Club de Nuit Intense Man Armaf

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Club de Nuit Intense Man is a popular perfume by Armaf for men. The release year is unknown. The scent is smoky-fruity. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by Sterling Perfumes.

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Top Notes	Apple, Bergamot, Blackcurrant, Pineapple, Lemon
Heart Notes	Rose, Birch, Jasmine
Base Notes	Musk, Ambergris, Patchouli, Vanilla

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Scent

8.2 (344 Ratings)

Longevity

8.1 (321 Ratings)

Sillage

7.8 (321 Ratings)

Bottle

6.8 (326 Ratings)

Submitted by Michael, last update on 08.10.2019

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MrHonest 24 months ago

„Powerful, complex, smoky birch.”

I had Insurrection Pure II for a while, until I just got bored of it. The opening was like a milky pineapple, and the drydown was a simple, acrid...

Dimitris 7 months ago

„CDNIM IS NOT THE GREAT FRAGRANCE IT ONCE WAS”

Ladies and gents if you havent tried the fragrance in the last year or so please DONT review it or just mention you are talking about...

09/25/2019

2.0 9.0 9.0 7.0/10

ScentSlave
42 Reviews

ScentSlave

This one is an ok clone

But Explorer is better in my opinion. CDNIM has a very strong lemon opening that lasts a good 1/2 hour, and it’s not a good one. I agree it’s similar to lemon pledge on the opening. When the opening fades however it’s a decent scent that lasts a good 6-8 hours. I think it’d be more suitable for a cigarette smoker, as the resonance is strong, but you can tell it ISN’T Aventus. Explorer has more of a high quality aroma to it, and it smells like the Aventus dry down from the start. CDNIM is not a bad scent, there’s just better clones out there. If you’re going for Armaf, I prefer Le Parfait, not because it’s more similar to Aventus, but because it smells more high quality.

09/18/2019

4.0 7.0 8.0 8.0/10

Benedikt2019
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Benedikt2019

The male dominatrix says: "Let's argue, but then we can tolerate again, please!

Wow, normally I rarely test perfume clones, but since I got the above one for a ridiculous price of only 29 Euro for 100ml, I thought: Why not?

Well, whether you're a fan of Aventus or not, it doesn't matter. Those who don't like it anyway can now safely switch off - or click away. Whatever! Here it should be a matter of comparison and yes, I know, I am not the first! Nevertheless, I was actually so enthusiastic about this clone that I thought I'd dedicate a comment to it!

Well, what do you get for 29 Euro in comparison to the 150-190 Euro for 50ml to be paid for the great master Aventus? A lot, I think, of a fragrance that is about 80-90% the same as the original. At least as far as the heart and base notes are concerned. The top note, you have to admit, really hits you in the head first! I just thought, oh no, here comes another "smoke shit"! (sorry, I'm damaged by Interlude man of Amouage!). But after about 2-3 minutes the smoke has fortunately disappeared again and is only softly perceptible, like a beautiful veil. Consequently, he becomes more and more similar in the further course as far as his role model is concerned. So similar that I would say a blind sniper would have so many problems distinguishing the two. Clearly Aventus is a bit more complex and has this great gravit note, which is a bit missing here (I think Aventus smells like a pencil stroke). But what distinguishes Aventus, namely enormous freshness paired with fruits and a light smoky note, we also get here. And on top a better durability and a good Sillage. It lasts about 7-8 hours and is well perceptible.

Big prints Armaf gets for that hideously ugly bottle. Looks like a male dominatrix or the one who lets himself be "treated" by such a dominatrix. However you came up with the idea of creating this bottle, it was the wrong idea. But well, the inner values count and they are quite successful.

So Leudde Hand on heart. What you can get here for almost 30 Euro is a lot, a good clone, which gets close to 90% to the original and lasts even longer. I find it to be an even more successful Montblancs Explorer, which comes along much too softly with me and hardly holds to it. This one's brutal. Deductions for the opening, which looks cheap and smoky and for his robe, which you don't need to talk about!

