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Aventure Il Profvmo 2006

7.4 / 10 51 Ratings

A perfume by Il Profvmo for men, released in 2006. The scent is spicy-fresh. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Fresh

Green

Leathery

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Absinth

Starfruit

Lemon

Heart Notes

White pepper

Frankincense Jasmine

Jasmine

Lavender

Base Notes

Leather

Ambergris

Vetiver

Perfumer

Silvana Casoli

Ratings

Scent

7.451 Ratings

Longevity

7.137 Ratings

Sillage

6.035 Ratings

Bottle

6.036 Ratings

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09/02/2013

9Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Apicius
1328 Reviews

Apicius

Top Review 6

Canaletto and Turner in a Bottle

Where I live the most beautiful part of summer is late August and early September. The heat is gone, but the days are still warm. The air becomes clear and transparent on a sunny day, and if you climb a mountain the view will be very far. There is a slight melancholy coming up and the thought that you have to make good use of those last days before the weather turns ugly.

Some perfumes reflect the mood of this season, and I reserve them for this special time of the year. One of them is Aventure by Il Profvmo.

The feeling of a clear, yet soft and silken air on your skin is what I connect with Aventure. It is not an ozonic fragrance if you look at the notes, yet, it has this airy quality. This airiness comes from very light and transparent scent notes. They provide that soft warm air feeling, and not at all the freshness or cold of an alpine glacier. I disagree with the description given on the Il Profvmo site where they speak of a fresh, dynamic and parky character.

How is that achieved? I think the core of it is an congenial combination of jasmine and lavender with frankincense and a modern leather note. It is a bit misleading to mention any specific notes as none of those really stands out, maybe with the exception of the jasmine in the heart. Things like frankincense or leather have a certain image of their own, but these oriental images have not found their way into this fragrance. In case of Aventure I regard these key notes as in a way that they do not bring in their full character but only one particular aspect. The jasmine brings in just a reminder of floral opulence. The frankincense with its grey and pale aspect provides depth. A hint of ambergris might provide some softness. The lavender, without being noticeable as such, provides a certain blurring or iridescent aspect and the leather note stands for some substance but not to the point that one would sense something animalic or rough or rugged in this elegant perfume.

Aventure is quite unique, and it is not so easy to find another perfume to compare it with. Very roughly, I would put it in a class with Givenchy's vintage Gentleman and Micallefs White Sea. The summer is a season of strong expressive colours, but Aventure is not. As the light fades a little towards the end of summer, and the colours get paler, Aventure conjures up the tender clearness in the paintings of Canaletto, and the faint colours of the late William Turner.

There is not much citruses in the top. A slight fruitiness soon gives way to the jasmine heart which steps back later for soft leather in the base. However, the only slight development never changes the unique character of the fragrance. At all stages this fragrance stays unmistakably Aventure.

I think Aventure is a gem in the product lineup of Il Profvmo. Like many other niche brands they have released too many fragrances in a relatively short period of time. Not all is good. If you take a look at this brand I strongly recommend not to miss Aventure.

07/19/2016

8.5Scent 7Longevity 5Sillage

DasguteLeben
136 Reviews

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DasguteLeben

Very helpful Review 7

Shadow Scent

One takes a classic masculine men’s perfume, to which the name Aventure fits perfectly: citrusy opening, floral-spicy heart, oriental base of lightly ambered, woody-leathery incense. One would slice off a nanometer-thin piece of this. The perfume is now completely translucent, visible only from the front as a surface, yet still three-dimensional - somewhat like a hologram. This is roughly how Aventure appears, and its adventure reveals itself not as a macho cliché, but as a fascinating perfumery experiment. The scent has the transparency of a typical aquatic fragrance from the 90s, but, as described above, the DNA of a robust 70s/80s powerhouse perfume. Signora Casoli has a knack for such crossovers, see Aria di Mare, one of the better marine scents, or Vetiver de Java, where the transparency component is significantly higher or lower than in Aventure - here it is most astonishing, and I would love to have a perfumer explain the compositional technique behind this trick. It is not a matter of dosage (that feels different), but rather the use of components like the watery "starfruit" note, white pepper, incense, and vetiver, all of which can have a light but present quality, along with certain scent modulators that help create the lasting airy effect - only these are not the typical shower gel notes of Helional, Melonal, Dihydromyrcenol, and whatever else they are called. Aventure is suitable whenever one wants to smell subtly but still traditionally masculine. On hot summer days, it is thus a perfect olfactory counterpart to a suit made of totally breathable fresco fabric, ideally combining classic style and cooling.

09/03/2013

8.5Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Meggi
1018 Reviews

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Meggi

Very helpful Review 8

Air for the Nose

How Aventure retains its freshness for hours, light and ethereal, yet underpinned by substance, is truly something special.

The name of this perfume could also be "Air," referencing the beautiful Air from the third orchestral suite by Johann Sebastian Bach. Light and seemingly free from the constraints of the beat, the melody floats there, yet never frays or slips away. This is ensured by the clearly structured undertone.

I find the concept of Aventure quite similar. As for its "notes," I perceive a somewhat different interplay in the first hours than the pyramid suggests, namely primarily anise, fennel (perhaps...), and lavender on one side, and leather on the other. The fruit in the top note makes only a very brief appearance, and I initially catch the companions of the lavender in at most homeopathic doses.

