“Ultimately, I keep thinking this cologne reminds of an oriental medicine, think of a pot of stuff cooking with ginger and cloves and ginseng, and god knows what else -- pepper and chicken, maybe? It's hard to pinpoint what I think it smells like. I can also liken it to a violin case -- think of the woods and rosin within the violin case. It smells like that and it lacks the organic dimension of fragrance that a cologne should have in order for it to be wearable.So while I think the cologne is fundamentally OK especially due to its strength, it can be off-putting. It's hit-or-miss. Even 1 spray on the neck makes this cologne a very heavy worker. In my experience, so far, this has been true of most other Armaf colognes.Another noteworthy aspect of Club De Nuit Intense: The bottle is great. It looks good and it's even HEAVY for its size. I like it a lot. But I simply don't plan on wearing the cologne often...”
“I have a few decants of Creed's Aventus from various decanters and salespeople. This Armaf clone smells more like one of the decants, than the others (a smoke heavy batch from Nordstrom), but really it's very close to all of them.The opening spray is a bit harsh, but once it dries down after a few minutes, the cloneday match comes out. It's powerful, pineappley, smokey and good. All in all, this will get me through a couple more months without springing for a real bottle of Creed, but at the end of the day, only the original will truly satisfy me. To the inexperienced noise, though, this will be indistinguishable from the real Mccoy. Great blind but for me. As with all fragrance, YMMV.”
“This is a nice addition to any collection. Neither I nor my wife are fans of Aventus. It just doesn't smell great on my skin, and for +$200 it needs to smell amazing. I have also smelled it on co-workers and it just doesn't work for everybody. I still appreciate the uniqueness of the smell, and this provides that at a price that is reasonable. This is something I wear around the house just for me.”
“Smells just like the smokey version of Aventus. Lingers throughout the room. I get compliments every time I wear it. Excellent fragrance. Armaf got this one right.”
