ComparisonsSep 12, 2026
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Creed · 2010
The pineapple-and-smoke scent that launched a wave of 'success' fragrances and dupes.
A juicy pineapple and blackcurrant opening sits over a smoky birch and oakmoss base that keeps it from smelling fruity-sweet for long. The dry, musky woody drydown with a lingering fruit memory was an unusual pairing at launch and made it a reference point for the fruity-chypre category that followed.
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Ranked by how much they share with Aventus. The notes in common are listed under each bottle. Prices and stock come from the makers’ own shops.
Shares smoky birch, blackcurrant and patchouli, but the heart turns to leather and tobacco instead of oakmoss, with citrus rather than pineapple up top.
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Opens on smoky birch wood over oakmoss and patchouli, close to that dry mossy spine, but built on church incense and glazed chestnut rather than any fruit.
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Opens on the same pineapple-and-blackcurrant pairing, then turns to boozy cherries, lavender and baking spice instead of smoky oakmoss.
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Blackcurrant and oakmoss open it in a similar way, but this natural attar folds in layers of frankincense, cypress and oud instead of pineapple and birch.
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These are independent suggestions based on shared notes and accords, not copies or dupes. Undernotes is not affiliated with Creed; the name is used only to describe a smell. No link here is paid.