So, what do you say to Domina?
Let's have a fight, BUT

i can take it again :-*

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09/05/2019

Daki
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Daki

85% Aventus

After long consideration and felt every read reviews, I have struck. I had the original, but it already beats in your wallet - clearly a good fragrance has its price, but beyond the 180 currency units...

And so I reached for the Armaf with conviction. The beginning is indeed very strong and syntethic. Mostly after lemon, the smoky and Johanmisbeere comes later, after 10-15 minutes. I can't estimate the duration yet.

The sprayer is okay with me, the packaging was folded like with many.

08/27/2019

5.0 9.0 9.0 9.0/10

Andrew18
9 Reviews

Andrew18

Good Buy

Smells so good. I love the dry down. Not a big fan of the lemon bomb in the opening. I have received plenty of compliments too. This is a good dumb reach for me. For the price absolutely worth it. Can’t afford Creed Aventus and this is a good alternative.

Rating: 9/10

08/18/2019

5.0 5.0 6.0 2.0/10

Drakecito
14 Reviews

Drakecito

Cheap and unrefined clon of Aventus.

Well, a new clone / plagiarism of Aventus, of those who do not try to hide and smelled a million times.

Open with very sharp citrus, yes, for my nose, closer to lemon than pineapple. This prevails throughout the life of the fragrance, only in drying, it also tries to copy that "smoked" thing from Aventus, even with worse results than in Creed.

The perfume remains flat, with a virtually non-existent evolution and at times, especially in the initial phase, it has even turned out to be unpleasant. Remove currants, apple or birch from this, then cloth ...

It smelled very artificial to me, tremendously synthetic, I don't know how to say it ... I'm not a fan of Aventus, but it smells much finer, less coarse than this. Of course, I am not saying that it is worth paying the difference for the Creed, much less, that is already a matter of each.

The differences with L'Aventure de Al Haramian, or Afnan Supremacy Silver, have seemed practically non-existent, perhaps this Armaf marks more that smoky scroll, so perhaps I stay with L'Aventure and anyway, of all these copies, The one that smells best to me is Insurrection Pure II by Reyane Tradition or even the copy of Refan. Eye, shading a lot and spinning fine, since the differences are small.

That if, in terms of performance, I think this Armaf is the one that best meets, maybe even surpassing Creed, both in wake and in longevity, but honestly, I found it very gross, squeaky, with unpleasant moments and in short and I tell you honestly, it seemed like a complete disaster.

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08/01/2019

6.0 8.0 8.0 9.0/10

Ascentus
2 Reviews

Ascentus

Refined Gentleman

I'm getting hints of balsam in the way white truffles remind the untrained nose of garlic. This is, mind you, 5 hours after that first (and only spray) on my forearm as a test. I can only imagine what will happen once this stuff spends a day on one of my pulse points.

I guess it's worth noting I am a fair-yet-olive-skinned Italian American with healthy moisturized skin. And the juice I am referring to has a Batch #207705 with a 05/2016 Production Date and 05/2021 Expiration Date. Needless to say, the sprayer is silver and releases a very sharp citrusy bite before settling into the smokey fruit sexiness 10 minutes later.

One of my colleagues came into my office during that 10 minute period, stopped and said. Damn. It smells good in here. He's a 23 year-old Jamaican kid if that helps with perspective at all. First compliment in first 10 minutes of use. It's not that it's the greatest smell, but it definitely makes a statement. Whether good or bad, it will definitely get you noticed (I'm referring specially to the batch mentioned previously), especially within the first couple hours.

I have not smelled anything like this before except maybe in my imagination when envisioning an elegant gentleman taking care of his business for the day, or the children, or grandchildren out to the park whilst reading the newspaper.

This smells much more than the price point suggests. I have nothing to compare it to with my nose, so I will say on it's own, this was a good (perhaps lucky--considering the production date) blind-buy.

