Zara Night Pour Homme IV

Fellow fragrantiquers, I have the honour to present: THE VIBRANT LEATHER KILLER OR NOT JUST ANOTHER AVENTUS CLONE I bought a bottle of Aventus for 260.00 Euros one year ago. This 100 ml Zara bottle costed me 10.00 Euros online. It is smoother, deeper and more performant than Vibrant leather. I'll just finnish my almost full bottle of Vibrant Leather as it no longer makes sense to have it. I have a way better Zara IV and less expensive. I also have Insurrection II Pure, Impredictable Adventure, Lomani Silver, Rich Leather, L'Aventure and 2 full bottles of Club de Nuit Intense Homme. I don't have any doubts now that Zara IV is the fragrance I prefer besides Creed Aventus (thinking only of Aventus and its legion of clones; I do prefer other Perfumes to Aventus, like Bvlgari Man in Black). WHY? Let's see the maths for Zara IV: Scent: 9.5 (my judgement - all the notes are very well blended, they smell expensive, and as a whole it's strong and performant but not cloying; If the aim of the fragrance maker, or the fragrance buyer, is to obtain a very good Aventus clone, then success is granted; The opening is not so "pineapple" as Aventus and CDNI. It is also less "smokier" than Aventus or CDNI during the development. In compensation we get a smooth wonderfull citrusy opening - very similar to pineapple - instead of a harsh surprise as in CDNI. All the notes work together like an orchestra to give you a wonderfull scent and a marvelous dry down. You cannot stop comparing this scent with the current batch of Aventus as they are VERY similar, from the opening till the dry down end) Longevity:8.0 (a bit above average for the existing notes - between 7 and 8 hours). I do not need more. Sillage: 7.5 (3~4 feet at its peak with 3 sprays; projects for less than 2,5 hours). I do not need more. Uniqueness: 8.0 (clone of Adventus but not just another clone. Preetty unique, considering that it's the best clone for me) Wearability: 9.5 (all year round, day or night, but inferior to some summer scents in very hot weather). I do not need more. Versatility: 9.0 (yes to clubbing, socializing, events, restaurants, bars, dates, romancing, sex, office, picnics, weaddings, movies, birthday gift.... no to beach and work out). I do not need more. Quality: 9.0 (my judgement - it really smells expensive, creammy and smooth; the sprayer is awsome). I do not need more. Presentation: 8.0 (traditional looking but effective quality bottle; hard to do better considering the price). I do not need more. Price: 10.0 (100 ml tester for 10 Euros with taxes and free shipping; it really deserves an 11.0). If it goes on sale for 9 Euros, I will not buy it as there must be something very wrong with the fragrance composition.... hahahaha Average: 8.72/10.00 Ok... I understand now why I do love this fragrance and judge it to be the best AVENTUS CLONE

This is Zara Vibrant leather Eau de Parfum version. It is as good, if not better, than Zara EDT Vibrant leather. For €12.50 it's a Christmas gift for everyone this season. Zara just made some eBay traders very unhappy for sure because the Vibrant Leather business is gone. My dog is included in the list of lucky ones that will receive this ZNPH IV. What a show... my dog will smell Aventus from now on. His dog cologne is more expensive. EDIT 1 - I tried ZNPH IV in my right arm and and my 1 year old well kept VL in my left arm. Definetly ZNPH IV has a better sillage and longevity than ZVL.The scent is really the same. I don't detect any scent difference, but ZNPH IV smells more expensive and natural, it's creamier and more agreable in general. The dry down is superb. I must make a real test between ZNPH IV and Aventus plus the 5 Aventus clones I own. Edit - I bought another ZNPH IV bottle today for € 10.00. It is extreamly easy to buy Zara IV on line in Europe.

@ Konga5000 I really don't understand the huge amount of rage you demonstrate in your review. For God's sake. We are talking about a 10 euros fragrance. You say things like " I HATE seeing people throw their money away on BAD BLIND BUYS !!!". For God's sake. We are talking about a 10 euros fragrance. As for the fragrance itself it's easy to understand that we do not agree with each other. But I do recognise your right to not like this fragrance and I respect your opinion. EDIT 1: My brother in law that only wears Penhaligon's Douro since more than 10 years ago, bought this bottle at Zara and uses it everyday now. He does not have a clue of what Aventus Creed is. He just says that this Zara fragrance is divine.

