Dior Homme Sport

Dior Homme Sport EDT opens with a moderate projection of sweet, citrus, resinous, spicy, and woody notes. The opening is fresh, inviting, sporty, bright, and uplifting. The lemon, bergamot, grapefruit, ginger, elemi resin, and cedar are prominent opening notes. The lemon, bergamot, and grapefruit pinch give this fragrance its sporty nature; these notes create a very fresh accord. The ginger is also noticeable, fresh spicy, and sharp; the ginger blends well with the citruses. The elemi resin is a small step behind; this note gives the fragrance a sweet, resinous, and woody touch, enhancing the sourness and spiciness of the citruses and ginger but without changing the fresh nature of the fragrance. As the fragrance commences to dry down, the lemon and bergamot start fading. However, the vetiver and cedar quietly replace the citruses with fresh woody and green note that positions close to the ginger. Both the cedar and vetiver combine their notes, creating a mild woody and green accord. The rest of the notes are there to provide support but don’t have any significant participation. The fragrance has a smooth opening to dry down transition. The opening favors the citruses, elemi resin, and ginger. In contrast, the dry down favors the ginger, elemi resin, cedar, and vetiver. The projection remains the same. Once Dior Homme Sport EDT has reached its full dry down, it can be summarized as a moderate projection, spicy ginger, slightly sweet elemi resin, woody cedar, green vetiver, and citrusy fragrance. The fragrance feels casual, diurnal, energizing, fresh, gentle, green, inviting, masculine, mild, moderate-quality, modern, natural, nicely-blended, piney, playful, resinous, refreshing, simple, sour, sporty, slightly sweet, versatile, woody, zesty, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2019 (#9G02) WOW RATING: 8/10. A fresh and pleasant citrusy and spicy fragrance with a sweet touch. DISLIKE RATING: 0/10: The fragrance contains no offensive or harsh notes. UNIQUENESS: 6/10. A good fresh fragrance, although its notes are relatively common. MASS APPEAL: 8/10. A likable fragrance that most will enjoy. PROJECTION: 3/10. Low, about 3 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 3/10. Low, about 3 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 6-8 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 hours, it projects well for about 2 hours. SEASONS: Spring, summer, daytime, climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Outdoor gatherings, gym, sports, office, business, casual, vacations. This fragrance is office-friendly. VERSATILITY: 7/10. A versatile sporty fragrance ideal for mild or hot weather. GENDER: Masculine, the resinous, woody, and green notes create a slight tilt to the masculine side. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Dior Homme Sport EDT can be found for about $75. It could use more performance, but it a versatile, sporty, and very pleasant fragrance. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of other fragrances in the same genre. • Armaf Le Parfait EDT is a good, slightly sweet, musky, black currant, pineapple, and citrus fragrance. • Cartier Declaration L’Eau EDT is OK, a faint, slightly sweet, citrusy, grapefruit, spicy pink pepper, and woody cedar fragrance. • Chanel Allure Home EDT is a good, mild, citrusy lemon, spicy ginger, sweet tonka, vanilla, woody cedar, rosewood, fruity peach, and musky fragrance. • Chanel Allure Homme Edition Blanche EDP is a good, citrus bergamot, lemon, woody, and green vetiver fragrance. • Creed Himalaya EDP Men is a good, light, musky, lemony, powdery, citrus, and woody fragrance. • Dua Fragrances Lone Star is a very good, intense, citrus bergamot, mandarin orange, woody green, black currant, musky hedione, and vetiver fragrance. • Dua Fragrances Poseidon’s Tux is very good, a Yves Saint Laurent Tuxedo and Creed Aventus clone fragrance. • Ferrari Radiant Bergamot EDT Men is a very faint, citrus musky fragrance. • Gucci Guilty Black Pour Homme EDT is a soft, fresh, green, citrusy, white floral, and woody fragrance. • Mancera Lemon Line EDP is OK, a low performance, lemon, and white musk fragrance. • Paco Rabanne Invictus EDT is a very good, intense, aquatic, slightly sweet, citrus grapefruit, mandarin orange, and spicy bay leaf fragrance. • Parfums Vintage Evolution Del L’Homme Soir is a sour musk, citrus, and vetiver fragrance with good performance. • Dior Homme Sport EDT is a good, spicy ginger, slightly sweet elemi resin, woody cedar, green vetiver, and citrusy fragrance. SUMMARY: A moderate projection, spicy ginger, slightly sweet elemi resin, woody cedar, green vetiver, and citrusy fragrance. The fragrance feels casual, diurnal, energizing, fresh, gentle, green, inviting, masculine, mild, moderate-quality, modern, natural, nicely-blended, piney, playful, resinous, refreshing, simple, sour, sporty, slightly sweet, versatile, woody, zesty, and very pleasant.

