L'Aventure Intense

Trying both the original and intense versions side by side. There is a difference. After hearing some speculation whether or not the regular and intense were the same thing but repackaged or some other nonsense I can happily say, you WILL be able to tell them apart side by side. I wish they made the bottle black or done something a bit more to tell them apart. It feels like when you go to a 90s yard sale and someone put prices on everything with a label maker. Alright you know Aventus DNA, He does, she does, her mother knows it. What's the difference? The "standard version" has a more lively citrus, When I smell it up close on my wrist it can get a bit sour. The "intense version" is darker, the citrus is more refined instead of going all over the place. The citrus has this almost spicy quality to it with a sweet undertone. It's got more depth as well. By the dry down I am very slightly reminded of Dior Homme 2020 so to me that's a good thing. Either way Intense is better scent to me. Both are really nice fragrances. You'll surely get complements from considering there's what feels like 9999999 copies of Aventus so they must be doing something right.. However. Intense would be my pick if I was in a perfume store and I got to smell both on different wrists. Up close you will tell them apart. However I feel most won't be able to when you're out in public, walking by someone. Most won't be able to if you had the "standard" or "intense" version on. It feels updated where they took something I didn't like about the standard L'Adventure and improved on it as that was a huge reason I never bothered buying my own bottle of L'Adventure was the sourness up close. Even if my brother didn't bathe in two 100ml bottles of the standard version over the past 5 years and it wasn't a new fragrance sort of excitement I'd still prefer intense. longevity and projection felt about the same. To me it's like L'Adventure 2 or something. I would not buy this expecting double the performance of an already beast mode (to me anyways) fragrance. Put some scent free lotion on before you spray the place(s) and or double the sprays if you want the fragrance to be twice as loud and long lasting. If not drink plenty of water. There's plenty of tricks to get fragrances to last longer assuming we're not nose blind to them. You know you're doing it right when your neighbors knock on your door. Is it worth owning both? I'd say no. They aren't $200-400 overpriced niche fragrances so if you're a collector go for it. Only one L'Adventure I haven't liked of the 4 I've tried so far and that's the standard white version for men.

I bought this after much research. I spent some time in the Middle East and have found that they have some lesser known gems in the fragrance world. And the price point is a good buy. My nose makes out the upfront citrus of the bergamot and lemon with woody notes. It is a very nice Summer and warm weather fragrance and very work safe. For me the performance isn't as up to par as the voting suggests. I only get a few hours before I need to reapply and the sillage is just moderate for me. I have heard it is compared to Aventus. I have never smelled Aventus but have a tester of the Aventus for Her. It is nothing amazing nor did its performance justify 300-400 price point. If you have ever had a 3 digit priced bottle of wine you may find it tastes amazing. But not so much more so than others that are under $50 even $30 that are well crafted and delicious and most often indistinguishable to the 3 digit bottles to the common palate. The law of diminishing returns outweighs my need to have Aventus. Maybe I’ll get to test it someday. Scent: 8/10 Performance: 8/10 Price: 7/10

Personally I think this scent is amazing and one of the best clones out there that I have tried, I would highly recommend! I have both the original and the intense and they smell virtually identical with perhaps minute differences. I prefer the intense though, why? Well because it's more intense! lol...I find the intense version a fuller slightly denser scent with a tiny bit more smokiness and I find the citrus a little darker and better done than the original. Performance is excellent! The only negative I can find with this scent is that it is easy to go nose blind from it. Long after I think it has died down or worn off I will keep getting compliments hours later. Damn I wish I could smell it because I absolutely love this scent. For the people that say this isn't close enough to Aventus , I don't care if it is or isn't I would still buy this either way. I don't have a huge collection, I have around maybe 20 bottles but if I could only keep 3 this would definitely be one of them!

I have version with the black plastic written on it "Intense". Using it for a month and i love it, especially the dry down, or the day after when i take the same shirt its hard for me to go for another scent, coz than is when you really feel the drydown, and im like "yea i want more of this" (because you are getting very easy nose blind to this scent). Longevity is good, projection, im not sure coz as i said is very easy to go nose blind to this one. Also need a little bit of warm to shine. I have tested the normal version few times, and i think the difference is that the intense is little bit more dense and a bit more fruity , also the citrus goes for the whole life span of the scent. EDIT: Im starting to think that performance are not that good after all 9/10. I Like it more than, CDNI EDP, Explorer, Way more than Afnan NOI. I got this for 40e, worth every penny. Its similar to the old version of Zara Vibrant Leather.

I'm curious if the people complaining of poor performance are simply becoming anosmic to this fragrance. I have one of the new batch bottles with the "Intense" sticker - and today I wore 3 sprays total - which completely filled a 25x50 ft PT gym. I had no idea how strong I was projecting until a woman standing 15 feet away from me commented on how good it smelled, 2 hours after I had sprayed. I was also getting wiffs 10+ hours after I sprayed. As for the smell, it is the most accurate Aventus clone I've smelled. It's a pretty spot on copy of a fruitier batch of Aventus. Despite it's strength, it has a bit of a "softness" to the smell, and is extremely pleasant and easy going. Compare this to CDNIMs' screaming loud lemon opening, it is much less attention grabbing - maybe this is why people think it is weak? Regardless, I'm really digging this one, one of the best 30ish dollars I've spent on a fragrance.