MrLimuzin

Aventus: Sausage Magnet Sports Car

For all the dudes out there who wear fragrance in hopes it will get them a woman.. don't buy the overpriced cherry red Ferrari or lime green Lamborghini. Believe me, it will only attract more attention from other men than from women.

Aventus is just that - the overpriced sports car you purchase but then through experience find out that more men will come up to you to talk about it, than the amount of women who make mention of it

*long-time Aventus owner here, so I'm not just bashing Aventus simply for the sake of hating it

Smells like sawdust at a sawmill. By happenstance I drove by a saw mill recently and made sure to pay attention to the scent in the air, to make sure I wasn't crazy saying such things about H Exclusive Aoud.

No.... no craziness here. H Exclusive Aoud is just lumber.

At some point there seem to be some muted florals on the perimeter of the sawmill, dying to make their presence known but are ultimately smothered by the unrelenting odor of wood. Break time is over, time to get back to work in the mill, piling endless stacks of lumber with the forklift.

Perfect for a retired lumberjack or sawmill worker who now & again feels nostalgic of their workdays.

If dissecting this one and taking apart the notes, this stuff is heavy-handed on patchouli. Really, really heavy-handed. Cypriol gives H Aoud an old papyrus scroll feel. A little bit of kitchen spice oregano is there. Those are the main components with patchouli being the heaviest. But if taken in as a sum of its parts rather than dissecting it, then H Aoud smells like a sawmill.

Was trying a lot of Creeds at the fragrance counter and the ginger note in Citrus Bigarade kept luring my nose back to the blotter.

Reminds me of Hermes Eau D'Orange Verte. The two are in the same style but different.

I love this style of zesty and/or bitter citrus. There's the spicy, invigorating ginger which plays a major role and makes this one somewhat masculine leaning, backed by zingy lemon. Citrus Bigarade is not very much talked about but I feel like it's a gem.

As far as bottling the bottle - it's elegant but the cap is a really light and cheap plastic thing. Would want something better from a $315 (USD) fragrance

So.. I tried this one today. Good gravy!, this one is good. There almost seems to be a boozy quality to it without even having booze as a note. At some point it dawned on me, this kinda reminds me of Roja Parfums Enigma Parfum Pour Homme.

Being an owner of Roja Parfums of a long while ago, I was surprised by the similarities. I hardly reach for Enigma for some reason, would probably reach for Guerlain Tonka Imperiale far more and would dare to say it's superior.

If comparing fragrances to words on paper, Geurlain Tonka Imperiale is letters in bold while Roja Enigma Pour Homme is regular. Geurlain Tonka Imperiale has more depth, has an opacity that Roja Enigma lacks.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Tonka Imperiale is the idea used by Roja Parfums for their Enigma Pour Homme fragrance. Call it.... inspiration

If I could go back in time, I would without hesitation take Tonka Imperiale over Enigma. May even consider trading my nearly full Enigma for Tonka Imperiale. It really is that good. Geurlain: 1, Roja Parfums:0

To say that this is an old lady perfume would be trite and doesn't even begin to describe things.

This is for a mature woman 200+ years old, and I doubt you'll ever live that long. Or like an avant garde outfit at a fashion show, hideous, something you'd see on the runway but never actually wear out in public.

Ladies it's okay to not buy into the Chanel hype, it's okay to go against the grain.

But if you've somehow managed to live past 200 years (please do share your secrets for longevity of life) & genuinely like this stuff, please keep a 10-foot radius from me at all times while wearing chanel no 5.

The formula for this one should've been the only thing to perish with the Titanic on that fateful night..