In this video we're going to talk about a fragrance that was recently released from
the house of CREED and is getting quite a limelight here in the fragrance
community, in the fragrance world and you guys have asked me to talk about my take on it, of
course we're talking about the new CREED VIKING COLOGNE, but i'm going to do one better for you
guys, i'm actually going to clash it with the OG from 2017 which i've actually reviewed for
you guys and i'll pop up that review here if you guys want to check out in-depth thoughts
on that particular fragrance but not only will i review this fragrance for you today but i'm going
to actually tell you guys my thoughts between the two how they compare and which one is my favorite,
so if you want to know my full thoughts on the whole viking debacle stay tuned it's up next ;)
Welcome back to another video, Max Forti here, if you guys love to smell great, if you
love to make a great first impression this is a good place to be and today we're talking about
Creed viking cologne 2021 release versus the original, the OG Creed viking 2017. I'm not sure
if you're familiar with the Creed Viking from 2017, but that particular fragrance was a little bit of
a flop if you will, you talk about Creed you think about Creed Aventus, you think about
Green Irish Tweed, a lot of people about Silver Mountain Water, there's
a lot of fragrances that people will favor before they talk about Viking. Viking
and Royal Mayfair are treated as "step child of Creed" but i have to tell you
guys, i'm gonna leave this for the end but you'll be surprised, but anyway, let's talk about Creed
Viking Cologne 2021 first, and we'll go back and see how they compare and then i'll tell you guys
which one is my favorite. Viking cologne 2021 release was just dropped about a month ago
and there was a live concert from Iceland, there was a lot of hype that went into this fragrance,
so what do we get from Viking Cologne? all in all both Viking Cologne and the Original Viking
are going to be around this note of lavender, this spicy lavender note, so you must appreciate
lavender scents for one, number two you must like "old school", "old world fougere" to
like this particular genre, it's not very aged that might smell like your grandpa or maybe
your father, they're going to have some modern components, but all in all it's going to have more
of a mature profile, a mature aroma, so you must like lavender and you must enjoy
spicy lavender almost fougere, these are fougeres, they're are neo fougeres, it's like a new style of fougere
but they're definitely fougere, they're definitely gonna have the old world more masculine more
rugged and mature vibe to them, so going back to Viking Cologne, the main difference here that I
felt right from the get-go is that it's going to have more a citrus vibe up front, you're going to have
mandarin orange, bergamots, limes, lemons, so on top of those initial citruses that the Original had,
the bergamots, the lemons, and limes, they added this beautiful mandarin orange, so the orange here is
going to be very up front and center, and if you look at the bottle here and you compare them side
by side, i don't have an actual bottle of the OG Viking because believe it or not I went through
that bottle and i love that scent so much that i actually purchased a flacon which i wanted to
leave it to the end to talk about this but anyway, i do have it, so when you compare both side by side
the original Viking it's more of like a strong red kind of like the polo
shirt i have here, and this one here if you look in comparison is kinda red still
but it has this salmon or not so much pink salmon, but almost like an orange tinge to this particular
red here on Viking Cologne, so needless to say i don't know if they wanted to make
reference to the mandarin orange that's in here but it's really up front and center so
it's definitely more citrus, it's definitely more refreshing than the original, which for a lot of
people could be a good thing, the OG opened up very spicy, very in your face, the
pink pepper in the OG was very up front and center, not to say that there's no pink pepper here, there is
some pink pepper here, but i have to say the pink pepper on the original viking has doubled up.
