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Aventus Police
Halt! May I see your papers for a moment? Well, look at that. Wait a minute. *calls the State Creed Directorate* Yeah, just as I thought. This has nothing to do with Aventus!
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In the meantime I have been on the road with Parfumo since June 2017. One of the first perfume names you come across is of course Aventus. The noble and controversial rider from the house of Creed, who changes his shape depending on the batch, but unmistakably smells of fruit (like pineapple), smoke and a pinch of leather. As it probably happened to many people here, I didn't want to spend too much money on fragrances in the beginning. Bottlings were bought, sharings were attended, and samples were sniffed in Vienna's perfumeries. I started with the alleged clones of the rider, including CNDIM, Vibrant Leather and ripoffs not listed here.
In the end, I also ordered a bottling of Aventus. I have seen how the fragrance twins imitate the original to a large extent and have also seen where the big differences lie. CDNIM is smokier, Vebellé's is fruitier, all quite similar but never exactly like the original. I have given up trying to find the perfect copy and will only go back to the original in the future.
Nevertheless, the search for the perfect twin is a very exciting journey. One gets to know many fragrances, some of them even have their own character and therefore raison d'être, such as the Explorer from Montblanc. That's why I itched under my fingers when a nice perfumo here shared a sharing with Cedrat Boise. So I had to join in, just to see how it smells, because it is really often mentioned as an alternative.
Arrived, sprayed... what? The Aventus police must first clarify something - fruit, yes, smoke, yes. But not like Aventus. Not at all. The fruit then tends to go more in the direction of currants, as you can also smell in Pierre Guillaume's Aqaysos. There's smoke too, but not like Aventus. Weaker, at least weaker than CDNIM in any case. And there's leather too. And a whole, whole lot of it. The smell is very peculiar, not bad, but certainly not like Aventus. A fruity, leathery scent that certainly fits well into everyday life, because it is not too overwhelming in its performance.
But Aventus? Probably not.
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In the meantime I have been on the road with Parfumo since June 2017. One of the first perfume names you come across is of course Aventus. The noble and controversial rider from the house of Creed, who changes his shape depending on the batch, but unmistakably smells of fruit (like pineapple), smoke and a pinch of leather. As it probably happened to many people here, I didn't want to spend too much money on fragrances in the beginning. Bottlings were bought, sharings were attended, and samples were sniffed in Vienna's perfumeries. I started with the alleged clones of the rider, including CNDIM, Vibrant Leather and ripoffs not listed here.
In the end, I also ordered a bottling of Aventus. I have seen how the fragrance twins imitate the original to a large extent and have also seen where the big differences lie. CDNIM is smokier, Vebellé's is fruitier, all quite similar but never exactly like the original. I have given up trying to find the perfect copy and will only go back to the original in the future.
Nevertheless, the search for the perfect twin is a very exciting journey. One gets to know many fragrances, some of them even have their own character and therefore raison d'être, such as the Explorer from Montblanc. That's why I itched under my fingers when a nice perfumo here shared a sharing with Cedrat Boise. So I had to join in, just to see how it smells, because it is really often mentioned as an alternative.
Arrived, sprayed... what? The Aventus police must first clarify something - fruit, yes, smoke, yes. But not like Aventus. Not at all. The fruit then tends to go more in the direction of currants, as you can also smell in Pierre Guillaume's Aqaysos. There's smoke too, but not like Aventus. Weaker, at least weaker than CDNIM in any case. And there's leather too. And a whole, whole lot of it. The smell is very peculiar, not bad, but certainly not like Aventus. A fruity, leathery scent that certainly fits well into everyday life, because it is not too overwhelming in its performance.
But Aventus? Probably not.
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Replica Vol. 2
My last replica comment dates from May 2018 and treated Gucci's "Guilty Absolute pour Homme", a floral-leathery fragrance that was still too strong for me at the time. In the meantime I got used to him and have to say that I see some areas of application and like to wear him from time to time.