Same fruity Aventus variation as the original Vibrant Leather but I am seemingly getting better longevity. First wearing topped 6+ hours easily. First few projecting well. Its cold 40 degrees in Seattle so take that into account - tested this from the Zara store on my lunch break. For those that want an Aventus vibe but don't want the harshness of Armaf's Club Nuit and something more crowd-pleasing / easier to wear. I don't detect any Bamboo notes yet (maybe?) but often times these note breakdowns are completely wrong. Would be great if it had a fruity Mont Blanc StarWalker vibe.

I have Creed Aventus (decants of several batches) plus many clones - FBs of CDNIM, Supremacy Silver, Al Dur Al Maknoon and Zara Rich Leather and samples of L'Aventure and Rasasi Zebra. I can tell you that this ZNPH IV is the closest to the scent profile of Aventus from all of them. Did A-B with real Aventus on my other hand a couple of times. Projection is good for about 2-3 hours, then it is skin scent for total of about 5-6 hours. Cloning job done for scent 9/10, for performance 5/10. Worth the price? Up to you. I have FB and spray liberally for this price.

In my bottle there is EDP written everywhere! Why do Aventus extremist lovers keep on clicking that Zara IV is not similar to Aventus? The counter reaches 2 or 3 and then goes back again to 1 or 0. That already happened 3 times at least? Does the Aventus legion have olfactory fatigue?

Really nice scent, unfortunately discontinued. Opening is quite synthetic and messy, dries down to a nice woody, fruity, aromatic scent with some leather in the back. I would say this is a mix of ''Elysium'' - aromatic aspect and ''Aventus'' - fruity aspect

Vibrant Leather in a new packaging for everyone who missed it

Smells sooo good Love the initial blast ... Must get more !

A good take on aventus, probably the best to ever come from Zara. Lasts a good amount of time. Good sillage too. Surpisingly high quality atomizer (Zara usually is terrible at these) and leather note. The citrus is a bit too synthetic smelling for me however but its not unpleasant. Way better than the price (retail) would suggest though! Sadly discontinued but Vibrant Leather is very very similar. I had them at the same time. This one is a bit better, a bit deeper smelling due to that leather note which is more pronounced. My Vibrant Leather was a 2018-2019. Everyone seems to love this, gets compliments easily if thats what you are looking for. But then again so does every Aventus DNA and theres a trillion of those now. An interesting thing about this is this says eau de parfum on the bottle but says eau de toilette in the batch code sticker ... so I have no idea of the actual concentration. It is fairly strong and I would assume its an EdP since Vibrant Leather is one too.

Same DNA as Aventus Not as smokey Bit more ?creamy/smooth Elegant and quite frankly speaking close to the real deal. Club de nuit has a very lemony top while this is smooth from the start and smells like the drydown of Aventus from the very first spray... (MINUS SMOKE) Good for everyday will do 75% of the job Save the expensive stuff for special occasions Performance wise it's average 4-6 hours Projection is ok (not a screamer) If you find it just grab it If you are a snob - gift it. Solid clone.. I mean cologne

Back in the zara stores, I bought a bottle today. The scent is like Vibrant Leather EDT and Night IV EDP. 120ml EDP 19.95 €, I think zara's marketing department sees that people love Vibrant Leather and sell very fast and zara charge more. Night IV 100ml EDP was 12.95 € and has the same smell. I only bought one bottle because Zara launches this perfume every year, but if you want this fragrance you must buy fast because sold out quickly. I like the magnetic cap very fancy kkk.

This is the office approved clone of Aventus. It is brighter, less smokey, and more tame than Aventus. My favorite clone by far. It lasts all day on me with slightly below average projection. Just the way I like it because I work in close quarters with people. Less smokey than Insurrection Pure II, not as synthetic and loud as Club de Nuit Intense Man, smells better than L'Aventure. Perfect everyday masculine fragrance.

Got my hands on a used bottle. Vibrant Leather but more mossy, leathery, soapy and not as summery as VL. Could be sold under the name of VL Winter but we already have that flanker 😅 And they're different. NPH IV goes perhaps more in the direction of Verdant by H&M if you know that one (released not that long ago).

For 12.95€ you cant complain about, you can ́t compare this too Aventus too. But for 12.95€ you have about 85% similarites to Aventus, i smell Aventus a couple of times,and when i smell Zara Night IV remind me of Aventus. Performence its decent , if you pay 12.95€ its a bargain.

