Pour Un Homme
Caron (1934)

Pour Un Homme is like a great rock song from the60 or 70'S , in the sense that you do not need to look into many things to make something outstanding , 3 chords put together in the perfect order and you can write a beautiful song, in this case 3 ingredients (lavender, vanilla, musk and a touch of green notes )blended perfectly together and you have a masterpiece . Au revoir

I really had high hopes for this one after all the videos I watched. It is just awful. Very noxious from the beginning.

Huge lavender opening, nothing held back. But it mingles with the vanilla to mellow it out rather quickly on me. The combination is nice, it is a clean slightly warm scent. Very unisex. For everyone who likes clean scents that are a bit more novel. Fresh and clean doesnt have to be super green or citrus heavy

This opens with a blast of astringent lavender, like an aromatherapy room spray. But give it 20 mins and it settles down and changes completely in to the most amazing soft fougere with a hint of sweetness. It’s cosy and clean at the same time, classy but not outdated. It’s become one of my ‘go to’ bottles. Don’t judge it on its opening, let it settle and you’ll see what all the fuss is about.

I tried this as it was compared to By Kilian's A Taste of Heaven, which I adore. This is similar in feel, but isn't anywhere close in reality. I do like it, but I do agree with some of the harsher reviews here that it is A) not really masculine and B)a huge hit of lavender with powder tones.

First on, I get herbal lavender complete with woody stem and a hint of medicinal cat piss. Dry down brings a softer vanilla cooled with imperceptible musk. It's a cozy bedtime scent, but frankly smells it's era. This will smell dated to younger folks; it's got that powdery barbershop feel that we remember our grandfathers smelling like. Partly that's the oakmoss, but Pour Une Homme has nowhere near the strong opinionated oakmoss that A Taste of Heaven has, and which I love. So what you end up with is a soft, powdery vanilla lavender scent that also reminds people of their grandmothers. Tough sell to most people.

That all being said, I still really like this fragrance. I find it, after the initial rank herbal opening, soft, cozy and relaxing. Dated and specific to itself, it's still very nice, even in it's reformulated state.

Hold on, do I have a bad bottle? Has this fragrance gone bad?

Maybe, or maybe this is a very reformulated and severely dated stale and powdery concoction that smells like an old lady's powder room.

You get this strong and vomit inducing powdery lavender hit.

I heard so many wonderful things about this classic men's fragrance and I so wanted to like but I find it beyond gross!

NOPE