Aramis Adventurer Aramis 2014

We are in the year 565 AD. Brendan, a simple monk in a monastery on the Irish west coast, stands by the sea day after day, wondering what might be out there where the sun sinks into the sea.
One day, he decides to travel with 12 companions to where the sun sets on the horizon, to explore what might be on the other side.
They build a Curragh - a traditional Irish type of boat - and take various things with them on their journey. Among them is moss, which captures all the scents for which our island is known, and they set off on the long journey.
In every land they discover, they give moss as gifts, and when the people ask what that scent is, Brendan and his companions reply, "What you smell is the scent of Éire. It is the fragrance of wild landscapes and green hills, the scent of wind and storm, mixed with the sea that is hurled against the coasts when the storm blows. It is the smell of rain as it falls on green meadows and green moss. It is the invitation 'will you come to the Bower (Bower is an old English term for a garden, or paradise).' This scent, my friend, is Ireland in all its facets."
And the people who smelled this moss thought to themselves, "Truly, this Éire must be a special, a mystical place, and these people must be true adventurers to bring this scent to us so that we can taste it."
Brendan became known for his journey, the Navigatio Brendani, and St. Brendan is the patron saint of sailors; however, he and his companions likely did not take moss on the journey that, as determined in 1976, probably led all the way to America.

Back to the present:
Aramis Adventurer is unfortunately not a scent from Ireland, but it truly captures our small and very beautiful island quite well. It is not a rough, unrefined scent, but has numerous warm nuances.
It is a fragrance for adventurers who walk through the expansive heathlands in County Kerry, climb Croagh Patrick or the Hill of Tara (seat of our high kings), or let the wind blow around their noses at the Cliffs of Moher.
I think Ireland hardly crossed the mind of the creator of the fragrance, but he has captured Ireland very well with this scent, although the modern adventurer hardly wears a fragrance.
However, this scent is suitable for the urban jungle in Dublin, where one can travel back in time to the era of St. Brendan or our high kings, when the Irish landscapes were still barren and rough and life was truly hard. And when wearing the scent, one feels like Brian Boru when he defeated the Vikings at the Battle of Clontarf on Good Friday in 1014, or like the rebels of Easter 1916, who fought for the freedom of Ireland.

I would rather associate this scent with Michael Collins, who, like no other, represented Ireland.

P.S.: What brings me to this praise is the composition of Adventurer, very well balanced, where I can smell the moss, cedar, and absinthe more strongly than the other components, and I must say, I really like this combination. And... it is not an Acquate, despite the blue color; it is a day at the sea :)