Creed Viking (2017) Fragrance Review "A Fiery Men's Fragrance" 🔥

[@tymonsenr6964]

Amazing review as always. And I wanted to thank you for spreading the love for fragrances as I have fallen in love with them partially because of you. And as a 16 year old I came to like some of the classics like egoiste , mitsouko, I love Antaeus lately even tho I couldn't get my hands on a vintage one I still love it. And without your channel I would never know about any of those frags so thank you for what your doing for the community!

[@RamseytheRam]

What a beautiful comment to read 🥲 I feel like a proud father 👨😂

[@SuperGilly71]

I love this stuff….all the haters don’t know shit

[@RamseytheRam]

😂😂😂 Thanks for watching & commenting 💪🐏

[@saabreplay7553]

I really appreciate all your hard work on these videos I really enjoyed Viking Brings back memories of the 80s for some reason

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks so much for the support brother 🙏

[@garethorchard9415]

I think is understandable the criticism the house of creed gets (similar to amouage in my opinion), but its also a house that has produced some great fragrances (royal oud, green Irish tweed, aventus, viking, vetiver etc...) its a house that started my journey from designer into niche, and some of their fragrances will always have a place in my collection Thanks for the great work ram, really appreciate your honest approach when reviewing a fragrance. Gareth uk 🇬🇧

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for watching & commenting Gareth 🇺🇲🇬🇧

[@hjfragrances]

Viking is my favorite creed frag… love it

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for watching & commenting 💪🐏

[@shafserious2805]

I wish your subs were higher because your channel with Robes08 and Joyamin are so honest.

[@RamseytheRam]

It will get there in due time... thanks for the support

[@Sharksandwich77]

Viking is great in all seasons and settings. Interesting, complex and masculine, going on my third bottle. Creates a nice little bubble around you that lasts most of a work day. Spicy, minty, slightly old school juxtaposed by a touch of ambroxan and a rose note that is killer. Legend has it Lief Erikson was wearing this the day he discovered North America, thus the name....⛵🌹🌿

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for watching & sharing you thoughts 🐏🦈

[@EOTA564]

Did you read the part about Lief Erikson on the Creed website?

[@jimfleece2880]

​@@EOTA564Leif Erikson is actually related to Erwin Creed. On his mother's side thrice removed. 🤣

[@brenlynch4811]

Nicely done Rams ,only ever sampled this with a freebie last year yep I liked it prob a 2023 sample,non the less it was really good ,but I have a fragrance called Lumberman from Nose a Russian indie house and they smell so similar I kinda didn’t follow up weird thing I wanna revisit both again Incase I’m tripping lol .great job Papa Ram lol, I saw your reply hahaha 🙏✌️👍

[@RamseytheRam]

😂😂😂 Proud Pappa Ram 😂🐏

[@brenlynch4811]

@@RamseytheRam gotta respect a sixteen year old with impeccable taste,rare as hens teeth these days lol 😂

[@justaddlight]

I'm like you Ramsey. I wanna know WHO made it. Can't seem to pin the dna or main accords to any one perfumer. Wasn't a fan of this initially, but like many fragrances, it kinda did grow on me. All I can say is that I prefer it over modern Old Spice. 😆

[@RamseytheRam]

😂😂😂 Yes better than modern old spice for sure! Probably in 10 years it will come out who made Viking... WE WANT TO KNOW CREED!

[@dibrahim08]

Excellent review! Yes, when it came out after aventus, everyone was confused. Its a tuned up F1 version of Old Spice and thats fine because i used to apply old spice bar deodorant in my youth. Best review on this today.

[@RamseytheRam]

Thank you my friend 🍻

[@burtcremlin403]

I just wanted to tell you that I used the decant service you mentioned- Amaru Paris and my decants arrived 15 days later. The decants are without a doubt genuine and they smell lovely. Thank you for sharing with us.

