Costume National Homme

Costume National Homme EDP opens with a moderate to a strong projection of very sweet, citrus, and spicy notes. The opening is bright, uplifting, refreshing, elegant, versatile, intense, and unique. The grapefruit, bergamot, and cardamom are the opening most noticeable accords, these notes create a sweet, citrusy, and spicy accord. The opening is very brief, the rest of the notes, specifically the cinnamon and clove being their development very quickly. The cinnamon and clove develop and grow to take the lead of the fragrance, meanwhile, the grapefruit and bergamot receded to a second place. The cardamom remains close to the cinnamon and clove. The combination of the spices creates a very fresh, bright, sweet, warm, powdery, spicy, slightly bitter/piquant, and delectable accord. The sandalwood and labdanum are support notes, the sandalwood adds a creamy, sweet, rich, and warm touch whereas the labdanum works as a projecting accord creating a woody, fruity, and slightly musky accord. The patchouli is a faint touch in the far back of the fragrance. The fragrance has a smooth but noticeable opening to dry down change, the opening favors the citruses and cardamom, at this point, the fragrance is very citrusy, sweet, and refreshing; towards the dry down, the citruses take a step down, the cinnamon and clove grow and lead the fragrance, finally, the sandalwood and labdanum develop to support the fragrance. Once Costume National Homme EDP has reached its full dry down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, sweet, spicy, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, grapefruit, and sandalwood fragrance with woody accords. The fragrance feels bold, casual, delectable, diurnal, elegant, energizing, exotic, fruity, high-quality, intense, inviting, masculine, modern, natural, nicely-blended, playful, professional, rare, sporty, sweet, unique, versatile, woody, zesty, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2019 (#9151A). WOW RATING: 10/10. The combination of sweet spicy and woody accords is fantastic. DISLIKE RATING: 0/10. The fragrance contains no offensive accords. UNIQUENESS: 10/10. This fragrance has a unique character. MASS APPEAL: 9/10. This is a fragrance that most people will enjoy. PROJECTION: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 5/10. Moderate, about 5 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 6/10. Very good, about 6 hours, it projects well for 4 hours. SEASONS: Winter, spring, summer, fall, colder days, daytime, nighttime, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, gym, sports, office, business, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 10/10. A highly versatile fragrance, ideal for any weather or occasion. GENDER: Masculine. The spices lean the fragrance to the masculine side. AGES: 25 and above. RECOMMENDATION: Costume National Homme EDP can be found for about $150. It is a highly versatile, and very appealing fragrance that feels professional, and office-ready. It is a nice-to-have. BLIND-BUY: But, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances that feature sweet, spicy, and cardamom notes. Azzaro Wanted EDT Men is a sweet, ginger, cardamom, and spicy fragrance; Armaf Derby Club House Gold combines cardamom, fruity and spicy notes; Cartier Declaration D'Un Soir is a spicy, soft floral, and sandalwood fragrance; Dolce & Gabbana The One EDP spicy, cardamom, fruity and tobacco; Lancome Hypnose Homme EDT is a mildly resinous, cardamom and lavender fragrance; Dolce & Gabbana The One Grey EDT Men is a light, musky, cardamom, clary sage, vetiver, citrus grapefruit, and tobacco fragrance; Dolce & Gabbana The One Intense EDP Men is a fantastic, strong, very sweet spicy cardamom, and leathery fragrance; Creed Original Santal EDP is unique, mildly sweet tonka, woody sandalwood, juniper, spicy cinnamon, and ginger fragrance; Aquolina Steel Sugar EDT is a good, mild, sweet, tobacco, gingerbread, spicy, and ambery fragrance; Costume National Homme EDP is a great, intense, sweet, spicy, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, grapefruit, and sandalwood fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, sweet, spicy, cinnamon, clove, cardamom, grapefruit, and sandalwood fragrance with woody accords. The fragrance feels bold, casual, delectable, diurnal, elegant, energizing, exotic, fruity, high-quality, intense, inviting, masculine, modern, natural, nicely-blended, playful, professional, rare, sporty, sweet, unique, versatile, woody, zesty, and very pleasant.

