Club de Nuit Intense Man

CLUB DE NUIT INTENSE MAN WOW...This scent actually does develop to indeed become the Smokey batch of AVENTUS. The opening is where the biggest differences between these scents lie. I find Aventus to have an almost smooth soapy start which CDNIM doesn't duplicate. CDNIM is a lot more citrus rather than pineapple in the opening. This citrus start lasts for about 20 minutes to a half hour, projecting very boldly before INTENSE MAN smokey, birchy elements start to claim more space in the composition. Like INTENSE the ingredients of INTENSE MAN are of a decent quality. No where near Creed standards but still very impressive for a cheapie fragrance that mimics a high end Niche scent below $40...This is definitely no Insurrection Pure and the rest. The blend is spot on after the opening and the purchase made me happy as I can start my day with Aventus and decant this for instances when I want to add more oomph to the scent later in the afternoon. So this $30 purchase will greatly extend the life of my $300 purchase. I was considering owning a flacon of Aventus. Key word..."WAS". INTENSE MAN has made my need to spend $700 obsolete. I get 6 hours of longevity on this before either it dies down to a noticeable skin scent or the olfactory fatigue kicks in. But for a scent that is again almost identical to a scent nearly 10x's its cost, with decent ingredients and smells great...I'll take it. I own empty 5ml atomizers which I put to good use anyway. The sillage is great though. An hour after applying, a classmate said she could smell me on an elevator i was on at least 5-8 minutes before her. This is the best Aventus killer available from what I've smelled (Update: my Al Dur Al Maknoon by Lataffa review has since changed this opinion) and I've smelled all known suspects except for Afnan's Supremacy Silver. At a price I paid of $36 this buy was a down right NO BRAINER. Many sellers have become aware of its popularity and are charging over $60 for INTENSE and at that price it's still worth it to me. Some may even prefer this to Aventus as the fruitiness of the scent last longer in the opening and the smokiness is more pungent in the dry down. I might be crazy but to me this scent has some of the best of the smokey Creed batches. If AVENTUS was reformulated and the juice they ended up selling was batches of CDNIM with a slightly better quality of ingredients, most Aventus fans would not be that upset by the change and some would consider it an improvement. Simply put: this scent is THE Aventus Killer...And will become to some including myself, THE AVENTUS REPLACER... 7.5/10 YouTube Channel- Simply Put Scents

This shit is straight-up fucking nuclear. Armaf Club de Nuit Intense Man is my ultimate dumb-reach king — the one I grab when I can’t be fucked thinking and just want to walk out the door smelling like pure pussy-magnet fuel. From the first spray, that sharp pineapple blast hits you like a shot of cheap vodka mixed with pure sex. It’s fresh, fruity, and aggressive as fuck, then it dries down into this smoky, woody, leathery beast that screams “I’m here to fuck shit up and take names.” Birch and jasmine in the middle? Yeah, that shit adds a dark, almost dirty edge that makes it smell expensive and filthy at the same time. The base is all vanilla, musk, and oakmoss — warm, animalic, and lingering like the scent of a wild night you don’t want to end. Performance on this bad boy is ridiculous for the price. 8+ hours easy on skin, nuclear on clothes, and it projects like a war crime for the first 3-4 hours. I can drench myself before hitting the gym, the office, the bar, or straight to some chick’s place and it still slays. It’s my anytime-anywhere weapon: gym rat mornings, work meetings, club nights, first dates, or just smashing it raw in the sheets. This fragrance doesn’t give a fuck about the occasion — it owns every room. And the compliments? Holy shit, this thing is a certified snatch collector. Girls straight up lose their minds. “What the fuck are you wearing, you smell so good I want to ride your face right now” is a regular one. I’ve had random women at bars lean in close, eyes glazing over, practically begging to bury their nose in my neck while their hands wander south. One night this blonde MILF at a club told me I smelled like “expensive dick and bad decisions” before dragging me into the bathroom for a quick, filthy pump. Another time a girl on a Tinder date literally said the scent made her wet before we even ordered drinks. It’s that powerful — Creed Aventus DNA on a broke-boy budget that actually fucks harder than the original in the compliment game. If you’re a lazy bastard like me who wants one bottle to rule them all without overthinking, this is it. Beast mode performance, versatile as hell, and it turns heads (and spreads legs) everywhere. Armaf Club de Nuit Intense Man isn’t just a fragrance — it’s liquid confidence with a raging hard-on. Buy it, spray it heavy, and thank me when you’re balls-deep in compliments and more. 10/10, no cap. Dumb reach forever, motherfuckers.

