Spice and Wood

Classic men’s fragrance. Shines in rainy season. Lingers longer on clothes. Shukran Habibi!

My heart aches every time I talk about this fragrance or wear it. This perfume perfectly captures the essence of a classic prince or a nobleman. Its unique blend of citrus, clove, and cedarwood makes me feel happy, strong, and confident. It's a truly unique fragrance; when you wear it, you feel its ingredients are pure, warm, and uplifting. It's a truly masculine fragrance, and many women will love it too. It's regal and unlike any other. I always repurchase it because it's a thousand times better than Creed Aventus. I've tried to find similar fragrances from other brands, but I haven't. It was crafted with the advice of a magician to be captivating and irresistible. You'll receive compliments from everyone, and it will never let you down. I hope Creed will produce a highly concentrated version of this fragrance, especially since its longevity is excellent, lasting up to 8 hours. 100/10

Smell is nice but The smell doesn't linger; it disappears after 5 minutes! Does this happen to you too?

Peppery green wood shavings paired with freshly squeezed green apples, surprisingly refreshing. My sample is now a skin scent after 2 hours, but it's still there. I'd wear this in spring and autumn. Would consider a discounted bottle.

Very similar to Serge Lutens Poivre Noir. This is nice but I don't need both.

I'm such a sucker for spicy, woody fragrances that open up with a lovely citrus blast—and that's exactly what this is. This is also a very smooth fragrance, with a very high quality choice of musk. One of my most fragrances ever is royal oud, so trying this out was a must for me. I can say that I do prefer royal oud though and they are certainly distinct fragrances, I can also say this does not smell "just" like Viking. Performance on clothing is alright, but not great especially considering the price of this fragrance and the performance on my skin is quite bad, becoming close to a skin scent in only about an hour or two. The smell is very elegant yes, but when I factor in the price and performance I just can't rate this fragrance (as a whole package) as something I love. Scent is: 9.5/10 Overall: 8.5/10

If I'm being honest, it just smells like Viking...

Remember that movie Gone in 60 Seconds? Yeah. So sad. Because this is a beautiful, classy, dry cedar scent. Smells luxurious and expensive. But it never projects further than an inch off my skin even when I douse myself. Longevity is maybe 3-4 hours before it’s completely gone. And when you consider retail on this is currently $640 for 75ml the disappointment turns to disgust. Luckily it’s fairly easy to find good prices in the secondary market, but it’s really difficult to justify at any price given the bad performance. Don’t get me wrong - I really enjoy it when a fragrance hums softly and doesn’t bash everyone over the head, but this is too soft for anyone to smell unless they are WAY inside your personal bubble.

One of my favorites, but lasts a very short amount of time. I typically layer it on top of Molecule 01 to get an extra hour or two.

underrated, people mentioned already the performance issues but it's quite masculinity, yes it smells good, citrus spice and woods, but I just have a sample and don't think with this performance I can spend 600 dollars, I'll need too many sprays per wear.

Used to like it, now i can't wear it..had to sell my bottle, something about it annoys me

Purchase this as a x mass gift for my self, scent is amazing, very classy and expensive, mature. The balanced of every note on this frag really well blended, well this is about the scent. Now talking about the performance, longevity is weak same like the projection. Already notice it while sniffing on a store before i purchased. The high Price is the other thing to consider. I Still purchased 75 ml bottled event i know the performance and projection is weak is because i really impressed with the scent, for me the scent is special that fit for special moment. Not safe for blind buy, and i think this is the fragrance that only worth it to buy one time only in my life, for repurchase oh hell no. I Love the scent very amazing the only thing i like from the spice and wood and ignored the performance, projection and Price. Cmon creed if the performance and projection is really good with the same price i would love to purchased it again, If still same thats a big No

Has a very similar dry down too profumo but its darker and slightly more spicy/woody

