Well spoken as always. I started my frag journey with Creeds only back in 2018. I learned early to only look for older bottles. More than a year later I opened up to other brands, thankfully. Thanks for all your great videos sir!
Hello ramsey. Question, Did you Himalaya 2017 bottle came with the round cap? I saw a lot of 2017 bottles with sharp cap, just like the 120ml versions. But i saw a SMW from 2017 with a round cap and i thought it was fake, that's why i m curious about your bottle if it came with that round cap
@@JigSawGamingim pretty sure they changed from sharp to round in 2017, so both is possible for 2017 batches of creed in general. Same for the bottle sizes 75/120 to 50/100
Very insightful, I heard that Creed were members of the "don't let the truth stand in the way of a good story" cult, so this was expected and fun to hear. Similarly, when I started, I was a collector of Mugler A-Men flakers (I miss them😭) but soon after I started buying Creed, Amouage, Xerjoff and Roja. Interestingly, although I moved on from Creed and don't own a single bottle, any amount of "dirt" and hate will not change my opinion on some of their creations, like GIT, SMW and MI. One day I plan to restock on MI at least. But the perfume world is very competitive and I need to always have some money available for Areej 😁 Thanks for the review 🙏
The old formulation is the one that I remember most too. Lovely stuff. Appreciate the context Ramsey.👌 Still marvelling at the fact that it took Gabe coming out of nowhere and doing his homework to inform veteran enthusiasts about the brand. But star struck fools are often the easiest to mislead aren't they. 😆
Another brilliant and in detail review Ram. I really enjoy Himalaya for the office and as a 'I don't want to wear any fragrance today' type of fragrance😅
The house of Creed does have awesome scents, but I wouldn't pay what the house charges for their creations. I've always preferred amouage if I want to spend that kind of money. Very helpful and informative review as always. I think creed took many notes out of paco rabanne xs pour homme making this fragrance. I prefer the paco rabanne xs over this any day and it last way more than this.
I think 2002 was around when I was first getting into fragrances. Not like I've gotten into it recently over the last few months, but I remember trying and buying Ralph Lauren Polo Blue, because I liked it so much, when it first was released around then. That was a memorable event for me. I've barely tried Creed; just smelled it at Nordstrom, but I have a sample of Silver Mountain Water that the lady made for me at Nordstrom and also an official Aventus sample that the guy at Nordstrom gave me. I only have some samples of PDM so far, and still haven't even tried Amouage or Roja or Nishane or many other big fragrance houses yet, but I'm learning and hopefully I will get to try them some day. I want to try more MFK, because I've only tried a sample of Grand Soir so far. I especially want to try Oud Satin Mood and BR540 of course, and Silver and Gold Fluidity.
@@infinite8586 the man was brutal... but I guess the law of nature made him who he turned out to be... I agree with you no more Creeds for me...I will enjoy what I have and call it a day lol
Cheers Rams, I have a similar experience with jumping on the Creed hype train 🚞 and of course Himalaya is one of them , I can’t compare to older batches but I figured it was a bit fleeting and put it down to it’s airy cold nature. That said I don’t regret having My Creeds, only the goddam highway robbery on the price points but ,one learns by one’s mistakes hahaha. Great review and yeah a great fragrance by a great perfumer ( not Olivier Creed lets leave him to the Fairytale best seller list lol 😂) have a great day buddy 🙏✌️👍
So you reviewed it! 😊 Nice .. If you still remember my friend I sent to you in Instagram months ago .. I want to send you this Creed Himalaya BNIB 120 ml batch 2015 but unfortunately no one (friend or a family member) coming to the USA soon! 🙁 I hope in the near future 👍
Disregarding creed historical false claims ….they did indeed made history in modern perfumery ..no one can deny that . And Olivier creed was a genius nose in appreciating beautiful scents rather than making them
I’m the same as you Ram, wouldn’t buy now. I feel the quality isn’t there. To spend that kind of money I need to be blown away by a perfume and know that the materials are good. Great review as always and I also would recommend The Ghost Perfumer to all the fragrance enthusiasts ❤
I don't regret any of them honestly... even the vintage Creed did their job as far as growth in this Hobby goes...but God I miss my Vintage bottles of Himalaya and Bois du Portugal 🥲
Hey Ram It’s really strange that not a single frag-head has addresss the fact that this a replica of La Praire for Men(2000) . We all know by now that Mr Oliver Greed has a tendency to steal ideas. La Prairie for men was only sold exclusively at Neiman Marcus ,the line includes an eye treatment , after shave , face moisturizer and the Perfueme. The proyect was short lived and was discontinued around 2002 I bet Oliver saw this as an opportunity to replicate as close as he could the OG and market it as Himalaya. I may be the sole owner left in the world of the original creation , 2 bottles and believe me , Himalaya is about 90% as close . Probably the OG being more citrus and Himalaya more floral
@@RamseytheRam thanks for your trust , yes I was a fan on La Prairie for men , had the whole line , and been hoarding bottles of the cologne when they appeared in eBay , my last 2 bottles purchased around 10 years ago , in the meantime I started the creed hype , first with aventus, GIT, Royal Oud, Bois De Portugal, Spice and Wood, Vanesia, Erolfa, Tabarome, and when I got Himalaya I knew at that precise moment that I had this almost exactly fragrance on my collection , so I grab the whole bottle and made test at home with same conclusion that is almost identical as La Prairie for Men
@@DrIstoris this has not been officially attributed to him , so this proves once again that Oliver was very creative to steal ideas, I read the ghost perfumer and he was very clever indeed ,
Hey Ramsey! Great video, very informative and interesting! 🙏🏼
Thanks so much Lee... appreciate you watching 👀
Hey Ramsey, can you please tell me was the performance noticeably better in the 2010 version as well?