I really didn't think I would ever be writing this, because when I first unboxed this bottle, I absolutely hated it. It was horrendous, just a harsh, synthetic mess that had that Lemon Pledge kind of smell people talk about. I was honestly ready to sell it, but I decided to just shove it in the back of the cabinet in its box and forgot about it. Fast forward a couple of months later, I saw it sitting in the back, grabbed it, and gave it a few sprays in the air. To my surprise, it actually smelled better. It wasn't that sharp, synthetic cleaner smell anymore; now you could actually get that hint of sweetness from the fruit. I doubt it has real pineapple, but that sweetness is there now and it really resembles that Creed Aventus DNA. It’s been seven months since I first got it, and even though I have a collection of over 150 bottles, this has become the one I constantly want to reach for. When you have that many options, you really have to try to keep everything in a rotation, but I find myself wanting to grab this one all the time. I’ve put such a dent in it that I’m already looking for a backup bottle. I realized that in the beginning, I didn't really know what I was doing. I used to spray my chest and below my nose, and I’d go nose blind almost instantly. Now I’ve learned to spray my forearms, my wrists, the back of my hands, and the back of my neck. If I’m wearing shorts, I hit the back of my knees. I’ll usually go with 6 to 10 sprays, and it creates such a nice scent bubble. The longevity is incredible, too. I get anywhere from 7 to 12 hours out of this. If I go heavy and do about 10 to 12 sprays, I’m easily getting those full 12 hours. I wasn’t even looking for compliments, but you definitely get them with this. I reach for this instead of wasting my Creed Aventus; I'll spray this and then just add a couple sprays of the Creed at the end to finish it off. I also have the Limited Edition Parfum, which is a bit more woodsy and smokeier, but both are excellent. This was a total "hate turned into love" relationship, and now the EDT is a staple in my collection.

I’m convinced my bottle of Club de Nuit Intense Man EDP wasn’t born, it was summoned. When it first arrived, the opening wasn’t just harsh, it felt like being yelled at in chemical language by a stressed out lemon. And the dry down? A smoke bomb in a fruit market. I half expected a fire alarm to go off. I shoved it to the back of the shelf like a shameful family secret, hoping it would reflect on its life choices. I forgot it existed until last week. Sprayed it like I was diffusing a fragrance grenade from the past. Gentlemen... it had glowed up. It came back enlightened. The opening that once screamed “I AM CITRUS” now just confidently says, “I am here.” It's still sharp, but it's a tailored suit, not a straitjacket. And the dry down? The smoke bomb has been disarmed. What's left is a smoky, fruity ballet, a pineapple that learned to smoke a cigar and quote philosophy. About performance: This thing doesn't project, it manifests. It doesn't ask for attention, it just occupies the space. Longevity? A brutal 8.5 to 10 hours. I sprayed it on a jacket and my dog started looking at me with more respect three days later. The Thermonuclear Take: Let's be real, this thing absolutely sh*ts on Aventus from a great height. You're getting 95% of the DNA, 150% of the performance, and a 200ml bottle for the price of a Creed sample. Creed fades before my morning coffee does. CDNIM EDP outlasts my will to be a functional adult. Buying a fresh bottle is like adopting a feral raccoon. You can't be mad when it bites you. You have to nurture it. But if you put in the work, you get a loyal, sophisticated companion that will fight for you. Aventus is the trusted family golden retriever. This? This is your pet wolverine. It's more interesting and terrifyingly effective. TL;DR A volatile investment that paid off. Not just a fragrance, but a redemption arc in a bottle. It's an 8.2/10 for me, only because my heart truly belongs to boozy/ fresh frags. But for the price and performance, it's a masterpiece.

Reviewing the 200ml EDP version as I can't find it on Fragrantica. Having compared both in store I would say that the EDP is the better version and overall better value. The EDP has a calmer opening compared to the EDT's infamous sharp citrus opening. Still very similar but just toned down a bit. The dry down carries the same citrus/pineapple smokey birch as the EDT but is slightly deeper in it's delivery. Much as the aforementioned opening, it's the same but just tweaked a bit due to the higher concentration. Longevity on the EDP is great. I get at least 4 hours on skin and about 6-7 hours on clothing. The scent will carry on clothing to the next day but I need to put my nose right up to where I sprayed. (cad) I can find the EDT for $35-$40/105ml whereas the EDP is $70/200ml. I can't find any other bottle size variation for the EDP. Whether you want to compare this to Aventus or not, it's a great smell and worth a purchase. Assuming you are okay with buying a 200ml bottle then I would strongly suggest the EDP over the EDT. Ultimately you would be paying double but you would also be receiving double the amount for a stronger concentration that carries a slightly better quality version of the same scent. I also have the 150ml parfum version. Everything I said comparing the EDT to the EDP can transfer over to the EDP versus the parfum version with the parfum being superior. Although the Parfum version is $65-$70/150ml. As much as I recommend this, if pressed to only get one bottle of a pineapple/birch/smoke scent then I would skip Armaf over entirely and get Afnan Supremacy Collectors Edition, which copies Aventus Absolu, as it simply does everything Armaf does but better.