Today there was a sample of "A City on Fire" with an order and I immediately had to think of my reaction to the Gucci fragrance at that time. Therefore a small comment on a fragrance that is very exceptional and special.
"A City on Fire" is a fragrance I've had on my watch list for a long time. Some YouTuber from the US recommend this fragrance and I must also say that I am very impressed by the aesthetics of the brand and the namings. On the website, the manufacturer describes the fragrance as a comic that resembles a film noir. Rupert, the matchmaker of a factory in the harbour district, and Frances, who writes dating columns, are both remote people and witness a murder. In an effort to clear their names, they join together in an unexpected duo of vigilante justice.
How it goes on one can probably think and the smell implies this also. The most prominent fragrance is smoke, smoke and smoke again. However, smoke can have different sources. Smoke from burnt wood smells different from paper and again different from rubber. The smoke you can find at A City on Fire is very woody. Further down a user also named incense and I can well imagine that. Now I think of the burning office of Frances, where the furniture and the newspaper of the next day are ablaze in flames. But what's that? Does that smell like...? Bacon? I just hope that Frances and Rupert made sure that the trainee from the 5th floor didn't slave away into the evening hours again...
But my description is different and I formed my own associations with the fragrance before I was allowed to read this interpretation:
REPRODUCTION OF FAMILIAR SCENTS AND MOMENTS OF VARYING LOCATIONS AND PERIODS
Originally: Bulgarian Winter Roads
Provenance and Period: Kyustendil, 2006
Fragrance Description: Burning wood and clear snow
Style Description: ????
When I lived with my parents in Bulgaria and visited my family in Macedonia, we always drove the distance from Sofia to Skopje, which took about 3 hours by car. But as we have a smaller bladder as a child, we had to take a little pee break from time to time. I loved it most when those breaks were in the winter. It was freezing cold as the villages in the Kyustendil area were already snowed in, but the smell was unique. At first I always felt the smell of the snow, which is not really a smell, but fills the lungs with ice-cold air and lets it burn a little, similar to holding snow in your hands for too long. What was added now was the smell of burning wood, since in the villages on the Balkans very often wood is used for heating. This smell is very authentically recreated by A City on Fire in my opinion. A great masterpiece of art.
Unfortunately, this also leads to wearability, which I consider to be very bad. Maybe like Gucci's leather armchair my opinion will change after some time, but I can't imagine a situation where I wanted to smell like that. User Caligari said that many smoky fragrances often add another component to cover up the smoky more or less. Maybe that's what this scent needs. I can well imagine wanting to get a taste of him from time to time in the near future, but it will probably not happen that I will wear him extensively. I don't want my environment thinking there's a fire somewhere.
Today there was a sample of "A City on Fire" with an order and I immediately had to think of my reaction to the Gucci fragrance at that time. Therefore a small comment on a fragrance that is very exceptional and special.
"A City on Fire" is a fragrance I've had on my watch list for a long time. Some YouTuber from the US recommend this fragrance and I must also say that I am very impressed by the aesthetics of the brand and the namings. On the website, the manufacturer describes the fragrance as a comic that resembles a film noir. Rupert, the matchmaker of a factory in the harbour district, and Frances, who writes dating columns, are both remote people and witness a murder. In an effort to clear their names, they join together in an unexpected duo of vigilante justice.
How it goes on one can probably think and the smell implies this also. The most prominent fragrance is smoke, smoke and smoke again. However, smoke can have different sources. Smoke from burnt wood smells different from paper and again different from rubber. The smoke you can find at A City on Fire is very woody. Further down a user also named incense and I can well imagine that. Now I think of the burning office of Frances, where the furniture and the newspaper of the next day are ablaze in flames. But what's that? Does that smell like...? Bacon? I just hope that Frances and Rupert made sure that the trainee from the 5th floor didn't slave away into the evening hours again...
But my description is different and I formed my own associations with the fragrance before I was allowed to read this interpretation:
REPRODUCTION OF FAMILIAR SCENTS AND MOMENTS OF VARYING LOCATIONS AND PERIODS
Originally: Bulgarian Winter Roads
Provenance and Period: Kyustendil, 2006
Fragrance Description: Burning wood and clear snow
Style Description: ????
