Brasilia Prive

@Yankelover if your story is even true, at least that is his business. It's understandable. You have a blank account with only ONE review which is a negative review on Alexandria where you are posting relentlessly. You love apple crumb? How come you didn't post a positive review of it? I hope people look at my reviews/profile and yours and have the common sense enough to know which person looks fishy. I don't know if you got a bad batch, or a different nose or you're purposely trolling this company, but when your only posts here are in this very thread it looks suspicious. I don't work for anyone, nor here to publicize anyone. I bought some SAMPLES from the company and was very impressed. I came here to write a review and saw how poorly it was being represented. I posted about it on a fragrance group WHY this fragrance only has one negative review.. So obviously some people who also enjoyed it must have chimed in... which I am glad they did. I hope that answers your great conspiracy.. If this guy was paying people or sending people to write reviews here it would have had a lot more feedback and it doesn't... I don't challenge anyone for their taste, or opinion, but you're implying anyone who says something good is paid off or a fake and I take that personally coming from a shady account like yours.

@Yankelover I will tell you what is fishy.. A dude with a blank profile and one review who has to comment twice to try to put down a great smelling fragrance and make false accusations. I been here a long time in this community so it's dumb to question my credibility. It's an easy solution.. Get a sample whoever might be reading this and try it for yourself. I have tried MANY aventus clones ranging from club nuit intense, pineapple vintage's, al adventure.. insurrection pure. etc etc. In fact you can see I have reviewed most of them on here. Don't listen to this purposeful troll with one review and get a sample.. I never tell anyone to blind buy anything.. There are plenty of people providing decants on facebook groups and this company also has travel sprays available.

I have never smelled that particular batch of Aventus, but I have had several decants of other batches and this smells pretty damn close to authentic; 95ish%. Specifically in the opening and middle. I put a spray of each an arm and asked my wife which was which (she loves Aventus) immediately after spraying and 2 hours after. She couldn't figure it out. It doesn't go beast mode as much as Creed, but it lasts a very long time. I get 10 hours of it with a few sprays. Armaf beats this in the projection category but doesn't have any of the other more subtle characteristics that Brasilia Prive does that do mimic Aventus. Dua Poseidon's Elixir rates about the same for me as Brasilia Prive, but it cost more per ML.

This is the best Aventus clone I’ve ever smelled. I have a bottle of 18D01 that I really enjoy, and Brasilia Prive is just as enjoyable. Prive smells smooth and fruity, with perfectly balanced birch, with a tiny bit more vanilla (which I love). I have never smelled an Aventus clone that I would choose over Aventus if I had the choice, but this smells better to me than the batch of 18K11, of which I previously had a 10mL decant. In a blind smell test, this would smell like an Aventus batch with a tad more fruit and vanilla, not like a clone. There's a reason it sells out within hours, every time it goes in stock on the Alexandria Fragrances website. If you like Aventus, buy this.

@Yankelover I don't work for his company nor receive ANYTHING for free from him. I bought the samples and now I own a bottle of the stuff with my own money. You're a hypocrite and you turned this review section into a flame war. I tried giving you the benefit of the doubt, but you never even posted not ONE review on this entire site other than the garbage you write here and it's getting obvious that you're a troll account.. . They should ban accounts like yours, it's ridiculous. I don't give a damn what your opinion is, but you are here trying to make accusations and cause trouble with people from the start, and you do nothing else BUT THAT.

The reviews here are an injustice.. Perhaps there was a screwed up batch or something, but the juice I have smells VERY VERY close to aventus. I have tried all the clones from the DUA's, club nuit intense, al adventure, Pineapple vintages... It doesn't make sense why there aren't glowing reviews on here. Or hardly any reviews at all??? Please don't be discouraged by the rating here, get a sample and try it yourself. I am telling you if you get what I got, it's one of the best if not the current best aventus clone I have tried on the market for a reasonable price. Scent 5/5 Performance 4/5

I have CA and 5 clones. None of them have "good" longevity or projection. Zara's can barely get out of the sprayer to smell it (although it is a nice version of Aventus). The others are easy to tell they are "clones" and don't "stand on their own" to me. This one does it all. I agree the longevity and projection are not strong, yet better than all the others, including Aventus and "bests" Aventus as a fragrance, as well as stands strongly on its own merits. Great fragrance.