The cool thing between the two when you get into the heart, you have this herbal
undertone on VIking Cologne and you have a little bit of herbal on the tone on Viking, but i have to say the herbal
undertones here with clary sage, tarragon, rosemary, are definitely more predominant on
the Cologne, the original Viking you had a very nice spicy mint in there which i loved, i think
they completely extracted the mint from this one, they added geranium which adds this nice
cooling effect but not as minty and spicy as you had it with the original which i
favored a little bit more, what i also loved about the Og is because it added this nice
bulgarian rose which added this really nice floral component that i love i think roses
in masculine scents when done right are just spectacular and what they did here in the original
viking with the beautiful rose and that spicy mint with the pink pepper was just outstanding to me,
a lot of people, as i said, were not a fan of the original viking because it was a little bit too
old school but let me tell you if you wear Viking on skin it transitions so beautifully and i've
said this in many of my feed if you guys follow me on instagram this year i revisited this
fragrance back in, i think late January, early February and i fell in love with it all over
again, so it's one of my most go-to hence the fact why i purchased this 250ml flacon because
i just fell in love with Viking all over again, Viking Cologne is nice but it's going to be more of a
fresher take as opposed to Viking being a little bit more bold, a little bit more brash, i love that
strong pink pepper i get, some vetiver in there as well the lavender, it's definitely more spicy and i
love the mint on there, the mint is not here in the Cologne, you have the geranium, you have more herbal components,
the fruitiness is upped here, it's amplified and of course it's a more refreshing scent, it's great for
spring and summer, so if you want to have both it's not redundant they don't smell exactly the same,
you could potentially wear this for spring and summer and early fall, and then after that
you could just pick this one up and go with it for late fall and winter
all the way until early summer time, this stuff is just amazing, i love the original Viking,
I think it's a little bit better because it's going to be woodier and it's going to be spicier and of
course stronger, the cologne version here is going to be a little bit more tamed so it's refreshing,
it's fresher, more fruity, a little bit more herbal and definitely not as strong, both
fragrances will have vetiver at the base, both fragrances, will have the lavender, and they'll
have a creamy sandalwood as well and also a dry patchouli, but like I said when comparing side
by side this here lasts 12 plus hours on my skin, i do spray my clothes, i do carry a decant,
which i have been wearing heavily, i carry this to work, i carry this to the office,
i never really have to reapply, but if i do want to i have this, and of course this is a
flacon so i'm not going to dab it, it's huge, i have a pipet which i transfer the contents of this
flacon into this travel atomizer and just carry it myself and then of course
spray on myself whenever i want to, this is just absolutely heavenly guys, i'm not knocking
the Cologne, I think the Cologne is great, there's a place for this one, again, it's more refreshing,
it's great for spring and summer, but this is for the people that maybe thought that the original
Viking was just too strong for them and too mature, perhaps this would be more of a lighter ,
easier choice to like, but i also think that the Viking Cologne here has this more mature vibe to it,
if you're looking for a more playful scent from the house of Creed i'd
go with Milesime Imperial, i'd go with, not so much Silver Mountain Water because it has an
inky vibe, Creed Aventus of course will be a great playful scent, i think Milesime Imperial
and Aventus are the two most worn fragrances for younger crowd, i think everything
else is 25 and up or even 30 and up, i think this particular fragrance here is definitely 30 and up,
as well as Viking Original, you must really enjoy these very green aromatic fougere type of scents to appreciate
these two fragrances, even if you go with the Cologne, i mean quite honestly, this is a more mature
scent or you could do one better which i like to do, you guys know i love to layer my fragrances,
you can actually layer these two fragrances and create something really incredible, long-lasting,
powerful, you could do two and two sprays, 50-50. I've done it before and I'm telling you,
Creed i hope you're listening and i like to call this, I baptize this as Creed's Viking Eau Intense
you know you could do that as well and these two complement each other very well because
you get the beautiful fruits here along with that mandarin, the pink peppers get really amplified
when you layer them and of course the vetiver, the patchouli, the sandalwood all get kicked up
a couple notches and it lasts 10 plus hours on skin, 12 plus on clothing, you're going to smell
amazing, there's no questions about that, providing you do enjoy a more mature fragrance if
you like fougeres, if you like green aromatic lavender scents, you will love either one of
these two fragrances. I talked about longevity, so let's talk about projection,
very strong projection on both fragrances, with the Cologne I got about two to three hours, with the Viking
i get three plus hours longevity, i talked about ten for Viking and about six to seven for the Cologne,
and silage, they both give you a great scent bubble, a great scent silage, it's gonna really
carry this trail for whenever you walk, especially if you like to spray the
back of your hands, or your pulse, when you move about, when you talk you talk with your hands
like myself, people are gonna get whiffs, i always like to spray the back of my hands, my pulse and
of course this area here, so wherever i go people can get whiffs of what i'm wearing that day,
Viking is very good, Viking Cologne i will give a 7.5 out of 10, it's very good but i tell you this
one here, the original Viking to me is 8.5 out of 10, i love this stuff, it sits
on my favorite five Creed right now of all time, and it's one that i'm glad to revisit because
i really appreciate this fragrance, it has the components that i love, it's got the
spiciness from the pink pepper, the spice mint, the vetiver base with the sandalwood
and the patchouli, this fragrance has a lot of notes that i gravitate towards to,
and it is done very very well. So let me know your thoughts below, have you gotten your nose on Creed
Viking Cologne? what are your favorite Creeds of all time? let me know your top three, or top five.
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