Aventus Creed 2010

I am someone who prefers to write short statements rather than long comments. Especially with a fragrance that divides the masses it is not easy to remain objective. And yet something moves me today, maybe it's the just received 10 years edition. And only because the fragrance differs from my previous batches. Not minimal or hardly at all but fundamental. I smelled my first Aventus in summer 2014. It was the best batch 13ZZ01 for many. What fascinated me back then was the opening with the pineapple. The only reason why I bought Aventus again and again. Because I don't really like the rest of the process. And just to go into the batch differences, I had about 15-20 different bottles and the biggest differences are mMn. only in the opening. The further course is almost always identical or so marginal that you hardly notice it. But now back to the 10 Years Edition. The opening is something completely different, because I definitely smell a strong honeydew melon which surprised me. Pineapple and bergamot are only discreetly visible in the background. The honeydew melon is also well perceptible right down to the base. Afterwards it slowly says goodbye. After about one hour the typical "green" phase of the Aventus slowly comes through, underlined by a soft leather touch. No leather like for example Tom Ford uses it, i.e. this dense. It is rather transparent, discreet, light and just floats along. The last hours of the fragrance become somehow monotonously wooden with a shallow sweetness in the background.
On me the scent lasts for about 6-7 hours now and is only perceptible on the skin. The water is a little bit lukewarm.

Conclusion: The "King" has fallen and that already a long time ago. The differences in quality of the individual batches do not make it better. One smells like this and the other one smells like this. One lasts 4 hours and the other 12 hours
It remains a sovereign fragrance, but in the meantime nothing more. For Aventus fans I recommend the edition, simply because it smells completely different than usual. I would not recommend it to all others, especially at this price. There are so many beautiful freshies, it doesn't have to be Aventus for just under 300€ if you buy it in a regional shop