I count myself lucky to have experienced this fragrance, thanks to knowing a great friend. I could tell you it smells refined and expensive, or that it carries the elegance of a five-star hotel where a bellboy glides forward with a gold cart and treats you as if you belong among the elite. All of those things are true, but none of them help you, the reader, understand what this actually smells like or what kind of man brings it to life. Describing scent is easy. Describing character is harder. To explain that, I need to tell you about my old friend James. James was always a character slightly out of step with the modern world. My office friends and I would rotate through the same rotation of shirts and ties for dinners or events, but James arrived as if he had stepped out of another era. A camel overcoat draped perfectly over his shoulders, leather gloves snug against the chill, a scarf folded just so, and slim wool trousers that suggested careful tailoring rather than fleeting trends. Heck, sometimes he even wore a fedora too. We would jokingly call him "Don Draper" or even "John Constantine," depending on the mood. But James never cared. He moved with a calm assurance that made our teasing feel like background noise. Whenever he approached our table, this was the scent that followed him. Not loudly, not insistently. It drifted in like the presence of a man who knows exactly who he is. Smooth, calm, and unmistakably masculine. Some might call it an older gentleman’s fragrance, but the truth is simpler. It belongs to someone who does not ask permission to be himself, someone who dresses for no audience and seeks no approval, someone who understands that confidence is not volume but posture. The fragrance stays close and that feels intentional. Nothing about it tries to command the room. It has the same poise as James. You notice him not because he demands attention but because his presence settles into the space with quiet authority. You sense his vibe before he speaks. A well-dressed man moving through cool air with purpose, untouched by the rush of the world around him. Subtle sweetness. No trendy vanilla. Nothing flashy. Just cultivated taste and steady confidence. Sure, I could describe the notes, a hint of bright citrus, warm clove, pepper, cedar, vetiver, with a trace of moss, but that does not capture it. This fragrance is less about ingredients and more about the character it embodies, the quiet power of a man who needs no audience. For someone like James, this is THE fragrance. It is effortless, assured, quiet, yet impossible to ignore. The right man wears it, and everything else falls into place. I will end up purchasing this fragrance, but I will never be able to pull it off quite like him. Every time this scent drifts by, it brings him back to me, as if he’s right there in the room. I miss you, James.

@Liz70 although i respect anyone wearing any type of fragrance, i do think it's wrong to state that this fragrance exudes feminine elegance when it's composed with a lot of masculine-typical notes like birch, pepper, oakmoss and cedar. I personally don't see this on a woman but then again, i never smelled it on one so i might be wrong but this fragrance has masculinity written all over it. Saying this has feminine elegance to it, is like saying gentle fluidity gold had a very bold masculine energy to it, which is a unisex scent but very obviously catered towards females, with even a masculine counterpart in fluidity silver. As i said, i always respect people wearing whatever they like and i think it's ok to like female scents as a man and masculine scents as a woman but we gotta be real with the reviews and not tell ourselves and others that something is what it isn't.

Most reviews claim this as a fragrance firmly in the men's department. I'm here to tell you that as a corporate professional with expensive taste, but very, very feminine, this couldn't be more perfect for me. It perfectly suits my personality, professional life and style. It smells like power but it's also incredibly sophisticated and elegant. Every accord is gorgeously blended to create a vaguely bright (the apple is lovely) but spicy and warm wood. Dare I say, this exudes a confident woman's elegance. In short, not only do I love this on me, this garners compliments every time I wear it. Often from both women and men.

I was looking for a Creed to wear for the fall, I'm not too satisfied with the popular offerings. But I would say the reviews have me hesitant to commit to a full-bottle.

This is a phenomenal fall/winter fragrance. Great grown-up, mature spicy woody scent. From initial spray I get loads of dry cedar, with light apple and black pepper, and it drys down with less apple and a lot more wood. Bad performance, extremely masculine leaning and old school imo. It projects in a little bubble like 3-4 inches away from where you sprayed it, which is fine, but in about 3 hours it dies down to a super soft skin scent. Amazing scent profile, dogshit performance. Still great overall. 8/10 only because of performance. If you have the money, and you REALLY have to have this scent profile, I’d say go for it. Be ready to re-apply if you want people to smell you.

Yeah this is if you’re not spending money on frags like Aventus to fill some status quo in your mind. People who own companies would probably wear this. I will say the smell went away fast on a test strip and from other reviews it seems performance isn’t good