I'll be honest. I detest all this fuss, commotion and hype surrounding Arabic fragrances. I find it completely ridiculous. All the idle YouTubers and influencers saw an opportunity to make a quick buck and set about forcing them on us in every way possible. We're talking about fragrances that, for the most part, are poorly made and so sloppily constructed that they all give off a lemony and synthetic mix, no matter how long you let them mature. I've tried quite a few of them — some I threw away, some I gave away, and others I kept as bathroom deodorisers. The only exception is the CDNIM EDT which, to be precise, was well known long before all this hype erupted. Perhaps the most famous of the Arabic fragrances and the one with the greatest appeal. I won't even bother getting into whether and to what extent it resembles Aventus. That's genuinely of no interest to me. I had made a bulk purchase some years ago, being confident that I would like it very much. At first I was disappointed because every time I put it on, something like rubber would hit my nose. So I left the bottles in the bathroom cabinet for several months, and when I decided to give it another chance, the result was something unique. There's no way I can wear this fragrance without someone commenting on how good it smells. Every single time! We're talking about the ultimate compliment getter. It's fruity, it's woody, it's smoky.....it's a very distinctive mix. I don't know if it's the specific batches from 07/2021 that I have in my hands, but we're talking about a fragrance that is exceptional in every respect, especially when you consider the cost of acquiring it.

This review is not about how close CDNIM gets to Aventus but how it performs as an independent fragrance and how it compares to Explorer by Mont Blanc. Explorer is my top 5 favorite fragrance of all time but over the years I have been seeing CDNIM hyped up way more and I just recently and blindly bought my first bottle of it. At first spray I regretted my blind buy because it smelled HORRIBLE. Genuinely smelled like pine sol or like when you accidentally bite the peel of a lemon. It was bitter and synthetic asf. It actually gave me a headache. I immediately tried to give it to my brother and he said it smelled like an old man and that he didn’t want it. I genuinely was full of regret. When the opening dried down after 15 minutes, it genuinely smells exactly like explorer. Maybe more woody and more birch heavy than pineapple like explorer but it’s a really good frag with beast performance, you just have to get past that ATROCIOUS opening. I would say that there is no need to have Explorer and CDNIM as they both have the same scent but I will say that if your job or daily life involves you to be in close quarters such as being a teacher, nurse, office worker, etc. You might want to opt for explorer as it’s not as strong, slightly better DNA, and lower sillage/projection. CDNIM is for if you’re going to the club, beach, concert, anything with open area because of its strong projection. All in all really good fragrance if you give it a chance after the opening.

The bottle I own is the Club de Nuit Intense Man EDT Special Edition Kingdom of Saudi Arabia National Day (KSA). Based on the note pyramid provided by the online retailer, it appears to contain the same fragrance as the regular Club de Nuit Intense Man EDT and UAE National Day Special Edition, with the main distinction being the commemorative packaging which is green ribbons on the black box and bottle. My bottle is from the September 2025 batch. Since I have never smelled the standard edition, I can't make a fair comparison between the two. My first impression of the KSA edition is that it smells absolutely divine and remarkably smooth. On my skin and clothes, however, it isn't quite the "beast mode" fragrance that some reviews led me to expect, so I highly suspect the formulation did change over the last few years to deal with the harsh opening criticism. Around 4–5 sprays on my clothing give me about four hours of moderate projection before it settles into a pleasant skin scent for another six hours or so. Performance aside, this is simply a very enjoyable fragrance. It has a dry, masculine character without being particularly sweet, making it surprisingly versatile. Although Armaf officially recommends it as an evening fragrance for cooler seasons, I find it perfectly comfortable to wear whenever I feel like it—even during the height of summer.