Spicy, Exotic, Contemporary Dry Sandalwood... This scent had me scratching my head for awhile, as the notes didn't seem accurate, but eventually it smelled like it should based on the notes. Opens with a burst of grapefruit & cardamom supported by multi-faceted bergamot, and already some licorice-y tones (possibly from patchouli) are swelling through. As it transitions to the heart, the cardamom is supercharged by a jolt of clove & cinnamon to become a spicy blend with a faint accent of thyme that's more often than not overwhelmed by the other spices. However, at the end of the day this scent is all about the sandalwood, with the other notes ultimately serving to enhance different facets of a dry sandalwood in all its multi-faceted glory. Like many dry sandalwood scents, this has the potential to pull dill, which initially filled me with disappointment, but as the bottle matured (a year or more) this gradually went away, culminating in an spicy, exotic, contemporary dry sandalwood that was worth the wait, and worthy of the signature of master perfumer Dominique Ropion: 1st wearing: dill pickle juice 2nd wearing: dill pickle 3rd wearing: fresh dill, coriander and wood 4th wearing: fresh coriander and sandalwood 5th wearing: fresh coriander cinnamon & sandalwood 6th wearing: cardamom, coriander, sandalwood 7th wearing: clove, cardamom, cinnamon, sandalwood This is targeted to men, and definitely leans masculine, but anyone who likes a dry sandalwood scent might like this. Overall it's a gorgeous spicy, exotic dry sandalwood scent that's worth a bit of a wait. Has excellent performance for year-round wear, but the spicy profile shines in cooler weather. It's become a love for me. Painfully becomes a 9 or 10/10. Enjoy!

Man I love this stuff, I'm definitely getting a full bottle soon. The weirdest thing about this fragrance is that it reminds me a bit of the vintage YSL M7. Sure people will call me crazy and even when I compare notes I don't see any resemblance either but hey .. it's my nose so suck it up. On my skin this is beautiful love child between M7 and figs. These two went on a date, had steaming erotic adventures and bottled up whatever sweat was still drying up on their bodies. Scent wise the combination of notes to me really provide a fig experience that is very similar to the Rituals brand fig home fragrance and body wash line but there is much more depth and raw power available. There is also plenty of warm sweetness thanks to the cinnamon but it's not sickeningly sweet, rather just the right amount to make the entire composition warm and inviting instead of harsh. Personally I assume I pick up the M7 vibe as my mind connects the sweet/medicinal aura due to the combination of cloves and labdanum blended in the entire composition. This shit is strong though and lasts forever, showering is sometimes not even good enough to remove it. 4 sprays and you're truly set for the day. In fact, your entire office will be set for the day. People around you will be even set for the entire day. Some of these people might say it's overpowering. Whatever, bask in it's glory or put vaporub under your nose 8/10

A supremely classy gentleman's fragrance. Starring spiced sandalwood and labdanum. Julius Caesar used to wear a fragrance made from cistus (labdanum), and he probably would've liked this. Most people seem to. My inexpert nose doesn't find the clove to be terribly pronounced - nothing like the original version of Jacomo by Jacomo for instance or Clive Christian's Chasing the Dragon Hypnotic - and almost like a "spice" accord - although it brings a subtly camphoraceous aspect that complements the cistus. Together, the cinnamon and clove contribute a warmth and a spiciness that enhances the sandalwood, giving CN Homme a vaguely Serge Lutens vibe. I also get the impression of something that reminds me of papyrus à la Gucci Pour Homme 2003 and Bentley Absolute but it's probably the labdanum, which also imparts a somewhat resinous depth and resonance. Intoxicating and somehow effervescent - every time I wear CN Homme I find myself sniffing my wrist to savour the effect, which is like a sensory roller coaster ride or an olfactory version of Bach's Toccata in D minor. Performance is above average, as is longevity. Overall a bewitching blend and a veritable crowd pleaser that elicits compliments from random strangers, infinitely versatile - as wearable for work as for play, on a date or to a funeral. A modern classic.

A gorgeous symphony of wood and spices. CN Homme is a minimalist yet beautiful scent. It is a spicy woody scent, made up of classic, warm, and edible cinnamon note, and a soft sandalwood note, both of which combine to give an incense-like smell. This smell is made spicier with cloves and cardamom, the latter of whom serves to also make the scent a bit powdery, & gives it an iris- or rum-like character. Warm, spicy, softly-woody, & cozy. It does smell like the known smells of V&R Spicebomb/Bvlgari Man In Black. However, CN Homme spicier, which gives more depth and character compared to the relatively-flatter other two.I find it also beautifully smoother. In fact, CN Homme came before both of them, so this is the OG. Personally, I like Spicebomb & MiB but they are not favorites of mine, except MiB Black Orient, which adds a beautiful oriental twist to the formula. However, I find myself in love with CN Homme. It is just richer and deeper. Being a natural-smelling fragrance, it is charming when smelled on a man. In this current time, CN Homme is not a very unique smell to wear but it is such a gorgeous, classic masculine scent that is worth at least trying. A mature, cool weather wear. CN Homme gets a "Love".