Emperor (Eau de Parfum) by Parfums Vintage

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Emperor Parfums Vintage 2018 Eau de Parfum

8.3 / 10 76 Ratings

A popular perfume by Parfums Vintage for women and men, released in 2018. The scent is fresh-fruity. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fresh

Fruity

Citrus

Smoky

Sweet

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Pineapple

Juniper berry Apple

Apple

Heart Notes

Rose

Bergamot

Jasmine

Base Notes

Vanilla

Ambergris

Birch

Musk

Patchouli

Ratings

Scent

8.376 Ratings

Longevity

7.671 Ratings

Sillage

7.671 Ratings

Bottle

7.075 Ratings

Value for money

7.052 Ratings

Submitted by Darkbeat · last update on 01/29/2026.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/28/2020

AdScott78
10 Reviews

AdScott78

Helpful Review 2

Like a smoky batch of Aventus

More or less a spot on version of a smoky batch of Aventus - can hardly tell the difference! Very well blended. Emperor lasts around 16 hours...yesterday I applied it at 8 a.m. (opening: a bright pineapple blast) then at around midnight I was detecting intermittent whiffs of birch. During the day it retained a woody pineapple vibe, then in the final hours the birch note came in to play. This is the best alternative to Aventus - highly recommended!

01/16/2024

8.5Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Ickis
13 Reviews

Ickis

3

Spot on Aventus clone

This was a blind buy for me after seeing some youtube reviews and _before_ I have read any comments about varying quality. The order took quite a long time, but it was announced on their web as there is probably a lot of traffic during xmas, so I didn't mind. Surprisingly it came from US, not Dubai, as I was expecting..
Presentation is pretty basic, no fancy boxes etc., but that goes to waste anyway, so it's fine for me.

I must say, I was a little worried after reading some comments, but the perfume is a complete banger. I've compared it side by side to Aventus (sample from 2023) and I could not find a difference. Compared to Armaf - Club de Nuit Intense Man Limited Edition, which has a very strong, sour lemon opening, Emperor starts much more gentle, rounded and pleasant. Otherwise however, they are both very similar, maybe 95% in all the aspects - scent profile, projection and longevity (which are all great by the way - way above average)
I was expecting the Emperor to be a little more pineappl-y and sweet, but it is a great parfume nevertheless.

But what it actually smell like (if you haven't tested Aventus)? Opens up with very pleasant pinapple / apple notes, with gentle birch and musk. The sweetness is well dosed, not cloying and the florals are very mild, almost undetectable on their own, just giving a twist to the main notes. There is a little bit of smokiness, but mainly it's fresh/fruity. The scent is pretty linear, losing just a bit of zinginess in the drydown, but overal stays pretty much the same throughout the wear.

Updated on 03/20/2025

05/20/2021

0.5Scent 1Longevity 1Sillage

JackHunter33
93 Reviews

JackHunter33

3

Smells Like Scented Water

Got to say I fell for the hype and got a 50ml bottle. It's the worst smelling Aventus clone I have smelled. It literally smells like scented water and it lasts five minutes on your skin before it's gone. Do you remember the intense sparkling pineapple note in Aventus, well here it smells very flat and is gone within five seconds or so. I've smelled tins of pineapple that had a better pineapple smell. Even the reformulated Armaf Club de Nuit Intense with it's smoke and flat pineapple on the back end is way better than this. Next to the Parfums Vintage Emperor the Armaf smells like a masterpiece.

The hype for this was unreal, if you sprayed one spray of the armaf CdNI into some water mixed it up. You would probably get a better smell and performance.

What a let down!........ yeah I know I blame myself.

10/18/2023

3.5Scent 2Longevity 2Sillage

GoodSmeller
3 Reviews

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GoodSmeller

Top Review 9

A Game of Dice

I advise caution; I ordered several testers of all Aventus clones from Parfums Vintage and found, like many, that Emperor was the best. I then ordered 50ml and also an Oud Wood clone that is available on their website. Emperor was great, and Oud Wood, contrary to the reviews here, was a really poor dupe that smelled completely different. However, I was thrilled with Emperor, as it was, like the tester, truly on par with the best version of the original Aventus. After a short time, however, I noticed that the longevity compared to the tester was surprisingly poor. You could hardly detect it after 1-2 hours; even others couldn’t perceive anything despite me having several sprays on my forearm. So I thought maybe it was a problem with the 50ml bottle, as I read varying statements about longevity. I then directly reordered the 100ml bottle; this was not only similarly poor in longevity, it even smelled distinctly different and was definitely further away from Aventus than, for example, the €30 Club de Nuit. I then wrote directly to Parfums Vintage to ask if something might have been incorrectly bottled, or if they made a mistake in mixing, or if they had another explanation for it. Like many before me, I received no response. They charge a hefty price for their perfumes, and in my experience, only the tester had excellent longevity. Whether this is intentional or I just had bad luck, I cannot say, but I will definitely not order there a third time and explicitly warn against the significant fluctuations in quality that I received. For 2 bottles that were not worth their money, I could have bought an original. From my perspective, Club de Nuit is the one that comes closest; it is hardly distinguishable in the air, but I can tell in direct comparison on the skin. It’s a shame because I couldn’t distinguish the tester of Emperor from the original Aventus on my skin, or I would even consider Emperor more as the original; it had that typical vibe that the limited edition of Club de Nuit also has in a lighter form. Unfortunately, the limited edition is overall weaker in sillage than the EDT, and in the drydown, it is also inferior to the cheaper EDT. To return to Emperor… I feel cheated and ripped off. The bottles and sprayers from Parfums Vintage are of the cheapest quality, which I could have lived with if the contents matched the tester, but this only further underscores my impression of their audacity.

Updated on 10/18/2023

04/05/2022

10Scent 9Longevity 9Sillage

Tiha91
1 Review

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Tiha91

Very helpful Review 11

Finally, I have found you!

I have searched for you for so long… so long.
This is my first review, and I saved it for the right fragrance.

I love the Aventus DNA. However, buying a bottle was out of the question for me. Why? You can read about it in 1000 forum posts here :P The price and performance just don’t match..

I tried so much. First, I welcomed the number 700 from a German dupe manufacturer. It wasn’t bad at all :)

But I wanted something better, so I decided to do a blind buy of the CDNIM EDT after reading many positive reviews.
One of my worst blind buys ever… Deathly headaches upon spraying… Next came SNOI from Afnan. Great stuff, but for me, it’s not a true clone, as it stands on its own.

But then… I read about Parfums Vintage and did some research. Soon, the first sample of the Emperor EDP fluttered to me. And yes, THIS IS IT!!!

From the first spray to the end, perfect. This is how Aventus must have smelled in its best times. I immediately ordered 2 bottles, it’s insane!

Updated on 04/05/2022

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