"I bought every* Aventus clone so you don't have to..." | Perfumer Reviews 

I love you're venturing into these typical fragrance youtuber type videos. You're giving us your true fragrance producer opinion about fragrances we have heard about many times. Thank you for this Aaron

These are the highest quality fragrance reviews on RU-vid. On all other channels, you don’t learn as you watch. This one, is a completely different story. Thank you yet again ATH ❤️

I had a decant of one of the first Aventus batches and it was known for MAXIMUM projection, MAXIMUM longevity, MAXIMUM compliments, and MAXIMUM confidence. All with only 2-4 sprays. Modern formulations are a shadow of its former self but the scent profile is still great!

What’s up Aaron! You got me saying "Engaging with the higher self" every time I spray my daily fragrance! lol I’m wearing Grand Soir today by the way 😎. Thanks for your knowledge brother 🙏🏽

really love the idea of you reviewing clones, especially the cheaper arab ones. I would much rather have your perspective as your experience enables you to dive deeper into the similarities / differences compared to the average fragrance youtuber. Hoping this series keeps going!

I've been wearing Mont blanc Explorer for awhile now, definitely my fav Clone

I've never thought u would compare and review dupes!! I'm shocked and also interested 😊🦄

Club De Nuit Intense Man EDP is the best one to use. Try to get ya hands on the edp.. the birch, rose, lemon in the edp batch is much smoother n is a lil harsh at the beginning but after 5 mins you smell like 2010-2015 Creed Aventus… love it!!!

Really agree with you on Al Haramain L'aventure. So many RU-vidrs were praising it, but to me it smelled just cheap, synthetic and too simple. It's almost free,(25£/100ml) but still not worth it's price.

Parfums Vintage has some other good Aventus clones besides Pineapple Vintage Intense, too. I like Emperor EDP a lot. Great video as always!

The quality of the Voice Over is just magical! Great vid as always!!!

Great review! Zara Vibrant Leather missing from the list though, but in any case, there are so many clones of Aventus, close to impossible to include all in any video. I would strongly second Montblanc Explorer. If I have to recommend just one and only one good, yet affordable fragrance for someone to wear year round in all ocassions, Montblanc Explorer is one that comes to mind.

You're a saint for going through this process 😂 I bought my first batch in 2014 and every 6-8 months after for about 3 years? 4 sprays and you used to be able to smell that magical sweet, birch quality from 5 yards away. People smelt you coming before you got there. I still like and appreciate it for what it was but i just can't for the money and what it's become. Like if i could go back in time and pay to see Tyson fight in his prime there'd be no amount of money i wouldnt pay. I'd still pay to see him today because its still Iron Mike, but not much because he's a shadow of his former self. Odd analogy but idk 🤷‍♂️

I have never cared much about Aventus but I think my favorite clone is Emperor from Parfums Vintage. Most relatable to the legendary batch 11z01, perfectly balanced.

I thought it was a really nice list of clones and dupes and really fun to hear you review them all! Thank you for the review as always 🙂

Huge new fan here. I love your honest fragrance reviews and have watched several other YT influencers review your line. I'm looking forward to experiencing several of your fragrances in the near future. ❤

It gets down to splitting hairs but for the price and how close it gets to Aventus for my money it's Montblanc Explorer .

Hey Aaron, how about making a "green Irish tweed" clone video? it would be interesting to hear what you have to say about them...y viva Mexico!!!

Thank you Aaron. Some clone houses are really a joke. Just take the first clone Pineapple Vintage. $85 for 50ml. Thats $170 for 100ml. Thats almost! as much as Aventus costs. Clones should supposed to be affordable perfumes for those who dont want or cant pay the full price. They steal an idea and then ask the price of the original they stole from.

I just got done with my 3.3 oz explorer, I loved how smokey it was, and women of all ages compliment a lot here in Florida. I plan on getting the club de nuit, pure parfum version, not edt or edp or limited. Wish you got that one, but I will be testing it to see how it compares to Explorer 👍

Aaron you need to venture into narrating books. Your voice just transports me to a heavenly place.