Batch: 30X701 / 2017 It's definitely not the same as Vibrant Leather. The bamboo note is dominant here, and it feels like a very light perfume. I only wore it to the gym; it's an uninteresting perfume. Rate: 5/10

As the previous reviewer has stated, Zara seem to have re-vamped this fragrance as 'Night Pour Homme IV' as of December 2017. Why do I say this ? .. Well lets look at the notes for each VL: Bergamot-Lemon/Bamboo/Leather/Patchouli .. and now for the 'new' Night Pour Homme IV: Bergamot-Lemon/Leather/Bamboo/Patchouli .. You do the maths! Do they smell the same .. you bet they do! I will say however, that this seems to have a slightly poorer performance than VL.. that said, it being a 'Eau De Parfum this time, it does seem to linger slightly longer as a skin scent. It just doesn't seem to project quite as well as VL. So now you can stop searching & bidding & paying £50+ for VL on a well known bidding site & trot along to your local Zara store & purchase this for £12.99 instead ... Happy days! :o)

@elpocketo : I have said on here DO NOT BLIND BUY ZARA ! A million times. They are cheap and the dry downs are AWFUL. Yet: I get shot down by all the guys in the men's forum. They all say they smell great and they get 8 to 12 hours LONGEVITY! That's B.S. !! That makes people like yourself: go out and blind buy them!! This madness must stop!!!! Getting back to you: I denounce all ZARA cheap products BECAUSE OF THE SHIDDY WEAK dry downs! I HATE seeing people throw their money away on BAD BLIND BUYS !!! Sorry this happened to you. Maybe you can resell your ZARA and get most of your money back. I sold all of mine for $5.00 each at a flea market. Again: ZARA is no better than those "Our Impression Of ______" fakes at the dollar store !

okay im no expert in colognes/fragrances but after people raving on about this stuff i ordered some.I am very disappointed.When i sprayed it on i got the opening citrusy blast and it smelt to me like moschino uomo.Then once dried down i have to say it smells like soap powder!! in fact i could hardly smell anything apart from this.I would gladly let someone take this off my hands for same price i paid for it.I guess you shouldnt blind buy!

I am not sure if i have a different version of this but I own this and Vibrant Leather EDP and they are absolutely not the same juice. Not even close. Much more creamy, maybe 65% similar, if that. I like it but I prefer Vibrant Leather. I am really confused by people who mention that Vibrant Leather EDP is the exact same as this. I own both and it absolutely is not the same.

Already discontinued it would seem !?? Reduced (in the UK to £9.99 in the post Xmas sale), no longer listed in their 'mens perfumes' section online .. and seems to have sold out in the sale section. Typical Zara .. they get a popular seller .. & they discontinue it ! Popping up on the well known auction site already for double it's retail price. Here we go again ! :-S

I got Zara night IV not too long ago and on the box it's says Eau de parfum and on the front of the bottle also then you read the sticker on the bottom it's says Eau de toilette c'mon they are playing with us. If you got Vibrant Leather don't bother with the new versions get CDNI instead it is much better in overall performance. Even Chris Adams Dreamz man is better.

Interestingly the sticker on the bottom says "Eau de toilette" . I do get the similarities with Aventus. From the opening this smells like the drydown of Aventus to me, which I love. I'd say 1 hour of decent projection then it's a skin scent for about 6-7 more hours. Longevity - 8/10 Projection - 5/10 Smell - 7.5/10 Overall 7/10. Not bad for the price.

Dear all, Yes. This one has some similarities with Aventus and is a decent scent but honestly (and unfortunately) there is no comparison between the two. Thus, if you like it , buy and enjoy the fragrance but please don't buy it convinced that this one is a good and cheap copy of Aventus. I wish you all an happy new year!

PSA: there is a new Night Pour Homme V out in Zara's online store now (July 2020). It has listed notes of marigold, amber and musk. It has the same bottle shape as the others from the Night Pour Homme line but with colors that look like Fahrenheit Aqua.

Well, if you don't complain, things won't get better... And who wouldn't want even better performance at the same price point? That said, the performance is good enough that I am considering getting it, even though I feel I have enough scents already.

Finally reduced to £7.99 in the Zara Winter Sale ... & yes you guessed it ... has now all sold out ! Didn't even last as long as it's predecessor 'Vibrant Leather'! Get it together ffs Zara ! :/

I didn't realise this was also limited edition, cant find it now on zara shelves. glad I was able to buy one before getting discontinued !

MarkMark74: You're right, on box and bottle eau de parfum, on sticker it says eau de toilette. Probably a wrong sticker???

@ carlosalbertoandradecruz Konga is a known ZARA Hater, must have been an X Employee.. LOL.

Why is box and front of bottle say edp and sticker on bottom is edt?.

even poorer longevity than vibrant leather