Top Notes 
Ambrox
Bergamot
Iris
Heart Notes 
Cachalox
Pink pepper
Base Notes 
Musk
Woody notes
Patchouli
05/04/2020
Dan81
17 Reviews
Dan81
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Aventus Ambroxan Chimera
I finally received my 10mL samples. As others have described, Fragrance One's Office has strong Aventus similarity in the top notes. It then dries down to Dior Sauvage as Ambroxan takes over and permeate. This ambroxan-heavy scent cloud slightly bothers me, as it feels synthetic/artificial. But I get the same feeling from Sauvage and for that reason I am not the biggest Sauvage fan either. I will have to test Office whether it attracts as much compliments as advertised but for my personal preference in wearing the scents (ie sniffing self/getting a whiff), I prefer Aventus > Office > Sauvage. Durability and silage are excellent.
I thought about uniqueness. As mentioned above, Office can be summarized in an equation for me: (Aventus Top + Sauvage heart/base) /2. I cannot fully appreciate the other delicate components as Ambroxan is overwhelming to my nose. While I may sound critical, I personally do not find approaches like these "mindless". It's like a DJ remixing two popular songs. With devoted passion for scents, one can easily imagine how particular notes of a fragrance may hit you well but some do not and you wish you could switch them out to create a "perfect" scent. I feel like Jeremy Fragrance really liked the top notes of Aventus and heart/body of Sauvage, and decided to get a master perfumer to tweek the scents as imagined. There are many examples as this offering in the designer world; Prada's Luna Rossa Carbon can be said to be Sauvage's refinement piece with less pepper. I think Office can be discussed in the similar vein and I think he did an excellent job.
Going back to the scent: although the Ambroxan does bother me as I expect the Aventus flow due to its near identical opening, I still like the smell of Office overall. As I own Aventus and have smelled other Aventus clones, I won't be wearing Office if I'm just going for Aventus like smell however. I will wear it for post-COVID19 social gathering situations to see how it performs; I may reach for Office if it a better crowd pleaser than Aventus or Sauvage.
Price point: It's expensive but with his 2 for 1 deals and the travel sizes I do not think it's no longer an issue. Test if you like the juice with the travel pack, check if you can get the result you wish for or the smell itself, then decide if you want to buy the bottles. For me, the travel size samples will do for now.
Overall: I think it's a well mixed fragrance that tries to capture the good of Aventus and Sauvage. The chimeric presentation is somewhat off-putting if you have smelled Aventus and/or Sauvage often before, as your nose may expect a different flow, but overall I do think it's a good scent. I have hopes that it will gather lots of compliments. I want Jeremy to keep making these fragrances as I like the idea: take the good parts of others to make something even better. Although what I really want from Jeremy Fragrance is mindless: to make a stronger La Nuit de L'Homme, but I appalud the spirit of experimentation and execution. One can only get refinement through trial and error so I support his journey.
I thought about uniqueness. As mentioned above, Office can be summarized in an equation for me: (Aventus Top + Sauvage heart/base) /2. I cannot fully appreciate the other delicate components as Ambroxan is overwhelming to my nose. While I may sound critical, I personally do not find approaches like these "mindless". It's like a DJ remixing two popular songs. With devoted passion for scents, one can easily imagine how particular notes of a fragrance may hit you well but some do not and you wish you could switch them out to create a "perfect" scent. I feel like Jeremy Fragrance really liked the top notes of Aventus and heart/body of Sauvage, and decided to get a master perfumer to tweek the scents as imagined. There are many examples as this offering in the designer world; Prada's Luna Rossa Carbon can be said to be Sauvage's refinement piece with less pepper. I think Office can be discussed in the similar vein and I think he did an excellent job.
Going back to the scent: although the Ambroxan does bother me as I expect the Aventus flow due to its near identical opening, I still like the smell of Office overall. As I own Aventus and have smelled other Aventus clones, I won't be wearing Office if I'm just going for Aventus like smell however. I will wear it for post-COVID19 social gathering situations to see how it performs; I may reach for Office if it a better crowd pleaser than Aventus or Sauvage.
Price point: It's expensive but with his 2 for 1 deals and the travel sizes I do not think it's no longer an issue. Test if you like the juice with the travel pack, check if you can get the result you wish for or the smell itself, then decide if you want to buy the bottles. For me, the travel size samples will do for now.
Overall: I think it's a well mixed fragrance that tries to capture the good of Aventus and Sauvage. The chimeric presentation is somewhat off-putting if you have smelled Aventus and/or Sauvage often before, as your nose may expect a different flow, but overall I do think it's a good scent. I have hopes that it will gather lots of compliments. I want Jeremy to keep making these fragrances as I like the idea: take the good parts of others to make something even better. Although what I really want from Jeremy Fragrance is mindless: to make a stronger La Nuit de L'Homme, but I appalud the spirit of experimentation and execution. One can only get refinement through trial and error so I support his journey.
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