Dior Homme 2020 Eau de Toilette

Version from 2020
Dior Homme (2020) (Eau de Toilette) by Dior
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A popular perfume by Dior for men, released in 2020. The scent is woody-fresh. It is being marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Woody
Fresh
Spicy
Citrus
Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
BergamotBergamot Elemi resinElemi resin Pink pepperPink pepper
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Atlas cedarAtlas cedar PatchouliPatchouli
Base Notes Base Notes
Haitian vetiverHaitian vetiver MuskMusk

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7.71242 Ratings
Longevity
7.21127 Ratings
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6.71129 Ratings
Bottle
8.21125 Ratings
Value for money
7.3844 Ratings
Submitted by Skylab, last update on 09/14/2024.
Interesting Facts
The face of the advertising campaign is British actor Robert Pattinson.

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What the fragrance is similar to
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Dior Homme Sport (2021) by Dior
Dior Homme Sport (2021)
Mon Vetiver by Essential Parfums
Mon Vetiver
Hero (Eau de Toilette) by Burberry
Hero Eau de Toilette
Bleu de Chanel (Eau de Toilette) by Chanel
Bleu de Chanel Eau de Toilette
Bleu de Chanel (Eau de Parfum) by Chanel
Bleu de Chanel Eau de Parfum

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SuryavardhanSuryavardhan 2 years ago
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Great Scent, Great Performance a should have perfume for every men
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InbnkInbnk 3 years ago
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I like this. Masculine fresh woody vibe. I dont get why point is low maybe from who some nostalgic from old ver. So ridiculous.
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50something50something 3 years ago
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Love this juice. Never liked the fem stuff. Glad they changed it to something masculine. Call this DH Alpha, than you have DHI B, for Beta.
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ElysiumElysium 3 years ago
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So diverse from the original, with no lipstick vibe, yet so good in its simplicity.
I'd have given it another name. Dior Homme confuses me.
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SmellGoodGuySmellGoodGuy 4 years ago
I'm sorry. This is just good. A versatile, gentlemanly, scent..
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Nik604Nik604 5 years ago
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We all remember the big crying about Sauvage, 5 years ago...now we all now that it's great and huge selling, I suspect the same effect here.
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Arman038Arman038 4 years ago
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The best release from 2020. I really like this scent and it performs good aswell. It smells woody-fresh. It's also very versatile.
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KuraiKurai 4 years ago
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So much polarization, all because of a name *smh* DH2020 = Fine quality, old school woody, but lacks excitement
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BertolucciKBertolucciK 4 years ago
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In the opening, you have bergamot, pink pepper and patchouli. Then it becomes more green, woody and some musk (patchouli is still there).
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LaurentiuLaurentiu 2 years ago
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Clean. This is simple, but perfect, smells so clean, very musky-woody, some citruses to give freshness with a soft spiciness aura around it.
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Michaltutaj

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Michaltutaj
Michaltutaj
Very helpful Review 10  
So much criticism... who cares?
This scent is elegant, masculine and just magnificent. However the Dior Homme line (the original scents) for me is some kind of a joke. Dior Homme Original and Dior Homme Intense smell like a baby powder mixed with cocoa - not manly at all. Better name for the original scents would be "Dior Unisex".
I know that people are used to those original scents, but I do not understand what would they expect from the new 2020 version. The same scent or what? It would be extremely boring if you ask me. Anyway, the 2020 version is a fragrance on its own and it is a great scent.
Sorry fragheads...
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Uncrated

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Uncrated
Uncrated
Helpful Review 11  
Harmonious Balance
WHAT IT IS
This is the closest scent I've found to the PNW coast in summertime... dry cedar wood, wildflowers in a meadow, someone peeling a citrus fruit nearby, and a clean coastal musk (cashmeran???). After years of ever more powerful Sauvage flankers, Demachy hit the reset button on the Dior Homme line and gave us what might be the most perfectly balanced - and tastefully restrained - men's fragrance in a generation. There's a burst of citrus to open, then it's all luxurious cedar wood and musk with some floral accords drifting by during the dry down. Linear for 6+ hours (which is excellent for an EDT) and while I go noseblind quickly, others can still smell it.

WHO IT'S FOR
Men over ~30 seeking one bottle for all seasons, all occasions, and all moods. You likely believe versatility is more important than making a statement, but you also don't want a "dumb reach" when you can have something as sophisticated as this.

ALTERNATIVES
Let's start with what's NOT an alternative: Dior Homme 2005/2011/Original, Intense, and Parfum which are all (beautiful) iris & leather fragrances, but bear almost no resemblance to Dior Homme 2020. Want more citrus? Dior Homme Sport dials up the bergamot and has punchier projection based on the same DNA - it's excellent. Bleu de Chanel EDT, EDP, and Parfum have somewhat similar citrus + woodsy notes with the Parfum coming closest to replicating the musky dry down; all are more "blue shower gel" + powdery to my nose.

