It turns out that 70% of Creed’s business is masculine heavy-hitters, and they’re looking to balance out their numbers a bit, which is why after launching Carmina, they’ve now launched Queen of Silk, another perfume that’s marketed to women. This seems to be a trend right now, and it seems that brands are wanting women to come to their counters and spend their money there.
I mean, Queen of Silk got my attention and was an opportunity for me to explore some of the other scents the brand has. Queen of Silk is a fruity amber scent that wears heavy on the base notes. While there’s a fizzy peach kind of opening, it disappears within minutes and the intensity of the ambery patchouli and vanilla, with a hint of myrrh, makes itself apparent.
The sillage and lasting power are incredible – I could smell a couple of sprays from the sample bottle all day. There’s ambroxan to turn up the volume in this perfume, but it’s not overly sweet. It really just makes those base ambers heavier and longer lasting. Because of how dense the amber notes in this perfume are, it’s one that I’d wear on cooler spring days.
Queen of Silk is a pretty name, but this perfume could be called Queen of Velvet because of its weight, or leave the Queen out and stick with Velvet because at the end of the day, this isn’t really a very feminine perfume, and anyone could wear it. Creed fans say this is lacking the saltiness that the house is known for – I say let the past live in the past.
Thanks for the sample Creed and Holt Renfrew!
