If Aventus had a smoother, more refined sibling with a taste for the outdoors, this would be it. A true 'gentleman's Aventus' that many say outshines the original, this is a crowd-pleaser for those who appreciate natural, quality ingredients. Just don't expect beast-mode performance.

This is Divain's version of Loewe's Esencia, a green aromatic chypre built on lavender, pine and oakmoss. The lavender-juniper-oakmoss skeleton is faithful to the original's damp-forest character, though the dupe's mossy, leathery base is thinner and less resinous than Esencia's dense, old-school chypre drydown.