Dior Homme Sport was born in 2008, a freshness of citrus and ginger signed by François Demachy, without the iris of the parent eau de toilette. The house has recomposed it several times; the current version, which it compares to a boxer’s uppercut, pairs Calabrian bergamot and lemon, elemi and pink berries, frankincense and woods, in the line’s glass monolith.
Persolaise considers the first, 2008 version a triumph, made original by its ginger, and is surprised it never became a big success. He finds the 2022 version as predictable as the original was new.
What critics say
The 2008 version, a joy for Persolaise
Persolaise returns in June 2022 to the 2008 Dior Homme Sport. He ranks it among the bold moves of the decade’s mainstream market, alongside Olivier Polge’s Dior Homme, calls it a pure joy and remains puzzled by its limited success.
The 2022 version, predictable for Persolaise
In January 2022, he discovers the new version credited to Demachy. In his view, the original played by the rules of bracing citrus while adding, through ginger, a sparkling originality. The new one moves quickly from citrus to a base of aggressive, competitive woods; he predicts it will sell very well.
From the same line
- Dior Homme Original
- Dior Homme Intense
- Dior Homme Cologne
- Dior Homme Parfum
- Dior Homme Sport Very Cool
- Dior Homme
The whole line on the blog: Dior Homme by Dior: the whole line, from 2005 to 2025
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