I've been lurking for a while now so I thought it was about time I contribute something. I've decided my first should be my current favourite - Dior Homme Sport. I first discovered this at Nice Airport earlier this year. I loved that orangey citrus burst followed by a classy vanilla-esque drydown which is very similar to the original Dior Homme. I tried to find it when I returned to the UK but soon discovered a problem - I had tried the brand spanking at-the-time unreleased anywhere but France, 2012 reformulation. In the meantime however I did try the old formula DHS though, which I found to be quite a bit different. It starts off with incredibly zingy lemon citrus as opposed to orange, with grapefruit and ginger. It wasn't too long before I started reading up on these two versions and through other's opinions of old and new reformulations and my own testing when the new reform was finally released in the UK, I came to the decision that the old formula was the one for me - it smells better and is longer lasting. So, I bought a bottle of old DHS, taking care to buy the correct one (black square, not grey). I had the choice of cosmetic code 1Zxx (2011) or a 9Fxx (2009), but thinking as they were both the old formula I would go for the later one which would be good for longer. It must have taken about a week of using my 2011 DHS to realise something was not right. The scent was exactly what I expected of the old DHS formula, lemony grapefruit ginger loveliness, however this stuff was lasting 2 hours max, and had little to no projection. Nothing like the test bottle in Debenhams. So I went back to Debenhams and give the tester another go. I was livid! The tester lasted all day from 9am and was still going strong the next day. Still projecting until I left work at about 4pm. So I exchanged my 2011 for the 2009 bottle at Debenhams (no mean feat I can tell you). And lo and behold the 2009 bottle is amazing in longevity and projection, just like the tester. So, to conclude - it is my opinion that Dior actually reformulated DHS before the official reformulation in 2012. Dior may not have changed the actual scent, but they definitely changed the potency quite substantially. This would go some way to explain why some reviewers in this thread say how amazing the longevity and projection is, while some say it lasts merely hours. If your local shop still sells old formula DHS, my advice is to go for as early a bottle as you can. The only difference I could find between bottles was the 2011 bottle had the CD logo embossed on the top of the spritzer, while the 2009 bottle has no logo. Hope this helps any prospective buyers!

I have fond memories with this one. I remember when I first bought it at one of the perfume outlets within one of the malls near where I live that has since closed. I have bought many fragrances from there with this one being included in that list. When I first sprayed it on, I said I wanted to test it on skin because I didn't feel like a "sporty" fragrance would do well on the test strip. Let's say I'm glad I tested it on skin. I might have passed this one up. Here's the testing: The Smell: The name of the game in this is the Lemon/Ginger combo. It's very linear, meaning, it's not going to really deviate from this smell. I get it from start to finish and, honestly, that's okay. It's a sport fragrance. It's not meant to blow your freakin' head off or have "complexity." It's meant to be simple and smell good. I believe it accomplished both. I love the smell. I have one of the original formulations of this and I have about half of a bottle remaining so I use it sparingly as I have been told the scent profile changed slightly. I don't know if there is any truth to that as I have not tested the recent version of DHS. Going off of what I have, I enjoy it. Smell: 8/10 Projection: DHS projects for about 2 hours and then dies down to a skin scent until its gone. Its a sport fragrance so I didn't expect mind blowing projection. It does last though. If someone gets in the "intimate" area, they'll smell you. Projection: 5/10 Versatility: Anytime, Anywhere. You can pull this off easily. It's very inoffensive and light enough that it can be used in just about any setting. Versatility: 10+/10 Price: From Dior's website, $82 for 75 mL ($1.09 per mL), $102 for 125 mL ($0.82 per mL), $140 for 200 mL ($0.70 per mL). I have the 75 mL version so this will be the price point I will reference. No matter which size you choose, you're going to get good value for your money. Price: 8/10 I really enjoyed this one. This is probably one of the only sports fragrances that I have tried that actually smelled great and lasted on my skin. If the rumors are true, then this scent has probably changed from what it used to be. I'm hoping this isn't true because I love wearing this in the warmer months. It's one of my go-to scents because of its versatility and wearability.

Heres my favorite fresh/citrus/lemony/sweet/ginger designer sport fragrance. IMHO one of the best citrus fragrance out there in line with chanel allure sport but not too lemony AKA lemon mirangue pie. This one has a ginger prominant base. This is not your typical sport lemon/citrus scent this one has class, sophistication, confident and elegance. This one is a total stunner i get compliments period out of ten people i have asked about this scent all they say is "it smells good" no negative feedback on this one so far. works very well on summer but you can wear it all year around. The scent reminds me of ginger soaked with sugar cane syrup blended with lemon and grapefruit very well balanced not synthetic at all. Just for info this has been reformulated i have not smell the reform one but this is getting hard to find now so get it while you can cause it will disappear soon. this last 7-10 hours tops on me very good for a fresh scent sillage average but on warm days a beast. definitely deserves a bottle in your collection. This is one of those fragrance that if i run out i willl be very piss off for those who loves it re-stock while you can. A very elagant sport fragrance indeed my rate longevity 8/10 very good for a fresh fragrance 6-8 hours on my skin better on humid days. sillage average 8/10 projects more on hot days uniqueness 9/10 id say the only ginger based sport frag done well over all smell 9/10 for me great my fave summer scent price vs quality 10/10 for me 70 dollars on your retail store if you can find one its very hard to find now cause theyre being replaced by the reform version. versatility works well on hot/warm days but a good all year around perfume.

Dior Homme Sport by Christian Dior This is one of my favorite citrus-based fragrances and definitely my favorite 'sport' fragrance. Other than its name it bears no resemblance to the other Dior Homme fragrances. So I will not be comparing it to them. I'll keep the review simple... DHS opens up with a fresh, invigorating blast of citrus in which the dominant note is grapefruit. In my opinion the grapefruit is done very well in that it manages to walk a fine line between the sweet and bitter. I've smelled fragrances that delve into both areas and prefer how Dior has chosen to do it here the most. As the citrus settles, an energetic and vibrant ginger-note emerges at the heart. Well supported by the citrus, this ginger note persists for the duration of the scent and never leaves. What I love about Dior Homme Sport is while the Citrus and Ginger create a wonderfully invigorating center, a subtle aquatic atmosphere develops in the background and rests around it. So while you have this charged, energetic heart-center, there is this calm and refreshing aura holding it in place. The aquatic feel that DHS develops is not oceanic in any sense but more along the lines of cool spring water. Longevity is great for a fragrance of this kind...I get 6 to 8 hours every time. Projection is excellent....not a monster or cloying at all, but very evident. I wore it in smoky Atlantic City casinos and it cut right through the smoke like a knife. Responses have all been positive when wearing this. Great as a casual date scent, gym scent, or hanging out with your buddies. I highly recommend this.