no.
nine.

Blackcurrant

The opening punch that made Aventus famous. Blackcurrant arrives tart, bold, and completely unapologetic — a burst of dark fruit that cuts through the air and immediately tells you this isn't a soft scent. It's confident from the first second, and it sets a tone that everything below it honours.

Bergamot

Bergamot lifts the blackcurrant and stops the opening from becoming too heavy. It adds a crisp, sunlit quality that makes the top notes feel dynamic rather than just dark — a flash of brightness before the smokier heart takes over. Without it, Aventus would be all brooding. With it, it's magnetic.

Birch

This is the signature. Birch tar is what gives Aventus its legendary smokiness — that dry, almost campfire quality that stops it from being just another fruity fragrance and turns it into something genuinely complex. It's the note that Aventus wearers become addicted to, and the one that makes this fragrance completely unmistakable on skin.

Jasmine

Quietly essential. Jasmine softens the birch smoke and gives the heart a warmth that stops it from feeling harsh. It's barely perceptible on its own, but without it the birch would dominate completely. This is the note that makes Aventus wearable across all occasions — it's the reason you can put this on for work and still have it feel right at midnight.

Ambergris

Rare, warm, and deeply skin-like. Ambergris is one of the most prized ingredients in perfumery — it has a unique quality of merging with your body chemistry so the scent feels genuinely personal. It's what gives Aventus that second-skin quality in the drydown: the smoky fruit fades and what's left is warm, intimate, and entirely yours.

Musk

The quiet anchor. Musk sits beneath the ambergris and gives no. 9 its extraordinary staying power — it keeps the fragrance close to skin and ensures there's still something to discover hours after the top notes have long since moved on. This is the reason Aventus wearers report it lasting all day even in the original — and the reason no. 9 delivers the same.