I would really like Aaron to review one of the new F batches. I’ve recently tested 2 of them and they actually seem to perform very well on my skin, whereas the few batches that I tested around 2 years ago were really weak in longevity and projection.

I concur out of all those clones Mont Blanc Explorer is the best Aventus type fragrance .

Something on you changed! Not sure if it’s just the surrounding & setup. You seem to be very happy. It shows! Glad for you 😊 Oh and great Video as always!

I want a video where Aaron reviews a video silently - only using hand gestures to express himself! Love the video ATH. Thank you

Surprised with your take on L'aventure. Almost everyone recommend it as the closest aventus clone but my favorite is also explorer.

Mont Blanc explorer is an amazing scent

Great review.. I'm glad Explorer did well. It's been my every day for nearly 6 months now. Nice, inoffensive, spray this on after a shower, lasts until I come back from work. I got a smaller bottle for christmas, and was nursing it for months and months. And didn't get a larger size, because for some reason I thought it would be super expensive.. It isn't. I got 100mls for £45 on Amazon, on a sale. It'll last me all year.

My bad, Aaron. I have not smelled Creed Aventus, too broke to afford it. So i got Armaf CDNIM EDP and Al Haramain L'Adventure. Frankly, i love both, no need for Aventus.

Have been waiting for this video. Thank you Aaron. 🙏🏻

Jeroboam Vespero is another excellent Aventus clone. $125 for 30ml and it performs great for me.

Dunhill Desire Gold seems to get the opening right, closer than the vast majority of the contending clones, but it doesn't last to really even reach the dry down stage (it becomes a very faint sin scent). I'm still searching for the perfect 1:1 clone...

Congrats on 100k aaron

Will SOMEONE give Aaron an early batch aventus to try and review FFS

try Loewe Esencia EDP. Another clone close to Montblanc Explorer. Overall I prefer Aventus anyways. On clothes Aventus is long lasting and smoky in a base. It lasts on me after 10 sprays on my t-shirt (chest area) around 6-7 hours easily.

If you guys like the fruity-woody profile and want something that smells totally unique and high-quality, *Tequila Noir* is Aventus-y and has like a licorice note to it in the drydown that's pleasant, and I dislike licorice. Shame it doesn't last long. If long-lasting is what you want, *Mancera Cedrat Boise* is amazing in my opinion and the king of longevity. It opens very sweet and juicy but not tart. I wish it had some tartness, but it smells dry. Still, it makes me want to drink it, because it doesn't smell like a cologne. It then smells like actual wood smoke and has a petroleum-ey/charcoal-y quality in the drydown that is addictive. I bought it blindly and had to immediately order a spare bottle. I like it much more than Aventus, because it smells thicker, sweeter, deeper and more defined. It smells bigger too. Like, the scent occupies more "mind space" when it hits your nose. I find Aventus' olfactory image smells smaller. Cedrat Boise lasts all day and night, too. I do find the 2021 batch slightly sweeter and stronger than the 2022 even if I bought bottles the same week. EDIT: If you want an Aventus-ey kind of scent but that it doesn't smell like the dupes and it's not sweet at all but leans more floral and later on gets slightly smokey, *Princesse Marina de Bourbon Monsieur Le Prince Intense* is fantastic and unknown. If you've smelled the early 2017 Aventus batches, you'll smell a similarity in it. I'm on my second bottle, and it gets more nuanced and complex with maceration, too.

Much awaited comparison from the perspective of a perfumer

I layer l’Aventure intense over CDNIM edp and it works well. The lament about the synthetic smell is exaggerated imho. The drydown of the first is fruity, while club de nuit has that smoky quality. And both perform MUCH better than Explorer, which is really really weak.

I've got CDNIM LE, once I run out I'll get mont blanc explorer.

Mont Blanc Explorer is simply a compliment machine. Women (girlfriend, cousins, aunties) REALLY love it on me.

