Eau de Rochas Homme (1993)
by Rochas

One of my favourite scents ever. Versatile, fresh and easy to wear whether in cold or hot climes, whether in office or in a smoky bar, and whether your mood is up or down - this always opens with the lovely lime and myrrh combo, lemon tarts in summer and running on the beach always enter my mind. It's a warming fresh scent in the winter, and a cooling scent in the summer. This rocks harder than a big hard rock.

14th January, 2012.

I agree with most of the reviews .Super fresh fragrance , incredibly citrus , lovely lime , aquatic...
The only bad thing about this is the short longevity and moderate projection .Anyway , a good fragrance , and a reference to any fresh fragrance .

13rd January, 2012.

Note this review is for the vintage Eau de Rochas POUR Homme (look for POUR on the bottle). Rochas' stab at the EdC genre. It's your standard EdC structure - citrus on top, herbs in the middle and musk/wood on the bottom. What makes EdR PH so good is the delicious and high-quality lime on top and an unexpected but delightful myrrh note in the base that sets this apart from the usual EdC fare. Rochas has rejuiced this probably due to the citrus oils but I've not smelled it so I can't really comment. Best to play it safe and go vintage.

11th September, 2011.

Airy and sparkling citrus-coniferous with a fantastic sex appeal and sense of cleanliness exuding from its straight  forward structure. This one is in the same vein of Eau Savage, Blenheim Bouquet, Grey Flannel and Imprinting in order to express an astringent, airy and woodsy concept of virility. A citrus-green aromatic blend of basil, coriander, verbena, lime and mandarin is the prelude to the blooming up of a bunch of flowers that indent the wake in a vortex of sweet and pungent nuances of violet, lily, jasmine and rose. The dry base is boise and aromatic with its link between cypress and oakmoss with an hint of masculine vetiver and astringent cedar detectable for hour and hours. The airy touch of aldehydes is catchable in the wind and on this concept many years later there would have been coinceived many trendy fragrances (many aquatics) mastering on the market of today. I don't smell any trace of resins and smoothness holding on till the end a sense of woodsy drought. Fresh-dry masculine distinction at its best.

16th May, 2011. (Last Edited: 9th September, 2011.)

This is a very brisk, very tart, lemony eau de Cologne formula with an admixture of basil or tarragon, and a nice dry woody foundation. It is pleasant, but short lived. Simple and very well done.

24th April, 2011.

I use to tell people that I've been wearing so much Eau de Rochas pour Homme in my life that I could flavour a Martini with my finger!
I really love this fragrance, which is a chypre in disguise, in fact. It opens on a blast of citrus and verbena, and it calms down into a lovely vetiver/cedar note, on my skin it almost turns into incense. It has got a sort of "old school" vibe to it, similar to Eau Sauvage but verging on the bitter side.
This fragrance makes me think of Django Reinhardt, Benny Goodman and all the most elegant jazz players of the 30's... I would bet they would wear Eau de Rochas!

15th March, 2011. (Last Edited: 30th March, 2011.)