Batch variations for Spice and Wood do exist, which explains many of the varying viewpoints on seasonality and sweetness here. In my experience, the softer, apple-forward batches (from what years I have no clue) have a somewhat disappointing yet acceptable performance; and these are also the batches that smell absolutely divine. When people say Spice and Wood smells balanced, these are the batches they're referring to. The opening greets you with the best apple note I've ever encountered. Many folks here say it's a green apple, which would connote a sour and tart profile, but it absolutely is not that. I get something closer to a fuji apple -- an photorealistic vigor that persists through the rest of the fragrance's superbly uplifting wear. No faux-fruity candy-sweetness to be found here. You must resist the urge to huff the olfactory dopamine bomb you just applied to your wrist. Other batches lack that fruity balance. My bottle hails from 2020, and while its performance is positively nuclear (two sprays is plenty), the fruity dimensions are difficult to discern while the pepper and clove are more amplified, making for a sharper and headier wear. The bottle I recently sampled at Saks Fifth Avenue performance also fit this latter description, except its performance was also somewhat lacking. But I expect several months/years of sitting around to macerate could solve this. Ultimately, my advice to the community is to know which aspects of Spice & Wood you prefer and how much you value performance. Do your research and talk with the seller before you pull the trigger on a bottle online. Personally, I wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice some performance if it gets me the olfactory perfection that only Spice and Wood can achieve.

It smells like royal court at 7 am

This and Royal Oud, to this day are my 2 favorite fragrances ever and i've smelt around 700-800 fragrances. The performance isn't actually bad, it's just that you would expect more power from something so expensive but you need to understand that you are paying for the quality level of the sophistication this fragrance delivers, not the projection. This isn't hedonistic, tobacco vanille, nouveau riche money. This is sophisticated, elegant, old money level of rich. This is a - rich and made it in life gentleman - type fragrance, blended to perfection with a blessing and a curse called natural ingredients, that will usually lie uneasy due to ungrateful wearers complaining about performance. Reality is it DOES last, it just doesnt project heavy but it actually shouldn't. Nothing reeks worse than an eccentricly loud fragrance, that begs for attention, if you're trying to be classy and elegant. Also saw someone below, talking down on this while praising montale intense pepper. It's an insult to any nose out there, to compare this fragrance to any montale ever. You still have time to delete that comment my friend. 11/10 fragrance but only for those who are ready to pay with projection for true olfactive quality.

"Oh my GOD, you smell incredible—what are you wearing?" At a black-tie event, this was the reaction from a complete stranger I'd just struck up small talk with. Spice and Wood by Creed is stunningly beautiful, effortlessly addictive, and utterly natural. There's not a hint of anything synthetic here - just pure, understated elegance and undeniable subtly masculine class. No, this isn't a projection monster - and neither should it be. That vulgarity can be reserved for lesser fragrances. The longevity is very good - I can notice it on clothes a week later. A work of art.

I see some people are complaining about performance. I have one that's 8-9 years old and a new F batch, they are both excellent. (The older a little stronger now as expected.) Maybe there were some bad years in between my bottles, I wouldn't know, but they are fine now (2024-2025). It projects decently for a couple of hours, but it's not filling any rooms. Then it remains closer to your skin for the remainder of the day. Easily hangs around for 8-9 hours on me. Fresh, sweet, fruity, uplifting, airy but still with a little spicy heft to it. Absolutely masterful perfumery. One of my 3-4 favorite perfumes of all time.

The new batches are good. They all smell the same. Older ones are stronger you might say. Absolute definition of a gentleman commanding respect. Wear it. But don’t wear it if you have a hard day at the office. It does not mix well with blood sweat and tears. It will become a smell like tomato puree. This is due to the authentic sun dried lemon note. It is a very distinguished fragrance when worn well. Just be careful, wear it only on best relaxed yet professional days. It is not meant for working like slave, much like erolfa. This is because they sour with stress. Skin under stress is not quelled by some creed scents because they do not contain synthetic detergents. These are like vacation only fragrance. You can say this is like a first class fall vacation smell or very relaxed/social day at office. So good though. Commands respect when it is fresh. If having this issue like me, grab the collar of shirt and air out.

Literal water in a bottle. Has almost no smell.

This is an absolute gentleman.

When you want to smell masculine, sophisticated, and still get response from women in the fall and winter this is what you wear. Smells great and long lasting as a skin scent . It’s blended well. This does not go well with a woman. I bought a tester from a local discounter going out of business. Safe blind buy if you like masculine scents for ages 28 and up. My top creed fragrances in order I recommend 1. Spice and wood 2. Creed Aventus 3. Original Santal 4. Silver Mountain Water 5. Royal oud

Personal collection of over 200 fragrances … can’t stop reaching for this one especially in winter months. May add a layer of Aventus occasionally to lighten it up. Pure masculine class. 9.5 out of 10

Very poor performance and too heavy on the birch in my opinion. Montale Intense Pepper is what the Creed Spice and Wood should have been. You are welcome.