[@RamseytheRam]

Excellent! I will be reviewing a few of their frags he sent me and giving them a shout out on each video... so they will definitely be discussing his services again soon 🙂

[@mike_smR]

Nicly done mate.. love the honesty because not alot of people speak their mind. Thank you 🙌👊

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for the support Mike 🤌🤌🤌

[@matttopcat9677]

Viking is one of the greatest mens ever created ..its absolutely beautiful, I'm on my 4th bottle, the first batches were sticky rich with ambergris

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for watching & commenting mate 👍🏻

[@SeanHH1986]

this is fairly certainly in my top 10 personal favorites. i luckily have a 17Y01 bottle...but the problem is that its a little 1.7 and i want to wear this ALL the time like a signature scent. it performs pretty well for me, but that super spicy opening is so damn good that i find myself wasting the stuff every few hours to experience it again lol. the sprayer dumps a ton on you, but i still give myself 5 sprays because its not mega projecting. i too remember everybody talking s*** about it on arrival because it wasnt an aventus flanker or w.e. the hypetrain wanted at the time, but i pulled the trigger because of the "its just niche old spice" thing (which sounded perfect to me haha). my jaw dropped when i first smelled it. contender for best blind buy i ever made! thanks for the video dude!

[@RamseytheRam]

I love to apply this liberally .... bathing in Viking 🛀

[@xNickTheBrickx]

Just finally got my bottle. Such an amazing and underrated fragrance. To me it really conjures the image of the classic American man, could have been called something along those lines. It's perfect and very wearable. Women love it too. Not old mannish. People were fools to decry this one.

[@RamseytheRam]

It just shows what an echo chamber frag comm is ... thanks for commenting & glad u love it 🔥

[@scottmcarronlewis]

One of my fav Creeds. I love how invigorating it is! You need some energy to conquer a workday? Viking 💪🏻 Skulls will be crushed, villages razed and plunder too much to carry… or at least just that feeling anyway 😅

[@RamseytheRam]

😂😂😂 Exactly!

[@mohamedrabbani6253]

Love Viking ❤Viking is Creed’s final piece for me . Not even gonna look at the brand of creed anymore ! Not just for the price but they just don’t care about customer like most other brands I don’t care for either . I’ll save and plan my purchases ahead . Upcoming purchases this year would be Papillon EPONA , Sherwood CHRYSOS and AREEJ ROYAL BARN & Sultan Pasha Faghia

[@RamseytheRam]

You are on the right path brother And do you know what? I feel exactly the same as you about the brand

[@ndhaon91]

Ramophiles, we meet again. 🐏♂️ ♀️ Hated this at first sniff last year. But my nose has changed a ton since then. Need to get my nose on the older stuff. Speaking of which... SOTD Ralph Lauren Monogram ❤

[@RamseytheRam]

Hell ya! What do you make of Monogram? 🧐

[@ndhaon91]

@@RamseytheRam dude it's just incredible. Such an amazing compliment to the vintage Polo Green. Amazing how much punch it still has.

[@stinkomalenko]

This is one of my faves. Working on my 2nd 100ml bottle at the moment. Maybe Rasquinet made this one as well? Didnt it come after Royal Oud? Also, I confess that I REALLY love Viking Cologne too! As you said, though, its an altogether different fragrance.

[@RamseytheRam]

You gotta follow your own nose...but to me the Creed Colognes are just shite This doesn't smell like a Rasquinet is the only thing...but it's possible 🤷🏻‍♂️ Thanks for watching & commenting 💪🐏

[@stinkomalenko]

@@RamseytheRam I agree 100% with trusting your nose. One man's trash is another man's treasure! For my own curiosity, do you feel Viking Cologne smells foul or do you think it's merely average/trite for the asking price? It seems that most folks I come across think it at least smells OK but they find it too generic for the princely sum that Creed demands. The reason I like it so much is that it reminds me of Terre D'Hermes EDT, which I also love but sold my bottle since I can hardly smell it on myself. I believe I go noseblind to it very quickly, because I know it's not a slouch when it comes to performance.

[@DrIstoris]

I love Viking. The rose and spices combo is beautiful. Especially when it is a bit warmer ( perfect for spring), but… I avoid wearing it outside my home, because one woman made a comment that I smelled like I just came from a dentist’s office 😅 and I kind of get it 😂

[@RamseytheRam]

Nah forget her man... wear it with pride 💪🐏

[@danman3163]

You should get picked up for a reality tv-series. And for an episode they should fly you to the Creed-butique in Paris, and make you listen to the sales woman do her showmanship from across the counter of marble about "The rich history, and perfumed by father and son and the FASCINATING new fragrance Aventus Cologne". If you`ve never been there, you would enjoy it trust me.

