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CHEZ PIERRE

Feels Like Summer

Feels Like Summer

Inspired by Virgin Island Water, Creed

50 ml glass bottle (Eau de Parfum)

€25,00
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Inspired by: Virgin Island Water, Creed

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PRODUCT DETAILS

Eau de parfum, 50 ml, made with roughly 20% fragrance oil, handmade in small batches, vegan and cruelty free. It costs €25, the same price across our whole dupe range, whatever the original behind it. Shipping is free from €55 and the parcel takes 2 to 5 working days.

Creed sells Virgin Island Water at that same strength, so ours is not a thin summer spray that fades within the hour. Being fresh and citrus-led, it naturally sits closer to the skin and wears for a shorter stretch than our heavier, woodier scents, which is normal for this style rather than a flaw.

You have 15 days to exchange Feels Like Summer if it misses the mark.

NOTES

Top notes

Lime, coconut, mandarin, bergamot

Heart notes

Ginger, jasmine, ylang ylang, hibiscus

Base notes

Musk, sugar cane, rum

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Feels Like Summer is our perfume dupe of Creed Virgin Island Water, made for anyone who wants that beach-holiday feeling without waiting for an actual holiday. It opens on lime, coconut, mandarin and bergamot, moves into ginger, jasmine, ylang ylang and hibiscus, then rests on musk, sugar cane and rum.

The coconut and lime pairing is what defines it, sharp and salty rather than sweet, closer to sun cream and sea air than a dessert. The rum and that faint cane-sugar sweetness only show up once the fruit has settled, giving the drydown a warmth that keeps it from feeling like a one-note fresh spray.

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Perfume concentration

EDT, EDP or EXDP - what you are actually buying

The difference between these labels is not quality but how much perfume oil sits in the bottle. That decides how long the scent stays on your skin and how far it travels.

EDT Eau de Toilette 5 to 15% perfume oil

The lightest of the three. It opens fresh and fast, but fades after three to five hours. Pleasant in heat and at the office, as long as you top it up during the day.

Our choiceEDP Eau de Parfum ~20% perfume oil

The middle ground that became the standard. It lasts six to eight hours, one spray in the morning is enough, and the scent stays recognisable into the evening without filling the room.

EXDP Extrait de Parfum 20 to 40% perfume oil

The densest form, worn in drops, and it can last over ten hours. In return it loses that easy opening, and the price per bottle climbs the most.

Why we chose EDP

Every Chez Pierre perfume is made in Eau de Parfum concentration, with 20% perfume oil. That is not by accident.

An eau de toilette would mean carrying the bottle with you and refreshing the scent after lunch. An extrait would push the price up, and only someone counting hours would notice the gain. EDP sits exactly in between: one spray in the morning carries the whole working day, and the scent opens and develops instead of settling on the skin at once.

So we don't make lighter and pricier versions of the same scent. We make one, in the concentration where that scent works best.

How a perfume is measured

Longevity, projection and sillage

Three things describe every perfume, whatever the price or the name on the bottle. Once you separate them, it is easier to say what you actually want from a scent.

01

Longevity

How many hours the scent stays on skin

Measured from the moment you spray to the moment you can no longer smell it up close. It depends on the concentration, but also on your skin: on dry skin every perfume lasts less, so a dab of unscented cream before spraying helps.

02

Projection

How far it travels around you

Strongest in the first hour, it tells you how much space the scent takes up. Big projection is great for evenings and colder days, while at the office or in a meeting it usually gets in the way more than it helps.

03

Sillage

The trail you leave behind

Pronounced „see-yazh“, it means the trail a scent leaves behind you. It is the reason someone turns around as you pass. A perfume can last a long time and still leave a small trail, and the other way round.

Strong is not the same as good. A perfume with huge projection quickly tires both you and the people around you, while one without any trail stays your own private thing.

That is why every one of our perfume descriptions says how it wears, not only how it smells.

CHOOSE YOUR LIFESYLE

Feels Like Summer

Inspired by: Virgin Island Water, Creed

Feels Like Summer earns its name. It belongs to the warmer months, from the first hot week of spring through the end of summer, and works especially well by water or in direct sun, where the coconut and lime read brightest. In cold weather it can feel thin, so save it for when the temperature actually calls for it.

Creed built Virgin Island Water as a unisex fragrance, and that carries over here. Both men and women wear it, and it reads closer to fresh and citrus than distinctly masculine or feminine, so treat it as one for anyone who likes that style.

Choose our Inspiration

Creed is a French perfume house with a history going back over two centuries, and Virgin Island Water is one of its best known warm-weather releases, built around the idea of a Caribbean escape without leaving home. It sits in the fresh, fruity side of Creed's catalogue rather than the darker, woodier scents the house is also known for.

Read reviews of the original online and the coconut-and-rum combination is what people mention most. Most shoppers just call it Virgin Island Water rather than adding the Creed name every time, and that shorthand is what most perfume dupes on the market are chasing.

Why choose us?

Feels Like Summer is our alternative to Creed Virgin Island Water. It is our own blend, made by hand in small batches to get as close as we can to that coconut, lime and rum combination.

We only make it as an eau de parfum, since anything lighter would lose the base too quickly. If it does not smell similar to what you expected, send it back within 15 days and we will sort an exchange.