As I remember it, it was a little better
Thank you sir!
Well spoken as always.
I started my frag journey with Creeds only back in 2018. I learned early to only look for older bottles. More than a year later I opened up to other brands, thankfully.
Thanks for all your great videos sir!
@@gurreu old Creeds are where its at! Thanks for watching & commenting 🍻
Hello ramsey. Question, Did you Himalaya 2017 bottle came with the round cap? I saw a lot of 2017 bottles with sharp cap, just like the 120ml versions. But i saw a SMW from 2017 with a round cap and i thought it was fake, that's why i m curious about your bottle if it came with that round cap
It's not the same cap as the 120ml bottles
@@RamseytheRam So your Himalaya came with round cap?
@@JigSawGamingim pretty sure they changed from sharp to round in 2017, so both is possible for 2017 batches of creed in general. Same for the bottle sizes 75/120 to 50/100
Very insightful, I heard that Creed were members of the "don't let the truth stand in the way of a good story" cult, so this was expected and fun to hear.
Similarly, when I started, I was a collector of Mugler A-Men flakers (I miss them😭) but soon after I started buying Creed, Amouage, Xerjoff and Roja.
Interestingly, although I moved on from Creed and don't own a single bottle, any amount of "dirt" and hate will not change my opinion on some of their creations, like GIT, SMW and MI. One day I plan to restock on MI at least. But the perfume world is very competitive and I need to always have some money available for Areej 😁
Thanks for the review 🙏
They are definitely part of that cult! I miss the A*Men Flankers too 🥲
The old formulation is the one that I remember most too. Lovely stuff. Appreciate the context Ramsey.👌 Still marvelling at the fact that it took Gabe coming out of nowhere and doing his homework to inform veteran enthusiasts about the brand. But star struck fools are often the easiest to mislead aren't they. 😆
Gabe is a legend in the fragrance 🌎
I will need this one on my Himalayan trekking.
Let's go.....
Yes you will! 😂
Another brilliant and in detail review Ram. I really enjoy Himalaya for the office and as a 'I don't want to wear any fragrance today' type of fragrance😅
Yeah I could totally see that... thanks for watching & commenting Seth
The house of Creed does have awesome scents, but I wouldn't pay what the house charges for their creations. I've always preferred amouage if I want to spend that kind of money. Very helpful and informative review as always. I think creed took many notes out of paco rabanne xs pour homme making this fragrance. I prefer the paco rabanne xs over this any day and it last way more than this.
Especially with the prices they are at currently. . Their prices are outrageous
I think 2002 was around when I was first getting into fragrances. Not like I've gotten into it recently over the last few months, but I remember trying and buying Ralph Lauren Polo Blue, because I liked it so much, when it first was released around then. That was a memorable event for me. I've barely tried Creed; just smelled it at Nordstrom, but I have a sample of Silver Mountain Water that the lady made for me at Nordstrom and also an official Aventus sample that the guy at Nordstrom gave me.
I only have some samples of PDM so far, and still haven't even tried Amouage or Roja or Nishane or many other big fragrance houses yet, but I'm learning and hopefully I will get to try them some day. I want to try more MFK, because I've only tried a sample of Grand Soir so far. I especially want to try Oud Satin Mood and BR540 of course, and Silver and Gold Fluidity.