[@RamseytheRam]

I don't need to see a dog and poney show from the Creed saleswoman lol But I wouldn't mind having my own TV series...but I don't come cheap 😂😂😂

[@BADSHAHist]

I like creed line very much.. I like to see your video because u purchased big bottles. But after watching the whole video I have a different perception for creed now.

[@RamseytheRam]

Read the book the ghost perfumer and you will really have a different perception of creed. Don't get me wrong there are many Creeds I really enjoy but the story behind them is just hillarious lol

[@BADSHAHist]

@@RamseytheRam sure.. I'll

[@mistdrinker6479]

I have a 2018 bottle of Viking, it was my first niche full bottle fragrance. I've always loved it, but after reformulations and as prices increase I'm not sure I'll ever buy another bottle. I feel like I can get more bang for my buck elsewhere. Even with that in mind I've always been impressed with the depth of the fragrance and how little credit it gets for being so interesting. I'll enjoy every drop in the bottle I have. Edit* I smelled a newer version in a department store a year or so ago and it was different than the OG. To my nose it was weaker in the opening and less deep overall.

[@RamseytheRam]

That's sad 😭 Thanks for watching & sharing your thoughts 🙂

[@OperatorDirge]

I've spent the better part of half a year testing a sample of Viking. I gotta' admit that I struggled with this one. To my nose, it opens up as an explosion of clove, a note that I'm not a fan of in large doses. Viking remains a clove bomb for a good half-hour or so after the first spray. However, I think I'm starting to get used to that opening, and the dry-down is where Viking really shines, where it becomes way fresher and aromatic. I may have to sample the Cologne version at some point, simply for curiosity's sake. You might think I'm nuts, but I actually ended up really liking the Aventus Cologne. XD

[@RamseytheRam]

You gotta trust your own nose I hated the Cologne version of Viking & aventus Just one Rams opinion

[@carlandersson2778]

Love this one. The only thing I was missions from the review was the state of the new batches. But understand that it might be hard to smell

[@RamseytheRam]

I haven't smelled the new batches but some folks left it in the comments & I can tell you it isn't sounding good 😅😅😅 Thanks for watching 👀

[@reggieringgoldjr68]

Ram, being Honest is Sooooo Rewarding in Life Brother.......🤝🏾🇺🇸💪🏾🫡 And Viking is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for watching & commenting Reggie 🍻💪🐏

[@reggieringgoldjr68]

@RamseytheRam Always a pleasure Brother, can't wait on That Figment Man review.......🤝🏾🇺🇸💪🏾🫡

[@rogra2087]

☆Lol!!! Omg Rams'Your immagine your on a Viking Ship hauling sugar, with the water sploshing up on the deck... I totally did, and saw you as the Captain Ram complete with a furry, wild, double-horned headpiece! Staring out to the vast sea ahead, from undeneath your sea-faring cape produce a Creed Viking flacon, to which you pull the cork out the top with your teeth, splashing a liberal amount about you. Then with a deeep snort of admiration of the smell, then bellowing out a loud yaaa-haaar, thats the stuff!!!😂 Awesome review Captain Ram, three cheers!!! ☆ SOTD Creed GIT yaaar! To meh Ram-Frag-Fam Maties♡♡♡☆

[@RamseytheRam]

🤣🤣🤣 Literally had me cracking up whole reading this comment

[@JT-rx1eo]

I'm a big fan of Viking. It's like a non-normative Aromatic Woody fougere/Spicy Oriental that evades standard genre classification. With such joyous sweet spiciness that its maybe closer in profile to a Bay Rum than it is to Old Spice. Just exchange the slight bay leaf camphoration of Bay Rum for the strong mentholation of Viking, the rum of a Bay Rum with absinthe of Viking, and add lavender. So instead of something a Caribbean pirate would use, it's something a Northsea Viking would use. But its upscale and niche. Both the Bay Rum and Viking are an everyday-wear type of scent profile.

