Dolce&Gabbana Pour Homme (2012)

This Perfume has a Story!! My Brother used to have this perfume since a Long Time, he owns the Vintage Italy Version and also a UK Version, Now he gave me the Italy Version and i bought the French Version. Just to say the UK Version is also good but it doesnt exist anymore so even if u have it, use it because its still a good Fragrance. Here comes the story: My Brother came ones to a Birthday Party at my Appartment, and he is a very good looking James Dean but more muscular type of dude. He had a nice Checked Shirt on and wore this Perfume. I immediately knew it was D&G Pour Homme (UK or Vintage doesnt matter in the air they all smell the same) but what i noticed more was that this Fragrance is fitted so perfectly too his look and the way this perfume was projecting so clean, so soapy, so likeable. After this situation i said i also want come across to people like my brother came to me with this perfume. My brother looked already good with his fashion but this perfume was adding even more to it. The Scent: So this Perfume is really high class and it is soooo extremely likeable, u can't do anything wrong with it, anyplace, anywhere, everytime, all seasons, it goes always and it is soooo masculine! For a Fragrance from 1994 which a lot people say that Fragrances from that era are outdated, this Fragrance will never be outdated, again that scenario with my Brother showed me that this perfume is not outdated. It will be always a Masterpiece and i think that the Fragrance does really extremely well his Job. Always beeing likeable and smelling GREAT!!! About the different version: Italy version: I have the Italy now and i have to say that the Italy Version has more of a Mature vibe, sometimes i think that the Fragrance is maybe going bad, but the Italy version has a more Tabac vibe and more of mature thing. But it is still a pleasent fragrance!! and does the same Job like the others. Longevity: Perfect! UK Version: On Youtube some say it is not a godd version, but ithink it is still a good version, u noticed it is DG Pour Homme and if u wear it in the air u still likeable. Longevity : Perfect! France Version: This is what comes close to the Italy version but only in the drydown, but more modernised. The Tabac is kind of better balanced out and the Opening is more Citrusi, But again it is very Pleasent!! Longevity Perfect! The Longevity are all very good of this Fragrances! So doesnt matter which version u have! They all Good and get the job done!!! Edit: For some of u who i really looking for signature scent or an allrounder, or a dumb reach. This is really it!!! Dont looke anyfurther. Who ever made this perfume has no Idea what for a wonderful Job he did. Smelling great like my Brother.

#118 of My Fragrance Journey - Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme: The architecture of Italian sunlight. It doesn't announce itself. That's the first thing. Italian lemon, but not the kind that shouts - it flashes, wide awake, then steps back. Tarragon moving through it like shadow through light, green and faintly bitter, keeping the whole thing from going sweet or obvious. Most modern fresh fragrances burst. This one unfolds. Carefully, at its own pace, like spring coming back gradually rather than all at once. And there's something strange about how familiar it feels immediately. Not because you've smelled it before necessarily - more like it belongs to a category of things you already know. A fine-tuning of the 1994 DNA, the Mediterranean in a sharp blazer, matured rather than updated. Lavender and clary sage come in quietly, herbal and composed. Not polished - composed. Someone loosening the top button as the afternoon gets warmer. That kind of ease. The warmth was already there underneath from the beginning, just waiting. Sandalwood, coumarin, soft cashmeran - when they arrive, it doesn't feel like a transition so much as the fragrance finally settling into itself fully. Warmth spreading from the shoulders down, slow enough that you don't notice until it's already happened. Worth knowing: performance shifts depending on where the bottle was made. Some feel vivid and grounded, four to six hours of clean presence. Others fade before the afternoon properly starts. That inconsistency is genuinely frustrating if you're chasing a specific experience - and slightly poetic if you're not. Each wearing becomes a quiet attempt to catch something that doesn't always show up the same way twice. It's not dramatic. Not nostalgic exactly. Just quietly certain in a way that most classics have stopped managing. Cool morning linen. Green branches through an open window. The first warm hand against cold skin. Composure over spectacle. Every time. Vibe: Crisp linen, freshly shaved skin, afternoon shade under an orange tree. Performance: Variable by origin - four to six hours on a good bottle, less on others. Skin-close and clean throughout. Fit: You wear this when you want to project absolute, unshakeable calm - and mean it rather than perform it. Does a classic like this still hold its ground for you - or do the formulation shifts make it feel like chasing something that isn't quite there anymore? More scent stories and visuals on Instagram - @lavendercloudsjd

