Comments on: Dior Homme by Christian Dior ~ fragrance review

By: A. Nonymous

A. Nonymous — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:38:11 +0000

I’m not the most sophisticated person when it comes to fragrances, but I can tell you this…

Dior Homme is the only fragrance I’ve ever worn that has had perfect strangers come up to me to tell me how wonderful I smell, and to ask what it is. I’ve honestly never had that happen with any other cologne I’ve worn. So I’d wager by this metric that Dior did something right with this one.

I agree that it is a bit “sweet” and unisex, and I even had one of the aforementioned admirers (a woman) state that she thought it would smell good on woman too.

But Dior Homme is a winner, and does add an air of sophistication to the wearer. It’s hard to describe, but it just smells luxurious and classy. The aforementioned description of “sex in a very expensive car” is about right!

By: Adler Chalk

Adler Chalk — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:23:18 +0000

Dior Homme.

This fragrance blends tradition and modernity. I like it.

It is the smell of Sex in a very expensive car!

By: Subhuman

Subhuman — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 00:12:22 +0000

Pure Coffee is indeed fab, but I always compare A*Men unfavorably to its raunchier and more spirited sibling Angel. To me, Dior Homme smells drier and less juvenile than A*Men, so I’d pick that one to receive a bottle of.

And yes, not only can women easily wear Dior Homme, they should. I think Dior should have marketed it as unisex all along, but I gather that unisex doesn’t always sell.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:24:59 +0000

It may well be a masterpiece…certainly many other perfumers think so. I just don’t much care for it — much prefer A*Men (really prefer the flankers — Pure Coffee especially). But I know lots of men and women who love it!

By: Subhuman

Subhuman — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:22:18 +0000

The phrase “men’s gourmand” is usually enough to send me scurrying under a couch, but Dior Homme doesn’t really strike me as such. It is sweet, and grows steady more so as it sits on the skin, but its dusty, dry floral quality lends a sober touch entirely absent from the likes of A*Men and Black XS and keeps it out of pure gourmand territory. Powdery amber usually drives me nuts, too, but the iris and patchouli seem to keep the amber drier and more grounded than that of Le Mâle and its brethren. I’m rather impressed with it, and while I hesitate to declare it the masterpiece that others have, I do think it’s unique and very well-made. It’s the perfect 21st century successor to Fahrenheit, another notably floral masculine from Dior that dared to be distinctive in the “me-too” men’s market.

By: Robin

Robin — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:00:01 +0000

Kevin did not like Dior Homme, and also they never officially launched DHI in the US…so it does not seem likely, sorry!

By: Patrick Bateman

Patrick Bateman — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:45:37 +0000

Is it possible to do a review of Dior Homme Intense (preferably by Kevin)? Thanks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:47:20 +0000

Marlen is no longer around to answer comments, but thanks to everyone who is still weighing in on Dior Homme.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:08:36 +0000

I tried this while I was out and about earlier. About an hour after trying it, the drydown smells like cocoa butter that someone has rubbed vanilla into.

It's overture though was a spectacular lemon sherbert so sweet one of my teeth needs a filling now. I quite liked it actually.

Thing is though the drydown is really quite unsophisticated and sweet – the top and mid notes promised so much more.

I would wear this, but then I quite like scents that to many noses would be “feminine”. I would wear it, but I would only buy as a tester off Ebay.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:48:02 +0000

It's so funny I found this article! I tired this out on myself to get my boyfriend interested, and he loved it … on me! I was afraid to say, but it seems I am not alone!