Givenchy pour Homme (2002)
by Givenchy

The extreme citrusy tartness of the starting lasts barely five minutes after the first spray and is obviously enhanced by the angular combination of watery grapefruit and metallic violet. The fruity-floral combination smells lemony and orangy. The evolution of the smell is strange because it starts sour, follows powdery and ends plainly aquatic with a chemical salty-silky-sweet ozonic smell. The blades of the opening last just a while before a sort of powdery and incensed orangy-lemony smelling chord  takes off. The powderiness is made of powdery woods, exotic spices and a synthetic aldehydic accord that exudes a sort of aromatic, talky, citrusy and ozonic smell. The chemical ozonic accord is fruity-floral end with a remarcable watery and dusty cedar-vetiver undertone. The powderiness fades with time and the final outcome smells like an aquatic vetiver with smell of orange-grapefruit. The aquatic feel smells of seaweeds, flowers of pond and salt. A "normal" modern fragrance for office neither blamed nor lauded.

24th October, 2011. (Last Edited: 15th November, 2011.)

A nice scent, but lacks that edgy appeal. The idea was to create a "gentleman's" scent but they were not specific on whether they were regarding a younger or an older gentleman. Either way, it is a mass market appeal fragrance perfect for any teen to a guy in his late 20's. The top notes to this are fantastic and last quite some time. Imagine a fresh citrus floral. YES!!! Even the transition to the heart is great with the fruits, exotic spices, and florals creating something interesting, something with an old world feel blended with a modern take. The base is a big disappointment though. This had so much potential! The top and the heart had a great thing working but this just turns into another ambery, cedar based floral at the base. The funny thing is that amber is not even in the note breakdown but it is defintely there, or at least my nose picks up on it. If you like the amber and cedar in allure homme sport, then I highly recommend this one but if you want this scent with that edge I mentioned, I would recommend trying Hearts & Daggers from Ed Hardy, at least that one stays spicy throughout the scent life and keeps me entertained everytime I wear it. Oh, and True Religion Drifter and Givenchy Pour Homme have the exact same drydown.... the exact same, I thought I would add that. Overall, this is a perfect, safe scent that is highly inoffensive and will get positive attention. Sillage is good for 1-2 hours then it becomes a skin scent, and the scent life is around 4-6 hours. Since I do enjoy it, I give it a thumbs up but a "thumbs up" slightly into the neutral. My final rating B-

14th May, 2011.

Excellent office fragrance. You will not get bored of this one. Classy, elegant and discrete. Very safe. Go for it.

14th February, 2011.

To me it seems a lot like CKIN2U (with a hint of iris?) and so I'm not surprised there are so many lukewarm reviews. CKIN2U was not a real big hit... but I enjoyed it.

Just like CKIN2U, I'll have to give Givenchy pour Homme a neutral since it just doesn't project or last as it should. But it is a good hour of fun on a dreary day.

6th October, 2010.

very decent frag. prjects and lasts on my skin. Gets compliments literally EVERYTIME i wear this stuff
its spicy, woodsy, sweet. very good fragarnce

5th August, 2010. (Last Edited: 23rd December, 2010.)

Still one of the best dry downs ever, wish i could find something like it minus the grapefruit.

23rd June, 2010.