Armaf Club De Nuit Intense saga
Sometime in 2015, my hunt for cheap fragrances led me to this name. This name was not big then and hardly any mentions of the same on fragrantica or basenotes. Infact, fragrantica had not yet listed this fragrance yet.
From limited number of posts, I figured out that it was a smell alike of the most revered "Aventus". I had not smelt Aventus then and had no clue of what to expect of the same.
One fine day, I ordered it on ebay India. Upon receiving, I was stunned by the potency of the same. It was an amazing value for money fragrance. Just before this I had a bottle of Armaf's iDivo for men and this one had extreme similarities with CDNIM. I was still happy with my purchase, as it lasted a long time and sillage was amazing as it was one of the most complemented fragrances that I owned.
Couple of months back my friend smelled CDNIM on me and wanted me to get a bottle for him. I knew that the stock for the same was scare and people were charging a bomb as the demand was very high. I found a seller on Amazon India website called "Selling.king" and ordered the same for him.
This time it was such a disappointment. It was no where close to what the first bottle of CDNIM smelt. There is a talk in the community that the reformulation has happened and the product is watered down. But this was unacceptable. Alcohol heavy opening, generic smelling scent that is completely off putting.
I am highly disappointed to know that Armaf would do this to CDNIM. At the same time I am also skeptic that this might be a fake as the demand for cheap Armaf's have increased leading to the duplicate Armaf's in the market.
What do you guys think? Is this the case of duplicate CDNIM or a reformulation effect?
From limited number of posts, I figured out that it was a smell alike of the most revered "Aventus". I had not smelt Aventus then and had no clue of what to expect of the same.
One fine day, I ordered it on ebay India. Upon receiving, I was stunned by the potency of the same. It was an amazing value for money fragrance. Just before this I had a bottle of Armaf's iDivo for men and this one had extreme similarities with CDNIM. I was still happy with my purchase, as it lasted a long time and sillage was amazing as it was one of the most complemented fragrances that I owned.
Couple of months back my friend smelled CDNIM on me and wanted me to get a bottle for him. I knew that the stock for the same was scare and people were charging a bomb as the demand was very high. I found a seller on Amazon India website called "Selling.king" and ordered the same for him.
This time it was such a disappointment. It was no where close to what the first bottle of CDNIM smelt. There is a talk in the community that the reformulation has happened and the product is watered down. But this was unacceptable. Alcohol heavy opening, generic smelling scent that is completely off putting.
I am highly disappointed to know that Armaf would do this to CDNIM. At the same time I am also skeptic that this might be a fake as the demand for cheap Armaf's have increased leading to the duplicate Armaf's in the market.
What do you guys think? Is this the case of duplicate CDNIM or a reformulation effect?
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