Matar

There are two very large elephants in the room. The first is the man, the legend --Chistian Provenzano. Is this hyperbole? Well, let me introduce my evidence. He is the perfumer behind 49. Boadicea fragrance. This house is regarded as one that produces rare and exorbitantly expensive gems (The bottles themselves are quite costly). He’s put out 28 his eponymous line, many of which have received rave reviews.19 from Sospiro ,6 from Clive Christian. He’s responsible for many hundreds of scents. He is the nose behind 32 Spirit of Kings. Matar is one of these scents. I think he’s has earned his reputation as one the Masters in the perfume industry. The second elephant in the room is the fact that Matar shares a remarkable similarity to Creed’s Aventus. It shares many of the same notes and the pineapple matches Aventus. Was this a conscious decision? I cannot think otherwise. Owning both would be redundant, but Matar can stand in the ring and earn a draw of the judge’s decision cards. At least that is how I see it. Some commentators say Matar matches the old Aventus releases. My Creed is over 10 years old which isn’t all that old, by Creed standards, but I still find it has good silage and longevity. Matar has good to strong silage and long to good longevity. It leans masculine, works day or night. It’s a wonderful warm weather scent. Matar is less expansive but only offers 100 ml. Creed offers 30 ml which is less expensive that Matar 100 ml. I would encourage potential buyers and decide for themselves which one they enjoy the most.

I'm really tired of seeing every person compare anything with pineapple to Creed Aventus, stop it. Now I saw this line at The Scent Room in Dallas and was taken in by the bottles. I read through the notes on the back of each bottle and when I got to this one I was intrigued by Pineapple, a note I don't have much experience with and apple, a note understated know fragrance but I LOVE. I gave it a spray and decided it needed to come home with me. I gave it a full wear test today and I was impressed! I sprayed it on at 8:40am and could still smell it at 9:09pm. It opened up with a tart pineapple smell, not the juicy summer pineapple one may expect. The apple is light, I really felt like it and the Bergamot were only present to keep the pineapple from being sickeningly sweet and I was ok with that. Over the of my shift I was complimented 3 times on this fragrance! One of which was an employee across the counter in Chipotle standing next to the food. How she could smell me I don't know, but she made sure to tell me at least three times before I left I smelled REALLY good and very different. Overall I think it's good fragrance, especially for the price point! I can't wait to try more from the house.

Probably the best Aventus "clone" I ever smelled. And for a reason: Christian Provenzano is the most serious perfumer out of all who tried to replicate the old Aventus glory. So, this does not smell very close to the current batches of Aventus, more like very early ones (2012-2013). Out of currently on the market fragrances: CDNI, Orion, Emperor. Just to give you an idea. The opening is not as nuanced as Aventus is, yet probably best out of all the above. The drydown really remind me of old batches (something that CDNI, Orion and Emperor are trying to do as well but I think Provenzano is just better at perfumery in general). Look, for under $200 for 100 ml it is probably as good as it gets (the hype is real!). If quality and closeness to the real Aventus is important to you (and price is not), try Creed's latest Absolu Aventus which is yet a different approach to the same. On the budget, CDNI and Orion are your best bets (more synthetic but better performance, duh). Very interesting, did not expect to like it as much!

I never heard Spirit of Kings before,my husband bought Mattar for me because he thought I need some freshies in my collection. Yes it's lean more masculine, but if women wear it, they'll smell powerful and sexy. It's not match with women who wants to smell dainty, sweet, super feminine.Its for mature sexy women. And men absolutely can pull this off easily.Its smell fresh from the fruit notes ,Bergamo last till drydown,flowery notes isn't too prominent, Musk and vanilla gives it softness,while earthy and woody notes from moss and birch wood as an anchor to give an oomph to Mattar.Full bottle worthy if you looking for Unique ,strong ,freshies for the cold months.

The pineapple fresh note in this one is quite prominent and unbelievable good!!! a superb freshie I even prefer it over Akdeniz I haven't tried aventus yet but if that's the way it's supposed to smell then I get all the hype now... it really screams cozy summer afternoon the curtains are moving due to the air breeze in the countryside of Tuscany.. it reminds me of those landscapes in the Witcher blood and wine aswell... Bottle design and cap are also gorgeous, unique and mastercrafted