Dior Homme (2005)
by Christian Dior

I can take the iris note in this because it's nice and fresh and drifts with the lipsticky sweetness gorgeously. Arguably the best fragrance Olivier Polge has ever created -- I may have even purchased just for the bottle design. The intense version is very similar but more fruity and as nice if not nicer.

Picture your mother's make-up bag, cocoa powder and leather and there you have it: Dior Homme. When I first tried it, I wasn't enthused. So I tried it again, and came to the conclusion that I actually liked it. When I tried it again after that, I realized that yes, this is a fantastic fragrance, but it's not as groundbreaking as it is often made out to be. Although Dior Homme doesn't necessarily smell feminine, this kind of thing has been done before in countless feminine fragrances over the past few decades. The real surprise to me is that it took so long for someone like Olivier Polge to capitalize on this style of fragrance and market it to men in a modern-smelling fragrance.

While I enjoy Dior Homme, I find it a bit too sweet and powdery to wear. I much prefer Kenzo Power, which is less gourmand but just as floral and powdery, making it more wearable (Kenzo Power was also created by Olivier Polge).

8.5/10

I smelt this today at the Dior counter and it is a first rate men's iris/floral scent. I would say this is unisex. Guys, you are very lucky ,a superb men's fragrance. I would wear this myself !

Dior Homme was quite a disappointment for me. It was built up as being a floral nearly feminine fragrance with powder and iris, but unfortunately to my nose, all it had was a violent floral and sage opening that smelled like a perfumed bubble gum. There are many better choices and I would not recommend this one. What has happened to Dior?

Men, you got be kidding. I´m testing right now, this thing and it smells really bad, even during dry down. It reminds me very cheap perfumes that I´ve smelled when I was 8 or 9.

By the way, this is bad stuff, even for girls.

There is something about Dior Homme that I have never found in any other men's cologne - it never smells like alcohol, never smells pungent, never smells cheap. I definitely smell the iris in the top, and I don't know how to describe the drydown as anything other than intoxicating. It is the scent equivalent of your favorite leather jacket, your favorite snuggly afghan and the crook of your lover's neck. It's true scent poetry and I can't recommend it enough for the man who will look past the notes list and appreciate the aura it projects.