Strangely enough, I’m usually lazy in reviewing the perfumes I own, so here’s the long overdue Dior Homme Sport Review. I’ve been wearing this since Christmas (I know, it’s a fresh fragrance for the summer, but who cares), so I’d better hurry, as the bottle is almost finished and I won’t get myself another one for the moment. But the only reason is that I want to try other stuff. In the opening of Dior Pour Homme Sport [...] Read more »
Strenuous task, talking about something so popular like J’Adore Dior perfume. J’Adore is certainly not one of a kind, nor the first floral I ever sampled. Yet, for some reason, it was the first one that made me realise the potential of flowers. If you think floral notes are always nice, innocuous things, you’re wrong. Sure, they can be gentle to the core, or sexy, or simply smell great; but they can also be chemical, they can smell [...] Read more »
Diorissimo Dior perfume is a light bulb, whose internal incandescent filament is made of lily of the valley. This bulb is too powerful for the plastic socket it’s mounted on, so you will also get a vague smell of burnt. And if you throw a bit of solvent (there’s ylang-ylang as well, go figure…) and a pinch of sweet peachy notes on top, you get a smell it’s hard to forget. Diorissimo Eau De Toilette is warm but [...] Read more »
Perfume Dune For Men is fresh, but more complex than the average. Indeed this may be – among the fresh fragrances for men – the one with most variety. The opening is light and bright with not-too-sour stuff like mandarin, grapefruit and lemon, but aromatic notes soon mix in, with basil and/or rosemary, and probably some light non-feminine florals in the background. But it’s not Mediterranean, mind, a la Acqua di Gio or Versense, it’s closer to Dior [...] Read more »
The opening of Christian Dior Miss Dior Cherie is very gentle and bright, with floral and citrus notes, which are sour enough to be pineapple. There is also a very subtle sweetness at the start, which becomes more evident after 30-45 minutes. It’s slightly chocolaty, although quite soft and mixed with the florals (the bouquet is rose, violet and jasmine). It’s not sugar-sweet, not fruity, not honey, maybe, just maybe, fruity, so it must be caramel… What really [...] Read more »
Yes, oh yes it can. Created by the same guy who made Opium by YSL (Jean-Louis Sieuzac) in 1988, perfume Fahrenheit smelt different from all the other masculine stuff around back then, and still does now. Citrus notes (mainly orange) won’t be able to tame the cloud of gasoline and dirty smoked leather of the opening (it’s honeysuckle and hawthorn for the fine noses). But the dirtiness is only apparent. The effect is actually quite smooth, and [...] Read more »