Club de Nuit Iconic Armaf

So, I am a 21 year old University student who is a cologne snob i guess. Heard that this is a clone of BDC. Owned a bottle of BDC EDP earlier, saved up for it, love it, is my signature scent, but in these times its stupid expensive specially where i live. And being a broke ass student started looking for clones heard about this and missoni wave parfum. the latter wasn't available in my region so pulled the trigger on this. Gotta say not disappointed. Opening is pretty close to BDC in the air Obviously because of the new bottle and all smells like alcohol for the first 30 secs and so but mellows out after that.
Obviously its synthetic smelling and a bit harsh in the opening but nothing a little maceration wont help with. BDC smells more natural 100% and well rounded.
Mid gets more shower jelly and musky than BDC again that is more well rounded.
Dry down pretty good.
80 to 85% of BDC experience especially for someone smelling it off of you.
Good projection a lot better than BDC.
Nose Blind Warning, I got nose blind pretty fast, i think its because i kept smelling it to figure out the dry down.
Lasting need to test because it gets to almost 50 degree Celsius where i live.
BDC only lasted 4 - 6 hours, skin scent after the first 3 to 3.5 hours.
Considering its almost 1/5th the price seems worth it. Especially if you're on a budget.
8.9/10 would recommend.

This is basically a very close clone of BdC EDP. I felt the urge to write a review of this because SO MANY REVIEWERS don't understand that, with all of these cheap middle-eastern frags, you have to spray it a few times and then leave it the hell alone for 2 months and let it macerate. Yes, the initial sprays of most these smell terrible, and this one is probably the worse offender. After letting it sit for a few months, however, this becomes a beastly performer and is maybe 90% similar to BdC EDP. I don't get much incense at all, so you can't say this is similar to the EDT or Parfum, and while the quality clearly isn't as good as BdC, it's still excellent for a clone frag, especially one at this price point. In the air, it's stunningly close to the EDP, and I get maybe 5-6 hours on skin and this lasts damn near forever on clothes. An outstanding frag for the money, and easily one of the best clones/inspirations out of the 600+ frags I've tried yet.

Whatever scent DNA they were pursuing with scent, it is just badly done. The citrus is so metallic, uncontrolled, screechy, in your face, offensive. It smells like a sweaty armpit. I honestly expected this to be fresh and project a summer like vibe. It turns out to be just like essential oil mixed with alcohol. A total disappointment. I will just decant this and blend it with a different sweet fragrance to make it more bearable. Otherwise I would just throw it in the trash. This is just bad

I have tried a slew of BDC clones. They all seem to miss the mark in one way or another. Until the recent release of French Avenue Zenith Deep, this was the closest to replication of an authentic BDC fragrance, or at least minutes 3-30 would have you believe.

The initial opening is loud and a bit abrasive for a fresh scent, where BDC (in all forms) is very smooth and refined on application, this is disjointed and amorphous. After the first minute or two, it calms down and you get a lot of the signature BDC DNA, including some of the powdery musk that so many clones completely miss. In the following 25 minutes or so this wears like an authentic Chanel product.

At around the 30 minute mark, problems start to appear. The citrus, melon and mint notes dissipate, all of the lighter aspects become fleeting and a dry monotonus character starts to overtake the fragrance. As time progresses past the hour mark, this dry character completely dominates every other part of the fragrance until it's the only thing I can smell on myself. It smells like a vetiver or some kind of cheap musk (it's possibly the jasmine oils) react badly with some of the other aromachemicals. It truly ruins what could have been something great. This dry character is all I am left with. I can still smell the other notes if I take a break from it or come back to a garment it was sprayed on earlier, but I lose all of the goodness when it's close to my nose.

If you are looking for a cheaper alternative to BDC that nails the scent profile and lasts, the best option is French Avenue Zenith Deep.

I have also tried Missoni Pour Homme, Xeena Imperial Blue, Dylan Blue, Bharara Viking Beruit, Riffs Seasons Drift and several others. Zenith deep is the one to go with.

Well blended, lasts long for a freshie, goes on sale often, and doesn't smell as synthetic as the CDNIM line (maybe because it has less citrus). It was a blind-buy, and I never tried the BDC... So it's not for me, but I can smell that the quality is there. So if you like that type of scent profile, you won't be disappointed.