FINAL THOUGHTS
As a die-hard fan of Polge's groundbreaking original, my decant of Dior Homme 2020 went from "meh" to "that's not bad..." to "wow there's a lot of complexity" to purchasing a full bottle as my daily driver in the span of two weeks. Time will tell if it deserves a perfect 10 (I need to test it in winter), but this might be my favorite creation of Demachy's to date. Dior's only mistake was reusing the Homme nameplate which seemed to inflame a lot of negativity around what is otherwise an outstanding grown up fragrance. Very highly recommended.
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INDIGOSPHINX

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INDIGOSPHINX
INDIGOSPHINX
Helpful Review 9  
Why we need to support Dior Homme 2020
1st part" the scent itself

Loads of bergmot and a hint of pink pepper.
The Elimi Resin gives it a slight sweetness but it is far from a typical sweet scent.
The patchouli gives it a really expensive smell.
Some nuances from classics are here, it has a beautiful Hedione/Jasmine whaff like Eau Sauvage
Performance is VERY good, 2 sprays max otherwise you go olfactory fatigue within 30s
I've owned all 3 versions of Bleu de Chanel, to me, DH 2020 is just more bang for buck, unless you really dig the BDC DNA
Also, I would have given it a 10/10 scent score if it had a carnation note. To me, if a big dose of carnation is added this thing would be a perfect classy masculine (maybe not as modern in that case)

2nd part: why you need to stop trashing this

The main reason people are angry is that the iris is gone, so people think it's now a dumber-down version of the OG. No longer "unique" in the way that it makes us frag heads feel like high society people who have refined taste just because we are wearing something aesthetically feminine. (My guess is real high society men probably only wear Eau Sauvage/Pour Monsieur/or Whatever their wife buys them)

As a fraghead myself, I argue this: Most people who like the OG DH love the DHI as well. And since the 2020 version of DHI is freshened up. It's almost like somehow the OG DH and DHI are combined. Dior Homme Parfum is also in production, even though it's hard as heck to get here in the US. But DHI is still fairly accessible. To the folks who loved the OG DH, why don't you just go for DHI? Don't get me wrong I loved the OG DH as well but what is the reason to hate this new version?? It's not like Dior completely stopped the production of the OG DH. And you can still get your hands easily on DHI.

Also, here is my assumption. Chanel's big cash cows are BDC line, Allure Homme Sport line, and potentially Platinum Egoiste. Dior, however, has only one big cash cow=Sauvage line. They need something new and mass appealing to grow the business. Even though we fragheads adore other Dior masculines, I think most consumers can only stomach the Sauvage line. So I think it's a good move on Dior's part, they make more money, have more revenue to potentially pay Francois Demachy to invent more cool stuff. (I say this argument in assumption that both Dior and Chanel's primary cash source is NA and Asia market, and from my perspective, someone who lived in Asia before and now living in the USA, I know the general taste of people. NO way the OG DH can do well in Asia if it can't even thrive here)

Finally, I think it's too bad that Dior is owned by LVMH, I wish it has more independence. However, the fact that Dior still produces their artistic oldies like Fahrenheit and pumping out good privee offers give us a hope that Dior is still a fairly high-society fragrance brand.
Additionally, they supported Johnny in his time of distress, that's something I highly appreciate, so I don't mind buying myself a bottle of DH 2020 at all. It is pleasant and easy to wear, and a perfect replacement for BDC, which is just a bit too pricy at this point.

I enjoy and respect Dior as a fragrance house, and I support DH2020

Thank you for reading folks.

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RobNotes

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Devisive For No Reason
I understand people love the original Dior Homme especially the 2016 and 2011 formulations. However, I've received at least one compliment every time I've worn this scent. Accept this is different, move on... I'm learning women love this scent. Batting a 1.000 on this one I wore it today and got two random "you smell nice" comments on this one. Enjoy people.
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ScentGrail

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ScentGrail
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Creating a future classic
What defines a modern masculine scent? Is it the predominantly woody scent trail that is often stripped down to its base, a trend started by none other than Hermes Terre d’Hermes back in 2005 that is finally starting to catch up just now?

Or, does it lie somewhere between the fuzzy citruses that are enveloped in ambroxan found in fragrances such as Dior’s Sauvage, and Paco Rabanne’s Invictus sweetness? Well, maybe the truth is somewhere in between, and interchangeable trends always seem to shift their winds where the masses lie.

Take it as you will, but rest assured that the 2020s will be marked as the decade of the approachable, and safe woody scents, moving away from the “blue scent” trend in the 2010s.

Here are my 5 quick takes:

- Latest generation masculine trendsetter
- One of the best compliment getting all year round signature fragrance
- Created by Francois Demachy in 2020
- Great value for money
- Lacks true development

The bergamot here is in the vein of Sauvage, natural, but different than the one found let us say in Montblanc Explorer. Also, a natural note of bergamot there, and surprisingly, an identical molecule found also in Bohemian Lime from Goldfield & Banks fragrance.

The pepper accord cuts through the citruses, making it sharp, and interestingly, airy during the opening, and giving a scent a touch of coldness before the overdose of woodiness and ambery heart take the forefront.

Never overpowering, and always at the right amount of projection, the transition to heart notes is smooth and never feeling like you as the wearing is smelling anything but clean, and masculine.

What surprised me about the middle stage was that not until I tried Dior Homme 2020 on my skin, the scent which resembles that aroma of the warm skin you get while being on the beach was not present at all.

All I got on paper strips were woods, citruses, and spices, and it just proves that the best way to test a perfume is directly on the skin.

The middle stage is where I feel this perfume is at its best. By the time the dry down is reached, what we are left with are soft traces of cedar and white musk, similar to that one in Dior Homme Cologne.

I do feel the presence of everything that came before in the opening and in the heart notes, but in a more subtle way.

Give it a try, you might be surprised.

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