The exceptional Aventus was inspired by the dramatic life of a historic emperor, celebrating strength, power and success. Introduced in 2010 and crafted by the deft hand of Sixth Generation Master Perfumer Olivier Creed in collaboration with his son Erwin, this scent has grown to become the best-selling fragrance in the history of the brand. Olivier created its iconic name derived from a ("from") ventus ("the wind"), illustrating the Aventus man as destined to live a driven life, ever galloping with the wind at his back toward success. Aventus is a sophisticated blend for individuals who savor a life well-lived.
Aventus fragrance notes
Head
- blackcurrant, italian bergamot, french apples, pineapple
Heart
- rose, dry birch, moroccan jasmine, patchouli
Base
- musk, oakmoss, ambergris, vanilla
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Latest Reviews of Aventus


I've got nothing positive to say about this one, I'm trying to keep my dislike thoughts of it to a minimal. It has been the frequent discussion of batch variations between what is more fruity or smoky. For me, I don't enjoy the scent at all to care whether a fruiter batch smells better than a smokier batch or vice versa. While I never reach for this scent myself, others will pull it out for all occasions anytime of the year. Personally it's one of my least favorites Creeds.
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My girlfriend's mom who comes shopping with me smelled it and remarked it was very attractive and she could easily pick out the bergamot, pineapple, and smokey wood.
Original review: This smells like someone put a whole pineapple on a charcoal grill and forgot about it for a few hours, then tried to salvage some of the inside of the incinerated and carbonized pineapple. I washed this off in the bathroom at nordstrom right after I sprayed it on.
Oh, and they even had the bottle of mont blanc explorer right next to it, which I sprayed on the other arm. They smell almost identical, but explorer was better balanced between the pineapple and char smell. To me, you'd need to be insane to buy CDNIM EDP to want to smell like charred pineapple for 10+ hours or however long it lasts.
1/10, the worst fragrance I have experienced so far alongside The One (ashtray) EDT.

This is my first blind buy of creed Aventus.
First impression: Fruity, spicy, and zesty
Season: warm weather
Longevity: unknown
Unique: no. A lot of perfumers have copiesld this one
So first and foremost, let me say this: I am a perfume snob. If I'm paying $$$ for it, I want sillage, longevity, and uniqueness. Because this has been duplicated so often, not unique. For me, I have to spray a lot to get sillage but this is quick dry down skin scent for me.
If you like this but want something a bit more potent choose Kilian Vodka on the Rocks.
If you just want to turn up the juice on this one and save some $$$ Dua Solo makes a scent called Poisedon Elixir 11z. It's amazing, it's Aventus amped up and reminiscent of Aventua original formula.
Overall Aventus is a classic. The other perfumers out there with this similar smell and longevity make the price not worth it.
Anyone that swears by this scent , let's debate it

Beautiful.
Longevity is very good, and I wish projection was better.
The price is ridiculous, but the composition is inspired.
9/10

1. Does the fragrance smell good?
2. Does all of the OTHER stuff surrounding the fragrance (the hype, the marketing, the price, the connotations, etc.) make it “worth the while”, so to speak?
For those that just don’t like the smell, I get it. Aventus will never be everything for everyone, and that’s ok. To be fair, this DNA *is* kind of played out.
As for me, I like it. Not enough to fork over hundreds of dollars, but enough to explore the myriad of wannabes. I could stop there, but let’s also consider everything else surrounding this fragrance.
You have to ask yourself, humble review reader: how much does #2 affect your opinion of #1? Can you separate the smell from all the other stuff (that is, are these two things mutually exclusive)? Put differently: do you wear fragrance for the smell alone, or will all that other stuff (your means, your associations, your YouTube viewing habits) change how you (and others) perceive your fragrance choice? I don’t have answers for you (fragrance is of course a very personal matter), but I can add my two cents to the myriad of other opinions on Aventus.
I like the smell of Aventus, and there is no one in my life who would associate it with any of the negative connotations the fragrance community might have of it. So, I wear Mont Blanc Explorer on occasion to get that vibe. I’d never consider paying $300+ for a fragrance I’d only wear a few times a year, even if the alternatives aren’t quite as good.
Your situation may be different. Perhaps Chad in accounting oversprays it and you just can’t shake the connotation. Perhaps you make six figures and buying Aventus is less of a “flex” and more of a special treat because your significant other really likes it on you. Perhaps your an Alpha Delta, and this stuff just drops ALL the panties. Only you can decide if Aventus is right for you. Just know that - even if you don’t care what others think - your fragrance will carry some baggage, especially with one so massively influential as Aventus.
All that being said, it comes time for my own ranking. I can easily say that Aventus smells very nice on me. If I were rating it on smell alone, it would get a thumbs up. It deserves at least that for being such a hugely successful fragrance. However, I also factor is cost when making my fragrance purchases, and to me, Aventus doesn’t smell like a $300 fragrance. Especially now that every brand and their brother has an Aventus-type fragrance, it’s especially hard to justify the price based on exclusivity. For that reason, I’m going neutral.



Aventus, created by Jean-Christophe Herault, was novel with it's smokey pineapple when it came out back in 2010 and has been a staple of the fragbro community for the past decade. Many attempts have been made to copy it, but never quite successfully. Variations and batch codes have been discussed ad nauseum. It even warranted a subforum on here. Over the past five years or so the hype seems to have fizzled though, and I found myself thinking this a good time to revisit the fragrance.
There is very little to add to the plethora of reviews regarding the scent. Dry citrus, smoke from birch and fruitiness from an underrated apple note as well as the famous pineapple. Warm and radiant, with the familiar Creed drydown. It is a very pleasant fragrance. It is a shame that it got promoted as "panty dropper" #1 and associated with an unenvious crowd. If the popularity continues to dwindle and the price comes back down to be in parity with the rest of the line-up, I could see myself wearing this regularly.
4+/5



The pineapple and smokiness (grilled pineapples) are perfectly balanced to me- not too smokey and not too fruity.
Despite complaints of longevity, this is the longest lasting Creed I've tried so far and an additional plus is that the pineapple and smoke never totally abandon the scent which is markedly different than other Creeds which tend to lose the top and mid notes leaving the Creed base almost naked in late dry down.
9.2/10