07/04/2019

6.0 8.0 10.0 8.0/10

Rens1996
3 Reviews

Rens1996

Longlasting pineapples

I never got the hype of aventus I find it shafing foam like and it is not that unique. But I agree it is a complimen getter but I don't understand why. So i tried rasasi zebra i liked it a bit more than aventus but it didn't last the time i want(atleast 8hour). So I gave it to a colic. At that moment I smeld it on him and at that moment I understood why it is so popular and a compliment getter. Is was a whole different experience. Never smell an aventus like fragrance of the skin, smell it in the air it is so beautiful. So I wanted a aventus like fragrance. Sins I gave zebra away I wanted to try the king of king clones Armaf club de nuit intens man. And I ordert the fragrance 1 week ago. I recieved the black sprayer France made bottle. First spray. Hars in the way that it makes you sneeze and it will burn your nose. After 10 secons the fragrance becomes alive. And it smeld just like aventus but with a more bright lemony opening. After half an hour it smells just like the smocky batch of aventus.(I own a decant of the old formulation of aventus). I love the smocky batch it is more mature and it smeld gorgeous.

Smell: 8/10 at first I didn't get the DNA but it works.

Versatility: 10/10 al year al occasion maybe not for beach walks.

Longjevedy: 10/10. 9 hours on skin is more than you need. Ones I left a shirt hanging sprayd with CDNIM and afther 4 days I put the shirt one again and a friend in the car told me I smell amazing. So I putted my nose in my shirt and I could smell CDNIM realy good.

Projection: 8/10 the first 10 seconds are unclear after that it stays very strong for 2 hours after that is is a scent bubble what doesn't smell like a fragrance but a nice woody skin like scent that project for 1 feet until the end.

Prize: 10/10 45 euro,s for 105ml

Compliments: 10/10 2 compliments in one day is much because in the Netherlands people don't compliment each other ofthen on fragrance or looks. Sad but true

Over all rating: 8/10 didn't understood the DNA until I smeld it on someone else. Don't smell it on skin. Smell it in the air it is a beauty

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05/02/2019

3.0 7.0 7.0 5.0/10

ScentPhantom
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ScentPhantom

The tree burns

Sadly the lonely, gnarled little tree looked at its few withered fruits.
It dreamed of better times.
A flash of lightning interrupted these dreams abruptly and only ash remained of the little tree and its sparse fruits.

A resourceful man saw the remains of the little tree and took them. He stomped these remains to dust, added alcohol and decided to sell the result as body scent.
He filled everything into dark, opaque vessels so that it was not immediately clear why it was being done. To camouflage the cheap content, he decorated the vessels with even cheaper rhinestones.

A name still had to be found, spontaneously he thought of 'Much smoke for nothing'. But that pointed too directly to the content. The vessels were as black as the night, so it was more obvious to choose the name accordingly.

People bought these bottles and sprayed their bodies with the contents.
Some suspected that there wasn't much besides smoke. They tried to separate again from the vessels.

Spontaneously the thought came: This is something for the Pathfinders.

In times of drought and environmental protection, it had become difficult to communicate the meaning of a campfire to the environment. So in the evening the pledge finders could gather around a bag of fireflies, spray themselves afterwards with the remains of the tree and give the impression to have sat at a real fire......

5 Replies

04/21/2019

5.0 8.0 8.0 4.5/10

Guacamoritz
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Guacamoritz

Through the nose into the head

I couldn't get anything out of the scent. A very pungent top note, extremely artificial. The artificial does not evaporate - according to my nose - either, as other users describe it.

Over the top by creating a fragrance that should last for a long time without regard to losses.

Durability and Sillage are not everything ...

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04/17/2019

8.0 8.0 8.0 7.0/10

Inovivo
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Inovivo

Very well meant, but only mediocrely done

Yeah, it's portable. But a clone? Well, same fragrance family, okay. M.E. a (over-)ripe pineapple dominates even several hours after application. Somewhat unround the whole and then this indefinable vanilla-sweet-chemical-smoky nuance. Brings me back to my childhood, when one discovers the forgotten pineapple in a school bag at the end of the summer holidays while igniting the Q-Tipps...

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04/15/2019

7.0 7.0 9.0 9.5/10

Menikmati
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Menikmati

Arrived at Club de Nuit

After a long wait my copy of this clone arrived today. The bottle is amazingly solid, looks cheap, but still feels valuable. The spray head works very well... and the scent? Yes, the scent is really interesting! Fruity intensive entry, much more citrus fruity than I expected. After he calms down, he gets smoky, the way I like it! Durability is, I think, really remarkable considering the price. I would say in relation to the price he is really a worthy companion for all seasons!

