Silver Mountain Water
Creed (1995)

Overall Rating: ★★★★☆
Longevity: 4–6 hours
Sillage: Moderate/Intimate

​The Composition

​Silver Mountain Water is the olfactory definition of "cold." It’s designed to evoke the crisp air of the Swiss Alps, and it remains one of the most unique "freshies" ever created due to its strange, avant-garde edge.

​The Opening: A blast of bergamot and mandarin orange, but with a twist. There is a famous "inky" accord here—likely the combination of blackcurrant and tea—that feels metallic and sharp. It’s polarizing; some smell a mountain stream, others smell a fresh ballpoint pen.

​The Heart: The green tea note takes center stage. It’s not a warm, herbal tea, but a chilled, ozonic one. It feels airy, transparent, and slightly floral.

​The Drydown: The standard Creed Millésime base of musk and sandalwood. It settles into a very clean, "high-end soap" finish that stays close to the skin.

Horrible fragrance. Ink note smells like a computer inside from 1995. Do not blind buy. Bad man fragrance.

You'd think after paying $200 or $300 or even $400 for ANY fragrance you'd get some kind of decent performance from it. I now own 6 different Creed fragrances and the only ones with ANY kind of wear time is Green Irish Tweed and Original Vetiver. The rest are crap, including this one. Why this happens is unknown to me but if a fragrance doesn't last more than a couple hours on the skin, no matter who it's from, just isn't worth it

Fruity, sharp and inky. Its just too much for me, the tea is somehow too loud here, the blackcurrant is going strong and there is this plasticky musk. Top 5 worst Creeds.

8/9/25 edit: I think my mind is changed. I actually flipfloped on this, first i tried it in spring of 2021, and i really loved it cause it reminded me of Millesime Imperial, but this one has a sharp, green and calming feeling, and more feminine than MI. Its an established warm weather classic for a reason.

Tea and currants sound like an amazing combination, but the tea is acidic and overpowering and the currants are sour and off-putting. I saw a review for the Armaf clone of this saying it was an "overhyped bottle of wtf". The negative reviews of Sillage soberly describe my experience with this fragrance.

This is one of Creed's most acclaimed scents and Armaf's second biggest cloned fragrance. I can't understand how this is so popular as I cannot begin to understand the appeal this has beyond the bottle.

It opens up with some citrus and bergamot that introduces a dry bitter citrus undertone that is met with black currant and tea notes. The concoction comes off of something that is metallic, herbal, and fresh. After a while the base is supported with the familiar ambergris note with some musk and woods.

Performance was okay, I got around 6 hours with this scent. This is probably more ideal for the spring months just when the weather is warming up. I could see this working for both casual and work settings. I personally do not see myself reaching for this one.