The club de nuit almost smells like a burnt lemon in the beginning but as you said ..the dry down is nice!👍🏼

what i like about parfums vintage is that there is a wide rand from more pineapple to more musk to even more smokiness for their aventus clones. also i recommend their paramour which is their take in dior savauge elixer, it is amazing and better rpice range

I’d love your take on insidious by insiders parfum. I swear it will kick all of the other dupes tails like Jackie Chan on 40 mg of adderall 😂

Would have been interested to hear your thoughts on Emperor from Parfums Vintage, which is the same house as the Pinapple Vintage Instense you smelled. Emperor is far less sweet, and is supposed to be around their "neutral" point for their Aventus inspired lines, and represents the 2016 batch. Great content as always, ATH

Mountblanc would of been perfect if it only lasted longer and projected more, after an hour it goes down into a skin scent and couple hours later cant really smell it. and this is compared to CDNMI EDT and parfum on each hand the CDNMI lasts 3-4x longer

Perfect video. Now we need a similar one for Dior Sauvage Elixir vs its clones please.

Great comparison. I would also add Imperium by Electimuss into this. However, not to sound like a fanboy, but to me; no 'clone' of Aventus that I've ever smelled really smells like Aventus. Just similar to.

Great and honest review.

When i saw 9 min video i told to myself...he def. Cannot put ALL aventus clones in 9 min. I have 4 out of those mentioned and i liked cdnim le the most but after some time i liked Explorer more. Al haramain was good in that it is more vanilla and floral in the drydown.

Darn, afnan supremacy silver is probably the best next to explorer. I was hoping it was in this review.

obviously the mont blanc explorer is your most fav because its not from a western or european country...says a lot! If we blindly give you the EDP version of Club de Nuit intense man after 20 minutes after it has dried down, it will be your fav. You simply pick the expensive one once you see the bottle. plus the perfume is not judged based on just after spraying. No one smell you just after you spray. you spray you go out, it takes atleast 5 to 10 minutes. So the judgement on top note start after 5 to 10 minutes. middle notes after 30 minutes and dry down after and 1 hour or two. its not about which is quality wise better, its about which is the closest notes related perfume. quality wise explorer is good, notes wise explorer is different from aventus. If a perfume is not notes wise same, it shouldnt be a part of a clone video, rather it should be in 'if you like aventus, you will like this very similar fragrance but not 1 on 1 same'. PLus you must try 'Rumz Al Rasasi 9325'...also a very close clone of aventus

Thank you for the fantastic video!

Thank you Aaron 🏆💯

Banana Republic - Black Walnut Legend is a pretty good Aventus inspired one. I quite like it 🤙🏻🤙🏻

Royal vintage by M Micallef is my favorite aventus

I def have a feeling that Aventus changed quite a lot over the years, and (imo) over time lost what made it special in the first place. I was not nearly as happy with the more recent aventus version vs. the first one I tried early in the lifecycle. The OG one had a really nice birchwood smokeiness and a nice pineapple + blackberry note.

The Mancera Cedrat Boise is missing from the list.

Keep up the good work! ❤

Oddly, CDNI limited edition EDP has garnered me the most number of compliments from random strangers of any perfume I ever wore! Mostly women on the mature side.

And those other youtubers hype l’adventure like it’s the best😂

Missed Afnan Supremacy Silver. Imo a very close attempt to cloning the earlier Aventus batches.

I replaced Aventus with Morning Chess a couple of years ago and haven’t looked back. It’s like the best of Aventus with better performance.

Aaron, it would be great if you did a segment with fragrances you think are best for “gym bros”. Scents that would mesh well with a manly man’s pheromones. Musky, Fresh, and/or even a bit of oud. Tom Ford’s oud wood is a favorite of mine, but also a cheapie that makes my sweat sexy is Mont Blanc Legend Red, possibly because of the blood Orange innit. Thanks in advance. Ciao.

Crazy that you mention Explorer lasting longer than Aventus considering Explorer is rather infamous for being some weak ass juice. I get 1-2 hours of good wear, then it becomes a skin scent. After 4 hours its just gone Club de Nuit however lasts the entire day on me

Rumz Al Rasasi 9325. Try this closest or second closest aventus clone. much better than explorer both notes wise and better than cdnim quality wise specially in the opening as it has the same opening as aventus. no harshness.