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04/11/2019

Freezy76
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Freezy76

0 to 100 in 2 years!

My first experience with CDNIM was sobering.

I didn't like the sow synthetic top note with a sharp birch note and really dominant lemon/bergamot paired at first at all.

Fortunately this nightmare is already over after about 20 minutes and the scent moves towards Aventus, but clearly smokier than any modern Aventus batch.

He started to please me more, became more and more pleasant, had a strong Sillage and performed without problems 9h+.

To be honest, after my first experience I parked it for the first time and didn't spray it anymore. I had also tried mixing it with fruity clones to drown out the hated top note...in vain.
With the collection of various Aventus batches, some vintage versions came under my nose at some point. Especially to mention the 10E01 (2010 batch)

Who knows this Aventus Batch, understands Armaf and his CDNIM and even the head note which is unpleasant for me! If I hadn't smelled the 2010 batch, CDNIM wouldn't still have much of a reputation with me. But now I can admit, I was too hasty and did him wrong!
By the way, the top note of the 2010 was also a bit stinging and had reminded me of dried fish. But it became weaker and more pleasant second by second.

Meanwhile after exactly 2 years I really appreciate my CDNIM and even enjoy the top note.
I like to wear CDNIM now very much and lean a little far out of the window here I just want to say the following:

This one is closer to Aventus (origin) than all the new reformulated and fruity Aventus batches Creed has launched in the last 1-2 years.

PS: i have the silver vintage version of CDNIM

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03/15/2019

4.0 1.0 1.0 3.0/10

Dimitris
1 Review

Dimitris

CDNIM IS NOT THE GREAT FRAGRANCE IT ONCE WAS

Ladies and gents if you havent tried the fragrance in the last year or so please DONT review it or just mention you are talking about an older version/batch. You are obviously talking about the 2015 or 2016 version which is like three or even four years ago .
CDNIM is garbage today. Not even the 1/3 of the old sillage and performance. I ordered the 2018 batch, because the old good ones areimpossible to find and when i got this i had an average scent (not smoky at all which was the most loved element of CDNIM) with little to none sillage and performance (after 1 hour not even my girlfriend when se hugged me could smell it and i sprayed like 6 sprays on me.
TO ALL THE PEOPLE INTRESTED IN BUYING THIS: Please dont. You will wait for 2 months for a fragrance that was reformulated to the worst with almost zero performance.
Maybe if people wake up and stop fallin in the trap of the old CDNIM success, the Armaf company try to bring back the old loved/most complimented ever batches.
I just want to prevent people from the dissapointment i felt, cdnim is not what it once was

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03/06/2019

6.0 8.0 8.0 10.0/10

DoNI92
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DoNI92

An adventure that got lost in the lime field before the journey

The first part is strongly synthetic lemon (WC stone), which flies away after about 20 minutes (pineapple is in my opinion not strongly represented). The drydown is pretty close to the original but you shouldn't expect a 1:1 copy, so I think Reyhane Tradition Insurrection Pure 2 is a better alternative (unfortunately performance not so good). In summary a good and long lasting fragrance that even manages to convince my girlfriend who was amazed by the resemblance to the original.
Clear recommendation to buy :)

5 Replies

02/22/2019

5.0 7.0 8.0 8.0/10

Slts
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Slts

The one across the street.

First of all, what do we all know about CDNI?
- Aventus clone (Even if the word clone may not be mislead for this fragrance in any way derogatory!)
- The top note is "need getting used to"
- Cheap, I'd almost say there are few fragrances that are cheaper.

Now I'd like to say a few words about what this fragrance is for me.
I own some aventus-like scents and Aventus itself, the scent is for me since about 2014 absolutely the signature of the warm season. However, the story has a catch, wearing Aventus permanently is just a bit expensive and so it happened that I started spraying CDNI at some point when I didn't feel I needed Aventus on that day.
The level of compliments is actually almost identical, but that should never be the main intention of a fragrance purchase ;)
CDNI comes closest to Aventus in the drydown, as well as the S/H;
It can't hold a candle to Aventus, but it can because of the price.

