Aventus Creed 2010

Where do I start?

I don't know the old and apparently legendary batches, but I have a pretty good picture of the fragrance DNA in my head and presume to be able to pass judgement for ME.
Among the positive aspects for me, first and foremost, that I really like Creed Aventus - honestly! He smells of the fragrance DNA actually simply masculine, elegant and fresh. Basically, Aventus is a perfect office and chypre fragrance that I think has quite a lot of citrus in the top notes and doesn't get quite as mossy and earthy as some other chypre representatives. What I find most intriguing is that apparently some can't handle the "mossy" note in Aventus at all, even though I think it's so much younger and easier to wear than many other chypres. So, for example, the Nishane Hacivat, with which he is much compared and which I also own as a flacon - THE is really mossy, get a sample and sink into the modder after the top note has faded... ;-)

Now to my big BUT...

Aventus has a good but in my opinion just boring fragrance DNA. He gives me nothing that Dior Sauvage can not also, only that Aventus smells to me less synthetic and still a little fresher or better. There are so many beautiful, exciting and adventurous fragrances out there. If Aventus would cost half the price (the batch discussions deliberately excluded), Aventus would be the perfect ever-goer, but to be honest, I prefer to buy more exciting fragrances for the money.