CH Men

Carolina Herrera CH Men EDT opens with a moderate projection of sweet, citrus, green, floral, leathery and woody notes. The opening is delectable, bold, projecting, and very pleasant. The bergamot and grapefruit are an opening-only note, they come up, get noticed, and then recede. The sweet notes are next, vanilla, and sugar, they make the fragrance delectable, very sweet, aromatic, and tasty. The leather and suede are next, they are not only prominent but are the main projecting accord. The leather is aromatic, well balanced, not offensive, or pungent, the suede makes it feel like dry leather. There are some woods, floral, and spicy touches in the back but nothing prominent. The fragrance is relatively linear, the feature notes come up as soon as the fragrance is applied and they continue into the dry-down. Once Carolina Herrera CH Men EDT has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, sweet (vanilla, sugar), and leather (dry) fragrance with soft floral, green, and spicy accords. The fragrance feels bold, casual, delectable, dry, elegant, exotic, gentle, inviting, leathery, masculine, modern, nocturnal, sweet, warm, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 8/10. A very good, mostly sweet, and leather fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 2/10. The leather is a noticeable note, dry, smooth with a suede touch. UNIQUENESS: 7/10. Sweet leather fragrances are relatively common but this one has a unique touch. MASS APPEAL: 8/10. This is a leather fragrance that most people will enjoy. PROJECTION: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 5/10. Good, about 5 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 5 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 5/10. Good, about 5 hours SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, business, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 8/10. A very versatile fragrance, ideal for any weather except summer. GENDER: Masculine, the leather notes tilt it to the masculine side. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Carolina Herrera CH Men EDT can be purchased for about $50, it is a very good, bold but not harsh sweet and leather fragrance, suitable for almost any occasion. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of leather fragrances. Amouage Memoir Men EDP is a great leather, spices, and incense fragrance; Bentley For Men Intense EDP is a leather classic, strong and good performance; Carolina Herrera CH Prive EDT is a fantastic, leather, and whiskey fragrance; Giorgio Armani Code Profumo EDP, is a potent leather, and slightly fruity fragrance; Guerlain L’Homme Ideal EDP features leather, almond, bergamot, and vanilla; Juicy Couture Dirty English Men EDT is a faint, slightly sweet, woody, and leather fragrance; Mancera Gold Prestigium Unisex EDP is a high-quality fragrance that contains leather, rose, and vanilla notes; Montale Aoud Leather EDP is one of the best cost/value leather and oud fragrances; Paco Rabanne 1 Million EDP is a super sweet, leather, and orange fragrance; Tom Ford F Fabulous contains leather, almond, floral notes; Tom Ford Ombre Leather is a modern and natural leather fragrance, a great one; Tom Ford Tuscan Leather Men EDP is a good leather, fruity and spicy fragrance; Carolina Herrera CH Men EDT is a very good and versatile sweet, and dry leather fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, sweet (vanilla, sugar), and leather (dry) fragrance with soft floral, green, and spicy accords. The fragrance feels bold, casual, delectable, dry, elegant, exotic, gentle, inviting, leathery, masculine, modern, nocturnal, sweet, warm, and very pleasant.

Bought this yesterday slightly on the impulsive side. A 50ml, for a bit more than I expected. After trying about six other fragrances on this day, I could not pull my wrist away from this one. Certainly true to its group: “Oriental - spicy” and one of the best scent in this category. Is this the spicy I am looking for? CH Men starts off with a melody of clean, fresh lemon and vague grapefruit. It seems to turn from interesting to heavenly. The first time I smelled it I knew instantly that this was different, original and unique. My next experience is of wood, of soft spice, and delightful floral. Suddenly it transcends into a magnificent balanced musk then to an almost tobacco or nutty tinge mixed with slight mild unique sweet pepper corn. This is probably the most unusual, but pleasing part for me. There is no tobacco in the displayed pyramid, however there is in my nose. I adore the smell of good tobacco. I do not detect any sugar. If I had not read the perfume pyramid I would be oblivious to this ingredient, however, with this seed planted in my mind I find something to this effect, sweet, but not sickly, almost like the spice has been roasted in light sugar. Then it turns into a glorious spicy woody magic, transporting me to a forest, then to an ocean of romance and fantasy. There is definitely a mysteriously sexy, gentle animalistic hint hiding behind what can fairly be described a masculine scent. A potential head turner indeed! From the reviews here, to the counter, to my home, to opening the box, feeling the elegant leather decorated square bottle, with solitary experiments and the reaction to my body, I am more than pleased with my purchase so far. Once again, in my novice books, Carolina Herrera has something in her range that consistently seems to hit the correct olfactory cords aligned with my body chemistry. In my opinion this gentle, multi-dimensional CH creation is elegant, beautiful and masculine. Having experimented for two weeks to find a signature scent I thought this may be it, and it may be, but with one proviso -- the dry down, which although remains a delectable settled version of all the layers, seems to die a quick death which is almost a crying shame. This may cause its downfall in my decision to buy another bottle. I was hoping previous reviewers were wrong when they said it does not last long. The spice, forest fantasy started to die quicker that I hoped. This always loses a few points in my quarters, but I am willing to update this post after a good few days of office wear. I see this as a safe mature man, office option, or a casual autumn / winter fragrance. I do however suspect one may need to re apply at mid day. If that does not work, I am prepared to double the dose, and not give up for the sake of enjoying this superb liquid. Were it not for the disappointing fade, I would give this a solid 4.8 out of 5. Instead it gets an overall 4.2 for the rest of its stunning, magnificent attributes.