7 Replies

02/08/2019

5.0 9.0 9.0 9.0/10

Aventador
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Aventador

Very helpful Review 7

Good as Aventus Clone - very good as an independent fragrance

Every Aventus clone has its peculiarities. Of course also this one.
But if you don't compare apples with pears but more recent fruity batches from Aventus and the current reformulation of CDNI (black spray head) they are (for me) almost exactly the same in the middle part.
The start and the finish are not exactly the same again. But that doesn't matter if you try to consider CDNI as an independent fragrance and don't try to draw a 100% comparison to Aventus.
Because then CDNI is a very good fragrance and considering the price anyway.
Of all the clones I have tested so far (L'Aventure, Vibrant Leather, Supremacy Silver) this one is the best and most pleasant for me even if Aventus is not hit 100% here...the Aventus "Vibe" is still given.

PS: whoever finds the current Aventus Batches too fruity or too unsmoky will not like this interpretation of the fragrance either.

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02/08/2019

8.5/10

Turbobean
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Turbobean

Very helpful Review 5

CdN vs. Aventus: A field report.

First, I feel the need to apologize for Anglicism in the title. I could have written: "CdNi vs. Aventus". That sounds kind of weird. So far it has come.

But now to the topic:

I don't need bargains! I need good scents! I don't care if a good fragrance costs 15,- Euro or 150,- Euro. The main thing is that it's a good scent. That's the point. (But I do care if a fragrance costs 300,- Euro or more. Somewhere the fun stops.)

In this respect there was actually no need for an Aventus clone with me. Why should I? I am satisfied with Aventus and at some point my bottle will be empty. Then I would like to buy a new one, even if the 200,- Euro will of course hurt a bit. Topic done.

But now it happened that during one of my wanderings through the world of perfume dealers I came across a great offer for this fragrance here. So, what the hell, you can still sell him. And I was always curious, as you often read that this is supposed to be the best Aventus clone.

Arrived, unpacked ... oh, dear, what's that? A giant trump of bottle, equipped with small glass diamonds, unwieldy and not exactly what I would call "beautiful". Seisdrum. The scent counts.

I usually test new fragrances on a curtain. I like it when I enter a room and am suddenly confronted with the scent. This usually leads to a spontaneous and reliable fragrance impression.

I found Club de Nuit very attractive in the beginning. He reminded me of an earlier version of Aventus where the pineapple was more in the foreground.

When after two, three hours the base was visible, I was reminded again of an earlier version of Aventus. It must have been in 2012. There was a rather angular tar note in this fragrance. A little cold ashtray. I wasn't sure if I liked it or not.

It didn't help: Club de Nuit had to be tested on men. At the moment I only use Aventus at home. It's just too cold outside. But on some Sundays, when I know that I will not leave the apartment today, I use Aventus. Just for me. The fragrance blows around me from morning till evening and I enjoy it.

So the test also took place on a Sunday at home. Club de Nuit smelled like Aventus. Maybe he had a bit sharper opening notes and a bit more smoky tones, but in principle it was an image of Aventus.

But I still wasn't really happy. Was I missing something? Was something too much for me? Was there more synthetic in the game? Or was it just my consciousness to wear a cheap dupe that played a trick on me?

The bag test had to bring clarity: Two Kleenex wipes were sprayed with one fragrance each and deposited in two plastic breakfast bags. In addition a note with the fragrance name, folded, so that the name is not visible. The bags were sealed and were to be sniffed the next morning. Blind, of course. Without prejudice.

After the bags were tied up, I heard an intense smell, somehow after citrus bath cleaner, which penetrated from one of the closed (!) thin bags. MUST be the Club de Nuit. And indeed, that was the culprit. So one thing could be said: the top note of Aventus is more natural, smoother, rounder, better.