I own a 2019 batch of Aventus. Smells like Aventus, especially the opening. . The dry down is different, more leathery. Was disappointed but a decent scent notheless. Better clones out there. Disappears from my skin after 2 hours. Only complaint like the Aventus is the performance issue; otherwise a good scent and to me separate from Aventus. Look elsewhere. Rating: 5/10 Compliments: 7/10 (for the first hour, poor longevity)

Smells awesome and natural. Very well done. Anyone who leaves negative reviews where they refer to Aventus as “the king” is just trolling and has never smelled this. They do this on every fragrance that resembles Aventus. They’re the angriest and most miserable people in all the fragrance groups. This performs much better than any Aventus batch over the last couple years in my opinion.

Mine sat for a about 5 months and it lasts all day 7ish hours and projects like a mofo. I gotta watch the sprays with this one. Way less Pineapple than I remembered from when I sprayed it back in October. I wonder if that has changed in 5 months and much more woods/smoke then when I got it. I changed my like to love!!!

I've had several different Aventus clones over the last few years, and they've all been different; some were more smoky and dank smelling, some were more fruity, a few were more sweaty smelling in trying to imitate (what I would guess) is the ambergris note common in Creed fragrances, and one that was just straight up FOUL. This one is different in that it's the first fragrance I've seen advertised as being a clone of the "legendary batch" of Aventus 11z01, which, at the time of this writing, there is a 500ml bottle of on eBay with an asking price of $37k. This clone is probably one of the nicer ones I've come across; it's woody without being obnoxiously smoky, it's fruity without venturing into obnoxiously sweet territory like a kid's cereal, and there's a touch of freshness to it. The freshness of it is a nice changeup from the more sweaty smelling clones I've tried. After an hour, the fruity-ness of the fragrance levels off a bit and becomes a woody fragrance. This is pretty nicely balanced and very smooth, and with decently strong projection at that. Two quick sprays on my wrist, and I could taste this fragrance before long, but it doesn't seem to project much farther than that. This might be one that has to be oversprayed to really get better performance out of, but I've come to accept that that's true for a lot of fragrances out there on the market anymore.

Sampled this. It's OK. It's close. But if I'm *not* buying Aventus, but looking for something high quality, I would get Orion, and then the Scent of Peace, and then this. The quality just isn't there and this is actually pretty expensive once you work out the $/mL. Sooo, and you can up the mL and pay slightly more and get Orion which blows all smoky Aventus clones out of the planet, and that fragrance, has its own personality rather than being a cookie cutter clone.. If that makes sense. IF you *ARE* looking for a clone, I would get this and some Molecule 01. Because this doesn't project as much as Aventus (this is very oily, heavy). It's a good but expensive clone $$$

I love the scent itself but definitely no longevity and doesn’t perform well at all in general. Something to enjoy after a shower and shortly before bed with a lady friend but definitely not something to wear ANY other time because what’s the point if it fades away so damned quickly. It really does smell great but club de nuit intense man from armaf still holds the crown for best affordable alternative to Aventus.

When I received this I was blown away because it’s what Aventus USED to be. This smells identical at a fantastic price point. I would definitely say disregard the performance issue comments as I recently received a newer bottle and immediately ordered a backup because I get a solid 10hrs longevity with decent projection as well for the first few hours. This stuff is just good!

In the top 1/3 of Aventus clones IMO... But loses points in projection, and a very slight sweet warmness in the drydown that isn't there in Aventus or a few of the top dupes. With the price being somewhat middling, there are a couple better options available.

Smell is very good. I thought I may not have the 'nose' for it after some time wearing it, and that's why I can't smell it anymore, but I'm fairly certain this projects for about 30minutes and then you can sniff it on skin for 3-4 hours. Really bad value.

A good and simple chemical "air freshener" clone of Aventus, with a bit more brightness, good longevity. Like most of the Alexandria, the juice is sticky on the skin, as if you had spilled some actual sweet juice.

Pains me to write this review...as I am a big supporter of AF. I’m hoping that after this sits for awhile, I will be able to update this; however, my bottle has already macerated for one month. Not much pineapple or smoke here. Personally, I find Brasilia a lot better...at least it has the fruitiness of Aventus. This goes on flat and muddled, and the dry down doesn’t get much better. Hard to describe what’s going on here, but it is not Aventus. Making matters worse, the longevity and projection are below average. This has never been the case with any of my AF fragrances, so I’m very surprised how poorly this is performing. I will wait another month to see if this gets better, otherwise I’m putting it up for trade on AFs Facebook page. UPDATE - never got any better. Weak longevity and projection. Swapped it for Polo Red.

