Lanvin L'Homme Sport (2009)
by Lanvin

Forget the sport, there is nothing 'sporty' about this. CoL is 100% correct. Baldessarini by Hugo Boss for sure, and yes, warm, dark sweet, ambery, a little sensous, but Baldessarini is better, more rounded, more sensuous. LLHS gets its non-roundedness from the L'Homme it is based on, a slightly sharp spicy but clean (mint) inoffensive office fragrance. I would have dubbed this L'Homme Nuit, because it is less serious, more playful version, but it's still doesn't express 'sport'. Or maybe darken it a bit more and call it L'Homme Noir.

A great fragrance either way, as long as you are willing to dissociate it from it's name. If you do enjoy it, Do try Baldessarini by Hugo Boss (on of my favs), L'Instant Magic (I tihnk, or maybe jsut the regualr L'Instant) and if you can find it, St. Dupont Noir.

I give it a thumbs up for offering yet another alternative to a delicious concoction that gets little love.

Approached this scent with the dreaded 'Sport' suffix, quite preparing to gag, but I really liked the opening notes (am a sucker for pepper) and had a bit of a shock -- well it is a Lanvin. The drydown isn't half bad either, but nothing fantastic. I find this to be more formal than 'sporty' and I wouldn't mind wearing occasionally, if I ever purchased.

This is a wonderful fragrance. As CoL already mentioned, it's not very "sporty". I think it smells different, I think it captures the whole idea of the rest of the house of Lanvin. It's not so obvious and predictable. Unusual, but elegant and great.

I tried this in a shop in Chester (UK). If the tester is accurate / genuine , all I got was a slightly sweet camphor, camphor, camphor - i.e. medicinal. The Campari (I like it) of the EDT world. Maybe it was eucalyptus. I really liked it for its unusuality - but, as it wore off, felt that it smelled like clothes in an old drawer that had not been cleared out for a while. So, would not buy. If I try again / do buy this, I will get back with another report if I change my mind. Sorry if that's not too helpful. The botle was dull navy blue(frosted glass? but looked like a lump of plastic) rather than clear, deep blue as in some pics.
camphor - |ˈkamfər| - noun - a white, volatile, crystalline substance with an aromatic smell and bitter taste, occurring in certain essential oils. • A terpenoid ketone; chem. formula: C 10 H 16 O. So now you know.

This is an excellent day scent.

It goes on very fresh and clean and stays well all day. Nice

From my point of view its not usual "sport" frag. It has nice, not very citrusy beginning, changes into spicy and bit sweety heart gradually. This is very attractive and not boring combination. The end is very nice and classy which reminds me older decent releases from 80´.
The longevity seems to be more than average, I have it 3 hours, and its still too strong around me. My final words - not classic sport frag., I think its more elegant stuff, very nice for daily wearing to office.