[@RamseytheRam]

Yeah I totally see the bay Rum comment JT

[@youssefbo2152]

Ramsey my friend, id like to see a video about bar soaps 😅 , i don't know where this interrest is coming from but i'm pretty sure its gonna be interresting, 🙃

[@RamseytheRam]

I am not doing a video on bar soaps lol But I have done a soapy fragrance video if you are interested

[@fragswag6432]

Love this scent so much, still have 55 ml left of a 2018 bottle and use it sparsely (mostly for special occasions).

[@RamseytheRam]

That's awesome... it's so easy to wear too... you can just spray spray spray away 😅

[@fragswag6432]

@@RamseytheRam Totally agree, it's a super comfortable to wear and familiar scent.

[@JigSawGaming]

I would have to say that Viking is one of Creed's most outstanding creations, right alongside Green Irish Tweed. It's such an unique fougere, the quality of citruses, lavander and mint is outstanding, but..i would have to say that in the 2017 batch it really feels like a real ambergris. I tried the 2021 batch and i sold it the next few days, it's absolute garbage...they reformulated viking and switched from ambergris to sauvage ambroxan, and they also switched up the lavander. the new batches 2020 + are a disaster. Luckly i have a 2017 bottle and i will cherish it forever

[@RamseytheRam]

That is very sad but not unsurprising news ....thanks for watching & sharing this info w/ everyone 🤌🤌🤌

[@GoranAbraxas]

Lavandin, or Lavandula Intermedia, as I understood it, is a hybrid of two types of Lavender (one of which is Lavandula Angustifolia , that's the one we think of when we think of Lavender), and it yields much more oil compared to Angustifolia. On the other hand it smells different, more aromatic, less flowery. Though I love Lavender, I'm not a fan of Lavandin. On a side note, vikings founded The Kingdom of Sicily / fought the Byzantines / fought with the Byzantines against the Turks Seljuks / founded the Kievan Rus (gave Russians their name). That's all besides the usual (meaning: usually known and mentioned) Norman conquest of England, etc. It was a hell of an expansion.

[@RamseytheRam]

That's awesome info Thanks for sharing 💪🐏

[@RichMitch]

A public service deserves to be rewarded. Will I be influenced? 👀 🐏🦆

[@dusanninic5372]

Bravo Rich. I can buy 4 cup of coffee for 5 pounds here. A coffee for each letter of your name. You are our Viking so buy it ! Cheers....

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for the super sticker Rich 🫂🐏🦆

[@FragranceGlitch]

My favorite Creed. I am working in bottle number 3

[@RamseytheRam]

Damn dude! 3 bottles well done Glitch lol

[@FragranceGlitch]

@@RamseytheRam indeed. There’s just something about it that fits me.

[@AD.801]

OK, personally if I HAD to choose... Vik > 👑🤷🏼‍♂(don't @ me lol) - I too would like to know who the perfumer is (was)... Gabe O.P. needs to make an appearance on 'Channel Ram', maybe (???) Here's hoping your weekend is a dandy, cheers frère, Ram! ✌

[@RamseytheRam]

I wouldn't go that far 😂😂😂 Thanks for watching & commenting 🍻

[@infinite8586]

Interesting!! I’ve only tried in Nordstrom & really didn’t like it that much. Must be reformulations!!

[@RamseytheRam]

It could also be you need to really spend time with Viking... wear it it on a hot day & have everything click It could also be not for you... you may have graduated past this DNA man 😂😂😂

[@infinite8586]

@@RamseytheRam I do enjoy some of the Creeds but after spending most of my time exclusively with artisanal only, you could really feel some synthetics more sharply. I’ll still give it another shot 😅

[@JigSawGaming]

it is reformulated..all batches from 2020 + are absolute trash...they switched up the ambergris with ambroxan and it really shows.. i had both 2017 and 2021 batch and the difference is staggering.

[@skrillix7486]

I just bought a decant propably from the new F batches and it smells fine, i have no 1:1 comparison but its pretty much like i remembered it.

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts 🙂

[@zvikaso]

Cheers. Thanks for the video. For some mysterious reason, I did not "connect" to any of Creed's perfumes. Even not to the king (and its gazillion interpretations). I feel strange as a fraghead not to love even one Creed... it's the closest thing to blasphemy in the religion of 'perfumerology' :) The scents are nice, don't get me wrong. But I don't do nice (FB, that is). I only do magical :) Like you said, Creed they usually take NICE scents and use better ingredients. But I'm not giving up - I'll try Creeds again and again whenever I pass by a shop (or dutyfree). Maybe one day the penny will drop.

