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Aventus - 200

Name: Aventus - 200 Eau de Parfum
Brand: The Essence Vault

The Essence Vault Aventus - 200 is an Eau de Parfum. Aventus - 200 opens with Apple, Blackcurrant, and Pineapple, settles into a heart of Patchouli, Birch, and Jasmine, and dries down to a base of Musk, Oakmoss, and Ambergris. The Essence Vault's Aventus - 200 carries a Favourite verdict, a fruity-led wear.

No. 200 leans hard into the smoky pineapple-and-birch signature that made Creed's Aventus iconic, and gets the broad strokes right. What it can't replicate is the original's natural-ingredient depth and batch-to-batch character - the pineapple reads sweeter and more synthetic, the birch smoke is thinner, and the whole thing sits flatter with noticeably less of Aventus's 6-10 hour skin longevity.

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Confident
Ambitious
Polished
Commanding

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Inspired by

Aventus by Creed

84%

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Scent Profile

Composition

Timeline

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Topas listed

Pineapple50%

Blackcurrant30%

Apple20%

Heartas listed

Birch45%

Patchouli30%

Jasmine25%

Baseas listed

Musk40%

Ambergris30%

Oakmoss30%

Top, heart and base are the brand's own listing, not a timing claim - the industry classifies a note by its character as much as by how fast it fades. Each curve here is modelled from that material's own volatility, so groups can overlap when a house lists long-lasting materials in its heart.

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Notes

Top

Heart

Base

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Performance & Mood

Performance

Longevity

Moderate (4-6h)

Projection

Moderate

Intensity

Moderate

Mood

Mood Energising

Calming

Character Playful

Serious

Sentiment Uplifting

Brooding

When To Wear

Best Seasons

Best For:

Spring Fall

Also Works:

Summer

The bright pineapple-and-birch fruity-smoky profile suits transitional mild weather best; it lacks the richness for deep winter and can feel a touch sweet in peak summer heat.

Best Occasions

Also Works:

Office Date Casual Formal

A confident, polished fruity-woody scent works well across office, formal and date settings, mirroring the versatile appeal of the original.

Ingredients and allergens

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Ethics and formulation

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About

The Essence Vault's No. 200 takes direct aim at Creed's Aventus, built around the same pineapple-and-smoky-birch opening that made the original a modern menswear staple. Real Aventus develops in three stages - a bright citrus-and-blackcurrant opening, a fruity apple-and-jasmine heart, and a smoky, musky base - and No. 200 hits the same beats in a more condensed, less layered way. The pineapple note is louder and sweeter from the first spray, standing in for the natural fruit-and-birch interplay that gives the original its more restrained, sophisticated edge, and the patchouli-oakmoss base reads simpler than Creed's ambergris-and-vanilla-rounded finish. Performance is the biggest gap: where Aventus is known to last 6-10 hours on skin and longer on clothing, No. 200 fades into a soft musk within a few hours. It still delivers a recognisable, wearable take on the 'success and ambition' fantasy Aventus sells, just without the natural-ingredient complexity or all-day staying power of the real thing.