It's famous for a reason...love it or hate it to me is one of the best cheapies of all time. BUT, don't buy the EDT, the EDP is much smoother and it has the better quantity/price ratio, don't even bother buying the extrait and limited edition. Beastly performances, the opening is where people are divided, I don't mind it at all (also because my batch has been sitting for 6+ months and now is a beautiful, fizzy and smoky lemon, not lemon pledge), and the mid/drydown is beautiful, smoky, musky, slighlty fruity, just an incredible mass appealer (ofc, it has the aventus dna). People that say this doesn't last are simply going noseblind, this stuff is stong...don't overspray. This will always gonna be in the hall of fame of fragrances, it deserves the glaze it has. TO ME, it does aventus better than actual modern aventus, that has been reduced to a shadow of what it once was. Good job armaf, even tho I don't particularly like the fact that they published 15 flankers under this lineup but whatever, at least with the higher concentrations they've reduced the acrid feel in the opening. I'd still consider the edp the best one considering the price/quantity/sillage and projection ratios...the extrait and LE just don't feel like a goo buy when the EDP and Pure Parfum exist.

Amazing fragrance if you’re looking for a masculine scent that gets you compliments. Opening does lean a bit harsh with a slight pine sol feel to it, but the dry down is just beautiful. If you smelled this fragrance without looking at the notes you would definitely just smell a smokey birch tree with a hit of lemon. BUT, after looking at the notes everything just starts to make sense, the opening has a lot of black currant to my nose, and the dry down has this very elegant rose that really makes it less harsh. Has a very foresty vibe with a really nice smoky citrus in the background. Most people won’t agree with me here, but I think this is a BEAUTIFULLY blended fragrance and the evolution of it is just so nice. The performance is also amazing, not as strong as some people say, but a very solid 2 to 3 feet of projection on skin for around 4 hours before coming a touch less noticeable. It's a skin scent after 7 ish hours with it completely fading after 10. I can’t complain about this fragrance at all, it pulls me compliments, it’s masculine, versatile, long lasting, and smells outstanding. 9/10 fragrance, I just wish they turned the birch down just a touch to let the other notes be more apparent.

This is the goat for a reason and why it’s still relevant after being on the market for 10 years. Don’t listen to these influencers saying it’s trash. If you want the aventus dna this is the one! The lemon pledge scent the influencers go on about is totally an ott reaction. This stuff is powerful and with powerful fragrances comes a strong initial scent honestly give this 20-30 mins and this is amazing! But please be cautious with the amount of spray you need two max! My partner smelt me before I even entered the room last week and also could smell me from 6 feet away so just be careful if working in an office environment, less is more with this fragrance. As soon as I put this on my partner said it smelt amazing and has done each time I’ve worn it which she hasn’t always done with some of my more expensive scents. For £20 this is a steal don’t be swayed by purchasing the flanker CDNIM they are all the same after the dry down and seems to be a marketing ploy. The EDT is a beast for longevity and silage go for this one but be carefully with the amount of sprays. 1-2 pulse points on neck and wrist is enough trust me

Once you give it a little use and let it rest for a while it really smooths out, honestly it's extremely close to Aventus. Anyone saying negative stuff is judging it on the first sprays, but after some air gets into the bottle and it stabilizes it's damn near 95% Aventus. It's REALLY good for the price, especially when compared to the cost of Aventus. It's so close that it's a no-brainer as far as cost goes if you enjoy the Aventus DNA. My bottle was made July of 2025 and it's incredible now. It's been really good for a while but I just tried some on today and I have authentic Aventus also and they are damn near identical. I don't like the word "maceration" but there is a LOT of scents that change a bit after the initial sprays. (not just dupes). I haven't tried any of the other CDNIM iterations but if this one is this good I might just snag one of the others also just to see how much better they might possibly be.

AAHAHAHAH, comparing this with Creed Aventus...please...this is WAY cheaper! I never tried Creed so I am not gonna compare it regarding smell, but honestly you cannot HATE this fragrance; you might not like it, but for the price, performance, sillage, and compliments...CDNIM is awesome. Last +24hs, you can use it all year, extremely versatile (except office I think, to much sillage, I prefer more subtle perfumes for the office). The ones who are complaining about performance, I believe they get a fake one, make sure to buy in official stores, there are TONS of fake ones out there. I would define the smell as "dark citrus" on skin, but I think smell on air is way more light and agreeable. DON'T OVERSPRAY, AND DO NOT SPRAY CLOSE TO YOUR NOSE (too strong, might be too suffocating). Even though you recieve compliments, it is not a blind buy, you should try on your skin before buying.