I've worn this stuff for a long time, and I don't think the performance is bad enough to give it a reputation for it. There is no doubt in my mind that this is the single best men's fragrance ever created, except maybe Salt & Pepper by Precious Liquid for something fresher and spicier but expensive. I have a whole review of that, but for a more mellow classic, this is the stuff. Not hyperbole, an incomparable masterpiece. This smells like a man should smell, straight up. Nothing else I've tried has this kind of leather in it. Such an awesome new car type scent. I've heard of a few imitators lately that I need to try, but this is the original for the DNA as far as I know. I also have several batches of the old formulation going back to 2010 and 2012, and, quite frankly, I don't notice a difference between them. None whatsoever. I think the reformulation talk is overblown at minimum, maybe totally warrantless. I think it is the type of scent that you can go anosmic to fairly easily, so people struggle with that to a greater or lesser extent. There have been times that I'm wearing it, fall asleep for a nap, and wake up smelling it like CRAZY on myself because my nose has been "refreshed" from sleep lol. The only issue with this stuff is that over time, its brand of flat, leathery sweetness might get a little sickening to some people, but I found a solution to that. Wear this stuff in combination with Sauvage (not too much!) or another very masculine fresh, spicy scent, and it will add just the right lift that this stuff needs. I recommend Sauvage EDP, there's nothing else quite like it for its mix of freshness and just a touch of spice. To me, this combo is such an incredible classic scent for a man. Has to be the right freshie so it won't clash. Sauvage EDP is nice because it's pretty rugged and masculine, blending smoothly with this type of leather. Experiment with where to spray and how much so you can smell both just the right amount and you'll be good as gold, boys 💛 You want to use very little Sauvage relative to CH Men because compared to CH it will explode off the skin while CH sits closer. If projection is an issue, just use more CH. It's not that expensive compared to most stuff these days. If someone managed to make a Sauvage EDP/CH men hybrid, it would be pretty amazing. The reason no one talks about this stuff is because they're busy trying to sell new stuff and keep things like this for themselves. Do yourselves a favor, and get ahold of a big bottle of this stuff. It might take time for your brain to comprehend everything going on in this juice, but once it does, you'll probably want to sell a lot of your collection.

Well I am late to the game on this one. I did a blind buy on this one and to my surprise it was not exactly what I was expecting. It is actually a bit different than what I have in my collection. First spray you feel the clean, fresh grassy notes and its sweet but not overly sweet. After it settles I do get violet with a woody earthy note. It is still clean and less grassy but it starts going in a heavier direction. I guess the nutmeg note pops up it is a spicy kick. So far it does feel designer but not the sweet vanilla bombs we have right now. This one is more into aromatic, fresh, a touch floral, sweetness light leather. And leans very masculine I don’t feel it is very unisex. After like 30 minutes I get leather but not raw leather, its more of a cleaner leather with a soft creamy tone. The earthy grassy note it is still there. It only projects for the first hour at arms length after that it comes closer to the body but its not weak. I don’t feel it’s casual, it’s more office, datenight, wedding, night out. It is not loud and it has a more mature blend meaning late 20’s and up. What I liked the most is that the sweetness never gets out of hand, its there but doesn’t overwhelm. It is smooth the sharpest note might be the violet but its not even sharp. I feel this one is really balanced as it doesn’t go fully fresh or fully dark and heavy, it stays in the middle in a way. The drydown is woodsy, very subtle creamy leather, sweetness but more natural sweetness doesn’t feel syrupy. The earthy grassy note still there but more light as it blends in with the other notes. This is a great scent it is more on the TDH category but with a more mainstream blend. Best part of it, all of it. The opening , the mid and the drydown. Its a subtle transition but its not linear. It lasts a good 6-7 hours on skin, I really liked it, as it is more mature more on the gentleman side. You can wear it during spring, cool summer nights, fall and early winter. Its heavy for a hot summer day so I would not wear it, I would go more fresh than this. And it might be a little weak for cold winters. Almost a year round scent. I will definitely get a backup bottle of this fragrance. 100ml/3.4oz bottle is around the $50 dollar range. (If you like Burberry touch you will like this one) Scent 9/10 Performance 6/10 Price 9/10 Longevity 7/10

CH Men by Carolina Herrera is an iconic fragrance that perfectly combines elegance and adventure. This eau de toilette is a must-have for the modern man who wants to make a lasting impression. It is also one of my favourite scents! The fragrance opens with a delightful sweet and fresh blend of bergamot and grapefruit. Warm notes of saffron, nutmeg, and jasmine then come to the fore. The base notes of vetiver, leather, and sandalwood, combined with green notes, give the scent a deep and masculine finish. It strikes a perfect balance between sweet, leathery, fresh, with depth and warmth. The longevity is excellent; the fragrance lasts all day without being overpowering. The sillage is perfectly measured - not too strong, but just enough to be noticed. This makes it an ideal fragrance for both day and night. It is perfect for elegant parties and nights out. I also wear it on an ordinary day, except in the peak season. The bottle of CH Men is a work of art. The stylish combination of leather and glass exudes luxury and craftsmanship. The design is elegant and robust, perfectly matching the refined fragrance within. The red details give the bottle a playful and adventurous character, with a matching golden cap. It is a fragrance that embodies class, charisma, and adventure. The complex and refined notes, along with the excellent longevity and beautiful bottle, make this an absolute must-have. Whether you're looking for a new scent for yourself or a perfect gift for someone else, CH Men certainly does not disappoint.