Here's what happens with Venti. Top notes (first minute or so) wonderful but also a little 'home' fragrance for me. Then it settles and the florals get dank and pretty awful on my skin becoming almost a scrubber. Venti just about retains enough interest and beauty to give the drydown a chance and when settled, although still with elements of both...basically...good - bad + okay = Okay. That opening does have a nice mandarin, peach and blossom feel but is then ruined with strongly concentrated jasmine and tuberose, which once past a mere whiff because musky and bitter on my skin. It's complex green but warm at the same time. There's a salty sweetness in the base which is kinda seaside like and could well be ambergris, and a hint of patchouli might account for some of the dirt. I actually get the non existant to begin with geranuim and vetiver with a hint of vanilla as it dries down. Just not a combination of notes I can get excited about really! For me it's a strong brew which doesn't appeal to me for wearing but is definitely not boring and the concentration is banging projection is pretty heavy and longevity was good.