At the beginning of the scent's development, a (as Seymour has already speculated) probably anise element stemming from absinthe carries the ethereal lightness, shortly accompanied by lavender. Quite soon, leather joins in and, as especially anise, but also lavender gradually weaken, it steps further into the foreground. However, for quite some time, it does not set a typical leather accent, but rather supports like an undertone and increasingly functions as a substitute in a way that can only be achieved in a composition like Aventure with a very specific leather note.

And by leather, I mean that of a still quite new lambskin. For those who have not held one: It only sounds like that; it comes from the lamb :-). This leather is - at least in the higher-quality specimens - extraordinarily fine and soft and has a very special scent. Perhaps because it is indeed from the lamb. Certainly, because it must and can be processed more considerately given its sensitive, yet not overly demanding purpose than other leather goods. In any case, it lacks that somewhat harsh, typically leathery, at times almost piercing scent. It does smell distinctly of leather, but much more delicate and natural, even a bit sour-fresh.

One must, of course, imagine away the slight sheepy smell that occasionally wafts in from the fur side. [Edit - in response to the reply: Only the lambskin smells of sheep, only the lambskin...]

With Aventure, I perceive exactly such a fine leather note. It gives substance to the lightness, a bit of strength, and holds it firm. Since it also hardly changes the character of the lightness, it can simultaneously replace the fading ethereal anise freshness a little and stretch it, so to speak, far into the scent's development. I find this much smoother than letting the lavender save the freshness over time. By the way, it took me a little while to notice this highly elegant camouflage. IMHO, that is true artistry.

I find it forgivable that after about four to five hours, the freshness slowly runs out of steam and the scent appears somewhat muted. The other components come into play. The leather - still fine and noble, but now with a somewhat more typical note - remains present until the end, sometimes more, sometimes less distinctly noticeable. The incense makes itself heard more prominently, it seems almost sweet to me, beautifully rounded off by a bit of jasmine. This is all quite nice, although not as special as the start. After about seven hours - but still into the evening - I smell almost only the base. However, this does not detract from the overall impression. Expecting to maintain an ethereal aura for an entire day would certainly be too much to ask.

Conclusion: An extraordinary perfume. Highly recommended especially for those who enjoy freshness but are looking for an alternative to citrus scents.

10/29/2011

7.5Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Ronin
50 Reviews

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Ronin

Very helpful Review

Bold

Very bold of Il Profvmo to release such a fragrance in 2006: citrus notes, lavender and jasmine, amber, vetiver, and leather. It sounds old-fashioned. But it is not. The scent is clearly structured, not a random grab from the component box, but with a few deft touches, a well-known combination has been brought into the 21st century. I share Seymour's comment that the blend of white pepper and absinthe gives the fragrance spice, but also freshness/coolness (in contrast to most other spice components that tend to spread a warmer aura). The scent remains fresh and light. And that is rather rare: fresh leather and amber. I have been looking for something like this for a long time.
That Aventure is "floating" and "ethereal" can indeed be taken literally. On the skin, the fragrance is noticeably more discreet than from a distance. The sillage should not be underestimated! I was waiting for the subway and wondered who nearby was wearing a new, bright, shiny leather jacket. No one. That was Aventure on me, wafted by a light breeze. In the subway, I subsequently felt very uncomfortable misleading the entire compartment regarding the supposed new purchase of a leather jacket. Eau de Parfum is written on the bottle, and that is serious. I mention this only because smelling on the wrist gives little indication of the right dosage.
That is also the only thing I don't like so much: the unexcited nature of the fragrance would actually predispose it to be a daily work scent - simply "smelling good," not necessarily "interesting." It seems to be durable as well. But a scent on me that my surroundings perceive more than I do. Hmm. Otherwise, a great fragrance.

06/05/2015

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

DaveGahan101
535 Reviews

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DaveGahan101

Helpful Review 4

The Perfume..the red thread...

...that really runs through almost all fragrances. Extraordinary compositions and scent notes, often processed differently, always very good quality, moderate longevity, and in the end, you can't excite me...the only exception is Chocolat Bambola. Aventure (not to be confused with Adventure as translated above!) starts very spritzy, a lot of rhubarb and a splash of lemon. Delightfully refreshing in the temperatures, certain similarities to FlashBack are of course immediately noticeable, because there aren't many perfumes with rhubarb notes. Beautifully sour, fresh...one almost makes a "Schweppes face" when smelling the top note. However, Aventure is probably significantly spicier than FlashBack due to lavender and pepper, which I also prefer at the beginning. But the longer the fragrance is on the skin, the more masculine and aftershave-like it becomes, yes, also a bit old school and not very exciting overall. Also very classic is the interplay of leather and vetiver. In a blind test, I would guess a brand that has certainly been around for 50-60 years and presents itself very traditionally. For "real" men, it is certainly just the right thing, who also love Habit Rouge, Itasca, Knize Ten, and many more. To me, it feels too blunt and musty. In the end, I quite like it, as it shows a fresh, soapy barber note again. However, the resurgence comes too late for me...too much downtime in the middle part, and notes that just don't fit me, no matter how often I try. Too bad, I was really looking forward to a delicious absinthe note like from Nasomatto...here I can't discover it anywhere, nor any incense!
Conclusion: A classic men's fragrance that only shows innovation in the top note, longevity of 6-7 hours is okay, sillage slightly above average, with light chypre undertones.

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