Aventus is the definitive modern statement scent: assertive pineapple and smoky birch create a signature that is both crowd-pleasing and distinctive. Effortlessly confident, it commands attention without shouting.

Brasilia Cologne is an earlier, thinner take on Alexandria UK's Aventus-inspired line - the mandarin and pink pepper opening nods to Creed Aventus's fruity spark, but the birch here reads more like a straightforward smoky-woody note than Aventus's layered smoked ambergris, and the whole thing is noticeably simpler and shorter-lived than the house's newer Brasilia entries.