Reviews of Léonard pour Homme (original) (1980)
by Léonard

A misleading opening that makes you think what it finally is not: a sillage / longevity beast much akin to Van Cleef & Arpels pour homme (VC&A) or any of the leather scents in use during the 1950's.

Leonard pour Homme is, thus, a baffling individual. It makes a grand debut but he does not keep up to this initial appereance. Maybe pressed by the fashion of the times it was launched, the presence of flowers and leather makes you think he must be a relative to VC&ApH.

But it looks like he could not keep on with this farce, so he gets rid of these frills and settles into very subtle, delicate floral notes, in such a traditional way it makes one recall so called "gentlemany scents". Wearing this makes you think he did not feel comfortable with fashion at all.

a truly wonderful leathery chypre.in my opinion similar to patou pour homme,with a dash of halston z-14.leonard p.h. used to be one of my favourite frags. sadly it is almost impossible to find now.van gils VGV,is also similar,but not as dry- leathery.

Sorry to end the run of positive reviews but I really can't get on with this scent. It's very nauseating. The citrus/grassy notes are just too much and in your face. I normally like powerful scents, the longevity is good, but I simply wouldn't like to smell like this all day!

Citrus and leather chypre and there's no doubt about it. It's not a powerhouse in my opinion. In fact, it's fantastic and still in the style of those 80's powerhouse. Love the sandalwood drydown and the herbal middile but is very short. Very nice though.

Very nice 80`s leathery chypre. Very hard to find healthy bottles from anywhere these days.
A big spicy herbaceous thing going on in the beginning. Thyme, Marjoram, Basil....
In the heart of Leonard, there is a wonderful vegetal thing going on, with carrot seed oil, Orris, Patchouli, Vetiver, Carnation....Very earthy, vegetal heart indeed.

The base ifs full of darkness, insence smoke lingering through the leathers and mosses.....

...And of course it's discontinued. Not always shorthand for quality, but definitely true in this case.

Well, I should be grateful I had the opportunity and sniff and wear this wonderful stuff. Spicy, mossy, leafy (the autumnal analogies are dead-on), rooty and yes, even a bit of dirt and rot clinging to the edges. Nonetheless smooth and make-no-mistake masculine to boot. All the more melancholy to my nose now that it's no longer with us.

Glad I got to finally know this one, however late I was to the party. I fully intend to make this little bottle last.

To my nose, Léonard pour Homme is identical to Van Cleef & Arpels, so if you can't find the Léonard, give a try to VC&A!

An intriguing fragrance, Leonard Pour Homme opens with the complexity of citrus and herbs, which are already joined by the incense, leather, and castoreum rising up from the base. The leathery, dark, rich notes create a pensiveness and (yes!) melancholy that is palpable. The spicy / floral middle offers little change from the darkness because it, too, is shadowed by the leather and incense. Dark it is and dark it remains from the top, through the mid, and into the base. I can appreciate the prevalence of oily murkiness in this scent, but, I think this is a case where a little more planning should have been done: By the time the base is supposed to join the movement, the basenotes are already depleted, resulting in a short-lived fragrance. This is one of the few strongly leather scents that I can tolerate, so it’s a special disappointment to me that it is so short lived. But while it lasts, Leonard Pour Homme is mystic and lovely.

Truly a poem. I nearly developed a clinical compulsive-sniffing condition when I got this -- but then the postman brought Jules...

A perennial favorite when I was in college, although -- looking back -- the fragrance may have been a bit "old" for me. (This is one of those that probably oughtn't be ventured by those under 35 -- it's pretty mature.) Very boozy, very rich, very formal, very deep, with great sillage and a lovely drydown. Lasts on me for HOURS.

A somewhat melancholy autumn scent. Softly burning leaves carried on the breeze. Deep, brown and distinguished. Wonderful! (de Charlus)