Perfume Preview by Andrea Tolu: Davidoff Adventure For Men

Davidoff Adventure perfume

I have a bias towards fresh spicy frags and I’m not afraid to use it, even when they don’t have much variety to offer, which is exactly the case for this Davidoff adventure perfume.



I loved the opening though, with its elegant orange mulled by smooth pepper, which is not smooth if you smell it for real, but in perfumes it gives warmth without being rugged. The opposite would be ginger, like the one in Emporio Armani City Glam for example.

This Davidoff perfume for men then became minty and spicy, and just when I was getting the oh-yeah reaction, clean laundry notes started to come up.

Now, if you know perfumes like Cool Water, Drakkar Noir or Paco Rabanne Pour Homme, that’s what I’m talking about: the clean laundry detergent smell, given by a synthetic molecule called dihydromyrcenol (no, really it does exist, I’m not making it up).

The perfumes I mentioned above (especially Cool Water) are famous for using huge amounts of this detergent stuff, which had its greatest diffusion during the nineties but it’s still included in many fresh aromatic fragrances for men (and for women as well: recently I sampled Cerruti 1881 an it had that smell). That’s why many hate it, not because it’s bad but because ever-present.

Davidoff Adventure is no exception here, and although I don’t hate this aroma, the fact that the clean laundry started to cover the rest of the notes was a definite turn-off.

Luckily enough however, it proved to be only an interlude, and Davidoff Adventure became interesting again, thanks to green and aromatic notes. Again, nothing new here, but this accord is greener than usual, which makes it better. Also, it’s peppery and even slightly powdery.

This change will happen after about one hour, but it will be short-lived, and in the dry down clean laundry will be the main note again, with the orange and soft spices in the background.

Although the perfume itself is not an adventure, in the sense that won’t offer surprising notes, it’s still very pleasant. The most interesting part, IMHO is the opening, with a warm, semi-thick mix of orange and spices.

Definitely appropriate for outdoors activities, although this boy is too good for romantic dates, where I would recommend something bolder like 1 Million by Paco Rabanne.

About the author: Andrea writes perfume reviews with a personal twist @ Yournextperfume.com