Virgin Island Water fragrance notes
Head
- bergamot, lime, mandarin, coconut toddy, copra
Heart
- jasmine, hibiscus, ylang ylang, ginger
Base
- tonkin musk, white rum, sugar cane
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The only Creed I've ever scrubbed off.

Opening scents, olfactory first impressions, are tricky things. We humans are trained to make quick assessments within a minute that then become hard to shake. For many fragrances this means that a bad or harsh opening blinds us to a wondrous dry-down.
In the case of VIW, the opposite is true. I first applied this after a shower on a gorgeous, sunny 68 degree (F) morning, and the lime/coconut/jasmine bloom transported me to a power chord montage of all of my best tropical beach vacation moments. I walked around for a few hours with this buzz going through my head, but there was a nagging feeling in the back of my head that I was able to ignore for some time.
At about the 3.5 hour mark, however, I took a good smell as to what VIW had developed into. Gone was the lime, jasmine, salt, rum, etc. All that was left was copra (not coconut) and a bit of white musk that smelled like the cheap oil I used to buy at Garden Botanica. And it never changed. The next time I tried it, I realized that it hit this point at around 1.5 hours. Just flat, repetitive and kind of boring, which is unacceptable at $400 per bottle.
I didn't have the absolute drop in duration, possibly because I applied this strongly enough to be able to get comments from my friends and family, but this ends up as a meh two-trick pony. Disappointing.
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Virgin Island Water is a punchy blend of lime and liquor in the beginning, which morphs into a sweet, coconutty, piña colada-type accord as it dries down. There's some very gentle marine saltiness present throughout the fragrance's lifespan, but it's not as noticeable as it is in something like Cool Water. The dry down is a bit dark and sultry. It really does a great job of refreshing you on a hot summer day.

Many others here have written much more poetically about the scent evoking, suntan oil, pina coladas and relaxing at the beach. That's all true. Also the best lime note I've ever smelled (though it doesn't last of course).
Surprising to me, this may have the best longevity on me of all my Creeds.
If you a want a fun scent to evoke a holiday in a warm locale, you're crazy not to try this.

This fragrance has a lovely combination of lime, sun-tan lotion, and coconut notes. While it may not be the most complex scent, it does an excellent job at boosting your mood. Many reviews have covered the basics of this fragrance, so I don't have anything new to add.
