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Pineapple
Apple
Ambroxan
Ambergris
Association ...
Reading the notes, an association comes directly to mind. An Aventus! Is it a copy? No, because (as I wrote elsewhere) you can't copy Aventus - even Creed can't do it! The question would also be which one is THE Aventus? I think at the latest here divide the spirits...

But now to Victorious:
Victorious is a fragrance with the famous Aventus Accord (pineapple - apple - Ambroxan/Ambergris - birch).

So Victorious opens with a nice tangy pineapple note and this also remains over the course, only the pointedness decreases. In the further course then shows a, in my opinion, clearer emphasis of musk, whereby the fragrance gets an elegant woody twist. Overall, a nice, elegant scent with the aforementioned touch. As for Village and durability: Initially clearly perceptible, unfortunately, the durability is limited with me - there helps only one thing: re-spray :)

If you look at my collection, you'll quickly see that leather scents are not necessarily one of my favorite fragrance families. No, I do not like to smell like a shoe store or a car equipped with leather seats from the inside. Scents that purely wield the leather club are not my world. Dark Rebel by John Varvatos I was allowed to call my own for a while, however this scent was so special that I liked it but never found the right way to smell like a pub in the 90s, back when people still smoked inside.
And now L'Ateliero comes along with Urban Leather. First I became aware of L 'Ateliero through the podcast "Perfume the podcast" (a clear listening recommendation for all fragrance fanatics / inside), got me here in the souk a sample of irresistible Man and thanks to a test set I now come to enjoy the entire line and thus, among other things, this leather scent. Unlike other leather candidates, Urban Leather is wearable. It is tart, masculine and spicy at times even fruity. It definitely smells like leather, but without the shoe factory association. As soon as I spray it on, there is a fresh, tart note (do I detect grapefruit in the opening?) and a spiciness that lasts throughout. Shortly after the first impression, a fruity, berry note unfolds behind the leather. The scent thus becomes a red-fruity, spicy leather combination. However, it always remains masculine and tart. At the point where many other scents drift into a sweet swamp, Urban Leather remains spicy almost smoky. So even as it progresses, the herbs play the main role alongside the leather. If my nose doesn't deceive me, I can hear thyme, among other things. The entire fragrance is warm at times hot and thus here and there almost the association of desert air arise. In the drydown, you delicately perceive the woody, slightly creamy sandalwood base. Urban Leather is more than urban to me. It is Indian Jones in blue jeans, cowboy in a suit, a hard rock band on the radio, it is a fragrance that is spicy and distinctive and yet suitable for everyday use - if you like leather - definite test recommendation, if you associate leather scents with shoe store then also - vllt. it is then the key to a new (leather) world

You can personally think of Aventus what you want, after all, everything is a matter of taste, but globally Aventus is a masterpiece.

When Paul Parquet created Fougère Royal in 1882, he didn't just create a fragrance, he created a fragrance chord that became the beginning of a genre - the genre of fougère fragrances. The interplay of lavender, geranium, oakmoss and coumarin was so striking that it became the basis of fougère fragrances, an entire fragrance genre. All classic fougère fragrances use this accord (at least 3 notes). Depending on the intensity of the individual components and the other components of the fragrance creation, the scent varies. So today we find different Fougére fragrances: sometimes very classic, sometimes with a stronger lavender note, sometimes more modern with less geranium, sometimes powerful as for example in the 80s with a lot of oak moss and also as Oriental i.e. oriental Fougère. Paul Parquet have thus accomplished a masterpiece in 1882, a fragrance that was so concise that it became its own fragrance genre.

Now what does this have to do with Aventus? In my opinion, Creed has also succeeded in this. Creed has created with Aventus a fragrance that contains not only one, no equal to two concise chords. Oh what am I talking (or writing) about, a whole cadence! The opening chord, the fruitiness a mix of pineapple, apple and citrus notes and the base with smoky notes (in my opinion birch (vlt. Birch tar) and ambroxan (I do not think that real ambergris is included)).

