EXHIBIT 32.2

                                  CERTIFICATION

      I,  Anna  M.  Morrison,  Chief  Accounting  Officer  of  American  Vantage
Companies (the "Company"),  hereby certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      (c)   the  Quarterly  Report on Form  10-QSB of the  Company for the three
            months  ended  March 31,  2004,  to which this  certification  is an
            exhibit (the  "Report"),  fully  complies with the  requirements  of
            Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (d)   the  information  contained in the Report  fairly  presents,  in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Company.

Dated:  May 17, 2004                    /s/ Anna M. Morrison
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                                       Anna M. Morrison,
                                       Chief Accounting Officer
                                       (Principal Financial Officer)