CREED Silver Mountain Water Eau de Parfum

This is Olivier Creed’s personal signature scent. I love the alpine concept. Along with the zen-like, evocative name and the immaculate, white bottle, the scent conjures up images of glistening mountain streams and crisp-clean air. The name itself is a haiku—minimalist, imagistic poetry in three concise words. The main accords are green, aquatic, and mineral.

This is HEAVENLY!!! Fruity berries, with musk behind and you get the hint of tea too!
Simply stunning, spellbinding freshness... Definitely evokes the fresh mountain stream.
I was reluctant to blind buy as I'd read reviews that it was a disappointing effort from Creed... And similar to Himalaya (which it really isn't)
My personal taste says this is my favourite from the house and I must have it!
Just reaffirms in my mind that you should always try a fragrance (of course) and that there's no accounting for taste.
One thing I've learned is that Creed is synonymous with quality.

If anyone has read or seen the movie "The Perfume" might remember the part where Master Baldini smells the perfume that Grenouille had created for him when they first met. He opens the bottle, smells the aroma, and suddenly everything around him is transformed into a beautiful flower garden, then a woman slowly approaches him and says to his ear: "I love you" This is one of the few perfumes that when I first smelled it literally made me feel that way... For a few seconds I thought I was in heaven.

Beyond notes, duration, longevity or sillage, this perfume is just wonderful. My all time favorite.

I join the chorus of praises for this remarkable scent. A spring day high in the Alps next to a rushing stream. It is so well crafted that it is hard to pick out the notes, and I prefer not to - it isn't bergamot, green tea, marine, silvery metal, and white musk, it is a mood, an attitude, an evocation. Silver Mountain Water makes me want to spin through a high meadow, arms stretched out, and burst into song as I crest the hill.

Added later - Luca Turin (coauthor of the turgid and pretentious "Perfumes: the A-Z guide) hates Silver Mountain Water (and misquotes the price). This alone is reason enough to buy it. :-)

My experience after my first wearing of Creed's SMW. A play about a fragrance
by: Rich28

Chapter I.
It's late evening and I just opened and sniffed my bottle of SMW.

Rich to Sister: "Smell this" (sprays sister)
Sister: (Smells wrist) "Hmmm...this smells goooood, I'd wear it! It's light and resembles Millesime Imperial."
Rich: "It does"
Sister: (cheeky smile on her face),"You could give it to me like you did MI if you don't like."
Rich: Ahhhh...no...I'll be hanging on to this one.

Chapter II.
An hour later.

Rich to Brother: "smell this" (sprays wrist)
Brother: (sniffs wrist then looks at me with eyes open wide) "This one is exactly my style, what's it called?"
Rich: "Silver Mountain Water by Creed"
Brother: "Of all the fragrances you own, this one is the best I've smelt so far"

Chapter III.
The following day on my way to work with a coworker, nearly 2hrs after application.

Rich to Female Coworker#1: (At traffic light) "Smell this"
Female Coworker #1: (Sniffs arm)"Hmmmmm"...(grabs arm for a second sniff)"smells really good...Smells like a female could wear too"
Rich: "Yeah, it does...it's very unisex I think."

Chapter IV.
Mid morning (approx 10am.)at the office.

Female Coworker #2: (Passes me standing by the cubicle of another coworker chatting.) "Somebody smells really good." (she looks at me then says) "it's you"
Rich: (chuckles and says nothing)
Female Coworker #2: (sits at her cubicle) Hmmm...(shakes head obviously in appreciation of the fragrance) "That fragrance smells really nice."
Rich: (liking the attention, yet a bit self conscious) "Thanks"

Chapter V.
Conclusion after one day of wearing SMW.

Of all the fragrances I own, SMW wins the prize for soliciting the most emphatic compliment I've ever gotten. When your coworker reacts positively to your fragrance to the point where you begin to feel unconfortable, that's gotta say something.