When I lived with my parents in Bulgaria and visited my family in Macedonia, we always drove the distance from Sofia to Skopje, which took about 3 hours by car. But as we have a smaller bladder as a child, we had to take a little pee break from time to time. I loved it most when those breaks were in the winter. It was freezing cold as the villages in the Kyustendil area were already snowed in, but the smell was unique. At first I always felt the smell of the snow, which is not really a smell, but fills the lungs with ice-cold air and lets it burn a little, similar to holding snow in your hands for too long. What was added now was the smell of burning wood, since in the villages on the Balkans very often wood is used for heating. This smell is very authentically recreated by A City on Fire in my opinion. A great masterpiece of art.
Unfortunately, this also leads to wearability, which I consider to be very bad. Maybe like Gucci's leather armchair my opinion will change after some time, but I can't imagine a situation where I wanted to smell like that. User Caligari said that many smoky fragrances often add another component to cover up the smoky more or less. Maybe that's what this scent needs. I can well imagine wanting to get a taste of him from time to time in the near future, but it will probably not happen that I will wear him extensively. I don't want my environment thinking there's a fire somewhere.
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Job interview
I find fragrances for Prada (at least these for men) very interesting. Many are characterized by a certain cleanliness, which one does not find otherwise so frequently. "Amber pour Homme (Eau de Toilette)" is probably the cleanest, but also "Luna Rossa (Eau de Toilette)" evokes associations of hygiene through its mint note. What these fragrances have in common with Prada L'Homme (apart from the cleanliness) is the powdery smell.
This powder (here through the iris) is absolutely in the foreground with L'Homme. I can't really say what's going on with the separate notes. I have a hunch of neroli and the drydown is slightly woody, but what makes the fragrance so special is the interplay of all the notes. Prada L'Homme is a fragrance that always reminds me of white shirts dried after washing and freshly ironed. It's a smell I'd just call clean.
That's why I like to carry him to work. It's clean, it doesn't touch, its Sillage keeps within limits and its durability won't survive the working day either. Is that a problem? It all depends on the wearer. I'm glad that the fragrance doesn't provoke too much, because it fits perfectly into professional everyday life. The Sillage won't strangle anyone and guarantees that you won't get a subpoena from HR. I also think the shelf life is okay. After all, after a long working day I want to take off my shirt and put on something comfortable, which represents me more. I also like to wear shirts at home, but the change of clothes after a working day symbolizes the transition from the professional to my own private world.
This is also how I see the scope of the fragrance. I'd love to wear it to interviews. In my work environment it is not typical to wear suits. It's only at the interview that you dress a little more formally. Then I also like to wear Prada L'Homme, because it fits very well to a formal dress style. But I don't want to miss him to the Business Casual Dresscode, because he gives a clean, serious and professional appearance the final touch. He is distant, yet warm, but also a little snobbish. This is also one of the reasons why I never wear it in my spare time. There are also days at work when I prefer to wear fragrances that are riskier and represent me more as a person.
This then raises the question: Do you want to maintain the distance you are used to from interviews every day or do you want to show yourself as you are? Personally, I'm not Prada L'Homme. Sometimes I'm lazy, I like to wear leather jackets, I don't live my job 24/7. For my free time, for going out, for the weekends and often even in my job I prefer to wear something different.
What I do know, however, is that in situations that require a certain amount of professional distance, Prada L'Homme is only a handgrip away. This morning he accompanied me to an interview and gave me exactly the aura I expected from him. If I were YouTuber, I'd say I got the job thanks to him. But I know what I'm worth myself.
This powder (here through the iris) is absolutely in the foreground with L'Homme. I can't really say what's going on with the separate notes. I have a hunch of neroli and the drydown is slightly woody, but what makes the fragrance so special is the interplay of all the notes. Prada L'Homme is a fragrance that always reminds me of white shirts dried after washing and freshly ironed. It's a smell I'd just call clean.
