Le Parfait
Armaf

Ok, so this is supposed to be a blend of Green Irish Tweed, and Aventus. I can see it somewhat, but it really goes in another direction.

There's a familiar Armaf DNA (which reminds me of 1 Million) in this which distracts me more than anything. It's like this synthetic leather and fruity accord they do. If you've smelled Just for You by Armaf, that is where I get it the most. It's also in: Club de Nuit (not Intense version), Hunter Intense, Odyssey, just to name some that I've smelled. I think it's Armaf's way to make their fragrances smell more masculine - because in these blends, if you take this accord away, it may teeter into feminine territory; but I think it's boring, because it's in so many of their scents. Le Parfait is no different.

So the opening screams Aventus, with a highlight of GIT, which I pray will be stronger in the dry down, but unfortunately.. it just goes into the typical Armaf 1 Million clone. I get wafts of Sauvage, in the first 5 minutes, highlighted by a peppery Ambroxan vibe. Le Parfait is pretty linear, which is the part I do kind of like. As it dries, it kind of smells like a mix of 1 Million, Sauvage, GIT, Aventus, possibly CH for Men. The opening 10-20 minutes, are pretty intense and cloying.

Overall though, it's not a GIT/Aventus mix. Maybe if you smell it briefly, but the more you wear it, the more your mind shifts. Although we're all different, this is my opinion. Armaf has much better fragrances in their catalog. Club de Nuit Intense, and Club de Nuit Milestone, are fantastic clones of their clear intent. They do GIT pretty well too, with Tres Nuit, but it may be a little too "saturated" for some, for me, I would prefer GIT, but the price differential makes Tres Nuit the clear winner, just apply less, and wait for it to dry a little. I think Armaf is mostly a money grab brand. They have a lot of loyal followers who think everything they have is the best thing since sliced bread, they're entitled to their opinions. Armaf is also notorious for paying people "under the table" or giving them incentives, like free fragrances, and heavy discounts, for them to push their brand, and advertise it heavily. Its really what brought Armaf to the dance initially, and got them to where they are today. At which point.. it's not secret to most, that they release way too many lackluster fragrances per year, nothing original, some being good, most being horrible. Le Parfait was a waste of my hard earned money, mostly hyped by Youtuber's who don't care about that anyways. It's hard to find an honest video review of an Armaf fragrance, because they go hard after people who voice their opinion, and threaten to sue them for slander.

As much as I dislike their practices. I'll be real. They have a few killer fragrances, but this is not one of them. Now to clarify.. it does not smell bad. Bad in the sense of flat out disgusting.. no it's nothing like that. It's just boring, and done to death. For the price, there are better options in my opinion.

Just wanted to add a little note. Tried this one again recently, and really not a fan. Though a guy at work really likes it, so may give the bottle to him. Again it’s this weird synthetic leather note in the dry down that rubs me the wrong way it’s a very polarizing note and probably a make or break for a lot of people.

It is so trouble and loud very different to 'CDNI' which is more better and more sweet. I can't wear it at summer time because of his loudness and too musky note. I am very disappointed with this fragrance.

Armaf Le Parfait Pour Homme is a cheapie from the noted clone house that's actually a mix of its clones of Creed Green Irish Tweed and Avenuts, respectively, Tres Nuit and Club de Nuit Intense Man.

First off, the value and appeal of clone houses and specific offerings like this is palpable, as a standard 100ml bottle of Le Parfait runs about $18-20 US on FragranceNet.com or FragranceBuy.Ca, contra a creed bottle of similar size costing several hundred dollars retail or maybe $150-200 via the grey market.

Cost notwithstanding, it's still a very interesting fragrance, involving both fruity freshness and crisp freshness with sweet and woody tones throughout. Like many have said, it's a bit more GIT/Tres Nuit than Aventus/CDNIM, maybe two thirds the former and one third the latter. The formula feels right, though, and without violet in particular, there's considerably less bite than in GIT, though I imagine its absence could be a major detractor for some fans.

Le Parfait is bright but has a density that helps the fragrance be a lot less faint when it fades from its initial robust projection to being mostly a skin scent after 3 hours, but there's a considerably difference btween skin scents that are airy and weak versus those line Le Parfait (and like Feuille Verte, which I tried yesterday) that dry down to be dense and rich, but without a ton of projection. Le Parfait is not as strong as Feuille Verte, but it matches and probably surpasses many Creed freshies.

Overall, I'm quite impressed with this, both value, creativity (in terms of blending two scents, albeit still cloning), and, of course, unusually great value.


7 out of 10

This one was blind bought after having a long positive experience with cdnim and for the price it cost I was willing to risk.
I smelled aventus separately and creed git separately and to my nose le parfait is more like a 85% creed git/tres nuit and 15% aventus/cdnim.
It opens up with mostly greeny freshy 90's like fragrance but the aventus notes in it gives it a nice twist that edds depth and masculinity that comes to life mostly on the dry down.
Longevity and projection are not something to rag about with this one,
It Project nicely for the first 3 hours but you'll have to get closer to get it afterwards but you won't go bankrupt if you'll spray a few more.
After all for the price I paid (22$)
It's a good every day fragrance, fits perfectly for the office and it actually got me 3 or 4 compliments on the first day I used it and what indicates a fragrance quality more then complements?
Crowd pleasing ,pleasant from the very opening, developes nicely and does not smell cheap at all.
7.5/10 for me

I would not call this a mix of GIT and Aventus. Not even Tres Nuit with CDNIM. It's just a fruity batch of Tres Nuit, which means it smells really good. Very versatile and crowd-pleasing. A great dumb-reach scent.

I get average performance in projection and longevity. Projects for 3-4 hours and hangs around for 7-8 hours.