Dior Homme Dior 2005

Version from 2005

Bottle Design:
Tsutomu Kiyama

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A popular perfume by Dior for men, released in 2005. The scent is powdery-sweet. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Powdery

Sweet

Leathery

Woody

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Lavender

Sage

Bergamot

Heart Notes

Iris

Cocoa

Amber

Cardamom

Base Notes

Leather

Patchouli

Vetiver

Perfumer

Olivier Polge

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Ratings

Scent

8.4400 Ratings

Longevity

8.0300 Ratings

Sillage

7.5262 Ratings

Bottle

8.5285 Ratings

Value for money

8.081 Ratings

Submitted by Sani, last update on 07/06/2025.

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What the fragrance is similar to

Dior Homme Original (2011) Eau de Toilette

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Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions

12/19/2017

9
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 10
Scent

Smora
155 Reviews

Smora

Top Review 6

Prince Of Perfumes

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Dior Homme opens with Earl Gray bergamot and a touch if herbs, but immediately blown away by posh and luxurious iris note. Classic lavender (an ode to classic French perfumery) has resisted for some time, but the iris have been just too strong. Decadent, golden, and velvety iris just dances on my skin. I especially like some pale fruity undertones under this iris explosion, like a dry fruit aquarelle. Darker and sweeter cacao note introduces some gourmand tendencies. Cacao combined with patchouli, amber, but especially soft leather leads the golden iris into a warm and comforting base. The base gives me a soft tobacco touch.
Dior Homme is a masterpiece overall. Unfortunately, Polge’s version is discontinued. However, current Demachy’s version is still very good. A little bit more masculine and direct, but I still prefer soft and refined nuances of the original.

Rating: 10/10

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07/14/2012

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Very helpful Review 7

Dior Femme?

The term 'pretty boy' is often intended as an insult. An aspersion, really, hurled from one straight man at another. Among us homos, though, the term isn't an affront.

Dior Homme is a pretty boy. Exceptionally so, in fact. Lord knows how this managed to see the light of day as a designer masculine.

To you straight men who wear it, well done. I'm not being facetious here. Smart move to wear a pretty fragrance. It can work on a straight man in a number of ways. It can play against type. It can announce the security of your ego. It can tell the world that aesthetics matter to you.

Not all perfumes are pretty, nor should they be. But let's admit it. Dior Homme is.

05/04/2014

10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 10
Longevity 10
Scent

MasterLi
375 Reviews

MasterLi

Helpful Review 4

I'm in love!

What a gorgeous fragrance this one is! The bottle, the juice... just gorgeous!

Dior has always tried to go in a different direction and really set a trend for men's fragrances, ever since Fahrenheit in 1988 when they decided to turn the male fragrance world on it's head, they did it again almost 20 years later with Dior Homme in 2005. Dior takes what it is to be a man and turns it upside down, turns the angle, shifts the perspective, so that you come to appreciate it even more.

To put it simply, Dior Homme does NOT smell like a typical men's fragrance, yet it IS masculine. Iris is a flower not used in male perfumery, it is used extensively in female fragrances (notably the butch/androgynous Chanel No.19), but here it is used in a way which, coupled with leather, vetiver and patchouli, gives off a very dry earthy vibe which still smells smooth and elegant. Now this isn't for every man, and many may say it's feminine. But to me, this just smells GOOD, in fact it smells really special.

This was the fragrance which started my interest in perfumery, without Dior Homme, I wouldn't even be here. The first time I smelt this, I fell in love.

In fact, first time I tried this, I really didn't associate the smell itself with any particular gender or sexual orientation... instead I thought to myself: "Wow! This is the best damn smell I've ever come across! Pure class & sex all in one gorgeous bottle..."

Listen, I don't expect everyone to like this, but for me, it just does it. Iris lightly dusted in cocoa powder, smooth creamy leather throughout, dry vetiver and earthy patchouli at the base, to me this smells like you are the richest man, the smoothest talker, both the familiar lover, and the dark stranger, the ultimate magician, the boss. All these personas rolled into one. I don't give a damn what you say... what you think... what you presume... or how you judge it. This. Stuff. Is. Beauty.

Dior, Mr. Slimane, Bravo, sir... I salute you!

03/22/2012

7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 7
Scent

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

Helpful Review 2

Classy and alluring

I came to find Dior Homme when on a shopping expedition, searching for a new male fragrance to gift my love.

Dior Homme strikes me as being very classy and sophisticated. This fragrance is essentially what I'd imagine a male model smelling like. A metrosexual fragrance, you may ask? I would agree entirely.

Mostly woodsy and aromatic, (particularly with the lavender and sage notes), Dior Homme does have a touch of sweetness, somewhat vanillic in its nature. The iris also gives this fragrance a unisex feel, which I think is correct. I would definitely consider wearing this fragrance myself on certain occasions.

The scent itself is smooth, confident and alluring. It doesn't have that animalistic effect that some male fragrances have on me, however if a man were to try and seduce me, while subjecting me to smelling this fragrance, I could get myself a little worked up on it. It's a scent that tends to crawl its way into your heart.

The sillage and lasting power of Dior Homme is well-worth the money spent. Dior makes such quality scents that I often feel that they deserve much more praise than they are given.

I was actually surprised to discover how unique Dior Homme is. As is the case with many popular male fragrances, I find them pleasant yet generic at the same time. Dior Homme was a nice discovery.

Unfortunately I found this fragrance too sophisticated for my rather creative and wild man. But in regards to buying something for my male friends, Dior Homme will be kept as a potential gift in my mind.

05/23/2023

10
Pricing 10
Bottle 9
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent

Uncrated
16 Reviews

Uncrated

3

Heartbreaker

What It Is: A deep purple iris wearing an impeccably tailored suit that struck men's fragrance like a tectonic plate in 2005. There's a glimmer of a fougere-like opening with the lavender and sage, but the star of the show is the iris dry down which is sweetened by chocolate and given some grain with patchouli. The end result is a polished, semi-sweet, lipstick-like scent. I've heard Homme often referred to as "a gentleman in a suit buying his wife lipstick at a department store makeup counter" which is entirely accurate.

Who It's For: You're a gentleman. You believe that being buttoned down is a better show of confidence than being gaudy, loud, or ostentatious. You have tickets to the theater and you like to mark the event by dressing up & smelling good. You're also rich because if you're buying vintage Dior Homme 2005, you're shelling out $$$ on eBay.

Alternatives: Valentino Uomo EDT, also by the ever-brilliant Olivier Polge, is the closest thing to mimicking the impression of the OG Dior Homme, closer even than Dior Homme Original or any of the Intense/Parfum flankers (which were reformulated by Demarchy and lost a certain elevation).

For me, this is the one that started it all. I first smelled it at a Sephora in 2007 and *knew* instantly that it was "me." For years, a small bottle sat in my bathroom, only used for special occasions. I moved on from it for a decade or so, then finally came back to Nordstrom looking for my iris muse, only to find it reformulated and not quite the same... still heartbroken over this one!

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