CREED
Spring Flower

2023

melon
apple
bergamot
peach
apricot

jasmine
rose

musk
ambergris

Spring Flower is a re-release of Spring Flower (1996).

‘Pretty in pink, Spring Flower is a playful and unapologetic celebration of feminine energy. Featuring succulent peach extracts, this soft floral fragrance with its juicy fruits blends effortlessly into notes of jasmine and white flowers, taking you on a soft floral journey of the quintessential English garden. A scent of ambergris and musk follows the middle notes, adding a sense of depth and tranquility and ensuring every accord is savored.’ – Creed

This was a pleasant surprise to me. I assume my sample is from the renewed 2023 bottle design. This fragrance is often compared to Chanel Chance Eau Tendre, but from my memory, I feel like Spring Flower has a bit more body and I prefer it.

Fruity (peachy), yet sharp green and lemon opening. Fruitier than the Chanel opening I remember. The florals are soft, but the overall composition has a slightly pungent, stronger core to it (more on this later). Perhaps a tad more serious of a jasmine note than often found in these types of fragrance as well.

The opening is very citrussy, making this uplifting and befitting of the name. I instantly imagine Spring/Summer weather and white linen or a fresh white shirt.

Fresh, sharp, crisp clean laundry. Not completely soft as mentioned, not natural smelling per se either. But nice nonetheless for such a musky scent. Yet there is a interesting contrast between the cleanliness and the slightly pungent facet.

I’ve not worn the older style bottles of Spring Flower (presumably reformulated after, although notes have remained the same per Creed); according to other reviewers it’s a tad more animalic. I don’t get any animalics in this version I’ve sampled, but it is ever so slightly pissy in its acidity (ambergris).

This is more unisex than I’d expected, perhaps because of the hint of dirtiness added by the ambergris. This seems to put many people off from Spring Flower, but for me, it makes the fragrance. It takes a boring, common style up a notch, because this ambergris (like) scent is not often on display as it is here. It makes this fragrance feel more expensive (albeit still not as expensive as Creed would like you to believe).

As someone who’s been notoriously harsh on most Creed releases, Spring Flower (2023) gets a thumbs up from me.