Virgin Island Water (2007)
by Creed

Virgin Island Water is precise, tropical, and enjoyable. It’s a satisfying, competent fragrance. The top presents a refreshing citrus / coconut accord. Very soon it becomes creamy – heavier on the coconut, lighter on the lime to my nose. It’s very nice. The middle florals and spice retain the coconut note, as does the musky, sweet base… the rum seems quite weak to me. I see the fragrance as basically linear because of the coconut. As much as I like Virgin Island Water, I’ve smelled pretty much the same thing in a few other recent fragrances. Concerning it’s relative place in the hierarchy of tropical fragrances, I just don’t know where it is positioned, and I’m not interested enough in the genre to investigate that particular hierarchy. Virgin Island Water is an attractive fragrance but I just can’t shake the feeling that I could get about the same experience from a bottle of sun tan oil. One final thought: it’s not feminine on my skin, it’s creamy, it’s coconut, and it’s very pleasant… and, no, I’m not talking about Coppertone… but I could be.

Terrible.

It smells just like chap coconut/sugar room sprays. It has a very inhumane, unnatural, and demode feeling to it. I tested it, I detested it, and later I had to spend a whole night with a guy who was wearing it. It is simply terrible to my nose, because it doesn't even smell like sunscreen or deserts in which coconut note are most apparent. No, this smells very generic.

I really don't like it, because it is just not a sophisticated scent. It is not deep, or well-thought out. It is just so lazy. I believe Creed is a company that puts out mostly mundane scents, but because of their price points and so-called exclusivity, they believe they can get away with a devastating lack of originality and finesse.

Yes, 'the expensive juices in the flask' still look cool, but they no longer carry sophistication they once did.

Nice scent, does smell reminiscent of Bath and Body Works Coconut Lime Verbena but with the Creed edge and depth. I would wear this for summer but for a summer fun niche scent it should not cost as much or more than the mainstay Creeds that are all year rounders.

Coconut, lime and rum. How much more Caribbean can you get? Out of place in any other months but the hot, hot summer. A very bright and playful boozy scent that's on the other side of the spectrum as Paul Smith London where that's much, much darker but still heavy on the boozy smell. I'd rather be at the real place than to imagine what it'd be like.

If this was a body spray or lotions at Bath & Body Works, I'd probably buy it. There is no way I'd pay $110.0 for an ounce of this stuff, though. Virgin Island Water is so much like Ananas Fizz on my skin, that I've actually confused them. Virgin Island Water is heavy on the coconut, though, while Ananas Fizz highlights pineapple. Virgin Island Water has fabulous lasting power. It's a refreshing, sugary, coconut-citrus, rum cocktail of a fragrance. This is nice for men and women, especially in hot, humid weather. If I didn't already have a huge bottle of Ananas Fizz I might be tempted by Virgin Island Water, but I doubt I'll be purchasing this scent.

I agree with the others in that Virgin Island Water is a very basic scent: coconut, pineapple, and sugar. It also reminds me of a coconut scented suntan lotion during the drydown, albeit way sweeter than any lotion could be. It's not bad but if I were looking for a scent like this, then I would opt of L'artisan Ananaz Fizz or CSP Vanille Coco before I bought a bottle of the Creed. I find those to be more groundbreaking rather than just on par with other tropical scents. However, Virgin Island Water does earn points for good sillage and longevity.