Parfum d’Aventure (2026)

Similar barbershop DNA to L.T. Piver's Eau de Princes -- try both before committing. Parfum d’Aventure leads with a peppery, woody, lime nose that makes it a bit more vibrant. There is a similar clean, blue Mennen spine underneath both. For whatever reason, Princes strikes me as the more unified and memorable statement. For both, since the references are inexpensive everyday colognes, it is difficult to explain why they should be treated as luxury niche fragrances, but they earn it. The quality is plainly there.

This is so good. It's balmy, spicy, softly woody. To me it also smells like incense, deep-green mint, bay leaf maybe. Cacharel pour L'Homme might be a good reference for the nutmeg, but here all its sharp edges are more polished - it's smooth and enveloping, a fusion of conservative barbershop frag and Jules Vernes exoticism. At the same time, that tame spicy woodiness is quite close to the metrosexual restrained temper of the 00s designer frags. Again, nice but not the first thing I'd reach for at the given price tag.