minha assinatura, uso pro trabalho e em saídas sem uma ocasião definida. Eu amo essa fragrância porque ela é forte, pesada e ao mesmo tempo versátil. abre com um limão muito forte, cortante, que pode assustar no começo mas conforme vai secando, o abacaxi aparece e deixa o perfume mais equilibrado e eliminando um pouco a potência do limão. na secagem vem a bétula que trás uma sensação esfumaçada pro perfume que se mistura com aquele limão e tras um cheiro formal, masculino e bem versátil. o limao aqui acaba sendo o protagonista, se sobressai bastante. No desempenho nao tem o que reclamar, é uma bomba, por isso se for usar em locais fechados toma cuidado. trabalhei em escritorio e passava 5 borrifadas e isso ja era o suficiente p receber elogios o dia inteiro. Na questão da similaridade nao é o melhor inspirado no aventus, mas segue o dna do mesmo.

This definitely grew on me and will be a must have in my collection. Yes the opening is the downside, but guess what it goes away after like 30 minutes. After that the development is great, super smooth blend of fruit and smokyness, masculine with beastmode performance. 8/10 I can see how this is not everyones cup of tea though. Some considerations before you judge this: you can’t evaluate this based on opening only - yes its harsh but it shines in the drydown. It’s very different to get a whiff from this in a room compared to smelling super close to your wrist 1 minute after you sprayed this. And for me it took 3-4 weeks of macerating, before that I got a lot, A LOT, of nothing but lemons. Now I love it. I want to try the Limited Edition Parfum too as I’ve heard it’s a bit more refined, but that will be for the next bottle.

I just bought the edp version of this which for some reason doesnt exist on fragrantica, but heres what it is The opening is alot smoother than the edt, its still a tiny bit harsh but its a lot better, has stronger fruits/ top notes and has some birch in the opening too. In the dry down its more woody, more sweet, more fruity and less smoky than the edt. Its still very masculine but its just a tiny bit less mature than the edt, but its still very mature and very masculine. The edp also comes with 95ml more for only 20 bucks more. Projection is good and longevity too. I get about 6/7h and this is with a brand new bottle. In a few weeks/months I’m gonna review this again when it has macerated. But overall right now it’s a very nice masculine, fruity citrusy, slightly smoky birch heavy scent

Pure magic in a bottle. This gave me actual goosebumps! I am no fragrance expert, but let me tell you something: CDNIM EDT is an absolute masterpiece. This was the first fragrance in my entire life that gave me literal goosebumps because of how insanely good it smells. It is just on a whole different level. A quick word of warning to everyone: DO NOT judge it by the first 5 seconds. The opening can be harsh and synthetic. You need to give it about 5 to 10 minutes after spraying. Once it settles down, the real magic begins. It transforms into this incredibly rich, smoky, pineapple, and woody powerhouse. The performance is beast mode, and the compliments from women are non-stop. If you don't overpay for designer stuff and just want pure magic, this is it. 10/10.

If you know your nose and what you're getting this is one of the most value for your money fragrances out there! No. It's not 95% Aventus, it's not even 85%. What you have with this one is that DNA with more citrus at the top, stronger and longer lasting than the OG. VERY synthetic and harsh upon application but smooths out over time. Does it dry down to resemble Aventus more closely? No! But the harshness definitely fades after about 30mins to an hour. So again, if you're looking for cheap Aventus replacement maybe try Mont Blanc Explorer, but if you just like the DNA, on a budget, or want superior performance give this one a shot! 7.5/10

Fragrância marcante, com uma excelente performance e projeção, mesmo com poucas borrifadas. É um perfume que se fixa muito bem na pele e permanece por bastante tempo nas roupas. Embora a saída divida opiniões, considero a abertura agradável, mas o grande destaque está em sua evolução. Ao longo do uso, ele se revela um aroma envolvente, amadeirado e esfumaçado, transmitindo elegância, masculinidade e forte presença. Indico aplicar com moderação devido à sua intensidade. Com ótimo custo-benefício, é uma escolha certeira para quem busca um perfume de presença marcante e alta fixação. Recomendo! Nota: 5/5

I was gifted this fragrance back in 2023, and at first it smelled genuinely awful. I don’t know how to describe it but it smelled really bad, so safe to say the opening is really harsh. But here’s the secret, you have to let it macerate. I left it in my closet for about 3 years, so recently started to wear it and the harsh opening is still there but not as bad as the first time i smelt it, but after the dry down it smelled really good. I mean i was going to work and getting complimented for how good i smelt, do i recommend this? Yes absolutely! its a good smelling fragrance once its macerated.