The next morning the stinging citrus note was gone. Nevertheless, I could identify the Club de Nuit twice blindly, because it smelled a little more severe. But that changed in the course of the next two days. Now I could hardly distinguish between the two scents and sometimes I typed correctly, sometimes I was wrong
Conclusion: Even though Aventus is ten times more expensive (which is also due to the fact that I had made a real CdN bargain), I will stick with it. The difference is marginal but decisive for me.

But Club de Nuit comes so close to Aventus that it is really an alternative. Almost like another batch

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01/13/2019

10.0 7.0 10.0 8.5/10

DuftbarM
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DuftbarM

Less helpful Review 3

Never try on the hand, always test for the whole day!!!!!

I ordered this fragrance with a buddy on Notino.
Since he was introduced as Creed Aventus Gemini, we just wanted to test him.
When we sprayed this fragrance on our hand, we both found it much too pineapple burdensome and very unpleasant.
The next day I wore it to work to test its durability.
AND SEE DAAAAA!
First, on the skin, the pineapple was very pleasant.
Also super durability (about 8 hours) and gives moderate to good reactions in the lady between 18 and 30 years.
As a result, the fragrance is rather something for the seasoned man aged 20 and over

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01/03/2019

5.0 8.0 8.0 8.0/10

Val
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Val

Greatly helpful Review 11

Casanova without soul

Many fragrances want to copy the great Aventus, but they often fail due to decisive attributes such as durability or refinement. Everyone smells like Aventus somehow, but perfection is missing. Certain nuances smell unround or missing.
They tickle your nose, or are not even noticeable shortly after take-off.

I've had pretty much every halfway known clone under my olfactory bulb and none of them was a real Aventus killer!
Some of the clones do not even deserve a mention because it would be an insult to Aventus.

In the end, there are less than a handful of clones left, which are not quite enough for an Aventus in refinement, but at least represent a financially smart alternative.

One of them is Club de Nuit of Armaf.
The top note is a full chemical catastrophe which also arouses associations of a cheap WC stone in me, but...
... after 15 minutes the top note, thank heavens, is replaced by the smoky, warm, seductive Aventus DNA.
This has then also a good durability and above average projection, similar to Aventus.
In terms of durability and sillage, CDNI is definitely the number 1 Aventus clone!

The personal preferences will probably decide about the basis then.
Some prefer the fruity pineapple-heavy batch, others the older, smoky batches.
For me, birch tar smoke has always been the main distinguishing feature of Aventus and with CDNI there are lots of them!

At the end there is a well made and long lasting Aventus clone, which unfortunately lacks soul due to its synthetic composition.

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12/10/2018

2.0 9.0 8.0 8.5/10

DatBuschi
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DatBuschi

Helpful Review 5

The dark brother of Aventus

Fragrance:
I know the fragrance DNA of Aventus (which also inspires me) and have to say that Club de Nuit can prove a strong similarity in the drydown, but CDNI is still a little smokier and darker.
If someone wants to have the fragrance DNA of Aventus 1:1, he has to go to the original.
As already mentioned in the other comments, the fragrance starts with an extreme citrus note, but the drydrown is already close to the well-known Aventus after about 1 to 2 hours Nevertheless I think the CDNI still has its own character, a bit more masculine.

Performance:
For this price the performance is simply unbeatable. 2 splashes each behind the ear are sufficient for normal everyday life. After reactions of others measured, I would estimate that the smell in the first 4 hours strongly projected, so that seat neighbors can smell it well. In the next four hours I would guess the Sillage is slowly wearing off.
All in all the Sillage is strong, therefore be sparing with the spraying on, before fellow men express themselves unpleasantly.

Flacon:
Even if for me the bottle is unimportant, this is unfortunately a total failure.
Unhandled, macabre and cheap sparkling stones on the bottle.
The fragrance unfortunately stings optically negative in a fragrance collection.

Reactions of the environment:
On average, I only got to hear positive reactions. It is certainly a good date scent, but shares the same property with Aventus: It smells better in the air than if you smell it on skin or clothes.

Conclusion:
Club de Nuit Intense is a great perfume for an unbeatable price.
But if you want to find the perfect Aventus clone here, I have to disappoint you, you have to find the original one.
For me it is a great winter scent, which I like to install in my rotation.

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