Now, similar to the fougère fragrance, there are all sorts of different expressions of Aventus. Many may claim that its copies.

Let me tell you, Creed Aventus can not be copied!
How am I so sure of that?
Simple, even Creed can't manage to copy Aventus.

Each version is different, similar to the Fougère fragrance - here no one comes to the idea to claim it's all copies of Fougère Royal. So we have Aventus sometimes more fruity, sometimes smoky, sometimes simpler, sometimes with pungent top note, sometimes without pineapple but with bergamot and less complex (which we call Explorer and there you have to say, this Aventus is a stroke of genius, because he breaks up the first chord and exchanges a note and simplifies the rest of the cadence. You could argue it's the pop version of a classical piece) and we have some that, much like the oriental fougère scents, don't show the kinship so obviously - Cedrat Boise, for example. Cedrat Boise is described as an aventus and it is remotely in that genre, it does use a different fruit chord however that maintains the cadence (fruit on a smoky base).

So ultimately, Creed has created with Aventus from my point of view something that is so distinctive that whoever uses only a part of the DNA, the cadence, always creates an Aventus - and the best example of this is Creed itself, because even at Creed there is not the Aventus there is so to speak the fragrance family Aventus. A classic - and a good one at that

Irresistable Man is from my point of view a fragrance of opposites. It opens with a beautiful lavender note that relatively quickly finds its counterpart in the mint. Lavender - known for having a calming effect and mint for being refreshing and energetic. Mint remains in the course and contributes to the fresh overall picture. Opposites also meet as it progresses, tonka and vanilla, which bring more of a spicy sweetness on their own meet coconut, which gives a certain creamy holiday freshness. This coconut note resonates slightly noticeable but never distracting throughout the entire scent in the background. Irresistible Man is a very interesting fragrance that is overall very universal. Through its, contrasts united in itself, it is not too heavy and not too light, not too fresh and not too sweet, it is overall balanced and yet so unbalanced to be distinctive. A scent of its own - definitely interesting and good. I for one will continue to test and use up my sample and who knows maybe a L'ATELIERO fragrance will soon be added to the lineup for spring - the other fragrances of the house also sound promising...

Time line switched on, target time programmed: 1916. Flux compensator running. Velocity to 140 kph.

Italy 1916 Acqua di Parma Colonia the original, a citric refreshing Eau de Cologne with a noble soapy note. The citrus notes come with the future, as part of the top note.

Switch on time line again, target time programmed: sometime in the early 80s. Flux compensator running. Velocity to 140 km/h.

The 80's known for hair on the chest and the powerhouse scents (and Knight Rider), masculine, tart, herbaceous and unthinkable without oak moss. The oakmoss has to go with and the tart herbaceous notes, with into the future!

Turn on the timeline again: in 2008, a visit to Mr. Frémont, who is currently presenting the final version of the most elegant vetiver fragrance to Mr. Ford, before it is released in 2009. This elegant version of vetiver (even more subtle than Guerlain's), green and slightly earthy without being swampy and musty, comes with it! Where to? Well, into the future!

And so the DeLorean ends up back here in the future.
Futura, has a citric, tart prelude, but unlike the original, it is not purely citric. Pink pepper and herbaceous notes make the difference here - altogether tart (maybe due to the grapefruit?!?). The herbs also dominate in the further course and oakmoss (in my opinion) is added. Futura seems like a tribute to the Fougere fragrances of days gone by combined with Italian elegance. What was rough, animalistic and tart in the 80s Powerhouse fragrances can be found here in a balanced and elegant form. Futura - adapted to today's image, back to the future, without trying to jump on a fragrance trend, without gummi bear scent and cotton candy, not youthful and not playful, simply masculine, tart, elegant. So is the Drydown, which is entirely based on a subtle, pleasant vetiver. The fragrance is said to consist of almost only natural components, purely from my perception it also comes across extremely natural (no rustling synthetics). The performance is still difficult to estimate. However, it is not a beast in terms of longevity.

All in all it is a very classic and elegant Fougere in which, in my opinion, the herbs and green notes dominate.