That's why I like to carry him to work. It's clean, it doesn't touch, its Sillage keeps within limits and its durability won't survive the working day either. Is that a problem? It all depends on the wearer. I'm glad that the fragrance doesn't provoke too much, because it fits perfectly into professional everyday life. The Sillage won't strangle anyone and guarantees that you won't get a subpoena from HR. I also think the shelf life is okay. After all, after a long working day I want to take off my shirt and put on something comfortable, which represents me more. I also like to wear shirts at home, but the change of clothes after a working day symbolizes the transition from the professional to my own private world.
This is also how I see the scope of the fragrance. I'd love to wear it to interviews. In my work environment it is not typical to wear suits. It's only at the interview that you dress a little more formally. Then I also like to wear Prada L'Homme, because it fits very well to a formal dress style. But I don't want to miss him to the Business Casual Dresscode, because he gives a clean, serious and professional appearance the final touch. He is distant, yet warm, but also a little snobbish. This is also one of the reasons why I never wear it in my spare time. There are also days at work when I prefer to wear fragrances that are riskier and represent me more as a person.
This then raises the question: Do you want to maintain the distance you are used to from interviews every day or do you want to show yourself as you are? Personally, I'm not Prada L'Homme. Sometimes I'm lazy, I like to wear leather jackets, I don't live my job 24/7. For my free time, for going out, for the weekends and often even in my job I prefer to wear something different.
What I do know, however, is that in situations that require a certain amount of professional distance, Prada L'Homme is only a handgrip away. This morning he accompanied me to an interview and gave me exactly the aura I expected from him. If I were YouTuber, I'd say I got the job thanks to him. But I know what I'm worth myself.
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Fast Fashion
How many times has this fragrance been praised in heaven? Especially among YouTubers the fragrance seemed to be a must on every party or autumn list about two years ago.
I've known the fragrance for some time now, but I've never really dared to write a comment. This was partly due to the fierce discussions regarding shelf life and Sillage, but also to my realization at the time that anosmia (also smell blindness) is not a fantasy.
A lot has already been said about the scent itself. He starts off quite potent and has a very spicy opening, from which I personally cannot smell the notes distinctively. Cardamom and thyme will be there somehow, I don't feel grapefruit and lavender so much now. However, the transition to the two main components of the fragrance, whisky and leather, takes place quite quickly. I would say that both share the heart note and the exercise into the base note is dominated by the leather.
A very nice smell, which I personally like very much. I can well understand the "Bad Boy Image", which is often addressed by the YouTube influencers mentioned above. My associations are leather jackets, cigarettes, alcohol and the color black.
Therefore definitely a fragrance for the evening exit. The target group would I rather estimate younger, because the smell is surprisingly sweet despite this nevertheless rather tart combination of leather and Whisky. When I first tested the fragrance I often had to get closer to the sprayed surface because of the bad sillage and durability and then I got headaches quickly. I would rather go for something else in my current phase of life if I were looking for scents with alcoholic and leathery notes.
That brings me to my next point, one that is the subject of heated debate here. The shelf life and the Sillage. I find that the fragrance has a very strong opening and can therefore very easily cause odour blindness in the wearer. However, I also maintain that the Sillage belongs to the somewhat weaker ones. Especially when compared to other leather fragrances, this one is a silent number. The shelf life of the ingredients could also be much better. The overall performance is therefore rather suboptimal, as the development is largely very close to the skin.
Is this due to a reformulation? I can neither deny nor confirm that. I only tested the fragrance a few years after it was launched, so I'm not sure which batch I have. I tested two: A bottling, which I bought in the souk and a sample, which I kindly received from User MichH (thanks again!). Both fragrances suffer from the same problems.
