Loewe para Hombre (1978)
by Loewe

Love this. Starts off with a sharp and endearing bergamot and herbs. A heart of green vetiver and a light patchouli. The base remains the same sharp and crisp like texture from the top to the bottom into a vanilla moss. Excellent classic chypre.

Wow! Hard to top foetidus' excellent review. This is a sparkling delight, especially suitable for the summer.

Vetiver is an ingredient, but the virtue of this frag is NOT that 'this is a scent with vetiver for people who don't like vetiver.'

( Here's a stunning idea: If you don't like vetiver, don't wear vetiver.)

The virtue is that--aw hell, just read anything posted in The Fragrance Forums on this juice by Scentemental.

I was familiar with Esencia Lowe but not with this one. What a sleeper!

Well, I've said it before and I'll say it again: Spaniards seem capable of creating only two kinds of fragrances; the very good or the very bad. This one is very, very good.

As I searched for a replacement for defunct Dunhill Edition I came across a review somewhere that stated this fragrance had 'the same idea but executed far better'. Naturally I had to try this!
Fortunately my local Perfume shop at the Rockland centre had it.
What can I say : Lemon (lots and lots of it!), spice, anis and musk.
Could be vulgar, but it isn't.
If D.E. is the self-assured urban British gentleman of the power-hungry corporate eighties, Loewe pour homme is the Spanish aristocrat that becomes the matador whenever the need arises.
This one I consider a sexy smell on account of the 'animal factor' in the juice. I'll admit I find it off putting at times (call me prudish) but I always get over it quickly.
A unique fragrance to say the least, very hard to find here in Canada. Best for day wear IMO.
BTW the juice is light green, not yellow, unlike in the picture shown here.
4.5/5 stars

Lauder's brother? Not so much as a half-brother there, I'm afraid. No, the original formula of this dry, citrus-heavy Spanish chypre is much, much more closely related to Lacoste pour Homme. (Perhaps a "three-quarter sibling," LOLOLOL.) I see little or no resemblance to Coriolan, except perhaps in the dryness department. I see a bit of resemblance to Boucheron pour Homme, too, but only somewhat so.

A bit hard to find in the States.

I purchased this based on the positive reviews on this site. While it does have some appealing notes, there is a funky, much too earthy note that disagrees with my chemistry.

This is definitely one nice smell when it first hits the skin. I love the way the petitgrain is utilized. This is a bracing, but sophisticated and smoothly fresh EDC type of opening. The mid notes are slightly woody, still rather fresh with a bit of floral and herbal undertones. Very masculine, but as foetidus notes, very fresh. This is a somewhat uplifting fragrance for me. I didn't know what to expect when people told me it was very Mediterranean; It's very lovely, fresh and sophisticated. The base has that lovely smell of freshly crushed tonka beans; one of my very favorite smells! Seems like a very good "daytime" scent, although I can't see how you could ever be out of place wearing it.