The fragrance that changed the course of history for the world's greatest perfume house — Creed Jasmin Impératrice Eugénie Millesime is one of the most historically significant, artistically extraordinary, and deeply coveted fragrances in the entire Creed archive. Originally commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III of France for his wife Empress Eugénie de Montijo — one of the most powerful, stylish, and influential women of the 19th century — who desired a fragrance of rich, seductive, floral-oriental character worthy of the Second Empire Court, Jasmin Impératrice Eugénie carries a provenance unlike any other fragrance in the world. The Empress's influence on the House of Creed extended far beyond the creation of this perfume — in 1854, she personally urged the house to relocate from their London home of nearly a century to Paris in order to serve her royal court daily. Creed complied, making the permanent move to the legendary 8th Arrondissement boutique on the Rue Royale that the house still occupies to this day. Every bottle of Jasmin Impératrice Eugénie is therefore not merely a fragrance but a living artifact of one of the most consequential moments in the history of fine perfumery — the fragrance that brought Creed to Paris and defined the house's identity for generations to come.
Jasmin Impératrice Eugénie opens with a brilliantly luminous burst of bergamot — crisp, citrus-bright, and immediately refined, the characteristic Creed precision on full display from the very first spray, lifting the composition into sharp, aristocratic focus before gracefully stepping aside. The heart is where the fragrance reveals its full, breathtaking imperial character: Italian Jasmine and Bulgarian Rose, joined by the legendary Creed ambergris accord — heady, richly indolic, and deeply animalic in the finest vintage tradition, the jasmine here rendered at its most full-bloomed and voluptuous rather than its transparent or sheer modern incarnation. Collectors and critics consistently describe this jasmine as one of the finest, most genuinely natural and evocative in all of luxury perfumery — thick, slightly skanky in the most beautiful and compelling sense, and possessed of a honeyed, almost feral richness that smells unmistakably of the finest raw materials blended by a master hand. The Bulgarian rose weaves through the jasmine with a softly powdery, deeply feminine warmth, while the ambergris anchors the entire heart in a salty, animalistic depth that gives the composition its most distinctive and unforgettable quality. The fragrance settles into a warm, magnificently creamy base of Mysore sandalwood and vanilla super absolute — the sandalwood slowly rising to take center stage in the dry-down, pastry-soft and deeply plush, reducing the heady florals into a quietly enveloping warmth that collectors describe as one of the most beautiful and satisfying Creed dry-downs in the entire catalogue.
Fragrance Profile
- Top Notes: Bergamot
- Heart Notes: Italian Jasmine, Bulgarian Rose, Ambergris
- Base Notes: Mysore Sandalwood, Vanilla
Jasmin Impératrice Eugénie occupies a position in the Creed catalogue that is entirely its own — it is the most unabashedly vintage, most openly animalic, and most unapologetically opulent fragrance the house produces, a world away from the fresh citrus Millesimes and aquatics for which Creed is perhaps more commercially known, and closer in spirit to the great heady orientals of the Shalimar and Mitsouko era than to anything else currently available from a luxury house. Fragrance reviewers consistently describe it as one of Creed's finest achievements — a masterpiece that smells like the genuine article of a late 1920s or 1930s perfumery, resinous, heady, and deeply complex, with an almost theatrical richness that rewards patience and skin time above everything else. Longevity is outstanding — the Mysore sandalwood and vanilla base ensure a deeply skin-close, lingering dry-down that continues evolving beautifully for 8 to 12 hours — and sillage is intimate and enveloping, a fragrance that announces itself to those who come close and stays with them long after they have moved on.
Product Details
- Brand: Creed
- Fragrance: Jasmin Impératrice Eugénie
- Type: Millesime Spray
- Size: 75 ml / 2.5 oz
- Gender: Women's / Unisex
- Fragrance Family: Floral Oriental / Floral Woody Musk
- Occasion: Evening, Date Night, Fall & Winter, Special Occasions, Everyday Signature
- Originally Commissioned: 1870
- Perfumer: Olivier Creed, Sixth Generation
- House Founded: 1760
One of the most historically significant and artistically extraordinary acquisitions in all of luxury perfumery — an essential find for serious Creed collectors, heady jasmine lovers, and women who appreciate the rare privilege of wearing a fragrance commissioned for an Empress.