Pour l'Homme Jacques Fath 1998 Eau de Toilette

Pour l'Homme (Eau de Toilette) by Jacques Fath

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7.6 / 10 90 Ratings

Pour l'Homme (Eau de Toilette) is a popular perfume by Jacques Fath for men and was released in 1998. The scent is spicy-sweet. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Main accords

Spicy

Sweet

Woody

Oriental

Fruity

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Mint

Bergamot

Cedar

Citrus fruits

Grapefruit

Heart Notes

Raspberry

Spices

Violet

Rose

Floral notes

Lavender

Base Notes

Tonka bean

Musk

Woody notes

Amber

Frankincense

Patchouli

Perfumer

Olivier Gillotin

Ratings

Scent

7.690 Ratings

Longevity

7.979 Ratings

Sillage

6.771 Ratings

Bottle

7.076 Ratings

Submitted by Lissy, last update on 17.01.2024.

Reviews

5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/03/2015

Platinum1
59 Reviews

Platinum1

3

~ Sweet & Spicy Gentleman ~

~ A sweet and spicy gentleman is how she'll perceive you as she pulls your warm sillage in close. This is a great unknown and I hope it remains there! The citrus and spice opening just reaches out and instantly makes you straighten up, adjust your tie and walk with a quiet confidence! You literally bask in it's amber and woods with just a hint of lavender in Fath's charming drydown! Throughout it's scent life there persists just the perfect amount of sweetness wafting without being overly cloying. There are so many praise worthy adjectives that you could attach to this quiet masterpiece as it really is just that good! This is a big thumbs-up endorsement so if you're reading and researching just discover this one for yourself and write your own flattering review (or just keep it to yourself) you won't be disappointed!
Kind Regards, Plat ~
Overall - For the Scent and Longevity alone this is worth a bottle costing three times as much!

06/08/2013

3
Scent

Garville
2 Reviews

Garville

Too powdery!

I could not stand the smell of this cologne. The amber is too powdery and it is very cloying. It gives me a headache. I gave the bottle to my bro-in-law.

03/03/2022

BrianBuchanan
355 Reviews

BrianBuchanan

3

Sweet-and-Sour musky woody thing with Incense

Olivier Gillotin produces better results when he works with other people; Tobacco Oud and Tobacco Vanille are his, both directed by Tom Ford, and these – and White Diamonds which he did with Carlos Benaim – are all popular with parfumistas. On the other hand, things that he does on his own – Polo Red and Higher for example – tend to do less well. (There are exceptions to the rule of course, but after a look at his portfolio that’s the impression I get.)
I would put Fath pour l’Homme in the same category as Polo Red : too sweet.
It’s built around a standard woody citrus, with incense – which works in that context, and
florals and a huge dose of ambery sweetness backed up by coumarin – which don’t.
The sweetness goes against the drift of the woody citrus and they just don’t get along. It develops into a sweet-and-sour musky woody thing with incense, which is not too pleasant, and certainly too challenging for the guys it was meant for.
In my opinion, that’s the reason why it disappeared.

A square bottle mini, no box

12/08/2023

7
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 7.5
Scent

ChicoRoch1
153 Reviews

ChicoRoch1

1

Woefully underrated

1998 was the mid point for the downgrading of perfumerie as it was around this time the Communists over at the EU and the IFRA were beginning to sharpen their knives as they started attacking modern perfumerie with their draconian regulations. However one fragrance in particular was thumbing their noses at all of this and that fragrance is Pour L'Homme by Jacques Fath. This is a sadly and disgracefully underrepresented and underrated fragrance that seriously deserves SOME recognition. I have around 400 bottles of various scents and this Gem is right there smiling at me as If to say "please wear me!". This spicy masculine yet fruity sweet amber classic goes on smoothly and 12hrs later it still stands up and makes itself known. See if u can find 5 modern main stream over advertised and over priced fragrances can behave like that. Jimmy Choo certainly can't! It's masculine yet possibly unisex and wonderfully fragrant. I just simply live it, even though I only wear it for special occasions. It doesn't break the bank and won't be easily found in stores but can be found nonetheless. It's discontinued so maybe that's a reason lol. The yellowish juice inside really stays with u and be careful to not over spray. It's quite strong I say. As a matter of fact I'm panicking I won't be able to find another bottle so I truly use it sparingly. Take my word and go get a bottle and see for yourself

01/12/2020

7
Bottle 5
Sillage 5
Longevity 7
Scent

MikeMike
39 Reviews

MikeMike

Torn apart

My opinion is based on decant I have bought some time ago, and it seems based on performance it is the version after re-formulation. I would love to try the original release year version sometime in the future.

It is a lovely complex scent being between sweetness and dryness. It is like you are in your middle ages still having your boy spirit but on another hand, you know that time flies and you see that you're getting older and older day after day. This is how this scent develops, between being easy a bit sporty, the relaxed sweet cherry one, but once it's mature after about hour it more and drier, woody and definitely more classic. You still remember wearing sneakers and jeans and having parties in the middle of the week. But know, you wear shirts and formal uniforms and occasionally drink wine during the weekends. But you still have it, and when there is time you can show it.

Unfortunately, I believe my version is after re-formulation as parameters are pretty bad, after 30-40 minutes it is skin only scent with zero projection. Where some people said vintage versions last very long with excellent projections.

What also happens to me is for the first 5-10 minutes you can fill hydrogen sulfide notes, which might mean that the storage of the original bottle was not great.