Salvatore Ferragamo pour Homme (1999)
by Salvatore Ferragamo

Spicy woody fig with citruses on top! Part Declaration part Philosykos or, if you prefer, part Costume National Pour Homme part Hermes Un jardin En Mediterranee. Not groundbreaking but way much better than the majority of fig fragrances of the designer's offering (Marc Jacobs Men anyone?).

Honest, easy to wear, unexpensive yet quite distinctive. I won't probably call it a masterpiece but Ferragamo Pour Homme is a quite nice fragrance with a good sillage and a satisfying lasting power and takes the distance from the huge amount of anonimous fragrances we're getting overwhelmed by.

8th August, 2011.

I believe it was in 2002 that I first wore this cologne.I liked it then because it smelled so different and unusual. Recently (2011) I smelled it on someone. I knew immediately that it was SF (Salvatore F..) and decided that I would buy this and give it another try. My sense of smell must have matured over the years, for although SF smells SIMILAR to the one I used years ago I no longer enjoy it. To me, the one I used years ago was sweeter.

The one I now have just seems harsh and abrasive. SF is truly unique, but it needs a refine and classy touch. As one reviewer said, he layers SF with another EDT. I believe that this is the best approach. If, however, you can wear this without layering, then go ahead.


what do I now do with my 100ml SF? help!!!!!!!!

30th July, 2011.

For about fifteen minutes, Salvatore Ferragamo pour Homme is a surprisingly weird and compelling spiced fig scent. Its intense and characteristically sharp clove top note smells delightfully incongruous against the underlying bright green, fruity fig accord. Unfortunately the arrangement grows quickly more conventional and less stimulating as the clove dissipates, until all that remains is a pallid and relatively commonplace fig and woods composition in the manner of Jean Claude Elléna’s “Jardin” series.

It’s a terrible shame, because the opening gambit has the potential to go somewhere novel. Instead, it eventually drifts off into a quiet cedar, vetiver, and clean musk drydown of no particular interest. File next to “For god, for country, and for Yale” under “Anticlimax.”

26th April, 2011.

Similar to Costume National Pour Homme and Voyage d' Hermes, this one  developes as a figgy, smooth as cotton, woody (sandalwood and cedarwood) fragrance with a white soul and clean nuances of vetiver. The last one is not perceived as wild and rooty being indeed tamed in the middle of a white musky cloud in the way that the woodsy feel is smooth and soapy. I smell the final outcome as a soft, woodsy fragrance with nuances of flowers, vetiver, cloves, fig and cinnamon. Something, expecially in the middle of the development, reminds at me a sort of banana taste blended with almond, a touch of cocco and viscous resin of fig. Is like eating a sort of white fruit salad flavoured by a dust of cinnamon, cloves and cardamom. The last one is by me less detectable of cinnamon which is not listed. I don't smell as metallic the initial blast of grapefruit united with cloves but the first part is that one i like less cause is fruity and spicy in a rough way. This is not the type of fragrances i rave for cause are lacking of charisma and boldness. We can't deny anyway that FPH is a decent woodsy concoction epitome of modern and ethereal italian elegance.

14th April, 2011. (Last Edited: 15th April, 2011.)

I think SF is simple, beautiful and intoxicating by itself. I think Ferragamo has some underrated scents, I use SF and F - Black and always get compliments.

3rd February, 2011. (Last Edited: 3rd August, 2011.)

I got this for my birthday present and I am wondering why did my friend buy this fragrance for me! It was choking and spicy. I tried to like it but i dumped it aside after a few days.

I dont understand why did ferragamo allows this frag to be produced in the first place.

21st January, 2011.