucalyptus is actually the smell of old money!

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 1:02 pm

      🙂

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  7. Joe says:
    7 January 2010 at 1:04 pm

    It sounds like it could be nice, but not being one of the legions of Creed fanboys, I passed this one right over when someone was doing a split. Creed generally doesn’t do a damn thing for me, but I’m glad someone apparently enjoys them.

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    • boojum says:
      7 January 2010 at 1:13 pm

      I’ve wondered about that a bit myself. In general, the line has done little to get my interest, so I’ve actually only tried one scent (SMW). Even though I really liked that one, it didn’t wow me enough to make me pursue any others.

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    • miss kitty v. says:
      7 January 2010 at 1:34 pm

      I feel like Creed is a status scent, right up there with Bond. I think the people who buy it just do so because they can. Personally, I really dislike Creed, just based on principle. I liked Fleurisimo, but for the price? None of them are worth it. They smell like sort of nice dimestore frags, nothing more.

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      • Joe says:
        7 January 2010 at 1:44 pm

        I couldn’t agree more… I don’t merely dislike them on principle (heaven knows, I love even more expensive/statusy things, including some Bonds). Most Creeds just don’t smell well made to me — or maybe they’re just not to my taste, but it feels more like a quality issue. Many are very similar-smelling. I have decants of Rose Thé Bulgare and Silver Mountain Water, but several others smelled from merely nice to sort of off. I feel as if I’d like the women’s line much more than the men’s. In any case, I don’t understand the swooning cult following.

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    • Daisy says:
      7 January 2010 at 1:55 pm

      I know scads and scads of folks love dem some creeds, but for the most part they go “kind of iccky” on me. I did cave on a split of Sublime Vanille and luckily it’s pretty nice, however it’s not even close to knocking SDV , Ambre Narguile or Havana Vanille out of that covetted HG vanilla spot. So considering the price of this one, I’m going to give it a pass….and I’m going to laugh while I’m doing it.

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 3:13 pm

      Joe, there is a 7 page thread on Basenotes about this scent. So yeah, it’s got fans 🙂

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    • datura5750 says:
      7 January 2010 at 8:31 pm

      Hi Joe! I went in on the split, will bring you some next time we have a Sniffa!
      It’s really nice I’m afraid…

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  8. Ayala says:
    7 January 2010 at 2:11 pm

    I don’t thinkg eucalyptus can grow in the UK as it is now. They must refer to Australia when it was still part of the British Empire. In 1936 I bet they could have grown pretty much anything they liked in their empire. The oranges must have come from Palestine, and the lime perhaps from India?

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 3:12 pm

      Yes. I removed the country designations from the list of notes because I thought it was silly, and probably misleading.

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  9. mjr17 says:
    7 January 2010 at 3:15 pm

    There are two Creeds that I am absolutely crazy about. Virgin Island Water (I know I know, so cliché, I’m sure) and Bois de Cédrat (apparently worn by Georges Braque! I study art history, so that scores points with me.)

    But seriously, Bois de Cedrat is one of the most beautiful, refreshing citrus scents I’ve ever encountered (and that’s saying a lot in a world of fresh scents). If you haven’t smelled it, do give it a try next time you are near a Creed counter.

    Of course, I’ve not been able to “afford” either of these in FB, though they are both on my to-buy list. The great thing is that Creed pre-packaged samples are very generous – 1.5 ml to 2ml? – so I’ve been able to sort of get by with them. But once the warm weather rolls around again, I’m sure I’ll be trying to work them into my budget.

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 4:49 pm

      Good luck saving those pennies!

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  10. abirae says:
    7 January 2010 at 5:53 pm

    Why slap me in the face, it’s a roll call of my favorite notes!

    I actually mixed up a slurry of lime, orange, pine, rose, cedar and linool (mostly pine and rose – but no juniper on hand) several weeks ago in an attempt to create an “enchanted forest” scent, but I can’t say my creation was a masterpiece.

    Dior’s Forever and Ever does something similar – they don’t list pine as a note, but I remember it as a big juicy rose with a coniferous drydown. Possibly a lower priced alternative.

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 8:35 pm

      Oh, your mix sounds fun though!

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  11. lilydale aka Natalie says:
    7 January 2010 at 6:01 pm

    “Subtle,” huh? Edward VIII was definitely NOT subtle in his sartorial choices; his fashion sense was pretty wild for a guy, actually (mixing three kinds of plaid, for instance). Still, he was chic as all get-out, although perhaps not the brightest — or most morally aware — spark around.

    Nitpicking (and astronomical price) aside, however, I’d love to sniff this one!

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    • Robin says:
      7 January 2010 at 8:36 pm

      Hope you’ll get to then 🙂

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