Dior Homme as become as a beloved "perfume" with high approval ratings.
But Dior Homme smells camp: lipstick and cheap make up counter.
It brought along several predecessors: "Dior Homme Cologne"(loved for me, but a fiasco regarding its lating),then "Dior Homme Intense".
Now:
"Dior Homme Sport".
Perfumer: François Demachy.
Notes of citron, bergamot, grapefruit, ginger, rosemary, lavender, elemi, cedar, vetiver and sandalwood.
"Dior Homme Sport" is a simple, appealing minimal fragrance centered in ginger.
This is a citron and ginger fragance with dewy floral hints of lavender and salty touches, and hell, I love citrus perfumes, so this one is not an exception...
The juice opens with sharp ginger and gorgeous citron, mainly reamining along the whole life of the perfume.
A fresh clean yet semi sweet candy-spicy soliflor and salty undertones with the intrusion of the rosemary comes along when the formula settles down.
You can detect hints of herbal touches from the elemi here and there, but the main notes are the citron lavender and ginger still.
It develops a little less citrusy with soft spices and touches of woods: a clean ghostly sandalwood and cedar.
Classy, elegant & sexy.
Dior Homme Sport amazes me with salty notes, which is totally different from so many fresh scents out there.
This one, quite strong, very fresh, yet style and attractive.
A expensive cologne for the casuals.
It has, as "Dior Homme cologne" a alroght lasting power but a really nice sillage.
"Dior Homme Intense" is an Eau de Parfum limited version based in floral and woody-leather accords.
Perfumer: Unknown.
Notes of lavender, iris, hisbiscus seeds (ambrette), vanilla, amber, Virginia cedar and vetiver.
Again, "Intense" as its old brother, is centered on the Iris note, but this time, the reformulated formula incorpores a brand new dimension of obscure iris.
The iris and gourmand notes are still present and dominant but there's a new twist, immediately obvious when the perfume develops.
When first applied, "Intense" smells warmer (nice blast of amber), and less sweet than the original.
The bloody iris (strong, powdery floral note that caused me and many others grief in the original Dior Homme) appears after the initial notes faded away, and brings a sweet powdery accent again, but this time is acompained to a strong obscure note in its background. I swear that is a "hidden" violet leaf that make the juice developing dark, with an animalistic, leathery and sweeter accent.
There is definitely something leathery and smoky in the background of "Intense", (Ambrette seeds have a slightly musky and animal smelling yet lightly fruity and sweet too), but unfortuantely, too much faded off by the sweetness and lipstick Iris.
My veredict:
To my nose, it's disgusting iris (aka lipstick-make up powder) with nice hints of violet leaf, animalistic notes on a woody base.
It's kind of a deep, feminine version of Grey Flannel, in a way.
It still has a too much powdery touch for my taste.
I guess a lot of guys will find this one too camp for them, but I'm sure, also, they will have loads of devotes, as the original one.
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