Deauville pour Homme (1999)
by Michel Germain

Opens very generic fresh and sweet. Leaves you with a taste of peppery lavender and a slight clean bit of a smooth oakmoss. Mild tobacco and amber dry down. Overall: ok sillage, ok longevity, two factors than make for a ho-hum fragrance but good for the workplace in situations where your fragrance is tertiary.

This is a nice fragrance, and I am surprised that there are not more positive reviews. The topnotes are very flavorful, almost gourmand, before everything shifts to a spicy tobacco, lavender, and herbal accord.

Overall, the fragrance is interesting, complex, and similar to a few other old favorites. I'd guess that those who enjoy Arpege pour Homme will also like Deauville and give it a thumbs up, too!

I can understand all the reviews so far. If you don't spray enough, you'll think it's a "nothing" fragrance. Also, if you are used to "power frags," forget this one. I used a few sprays right above the shirt line to get maximum effect without using too many sprays. It starts out like a toned-down Uomo-Moschino combined with a light fougere, but then it takes a sharp turn towards a slightly powdery tobacco/amber, which is very light (compared to the several other tobacco fragrances I've tried). You also gets hints of the nutmeg and pepper in the drydown. I don't get much oakmoss at all. I'd be curious to know what an EdP concentration of this would smell like. Sillage is low and longevity moderate. All in all, it's well done, and a good tobacco fragrance for those who find ones like Michael for Men or Bogart Pour Homme to be too strong. If you don't mind the low sillage, you'll probably like this one if the notes and progression appeal to you.

I like this very much! The citrus and pepper opening is simply wonderful in that it mixes so smoothly down into a very distinct freshly cut clementine and thyme mixture that is in every way brilliant - it truly is very striking. The next stage starts to settle around a very smooth tobacco and amber that's last a very long time. I also love that every once in awhile the smell of violets (due to the orris) comes out and mingles about. The same goes for the oak moss- it is very smooth and subtle, but certainly there. If you can find it, give it a try - I am glad I did.

Well done - a very smooth operator!

I like this one much better than Sexual pour Homme. It's definitely fresher and has a clearly fougère cast to it. The list of notes make it sound a little better than it is, but for the price, it's not a bad buy. I think it's fine for the office or a casual evening out. For what it's worth, most women seem to like it.

This one is described as "fresh as the ocean air accuented with woods and spices". However it does absolutely nothing for me at all.A bottle of this was given to me by a friend who recently got into Armani (he only wears one fragrance at a time). Now I know why! The worst fragrance I own!