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Smelled this on a guy at work and had to ask him what it was. It’s beautiful, velvety, and clean in the air. Absolutely blind buy worthy. It’s so nice in the air. No sweetness to my nose really, and probably suited to an adult. One of my favorite Christmas gifts this year. Up close right away the lemon note is okay, but I’m much more into the drydown. You’ll likely go nose blind if you overspray. I’d suggest no more than two sprays on the rear neck area. UPDATE: Honestly it’s a little too modern for my collection, and doesn’t really pass the test when it comes to how distinct I like my selection of scents to be. I can see most guys at the mall wearing this no problem. I might sell it to a friend. UPDATE 2: sold it to a friend at work. He loved it and now I get to smell it at work! UPDATE 3: He loves it and oversprays it like crazy. I have created a monster. He hugs girls at work and I smell it on all of them…from like 6 feet away, even the next day. He’s like a dog that’s excited to spread his scent everywhere. I catch phantom whiffs of it across the store when he’s not even there. I think he may be spraying it like air freshener.
Al Haramain’s L’Aventure is one of the “Big 3” clones of Creed Aventus (the other two being Armaf’s Club De Nuit Intense Man and Montblanc Explorer) and frankly, hits very near the mark, especially considering it’s an order of magnitude less expensive than the scent it’s duping. Here we open with a big dose of fresh bergamot taking the place of the pineapple in Aventus, and from there it follows a pretty by-the-numbers dry down one would expect from Aventus. The smoky birch joins in shortly after the bergamot, with oakmoss, musk and ambroxan providing the base.
Like with most Middle Eastern houses, performance is bonkers, with immense sillage and easily 12+ hours of longevity, so go easy on the sprayer.