Spice and Wood
Spice and Wood by Creed is an unisex eau de parfum from 2016 in the luxury price tier. It opens with apple, lemon and bergamot, moves into black pepper, birch, clove and angelica and dries down to cedarwood, iris, musk and oakmoss. Expect around 8 hours of wear, and it projects at a moderate level.
Notes, explained
Opening
- Apple Crunchy and tart or soft and red, depending on the treatment.
- Lemon Clean, sour, instantly recognisable. Bright but burns off fast.
- Bergamot Sharp citrus with a faint bitter edge. The opening of about half of all men's fragrances.
Heart
- Black Pepper Dry and prickly. Gives a fragrance grip and a bit of bite.
- Birch Clean pale wood. The leaves, not the tar.
- Clove Hot, dry and dental. Powerful — a little goes a long way.
- Angelica Musky, herbal root. Earthy and a bit strange.
Dry-down
- Cedarwood Dry, pencil-shaving woodiness. Clean and structural.
- Iris Cool, powdery, slightly carroty and expensive. The luxury note.
- Musk Warm, skin-like and slightly sweet. Makes a fragrance feel like you.
- Oakmoss Damp forest floor. Bitter, green and the backbone of every chypre.
Smells like this
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- Guerlain Angélique Noire
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