Carmina is the eau de parfum Creed launched in 2023 for women, inspired by Henry Creed’s fashion sketchbooks and their passionate heroines. Black cherry, saffron and pink pepper open onto May rose, violet, peony and cashmere wood, before a base of frankincense, myrrh, amber and musk.
Ree, on Really Ree, says she is a fan; Portia, on Undina’s Looking Glass, enjoys its cherry confection without seeing herself in it.
What critics say
Undina’s Looking Glass, January 2024
Portia enjoys a cherry and rose confection and praises the peony at the heart, but remains ambivalent: she keeps coming back to it, without picturing herself wearing it. She compares it to Baccarat Rouge 540 and loves the colour of the bottle.
Really Ree
Ree, who feared an old-fashioned feminine fragrance, says she was pleasantly surprised: Carmina strikes her as very feminine without being too sweet, romantic, and she plans to wear it often.
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