12/31/2024
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Omnipotato
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Omnipotato
Very helpful Review
5
Mass-appealing is not a bad thing
I think a lot of the ratings and reviews for this fragrance are going to invariably compare it to its predecessor, Dior Homme Parfum (2014), just as Dior Homme (2020) Eau de Toilette was compared to Dior Homme (2005). Though 2020’s Dior Homme was a complete departure from the iris-y DNA, in 2024’s parfum release, Dior and M. Kurkdjian have decided to revisit the idea.
The result is a hybrid between a tame mass-pleasing sweet amberwood and the dry iris “Homme” DNA. I’m going to refrain from comparing to the original parfum because I’m sure many many subsequent reviews are going to do that. I think it should stand on its own merit.
This is a fragrance made for the department store counter. And that’s not a bad thing. Mass-appealing fragrances aren’t automatically worse than their niche cousins. Dior is a designer house. They want to make frags anyone can enjoy.
With all that out of the way, the new Dior Homme Parfum starts with the aforementioned iris note. To me it smells like a sweeter version of Dior Homme Original (2011) Eau de Toilette. Then an almost fruity sweet amberwood enters, and takes over the drydown. The sillage is intimate, making it great for a date night or even office setting.
I think both newbies and seasoned fragheads can enjoy this one, and after the initial moaning and complaining about how it is inferior to the original parfum passes, it will end up being looked on fondly as a classic example the 2020s fragrance landscape.
The result is a hybrid between a tame mass-pleasing sweet amberwood and the dry iris “Homme” DNA. I’m going to refrain from comparing to the original parfum because I’m sure many many subsequent reviews are going to do that. I think it should stand on its own merit.
This is a fragrance made for the department store counter. And that’s not a bad thing. Mass-appealing fragrances aren’t automatically worse than their niche cousins. Dior is a designer house. They want to make frags anyone can enjoy.
With all that out of the way, the new Dior Homme Parfum starts with the aforementioned iris note. To me it smells like a sweeter version of Dior Homme Original (2011) Eau de Toilette. Then an almost fruity sweet amberwood enters, and takes over the drydown. The sillage is intimate, making it great for a date night or even office setting.
I think both newbies and seasoned fragheads can enjoy this one, and after the initial moaning and complaining about how it is inferior to the original parfum passes, it will end up being looked on fondly as a classic example the 2020s fragrance landscape.
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