[@RamseytheRam]

Try vintage Creeds like Acier Aluminum or Vanisia ... those are probably your best shot at finding something u love ❤️

[@zvikaso]

@@RamseytheRam Thanks for the tip. I doubt I can get vintage Creeds in my country, but I'll keep it in mind for my yearly summer vacation in France (gonna visit the Olympics this year... yay). Come to think of it - do you know of any vintage perfume shops in Paris ?

[@RamseytheRam]

@@zvikaso I don't sorry

[@MansaMusa-v5q]

Please do a Tabarome, Royal Mayfair, Royal Oud…..long review as this one

[@RamseytheRam]

One day I will 🍻

[@SethFragrance]

Review out the exact same day mine arrived🐏

[@RamseytheRam]

Hell ya! It was meant to be 😁💪🐏

[@dusanninic5372]

Liking the Viking !

[@RamseytheRam]

💪🐏

[@spcooper94]

Where did you find such a great deal on Viking? I would love to get a flacon at a great price

[@RamseytheRam]

This was years ago... 2019 I think ... times changed a lot since then lol

[@deluxelex9056]

Not a big fan of Viking unfortunately and the cologne version is disgusting to me. I do happen to like Aventus Colgone. Cheers.

[@RamseytheRam]

I will let you have aventus Cologne and you let me have Viking 😅😅😅 Thanks for watching 👀

[@NotstarvinMarvin]

the 500 ml kinda proves that scents dont easily evaporate right? its just a bit of cloth on top and some 17th century royal yarn holding it together?😅

[@RamseytheRam]

😂😂😂 No there is a stopper in there too

[@NotstarvinMarvin]

@@RamseytheRam ohh i see😜

[@gergoaranyosi6887]

Who could be the perfumer behind it?

[@RamseytheRam]

That is the million dollar question 🤷🏻‍♂️🤔

[@mrNashmann]

Which discounters ryan i eill check

[@RamseytheRam]

I have never purchased Creed from discounters sorry I don't know Maybe someone in the audience knows 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@EOTA564]

Why is Creed so exorbitantly expensive in the US? Even in Australia the prices are relatively quite a bit lower. Full retail on 100ml of Viking is currently $A539 which is ~$USD350. The dollar is strong so this makes no sense.

[@RamseytheRam]

I have no clue Fleecing the Americans ? 🐑😂

[@boogiewoogiewonder]

Nice reviev Ramsey .. the first time i've smelled Viking i had the strange impression of mixing Kenzo Air with YSL Rive Gauche .. i was blown away from this anti hyped creed.. keep it up ..

[@RamseytheRam]

Thanks so much for being here with us Stefan 💪🐏

[@dusanninic5372]

I will try this one from 2017. I have the opportunity to buy a couple of decants from 2017. ( A9817W01 batch code ) Rich Mitch deserves to have a full bottle of that one. A guy actually looks like a Viking. Thank you Ramsey. This is another good recommendation. Scent Of The Night : Knize Ten Golden Edition

[@RamseytheRam]

Cheers Dušan 🍻

[@ryany2882]

This is just old spice! Creed were taking the piss here.they can't give this away in the uk I've seen it in discounters at less than half price

[@RamseytheRam]

I respect your opinion as always Ryan ... and really anyone's opinion....but I disagree And now with old spice Discontinued I am so happy to have this 🙂

[@reggieringgoldjr68]

I don't know why Folks expected Aventus Part 2 for what ever reason, it's the furthest Scent from Aventus........🤝🏾🇺🇸💪🏾🫡🔥

[@RamseytheRam]

I think it was the bottle... before anyone smelled it 🤷🏻‍♂️ I am a huge fan you can see from the size of my bottle 😂

[@reggieringgoldjr68]

@RamseytheRam I'm a Huge Fan too but, I need to get another Bottle soon because it's time now. That Bottle you're Rockin it's what I need to COP because it's well worth it for sure........🤝🏾🇺🇸💪🏾🫡🍻🍻🍻