Dior Homme Original: When a man wears flowers... In 2005, Dior offered men a new chic and elegant fragrance, shaped through original raw materials, at least within the relatively closed sphere of men's perfumes.
Dior is an icon in the world of fashion, having first devoted itself to enhancing femininity before redefining the spirit of the masculine wardrobe. In perfect keeping with its contemporary yet classic style, Dior decided to elevate men's wardrobes with a fragrance just as elegant as it is refined: Dior Homme Eau de Toilette. Created in 2005, this juice is now considered one of the greatest men's fragrances in the world. So, what accounts for such enthusiasm? Here is our review of it
Olfastory’s review
Dior Homme Eau de Toilette, symbol of a classic yet refined elegance
Dior Homme Eau de Toilette is a fragrance that fits fully within the world of Dior. It is built on the same contemporary codes as Dior's fashion. Thus, with a single breath, it expresses luxury, restraint and quality. Dior Homme Eau de Toilette is a fragrance that seems designed to endure over time. Far from fads and trends, it cares little for artifice and creates its own style. With it, masculinity becomes powerful yet gentle, elegant and mysterious. This quite singular juice is built around iris, one of the most noble ingredients in all of perfumery. Although modern in its execution, Dior Homme Eau de Toilette belongs to a very high-end register. The result is a timeless fragrance, as striking as it is discreet.
The floral and woody breath of Dior Homme Eau de Toilette
Belonging to the register of fine perfumery, Dior Homme Eau de Toilette relies on top-quality ingredients. Iris reveals here its powdery richness. Its singular elegance is refreshed with Italian bergamot, while being accompanied by other, more aromatic essences such as lavender and sage. Its heart also becomes more velvety through contact with cocoa bean. Slightly bitter yet gourmand, this fragrance ends with a smooth touch of amber paired with a woody base of Haitian vetiver and Indonesian patchouli. Of course, all these elements come from very high-quality crops and are then used with the utmost respect for perfumers' traditional practices.
Dior offers a contemporary, design-forward bottle
While Dior has often accustomed us to a luxurious sense of classicism, here its bottle plays instead in a contemporary register. Blending art and technology, it has a gift for uniting paradoxes. It forms a massive block of glass with clean lines. Entirely in glass, it incorporates a genuine technical feat, plunging a steel tube directly into the fragrance. This tube is paired with a silver-toned ring finely engraved with the name Dior Homme Eau de Toilette. The whole also lets us glimpse a juice of an amber and honeyed color, almost resembling molten gold. This only amplifies its luminosity and radiance, while further emphasizing its luxurious character.