Flame war below notwithstanding, I own a FB of Brasilia Prive, as well as a 100ml decant of Aventus batch 17N01. I also own a FB of Al Haramain L'Aventure, and have owned FBs of CDNIM (now have a 10ml decant), Insurrection II Pure, Lomani AB Spirit Silver, Al Rehab Avenue and Dua Poseidon Elixir 13ZZ. I have also sampled numerous 2ml vials of the Poseidon's Elixir 2.0, Pinapple Vintage, Vintage Intense, Vintage Noir, King, and Vanilla Intense. Have also tried Cedrat Boisee, Orion by Tiziana Terenzi, and Glen Perri Unpredictable Adventure. Hell, I've even sampled the imitations from the cheapo roll-on oil clone houses like Hayward Enterprises (wasn't a great clone, but not all that bad to be honest..) So I guess you can say I've been around the block a bit as far as Aventus and its clones go, though I've never sampled the original 11z01 batch. You might even say this is a bit of a semi-sick hobby for me considering I have a bottle of the real stuff. I happen to enjoy how each clone puts a different "spin" on the original, accenting different aspects. You just have to accept clones for what they are and enjoy their differences, rather than complaining how they're not 100% accurate copies of the original. I enjoy the lemon opening of L'aventure followed by birch/blackcurrant/oakmoss. I enjoy the extra smoky dry-down of CDNIM. I appreciate the vanilla/blackcurrant heavy opening and mid of Insurrection Pure II. (Don't enjoy Al Rehab Avenue, Lomani or Glen Perri). Also, I don't work for this company, and don't promote this company blindly (they have *some* excellent clones, while others are big fails so sample first!) I've just been collecting fragrances for around 10 years now, and am past the point of getting sucked in by the latest hype train. The most it will get me to do is *maybe* purchase a 5ml sample to try out. Personally, while I feel that nothing from the clones from any house matches the natural freshness of the original Aventus, I will say that Brasilia Prive is damn close. It's actually the best I've seen so far. It manages to strike the right balance between pineapple, birch, vanilla and musk that really fools me if I'm not doing a side-by-side. The only real difference I can detect is that the pineapple in Aventus and the ambergris note smell more natural, while Brasilia Prive smells like high-quality natural pineapple, but with an ambergris replacement like ambroxan, ambrettolide or something else. It's a fantastic clone and dries down a tiny bit sweeter than Aventus with slightly less oakmoss, but still extremely close. Projection is moderate but detectable, but slightly less than the original, and longevity is about 8 hours, so it's good, but not 12 hours I get out of the original. Still, the overall scent profile is spot-on. You would easily fool anyone smelling it off you, even fragheads I think. There's a reason this stuff sells out quickly every time it goes back in stock on the website. It's a great value in my opinion. That's my opinion and experience with this. Feel free to take it or leave it. I agree with @Guinea54 who says you should sample this fragrance first, as this is always a good policy for any fragrance. I think you'll enjoy it a lot and will think it's a great clone, but you ultimately have to make that call for yourself. Worst case, you'll only have spent a few dollars, and won't feel too personally invested in it to try to force yourself to like something you wouldn't otherwise, and it will help you evaluate it objectively.

The best clone I've smelt so far. Very, very convincing and a high quality scent overall. Performance for me is OK & a little disappointing - but I get very little projection for more than 1 hour, even with 6-8 sprays. The first hour or so is very good, however. I can detect the scent 3-4 hours after the initial spray but very much as a skin scent. I don't know if others can smell it on me or not as I have not had any compliments yet. It's a great clone, no complaints there. If performance (specifically projection) was better, I'd buy a bottle each time I run out. As it is, I'll use this, enjoy it, use it after the gym etc as it's not expensive but I'm not sure if I will buy another bottle. I have used this for one week so far. Let's see. Update. After a couple of weeks I'd say the scent is not quite as bright as Aventus in the opening. Still a convincing clone for the uninitiated. Overall, decent, affordable and worth trying.