You didn't include DUA?! Thry have several including hybrids with other frags, but Poseidon's Elixir 11Z is the closest to me. My fave hybrid is Peace with Poseidon. Great vid though Aaron

One people never seem to mention as an Aventus clone is Abercrombie and Fitch Authentic

I get two different smells. Depending on the day. It’s strange because it’s the only fragrance (plus clones ) that has two separate fragrances. ANYONE ELSE have the same experience?

I can think of 2 not on the list of inspirations of Aventus. DUA - Poseidon and Reyane - Insurrection Pure.

Club de nuit limited edition is my most complimented fragrance

i think you forgot Sara Vibrant Leather and i think to test all of the scents on one single go is not a good experiment. Maybe test each one within half an hour on a place that has not been scented and give an opinion... Not to be an ars,. but i am really searching for an Aventus dup that resembles the first gen aventus :)

I've been wanting your discovery box, but i live in Alaska, and it's not available. :( Hopefully, one day, you can ship here. Any updates coming soon?

missing the best "clone" Afnan - Supremacy not only intense

I also dont like l‘aventure by al haramain at all. I‘ve been saying it’s the worst well known aventus clone, yet people keep saying it’s the best clone of aventus. Totally not.

Finally, the universe feels that we are ready for Omar Terrence Hughes. We are unworthy

I would also add Esencia EDP by Loewe to this list.

Parfums Vintage Emperor EDP and Emperor Extrait are the closest to Aventus and have superb performance. Very happy to own and regularly wear both.

Hi Aaron, Thanks for the great video! Ambergris, I think, is the big difference from the older batches of Aventus. Have the laws that regulate perfumery changed since 2010? Thank you.

Hahah Scent School will definitely have a bone to pick with Aaron in this video, saying the one he dislikes is the best and the one he loves is the worst

Your opinion on Armaf CDNIM is quite different in this video than when you reviewed it solo. Is it because you had to put it in context with the other fragrances in the video, or some other reason?

You’re so cool. Love your videos.

These clone brands all meet the regulations and safe to use regularly Aaron?

La aventure is the one i got an i loved it lol😂

Aaron you should try something called Insidious by Insider parfums

If Explorer was sweeter in the opening and dry down, it'd be a 10. It already smells great but that's a personal want. I wonder if the Blue Explorer is any sweeter.

But did you prefer one, or more „dupes“ over Aventus?

Thank you brother

Have you tried the Aventus clone called Pourtant? It’s by Ellyses Parfum

There should have been M.Micallef Royal Vintage. It also has lot of similarities and can be considered as “clone”

No Cederat Boise or Nishane Hacivat?

You didnt buy the closest Aventus clone from all Rasasi Pour Lui Zebra.

From what I heard, the company Blackrock bought Creed in 2020. So that is the problem with Creed probably. The people who have money try to give creative input to save money and they ruin things. This is why piano companies nowadays like Bosendorfer who is a high end German made piano and it is owned now by Yamaha leanred their lessons to not try to reinvent Bosendorfer even though Yamaha makes great pianos, they are not Bosendorfers and they know this so even though they own it now, they still have them do things in the ways they have always done not changing the product at all. So if Blackrock didn't meddle with Creed and let it stay the same, we would not be seeing batch changes as much.

You missed insidious by insider perfumes, the best one.

I wish you wouldve tried afnan supremacy not only intense!

what about Insider Parfums - Insidious? its the best 2016 Aventus I have tried.

My top 4 Aventus clones are: 1 Loewe Esencia EdP 2 P V Intense 3 Afnan Supremacy Not only Intense 4 Al haramain l' Aventure INTENSE ( Muuuch better than the one you got)

hey 1 question will be the RAW CHERRY be restocked ?

No Alexandria Fragrances Brasilia and Nishane Hacivat. ((

if i end up seeing someone comment “aventus is so hard to clone creed can’t even do it” im gonna lose my mind. it’s such an overdone joke

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