>>507829400Don't bother with creed these days. The formula is watered down due to regulations. The clones now outlast it by miles. If you get an expensive clone built around the 2009-2016 formulas then you'll be doing a lot better. Even the new versace eros energy is a clone with pink pepper and citrus added, the base is almost 1:1 creed.
To answer OP: Try niche fragrances with samples and look for performance, smell and distinctiveness. Most perfumes lack one of these traits and if you're going to spend money to wear something every week, then it needs to be something that other people can smell from a short distance, it needs to last more than 1-2 hours, it needs to smell good and it needs to be distinct enough that people don't automatically associate you with averageness or negative people from their lives. This is why sauvage and eros sometimes get a bad reputation because sauvage is oversprayed by many and eros is associated with fuckboys. You don't want to smell like a girl's ex-boyfriend.