Help me Authenticate my New Bottle of Creed Green Irish Tweed.

[tayarteonguy97]

Hello, all--

I've been intending to get an account here, and I hate that this question is the thing that ultimately brought me here, but it is what is. Only, I'll actually be giving you ample info.

Today, I had a wild hair to buy Green Irish Tweed, as well as Drakkar Noir. I went to a perfume store called "Scent" in Park Place mall in Tucson. I got a 100ml bottle for about $250, which is, give or take, about typical of the retail prices I've seen. As I was walking out of the store, buyer's remorse set in as I remembered that I've heard Creed fragrances have been known to be faked quite a bit. I wasn't concerned about the Drakkar.

Box seems fine from comparison of boxes I've seen. The card with the photos of James and Olivier Creed look fine, as does the grey-ish fold out paper. Box did not come in cellophane wrap; see pics.

Bottle finish and everything including what to look for under the atomizer checks checks out as fine. What I do question is what is stamped on the bottom of the bottle. On a screenshot I took from a cosmetic batch-checker website, an example of a typical Creed bottle had only one line of information, with Ecomundo Paris, France with batch code following. My bottle has that plus a second line of various codes and "UK" with the batch code on that same line. I ran the code, and apparently it's from August of 2021.

 

[tayarteonguy97]

Here's another photo I forgot to post.

 

[hednic]

I think you're fine. Enjoy and wear in good health.

 

[LeChypreSexy]

It looks perfectly legit. I dated a guy who wore GIT. After told him he smelled like grass clippings and sugar he dumped me a short time later. Thanks Creed!

 

[tayarteonguy97]

Now that I know it checks out, I will! Thanks for letting me know.

I think you're fine. Enjoy and wear in good health.

 

[tayarteonguy97]

It looks perfectly legit. I dated a guy who wore GIT. After told him he smelled like grass clippings and sugar he dumped me a short time later. Thanks Creed!

Haha! Yeah the opening is very hyper green and grass clipping-like before it sweetens and softens a bit. The Dryden always reminded me of a mixture of Irish Spring and Dior Pure Poison with a hint of Woolite. Luckily, the smell in my bottle is pretty much what I smell in department store testers.

 

[LeChypreSexy]

Sounds right. You can buy legit Creed in store or online at some strange places. Their distribution is odd to say the least. They probably manufacture a lot specifically for the "gray market", just like designer hair care lines do with their products.

 

[tayarteonguy97]

Sounds right. You can buy legit Creed in store or online at some strange places. Their distribution is odd to say the least. They probably manufacture a lot specifically for the "gray market", just like designer hair care lines do with their products.

Very true.

As an aside, looked at the actual price I payed, which according to the receipt was $268.00 for a 100ml bottle. That's exactly what Fragrancenet charges. Creed's online boutique charged $470. That's quite a price difference, but I don't think enough to sound any alarm bells.

 

[HFMIII]

From the photos and your description of the fragrance it sounds like it's the real thing. Enjoy.

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Bottle looks okay, saw the same bottle present at my visit to the Creed boutique recently.

 

[LeChypreSexy]

Very true.

As an aside, looked at the actual price I payed, which according to the receipt was $268.00 for a 100ml bottle. That's exactly what Fragrancenet charges. Creed's online boutique charged $470. That's quite a price difference, but I don't think enough to sound any alarm bells.

Yeah, prices for Creed at the boutiques and department store counters are high and much lower elsewhere. I scored a 100 ml bottle of Royal Mayfair for $130 through a dealer on eBay awhile back. And it is legit. It doesn't make sense to pay full retail for Creed. Too many gray market places discount them, and I think Creed isn't bothered by that. As long as they sell it, I'm sure they're cool with it. Only a handful of companies, like Chanel or Vuitton keep a real tight reign on their distribution anymore.

 

[tayarteonguy97]

Yeah, prices for Creed at the boutiques and department store counters are high and much lower elsewhere. I scored a 100 ml bottle of Royal Mayfair for $130 through a dealer on eBay awhile back. And it is legit. It doesn't make sense to pay full retail for Creed. Too many gray market places discount them, and I think Creed isn't bothered by that. As long as they sell it, I'm sure they're cool with it. Only a handful of companies, like Chanel or Vuitton keep a real tight reign on their distribution anymore.

Creed is definitely a house where it's high quality, but not quite worth the extremely high MSRP.

Yeah, prices for Creed at the boutiques and department store counters are high and much lower elsewhere. I scored a 100 ml bottle of Royal Mayfair for $130 through a dealer on eBay awhile back. And it is legit. It doesn't make sense to pay full retail for Creed. Too many gray market places discount them, and I think Creed isn't bothered by that. As long as they sell it, I'm sure they're cool with it. Only a handful of companies, like Chanel or Vuitton keep a real tight reign on their distribution anymore.

 

[fragrancecheck]

Hi guys, I also want your advice to authenticate my vintage bottle of green Irish tweed.

I'm not sure if it is real because some things seem to be off. Firstly, there's no batch code on the bottle although I've read that they didn't put batch codes on bottles until 2005. According to checkfresh the batch code originates from 2011 so then the bottle should have an engraved batch code. When you take the atomizer off there's no white ring but the whole piece is just black. The sprayer off the atomizer is also white instead of black.

Also, I can't compare the smell because I haven't smelled GIT before... It smells nice but I don't know if it smells like GIT.

I'm certain that it's an older bottle but I'm afraid that it's just an older fake. What do you guys think?

 

[fragrancecheck]

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