Royal Delight Creed for women and men

In Spain during the 1800s it was forbidden for widows to remarry, but a year after King Fernando's death Queen Maria Cristina fell in love with former Royal Guard, Augustín Fernández Muñoz. Maria Cristina commissioned a fragrance from Creed for her new found love to wear while reciting his vows and for the remainder of his days. The Queen and Muñoz eventually secretly marry and run off together, living happily ever after.

Whatever happened to real love? The type of love where risks are taken, rules are broken and sacrifices are made. This woman ordered that a fragrance be created from a very prestigious perfume house in the name of the man she loved.

The sparkling citrus sets the tone of the relationship. The floral notes represents a fairytale romance. Leather and amber interprets the burning desire that existed between them. This is a perfume built from the ardor of love and that is what truly makes Royal Delight so unique.

It smells good but just to feminine and makes you feel like you have visited a French Boudoir. Would smell better on a women but I would not wear it.

I cannot help but chuckle at TheNoseKnows' evaluation of Creed ROYAL DELIGHT: "Heavy. Too complex. Confusing. Stinky. Smoky."

Hmmm... sounds like a list of required qualities for wintertime orientals to me. TNK must dislike many, many perfumes in this category!

As for me, I appreciate a heavy, complex, confusing, stinky, and smoky oriental now and then. True, ROYAL DELIGHT needs a light hand to be appreciated, and the wearer (and anyone likely to be in the vicinity) needs very much to love spices. But if you don't like spicy elixirs, there's no point in vainly wasting your time on oriental perfumes!

ROYAL DELIGHT is a classic member of its category, with great staying power, a mysterious darkness (rather smoky and "stinky" thanks to the leather note...) and substantial sillage. The light florals mingle enticingly with the spices, sandalwood and amber to produce an inviting perfume to my nose. Heavy. Complex. Confusing. Smoky. Yes, indeed.

Another winner from creed(in my book)
I´ll start with the only downside; it didn´t last for very long.
Smokey amber. On my skin a slight toothpasty scent wich I love.Leather was not too in your face wich is good for me since I´m not a huge fan of leathers.
It has just the right amount of sweetness to work on both men and woman. I just can´t stop sniffing my arm.
I would definately be one happy girl if I found this under my christmas tree

I like Royal Delight more than other Creeds. It's an unusual scent but it somehow reminds something from the '80s, maybe Joop! Woman, I don't know. The term "royal" is quite funny, but all Creed names sound humorous to me. It is considered a unisex scent. IMO it's more suitable for an elegant woman with some classic style. It's not an old scent anyway. Actually it's quite modern and warm. It works fine with my chemistry, but only in Autumn/Winter, because it's too heavy in the hot weather. Although the leather note which I usually dislike, RD is not strong in a bad way, not harsh or too dry. Of course it's not a girlish frilly feminine floral! I smell a distinct smell of violet and orange peel.
It envelops my neck like a warm, round soft scarf on windy days. It's one of the few scents I've been complimented mostly by women.
I used up my decant and it's definitely on the expensive side, so no re-purchase.

Heavy. Too complex. Confusing. Stinky. Smoky. Just too much. Lies in film on skin about 2 inches thick. Must flee from scent. Quickly, hop in shower, wash off, and never look back, not at least until I am old and aged, at which time I would still hate it. "Royal?" My a&^%s; there is nothing royal about this. Nice packaging though. I wanted so to feel equestrian, at last. No go.