Signature pour Homme (2000)
by ST Dupont

This really shines in the first three hours, but then it cools off and becomes a minty-chalky mediocre fragrance. Technically the transition is gradual, but by three hours in SPH is no longer a contender. It's a case of the top notes seriously outperforming the bottom notes, and I don't really have room in my collection for that. I'm also kind of glad that I'm not crazy about it because it's been discontinued and the price is through the roof for the remaining stock. I tend to get crazy over discontinued things that I really like.

I've heard people compare this to Gucci Envy and Carven Homme, and I can actually attest to the later comparison, so you've got accessible, and better, alternatives.

20th December, 2011.

I don't know how to describe fragrances note by note. But this smells EXACTLY like GUCCI Envy for men. IDENTICAL. They're also both powerhouse fragrances so the scent lingers on the skin for a long time. Unfortunately they both made me nauseated for some reason. I've learned my lesson on not buying fragrances solely based on reviews here because olfaction is truly a very personal thing.

14th February, 2011.

I agree with SirSlarty's review on this. It definitely opens up with that incense and inky smell along with some pepper. About 5 minutes into it, I pick up on the basil leaf a little bit, but I get no grapefruit at all. The incense though is extremely recognizable in this stuff, it smells like the cheap powder that flakes off of those incense sticks. The fragrance itself though doesn't at all smell cheap. It's deep, rich, spicy and oriental.

It does have this certain cultural feel to it. I think this would be something people in India would wear, or it would match with the surroundings. Signature projects nicely throughout, and lasts a good 8 hours. It's pretty basic and linear, after about 20 minutes, those ink accords subside, and we're left with basically an incense/woodsy/spicy fragrance. Later on the spice eventually wears thin too. Overall to me, this stuff is just bleh.. Bland, boring, old fashioned. I'm also not much into incense so that weakens my enthusiasm for this stuff.

5th August, 2010.

A touch sweet but never syrupy. A little smoky but never smoke-like. I also ran into a somewhat boozy afterglow and a transient inky note, particularly with a more generous application.

What a shapeshifter! It's not easy to get a firm handle on such an evolving scent, despite some similarities to Opium pour Homme and Jacomo Rouge. Up close, SIGNATURE POUR HOMME offers quite an intriguing olfactory puzzle to engage even the most jaded of noses. But in sillage it is more accessible with a subdued glow of ambery, almost boozy incense.

IMO one helluva sleeper worth exploring.

30th March, 2010.

.. atmosphere times of Alexander Dumas ...
Oh, the eternal profit capitalism - there is no aristocracy and style ...
Why was murdered this masterpiece? (

22nd January, 2010.

great top and middle notes. ( subdued spicyness) with a touch of givenchy pi due to the benzoin. point blank is that this is a great subtle pi light.

23rd July, 2009. (Last Edited: 29th July, 2009.)