Archive for May, 2010

CREED & Charity

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

During its 250 years, CREED has been a loyal supporter of the communities in which it does business. As CREED is a very small, independent, family-run company that produces all of its products by hand in France, CREED’s support many times takes the form of a special item presented for a charity auction. For example, CREED flacons, perhaps signed by a member of the CREED family, offered with CREED shatterproof atomizers, are examples of such donations. Occasionally, CREED’s charity support takes the form of a financial gift.
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CREED Sprays for the Well Dressed Home

Monday, May 17th, 2010
CREED Room Sprays

CREED Room Sprays

CREED fragrances such as CREED Green Valley, CREED Love in Black and CREED Erolfa are the perfect finishing touch for the well-dressed man or woman. CREED also provides superb ambience for the home.

CREED room sprays are blended by master perfumer Olivier CREED in his French country workshop alongside CREED fragrances for the body. A major difference is that Mr. CREED uses much higher concentrations of natural ingredients — blooms, buds and spices, for example — for room sprays that quickly fill any chamber with lush, inviting scent.

CREED’s Cocktail de Pivoines room spray literally means “cocktail of peonies”. It has a loyal clientele worldwide. In fact, royal household purchasing departments are among its largest acquirers. Perfect for family or guest quarters, this scent is floral and fresh — but never overpowering.
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CREED’s Leather Bags Serve in Iraq

Monday, May 10th, 2010
Lt. Anthony Arellano

Lt. Anthony Arellano

CREED Travel Grooming Kit in black

CREED Travel Grooming Kit in black

It’s obvious that CREED leather kits, hand-stitched in France from Italian leather, are an attractive take-anywhere way to store shaving gear, shampoo, soap and, of course, fragrance. But how strong and durable are they? Tough enough for U.S. troops serving in Iraq.

In 2009, as part of our regular, free shipments of grooming goods, including soaps and hair-and-body washes, to U.S. troops serving in Iraq, CREED sent a leather travel-grooming kit to U.S. Army First Lieutenant Anthony Arellano, serving in a field artillery unit outside the city of Tikrit. Lieutenant Arellano kept his CREED kit with him for the rest of his tour in Iraq, which included many dangerous missions. CREED is proud the kit withstood searing heat and sun, rough travel, sand and sustained use in perfect condition. CREED is very pleased that Lieutenant Arellano and his kit have returned safely to the U.S.

From its durable handle to its double-zip compartments, CREED kits sized at 10 inches long, six and one half inches high and four inches wide are an ideal way to carry with you all your grooming goods — wherever in the world you go.

CREED’s Florals for Mother’s Day

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
CREED Spring Flower

CREED's Spring Flower

Many readers have asked which are CREED’s most luxurious floral fragrances for Mother’s Day. It’s a fine question.

CREED Spring Flower in its exuberant pink bottle is a true harbinger of the season and holiday. The rose, queen of flowers, is brilliantly combined with superb peach, melon and apple in this blend that is now a hallmark of the House of CREED. It is an ideal fragrance for the occasion.

Less well known but just as enchanting is CREED Fantasia de Fleurs, an armful of luscious blooms in a bottle. Originally made for a legendary beauty, Empress Elisabeth (“Sisi”) of Austria-Hungary, Fantasia de Fleurs is a lively burst of floral joy, with Bulgarian rose, Florentine iris and a royal garden of other essences for CREED’s most lavish floral.
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