Aventus for Her

This fragrance is a total oddball and I'm appreciating that more and more over time. Out of the +300 fragrances I've tried, this is the only men's cologne that's been attempted to be made into a women's perfume without huge changes. Feminine versions of popular colognes are usually total re-interpretations. This is because the rules for what makes a "perfume" and what makes a "cologne" are fundamentally different. You can't turn one into the other by only changing the details. This one tried to do just that, with unique results. Because fragrances differ a little on everyone's skin, on mine this doesn't even resemble a feminine perfume. The scent is very pretty in the opening yes, but it still undoubtably smells like a cologne. A fresh and pretty cologne. The dry-down is like a musky, less smoky men's Aventus, with hints of Dior Sauvage. Getting wafts of Sauvage really surprised me from a feminine-branded fragrance. On my sister this smells more like a typical fruity-feminine perfume. I think this comes across more masculine on some people than others. I used to doubt skin chemistry making a difference, but try it out yourself! I get headache irritation from half of all fragrances. Original Aventus is one of my worst triggers. This version is totally safe, to a suprising level. I can even enjoy wearing this WHILE having a headache. 95% of fragrances are more migraine-inducing than this one. I find the scent particularly balanced and skillfully made. After 12 hours on skin, it still keeps its bright fresh character and never falls apart into "perfume-y" noise like many designer fragrances. There are few ingredients in perfumery that last this long. Making something balanced, fresh, complex and good-smelling from these loud and aggressive molecules is very hard. So technically this fragrance is a brilliant accomplishment. The scent even evolves from top to base, which is rare for these mega-beastmode fragrances. Alberto Morillas spent a lot of time getting this formula right down to 0,001%. If you like fruity fragrances and aren't looking for something super girly, I think this is a must-sample. But absolutely not blind-buy worthy. You may dislike many things in this fragrance no matter who you are. Those mega-longlasting molecules I mentioned as a plus may be a huge negative for you. Some people find them scratchy at any amount, resembling rubbing alcohol or burning electronics. I personally enjoy them when they're blended together well. Find out by trying this and seeing if you like it!

This resonates with movie scenes like the opening scenes from "Sound of Music" where Julie Andrews is singing and dancing on the mountain top. This also smells like what I would imagine Heidi in the alps would wear. There is a gorgeous natural outdoorsy pine, cedar, birch forest type smell that has almost staccato notes that pique out where you can discern the notes of the fragrance above just the regular fragrance chord. This is done well - it is one of the most beautiful perfumes that I have EVER Smelled... it was a love at first spray for me. This is an OUTSTANDING Perfume! Yes, it is expensive -- but if you truly LOVE perfumes - and you will actually WEAR THIS, it is totally worth it. The price is a little bit out of my reach now, I admire it -- and it is one that I have on my list to purchase when I have reached some milestones in my career. I put this in a similar category with Delina De Marly. I love BOTH of these perfumes, but I'm on a budget now... this two perfumes are definitely ON MY LIST to purchase in the future, as I reach important milestones in my career goals. In the meantime, I am trying some of ALT Fragrances perfumes - to see how I actually like wearing a perfume in this fragrance profile. I will let you know how I like their version of Aventus for Women. ---------------- This is a more natural perfume, the genre is new to me, it is something that I would have liked in junior high, high school -- but like everyone, I was carried away in the 80's when perfumes took on their own zip code. This is similar to Scandanavian type design styles, kind of the "less is more" type theory...a little more "minimalist" -- but the general essence of this is a TRUE LOVE! I have just discovered Calvin Klein's Beauty and I probably would not have liked Aventus for Her as much BEFORE finding that I really like the more natural perfumes like Beauty by CK. Aventus for Her seems to be a higher end version of Calvin Klein's Beauty... they have different dry downs, but all in all - the perfume profile seems to be in the fresh, clean, modern type perfume category. Trying them both side by side, Calvin Klein's Beauty actually has a much better dry down with my chemistry than Aventus. I love the way that Aventus starts, Calvin Klein's Beauty has a fabulous dry down.

I have been a huge fan of Creed for a good 25 years. Back when I discovered them, I didn’t mess with “men’s” fragrances, so I own some of the older women’s stuff, like Jasmin Imperatrice Eugenie. I have never sampled Aventus and can’t compare this to the original, which is great because I can review this on its own merits. Aventus for Her was a blind-buy, but a very successful one! I watched every YouTube video I could find, but honestly people didn’t describe it very well. Lots of “Wow, this is soooo good,” or, “My favorite, definitely a 10 out of 10!” But no deep descriptions. There were a few vloggers who mentioned words like “powerful.” Opposite of powerful, compared to most of my perfumes it’s fairly fresh and more like a unisex cologne. Definitely overpriced, yet I do really love it. I mostly smell a blend of sweet red apple and tart green apple. Smells boozy and also honey-like. Rose is the only flower that I detect. As it dries down, it becomes more woody. I smell crushed fir needles and bark. Definitely gives me an evergreen forest cologne vibe. The criticism is that there’s too much Iso-e-super and ambroxan. They seem to intensify over time and take over the fragrance. Definitely doesn’t have the high-quality ingredients the house used to have, and I would bet that’s largely due to the EU and all their bans on basically every beautiful material. I love Aventus for Her and view it as an easy reach year-round. Great for running errands or for a business lunch. I can see how women who wear the usual mainstream floof from Ulta would find it too masculine, but a woman like me who loves rich fragrances, woods and resins can easily pull this off.

I think this is exquisite ! Fresh fruity , energizing. Starts with a burst of green granny apples and citrus with black current and patchouli , just LOVE for me ! Very expensive beautiful top quality ingredients , you can almost pick each note out , also the Rose is quite dominant , fresh and very fruity. It's sweet but not sickly sweet. More of a fresh sweet. The middle is fresh roses , more floral at this point , I do wish I could smell more violets, the fruits are still here but drop in the background and the fragrance becomes unisex in my opinion. It takes on a fresh warm cologne smell. Very beautiful and classy. The styrax and sandalwood comes out and makes the fragrance a touch darker than it starts out to be but by no means dark. , it remains fresh and unisex , a warm peachy smell appears on a thin layer of sandalwood. I think it's beautiful. Natural and top quality. Not a smell you smell every day , to me it has a very natural , high quality feel. I am thinking of getting the 30 ml bottle. I love creeds 30 ml 's as they are more affordable and look great as well , also the fragrances are so well made that you only need to spray 2 sprays and it last forever. Great for traveling and also good if you have many fragrances. 30 ml is just perfect for all those reasons ! Aventus for her is a fruity chypre , it's definitely unisex to me and smells fruity and natural. Ambroxan ? Not sure if I smell any of that nor amber !? Maybe a hint ?

I have the weirdest relationship with this scent. The first time I tried a 2.5ml sample, I immediately thought “tech bro who’s just got out of the shower”. To me, it smelt incredibly masculine and I was rather disappointed. However, after sampling hundreds of fragrances, I’ve found that this fragrance is one of the few that I keep coming back to. It has the most addictive dry-down, which I can smell on my clothes even days later. Maybe it’s the ambroxan (I don’t know fragrance ingredients well enough to say). At any rate, it’s lovely and I keep wanting to smell it more. It is deep, multi-layered, well-blended and smells natural (as opposed to screechy or synthetic). I’m amazed at how the dry-down still smells ‘wet’, even days later. Wearing it today on a cold day, I had flashbacks to teenage boy body sprays. Maybe it’s the apple note, which I’m sure I remember being everywhere in the early 00s. However, the dry-down saves it from feeling cheap or cliche. I’d love to smell this on my husband.