Number 3 / Le 3me Homme / The Third Man (1985)
by Caron

This is one of my favorite summer colognes. The opening is a little strong and in your face, but the dry down is the fabulous. It has a very good longevity and sillage. I don't think that the name The 3rd man was inspired from the movie.
Just as another reviewer pointed out it is the third fragrance of Caron for men.

A nice jasmine fougère with hints of spice. I loved it at first but then, after a while, my love started to fade. The vanilla-amber-moss-tonka in the base began to cloy. Still, it's an interesting and well-made fragrance, and I'm giving it a thumbs-up in the hope that the magic will one day return, perhaps when the weather gets colder or I'm in the right frame of mind. Maybe we need to go to therapy to sort out our differences and give this relationship a second chance.

Nice enough fragrance although not my favorite. I can't say anything with anise in it would be my favorite, although this one is nice enough and I can wear it.

Jude C: What Tommy are you talking about? Bahama or Hilfiger? Most people here are adults and I doubt they wear Tommy Hilfiger. But if so that's their choice and right as well. Some people are just absolutely amazing with the superiority complexes over something as simple as fragrance.

Amazing. A woody floral with an incense-like note. Powerful and delightful. This has got to be a classic. I'm a casual dressed kind of guy but I love getting the chance to dress up to go out. Just smelling this conjures up imagines of pin-striped suits with Italian ties (or what have you).

P.S. RE: jude_c's review, Hey jude_c, I'm a Calvin Klein fan and I love this stuff!

I was so damned disappointed with this one...it almost broke my heart LOL.

Most reviews and advice from people who had tested it in person lead me to believe that this would be smooth, soft, creamy, warm and sweet...gentlemanly and refined - dignified in an 80s way, but not an 80s way...I had set myelf up for all this!

This was just, and I say this with great emphasis, "BLEH"...

The smell is acceptble, but the blend is too pervasively compromised by Geranium, Oakmoss, Aniseed and Cedar...it smells, "dry", "dusty", "run-of-the-mill 70s/80s"...blended with yet another pervasively disappointing note: SPICED GREEN APPLES... that have sat on the kitchen bench all day...

It could be a LOT better if these notes were toned down, significantly!

I am over my disappointment now, and have since taken to using it to scent my bedroom carpet before vacuuming, and spritzing over my matress before laying down fresh linen.

The old old old lady t my work loves the smell of this. This actually has nothing to do with age - but she happens to smell like spiced green apples and Tabu...

"Beau_mode_arome" is totally right - it's trying to accomplish too much.

Le 3ème Homme is the ‘third fragrance’ of Caron for men, and is situated between the pretty, powdery Pour un Homme and the hyper-masculine Yatagan. The opening is dry and aromatic, with hits of lavender, herbs, anise. There are good woody spices in the middle, clove and coriander. Clove gives this an old-school, confident barbershop vibe; and as it grows it puts this next door to Rive Gauche pour Homme. I think this OK but I’m not enthusiastic about it.