Don't know if this thread belongs here, but I had to share this.
It's just today I took my casual stroll around the mall and entered the sales floor of a major fragrance distributor.
More out of simple curiosity, I re-tested Joop!Homme, I scent I hardly could stand in the past and was quite vocal against. And guess what - after letting it settle for a while, I did not perceive it as unpleasant any longer, at least not as much as I was initially expecting to.
Sure, the opening is still a blast, heavy, rather harsh and almost pungent sweet notes of a rather synthetic type overwhelm, but after a while and some patience, the impression gradually changed.
It was still very strong and attention-catching, but still, at least to my nose, the drydown of Joop!Homme developed into something previously unknown about this scent: a mellow, suave, spicy gourmands with hints of oddly pleasant, even though unilateral burnt sugar-caramel-brown sugar.
Kind of like a very distant and even stronger ancestor of Le Male, and, to a lesser extent, Rochas Man and Sculpture Homme, but also with some warming, comforting and creamy subtleties under the apparently bomb-proof monobloc of overpowering strength.
Thanks for letting me talk about my changing impressions regarding this scent. It does not mean that my reaction to Joop!Homme instantly turned into "love at second sight". It's just that I am now more open to give it additional tries and, eventually, if these further testings turn out well, purchasing this scent might be on my task list.
P.S.: Please ignore the "thumbs down"-icon, it got there unwillingly, don't know what I pressed by mistake and now I cannot get this icon away from the title any longer.
It's just today I took my casual stroll around the mall and entered the sales floor of a major fragrance distributor.
More out of simple curiosity, I re-tested Joop!Homme, I scent I hardly could stand in the past and was quite vocal against. And guess what - after letting it settle for a while, I did not perceive it as unpleasant any longer, at least not as much as I was initially expecting to.
Sure, the opening is still a blast, heavy, rather harsh and almost pungent sweet notes of a rather synthetic type overwhelm, but after a while and some patience, the impression gradually changed.
It was still very strong and attention-catching, but still, at least to my nose, the drydown of Joop!Homme developed into something previously unknown about this scent: a mellow, suave, spicy gourmands with hints of oddly pleasant, even though unilateral burnt sugar-caramel-brown sugar.
Kind of like a very distant and even stronger ancestor of Le Male, and, to a lesser extent, Rochas Man and Sculpture Homme, but also with some warming, comforting and creamy subtleties under the apparently bomb-proof monobloc of overpowering strength.
Thanks for letting me talk about my changing impressions regarding this scent. It does not mean that my reaction to Joop!Homme instantly turned into "love at second sight". It's just that I am now more open to give it additional tries and, eventually, if these further testings turn out well, purchasing this scent might be on my task list.
P.S.: Please ignore the "thumbs down"-icon, it got there unwillingly, don't know what I pressed by mistake and now I cannot get this icon away from the title any longer.