I therefore like to compare CH Men Privé with the concept of fast fashion, which has become very popular through brands such as H&M or Zara. At first glance, one sees an article that is perfectly situated in the contemporary fashion imagination and, due to the not so high price, moves to an impulse purchase. Only after a longer examination of the product one realises that the quality has to suffer from the low price and the fashionable surface. It should be said here that some products from these fashion houses can be quite high quality and I also own some, but they are not brands where a blind purchase will always be the same positive. I agree with Carolina Herrera. Whether it is the problems of CH Men Privé or the reformulation of CH Men, the brand is not consistent in the quality of its products. Of course, as with H&M and Zara, there are exceptions here too, such as 212 Sexy Men, whom I really appreciate. Also the women's fragrance Good Girl is very good.
Overall, I would say that the fragrance is very pleasant, but is not a buy recommendation due to the above factors. For alcohol scents I would rather recommend Pure Malt by Thierry Mugler or Jazz Club by Maison Margiela, because they offer better performance and are a little less sweet in the process. Leather fragrances are a completely different story and have an infinite range of options to test your way through. If you like the combination of sweet and leather, maybe Valentino could test Uomo Intense. It is completely different, but has a similar vibe in the finish.
Too bad, if he'd been stronger, I might have given him a different rating.
I've known the fragrance for some time now, but I've never really dared to write a comment. This was partly due to the fierce discussions regarding shelf life and Sillage, but also to my realization at the time that anosmia (also smell blindness) is not a fantasy.
A lot has already been said about the scent itself. He starts off quite potent and has a very spicy opening, from which I personally cannot smell the notes distinctively. Cardamom and thyme will be there somehow, I don't feel grapefruit and lavender so much now. However, the transition to the two main components of the fragrance, whisky and leather, takes place quite quickly. I would say that both share the heart note and the exercise into the base note is dominated by the leather.
A very nice smell, which I personally like very much. I can well understand the "Bad Boy Image", which is often addressed by the YouTube influencers mentioned above. My associations are leather jackets, cigarettes, alcohol and the color black.
Therefore definitely a fragrance for the evening exit. The target group would I rather estimate younger, because the smell is surprisingly sweet despite this nevertheless rather tart combination of leather and Whisky. When I first tested the fragrance I often had to get closer to the sprayed surface because of the bad sillage and durability and then I got headaches quickly. I would rather go for something else in my current phase of life if I were looking for scents with alcoholic and leathery notes.
That brings me to my next point, one that is the subject of heated debate here. The shelf life and the Sillage. I find that the fragrance has a very strong opening and can therefore very easily cause odour blindness in the wearer. However, I also maintain that the Sillage belongs to the somewhat weaker ones. Especially when compared to other leather fragrances, this one is a silent number. The shelf life of the ingredients could also be much better. The overall performance is therefore rather suboptimal, as the development is largely very close to the skin.
Is this due to a reformulation? I can neither deny nor confirm that. I only tested the fragrance a few years after it was launched, so I'm not sure which batch I have. I tested two: A bottling, which I bought in the souk and a sample, which I kindly received from User MichH (thanks again!). Both fragrances suffer from the same problems.
I therefore like to compare CH Men Privé with the concept of fast fashion, which has become very popular through brands such as H&M or Zara. At first glance, one sees an article that is perfectly situated in the contemporary fashion imagination and, due to the not so high price, moves to an impulse purchase. Only after a longer examination of the product one realises that the quality has to suffer from the low price and the fashionable surface. It should be said here that some products from these fashion houses can be quite high quality and I also own some, but they are not brands where a blind purchase will always be the same positive. I agree with Carolina Herrera. Whether it is the problems of CH Men Privé or the reformulation of CH Men, the brand is not consistent in the quality of its products. Of course, as with H&M and Zara, there are exceptions here too, such as 212 Sexy Men, whom I really appreciate. Also the women's fragrance Good Girl is very good.
Overall, I would say that the fragrance is very pleasant, but is not a buy recommendation due to the above factors. For alcohol scents I would rather recommend Pure Malt by Thierry Mugler or Jazz Club by Maison Margiela, because they offer better performance and are a little less sweet in the process. Leather fragrances are a completely different story and have an infinite range of options to test your way through. If you like the combination of sweet and leather, maybe Valentino could test Uomo Intense. It is completely different, but has a similar vibe in the finish.