Smell everything you can brother... it's part of the journey 🐽
Yes, I’d never touch Creed now. Even the ones I used to really like has watered down quite a bit.
And man, Pierre Bourdain’s father got no chill…😅😅
@@infinite8586 the man was brutal... but I guess the law of nature made him who he turned out to be... I agree with you no more Creeds for me...I will enjoy what I have and call it a day lol
Cheers Rams, I have a similar experience with jumping on the Creed hype train 🚞 and of course Himalaya is one of them , I can’t compare to older batches but I figured it was a bit fleeting and put it down to it’s airy cold nature. That said I don’t regret having My Creeds, only the goddam highway robbery on the price points but ,one learns by one’s mistakes hahaha. Great review and yeah a great fragrance by a great perfumer ( not Olivier Creed lets leave him to the Fairytale best seller list lol 😂) have a great day buddy 🙏✌️👍
Still the fact that he is a billionaire does my head in
@@RamseytheRam yeah but is he happy? Maybe not, but does he give a shit he’s a fucking billionaire hahaha 🤣 👍
So you reviewed it! 😊 Nice ..
If you still remember my friend I sent to you in Instagram months ago .. I want to send you this Creed Himalaya BNIB 120 ml batch 2015 but unfortunately no one (friend or a family member) coming to the USA soon! 🙁 I hope in the near future 👍
Thanks for thinking of me & thanks for watching & commenting 🍻
I think this is one of my favourite creeds 🐏🦆
Definitely underrated! 🐏🦆
Disregarding creed historical false claims ….they did indeed made history in modern perfumery ..no one can deny that . And Olivier creed was a genius nose in appreciating beautiful scents rather than making them
He was a great evaluator of talent
I’m the same as you Ram, wouldn’t buy now. I feel the quality isn’t there. To spend that kind of money I need to be blown away by a perfume and know that the materials are good. Great review as always and I also would recommend The Ghost Perfumer to all the fragrance enthusiasts ❤
A well researched book... even for a Creed fan that doesn't want to hear it lol
@@RamseytheRam 💯
when i didnt know how deep the rabbit hole went, i did the same thing $$$$ 😂 although i dont really regret most of the amouage's
p.s. ive tossed around the idea of buying vintage XS, didnt know it smelled similar to vintage Himalaya though....intriguing
I don't regret any of them honestly... even the vintage Creed did their job as far as growth in this Hobby goes...but God I miss my Vintage bottles of Himalaya and Bois du Portugal 🥲
awesome
Let's go!
Great Review…..
🙏 thx
Thanks for watching & commenting 🍻
I thought it was the watered down Aventus which made you quit buying creeds 😂
Both!
Hey Ram It’s really strange that not a single frag-head has addresss the fact that this a replica of La Praire for Men(2000) .
We all know by now that Mr Oliver Greed has a tendency to steal ideas. La Prairie for men was only sold exclusively at Neiman Marcus ,the line includes an eye treatment , after shave , face moisturizer and the Perfueme.
The proyect was short lived and was discontinued around 2002
I bet Oliver saw this as an opportunity to replicate as close as he could the OG and market it as Himalaya. I may be the sole owner left in the world of the original creation , 2 bottles and believe me , Himalaya is about 90% as close . Probably the OG being more citrus and Himalaya more floral
I am sorry I have never smelled (or quite frankly even heard of) La Praire for Men 🤷🏻♂️
But I will take your word for it
@@RamseytheRam thanks for your trust , yes I was a fan on La Prairie for men , had the whole line , and been hoarding bottles of the cologne when they appeared in eBay , my last 2 bottles purchased around 10 years ago , in the meantime I started the creed hype , first with aventus, GIT, Royal Oud, Bois De Portugal, Spice and Wood, Vanesia, Erolfa, Tabarome, and when I got Himalaya I knew at that precise moment that I had this almost exactly fragrance on my collection , so I grab the whole bottle and made test at home with same conclusion that is almost identical as La Prairie for Men
I disagree, I think that it is just a coincidence( especially when the brand is so unknown). I don’t think Bourdon would copy someone’s work.
@@DrIstoris this has not been officially attributed to him , so this proves once again that Oliver was very creative to steal ideas, I read the ghost perfumer and he was very clever indeed ,
@@laila-intima when you smell Himalaya and other Bourdon’s creations it is quite clear that it’s his, at least to me it is.