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Wall Street Journal praises Love in Black, Spice and Wood

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
CREED love in Black & Spice and Wood

CREED Love in Black & CREED Spice and Wood

The Wall Street Journal in recent days praised CREED’s Love In Black fragrance, saying it “explores the concept of Parma violets in a modern way” and CREED Spice and Wood, which the newspaper called ”masculine and assertive” yet with a “delicate” note.  The Wall Street Journal also declared Erwin CREED, 30, among “the world’s top noses.”

In the art of fragrance, “nose” means ”perfumer”.  Erwin CREED is the seventh generation of the house, still serving as apprentice to his father, master perfumer Olivier CREED, creator of the some of the firm’s most popular and artistic fragrances, including Green Irish Tweed, Millesime Imperial and Aventus.  The CREED family gratefully acknowledges the Journal’s praise, as father and son work together to craft fragrances of royal quality for their clientele, aided only by a staff of 35 who handle bottling and shipping, all together in a single, rustic location in the French countryside.

For Valentine’s Day, CREED

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011
CREED Original Santal

CREED Original Santal

A gift of CREED is a luxurious sign of affection on Valentine’s Day — or any romantic occasion.

CREED Fleurissimo was created by order of a prince for his American bride on their wedding day.  Fleurissimo is available to CREED customers today.

The luminous red bottle of Original Santal is a Valentine’s Day gift of lush sandalwood from India and other ingredients that inspire romance.

Citrus Bigarrade was the shared fragrance of a royal couple whose romance flourished in glamorous exile.

Other romantic selections include Love In White, worn by two First Ladies, and Love In Black, inspired by the brunette beauty of a First Lady who served too briefly, a lasting legend of stylish living and taste.

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 in Fashion Photography

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Even as CREED celebrates its 250th anniversary in 2010, CREED fragrances remain enduringly stylish. In fact, many fashion editors and photographers choose CREED to be part of photo shoots for magazines, newspapers and websites around the world. A few selections from recent years are featured here.


A classic CREED flacon in the niche Flaunt Magazine in February 2008
 CREED Original Vetiver in a menswear shoot for Women's Wear Daily April 2010
CREED Love In White was selected by Marie Claire Fashion Director Nina Garcia  September 2009
Erwin CREED takes time out for a rare public appearance in Vanity Fair in 2006
CREED's flacon in Selecta Magazine in south Florida in March 2008
Esquire's Black Book Fall 2007
Love In Black in Atlantan Magazine in 2008
Dallas Weddings Spring 2009
Elle Canada October 2008

As you can see, CREED products shot for fashion pages range from classic CREED flacons (or 8.4 ounce decanters) and CREED Original Vetiver to CREED Love In White. On one occasion, a CREED family member, seventh generation Erwin CREED, took a break from work in Paris to be photographed for a full page in Vanity Fair, a rare public appearance.
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Does CREED participate in Fashion Week — or the Academy Awards?

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Preparations for Fashion Week 2010

Preparations for Fashion Week 2010

CREED is a niche, family-owned company, of course, and the focus of master perfumer Olivier CREED and his son, Erwin, and their staff of 35 people is the hand creation of fine fragrances for clients.

Yet CREED does offer a limited range of exclusive and fashionable accessories, including travel-grooming kits made from Italian leather hand-stitched in France, perfect for holding shaving gear or cosmetics. CREED also offers leather-wrapped shatterproof bottles, or atomizers, sized at 1.7 ounces, perfect for the traveling fragrance enthusiast. CREED offers clothing only in its Paris boutique and does not show collections at Fashion Week.

In 2010, CREED responded to a request to make a very small gift of fragrance to models participating in a major designer’s presentation at New York Fashion Week. The fragrances offered were CREED Love In Black, Love In White and Acqua Fiorentina. (more…)