Centaurus
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Centaurus by Creed opens on cinnamon and tobacco, sharpened by cardamom and pink pepper for a warm, spiced start with real bite. Sandalwood, patchouli, heliotrope and jasmine soften the middle, before bourbon vanilla, benzoin, tolu balsam and tonka bean build a sweet, balsamic base, with ambroxan adding lift so it never feels heavy. Launched in 2024 and mostly worn by men, it suits anyone who wants a spiced scent with polish. Voters keep it for autumn and winter, through the evening and into the night. Most wearers vote its longevity long-lasting. The sillage vote leans moderate rather than strong, so it stays present without taking over a room. A 3ml decant is a good way to spend a run of cold evenings with it.
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The community verdict
For someone drawn to warm spice and sweetness, Centaurus brings cinnamon, tobacco and cardamom into a vanilla and balsamic base. Most find it long-lasting; moderate is the leading view of its projection, with strong also reported. It fits winter evenings, and autumn nights work too.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Topfirst impression
- Heartafter a few minutes
- Basewhat lingers
- Ambroxan
- Benzoin
- Bourbon Vanilla
- Tolu Balsam
- Tonka Bean
- Brand
- Creed
- Scent profile
- For men
- Launched
- 2024
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Creed Centaurus, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Cinnamon and tobacco by a winter fire, vanilla softening the smoke.
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
Heart15 min – 2 h
Dry-down2 h – 7–12 h
- Ambroxan
- Benzoin
- Bourbon Vanilla
- Tolu Balsam
- Tonka Bean
- Lasts
- 7–12 h
- Long lasting
- Sillage
- Moderate, 2 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity490 votes
Most voted: 53%Long lasting
24%Moderate
Sillage472 votes
Most voted: 49%Moderate
33%Strong
Season241 votes
Most voted: 41%Winter
39%Autumn
Time of day205 votes
Most voted: 43%Evening
33%Night out
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Longevity490 votes
- Very weak6%28 votes
- Weak6%28 votes
- Moderate24%120 votes
- Long lasting (Most voted)53%258 votes
- Eternal11%56 votes
Sillage472 votes
- Intimate8%38 votes
- Moderate (Most voted)49%230 votes
- Strong33%158 votes
- Enormous10%46 votes
Season241 votes
- Spring13%31 votes
- Summer8%19 votes
- Autumn39%93 votes
- Winter (Most voted)41%98 votes
Time of day205 votes
- Daytime14%28 votes
- Office10%21 votes
- Evening (Most voted)43%88 votes
- Night out33%68 votes
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
At 3 sprays a day.
Loved by 50,000+
Why scent lovers try it with us before they buy the bottle.
Hand-decanted from the original bottle
Decanted by hand from authentic bottles, never diluted.
Wear it for days before you commit
Live with it at work, at night and at the weekend before you buy a full bottle.
Just like the full bottle
A fine-mist atomiser sprays like the original, so it opens, projects and lasts on your skin the way the full bottle does.
10ML vs a blind buy
What a decant gives you that a bottle bought unsmelled can’t.
Why 10ML?
Blind buy
Authentic original perfume
Yes
Yes
Smell it on your skin before you buy
Yes
No
Try several scents for one bottle’s price
Yes
No
Travel-ready atomiser
Yes
No
No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
Yes
No
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Frequently asked questions
What does Creed Centaurus smell like?
Creed Centaurus opens with Cardamom, Cinnamon, Pink Pepper and Tobacco. The heart brings Geranium, Heliotrope, Jasmine and Patchouli. It dries down to Ambroxan, Benzoin, Bourbon Vanilla and Tolu Balsam.
Is Creed Centaurus long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as long lasting (53% of votes), and 64% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as moderate (49% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Creed Centaurus good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for autumn and winter; summer takes only 8% of season votes.
Is Creed Centaurus good for winter?
Yes. Shoppers on fragrance communities vote winter its best season, with 41% of season votes.
Is Creed Centaurus for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 76% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 24% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Creed Centaurus to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 10% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Creed Centaurus?
Centaurus is made by Creed. It was launched in 2024.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Creed Centaurus?
A 10ml decant of Creed Centaurus holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear at 3 sprays a day. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Creed perfumes can I try?
Besides Creed Centaurus, 10ML has Aventus, Green Irish Tweed and Silver Mountain Water from Creed, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Creed Centaurus decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Creed Centaurus decant is filled by hand from an original Creed bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.