Too bad, if he'd been stronger, I might have given him a different rating.
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Assent
I have to agree with the previous comments.
Fraqmental associates the fragrance with alcohol, cigars, leather jackets. I can see that.
DuftbarM finds the performance to be very strong. Here I agree.
Morpheus1 finds him very loud. So is he, oh yes.
Schani sees complimentary potential in the fragrance. I see that too.
Chevalier would recommend it for the summer and I can confirm that.
Here is a small scenario:
You were a little younger then. You went through town on a summer night. The scents could be a little louder, you want to be noticed. The cool shirt ironed, the sneakers were clean as never before. First off to the buddy and there maybe a cold beer before it starts, because it was so hot that day again. You missed the tram, but then you decided to just walk because the sun is shining and it's not so far away. A cigarette on the way actually also goes.
When you arrived you met your other friends, boys were greeted with a one-sided hug, for the girls there were kisses left and right. "Hey, the scent's really good. Did you buy it new?" By now everyone knew about your not so common hobby. White splashes were drunk, some drank beer, something lighter for the start. The second drink was then for most a gin tonic - perfect for the summer.
You were a little more impetuous back then, your buddy had another cigarette with him. They split up together and we went on to another bar. The main thing is to always have the possibility to stand outside, you shouldn't hide in the weather.
Already a little foggy you looked through the round and saw the beautiful faces of your friends laughing and just enjoying the evening. You smiled because you knew you'd remember evenings like this in a few years. But the friends stayed.
Maybe a few more drinks, maybe a little something to eat, maybe the story gets a romantic spin? But the next morning you were definitely a little done. Collecting a cold glass of water and yesterday's clothes, you smelled the shirt you were wearing. You can smell the cigarette smoke, of course, but behind it the smell of Azzaro. It lasts pretty long and still smells nice, you thought. Although it began so fruity, the base is now very smoky and sweet. But really great and smelled pretty good in combination with the cigarette smoke.
Conclusion:
I like a young scent that fits really well into the summer evenings. Price and performance are really good and you don't have to put on too much to get the right amount.
Fraqmental associates the fragrance with alcohol, cigars, leather jackets. I can see that.
DuftbarM finds the performance to be very strong. Here I agree.
Morpheus1 finds him very loud. So is he, oh yes.
Schani sees complimentary potential in the fragrance. I see that too.
Chevalier would recommend it for the summer and I can confirm that.
Here is a small scenario:
You were a little younger then. You went through town on a summer night. The scents could be a little louder, you want to be noticed. The cool shirt ironed, the sneakers were clean as never before. First off to the buddy and there maybe a cold beer before it starts, because it was so hot that day again. You missed the tram, but then you decided to just walk because the sun is shining and it's not so far away. A cigarette on the way actually also goes.
When you arrived you met your other friends, boys were greeted with a one-sided hug, for the girls there were kisses left and right. "Hey, the scent's really good. Did you buy it new?" By now everyone knew about your not so common hobby. White splashes were drunk, some drank beer, something lighter for the start. The second drink was then for most a gin tonic - perfect for the summer.
You were a little more impetuous back then, your buddy had another cigarette with him. They split up together and we went on to another bar. The main thing is to always have the possibility to stand outside, you shouldn't hide in the weather.
Already a little foggy you looked through the round and saw the beautiful faces of your friends laughing and just enjoying the evening. You smiled because you knew you'd remember evenings like this in a few years. But the friends stayed.
Maybe a few more drinks, maybe a little something to eat, maybe the story gets a romantic spin? But the next morning you were definitely a little done. Collecting a cold glass of water and yesterday's clothes, you smelled the shirt you were wearing. You can smell the cigarette smoke, of course, but behind it the smell of Azzaro. It lasts pretty long and still smells nice, you thought. Although it began so fruity, the base is now very smoky and sweet. But really great and smelled pretty good in combination with the cigarette smoke.
Conclusion:
I like a young scent that fits really well into the summer evenings. Price and performance are really good and you don't have to put on too much to get the right amount.
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