I like to think that I'm calculated when it comes to fragrance choices, researching every last note to approximate a smell before ever actually smelling it. Everyone lies to themselves at some point. D&G Pour Homme was an impulse buy at TJMaxx. I'd read about it on here before, and I knew they switched back to Italian production, so when I read "Made In Italy" I knew it was a decent call. It's a massive 200ml bottle, made in 2020 which I found odd. Turns out that prior to 2023/2024 when D&G changed production, only the 200ml bottles were made in Italy... for some reason. The scent itself is textbook "pleasant." Starts with a sweet rush of oranges and lemons, really makes the senses work overtime (Any XTC fans here?). What sticks around is a delightful haze of lavender, vanilla, sage, and slightly bitter tobacco. Gets a little spicy at the end, not Bel Ami spicy, but like a pinch of pepper. It's very soft, and quite suave. Extremely versatile too, fresh enough to work with shorts while running errands, but still refined enough to dress up. I have zero experience with the fabled 1994 version (which according to some 20 year old forums, wasn't as incredible as people make it out to be now), nor the French and German ones. The Italian one gives me at least about seven hours with two sprays depending on the season, doesn't fill a room (a good thing in my opinion), and doesn't like the cold. I don't like, nor endorse, overspraying, but if you HAD to do it then I would pick this. Pour Homme is a very clean version of a lot of scents that're crammed into the "barbershop" genre. Eau Sauvage has that slightly sweaty floral, Guerlain Vetiver is earthy, L'Eau D'Issey (a contemporary of the original D&G Pour Homme) has sour yuzu, and Habit Rouge has that dusty rose. D&G Pour Homme's "dirtiest" aspect is the tobacco, but it lends itself more to a soapiness rather than sweaty skin or a gardener with his pipe. Some people value bottle design, I'm indifferent vergeing on persnickity (I don't like Le Male's). This is a very simple bottle, its smooth curves reflect the stuff inside. The velveteen box is just... decadent. Real nice. In 200ml form, the design turns downright monolithic, but the large base makes it almost unwieldy. Not that big of a deal, just a note for those it may matter to. I like Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme. It's up there with Eau Sauvage for most elegant "summer in a bottle" vibes. Not bad for an unexpected addition to the collection.

As a child of the early 90s, this fragrance is bottled nostalgia... A few years ago, an old customer of mine and I were discussing fragrances and Pour Homme came up. I expressed to him that the original bottle "with the sticker" is hard to find nowadays. He casually said "I have one at home I never wear, I'll bring it in for you." My jaw dropped and a few hours later I had a vintage bottle in my hands - made in Italy. I loved it, but after a few wears I began to notice some sour top notes and I ended up giving it away to a close friend who was lusting over it. Flash forward to last week, when out of nowhere, thoughts of it came flooding into my head. I'm not entirely sure why, but I suddenly had a longing for it. After some research, I gathered that the "best" reformulation was supposedly the made in France edition distributed by Shiseido. And while I know nothing can compare to the original, I had to quell my curiosity and buy a bottle, especially at the meager price of $40 USD. I received my bottle today and I'm wearing it as I type this. I have to say, it's beautiful. This version is well blended and totally worth it's humble price tag. Is it an incredibly dynamic, revolutionary scent? Not particularly. But not everything needs to be an exercise in newness. I find things that echo a history - a capsule, a time when people were different and things were simpler - to be endearing and enjoyable. That being said, I still believe the scent is wonderful and imminently wearable in the 2020s. More so than many new cotton-candy designers and avant-garde niche fragrances. Longevity has been decent at 4-5 hours in and projection is about average. Concerning the scent itself: this lays somewhere between Versace's the Dreamer and YSL's L'Homme. The scent profile is closer to the Dreamer, with it's combination of "fresh" tobacco and lavender on a tonka-coumarin base, though I find Pour Homme to be much cleaner and rounder than The Dreamer. There's no loudness here. This is intimate. And while it smells almost nothing like YSL's L'homme, there is a certain spiritual connection between the two that makes me smile. It could be the aromachemicals that they share, being from around the same era. I like to think it's the bottled zeitgest of the late 20th century. Absolutely worth it's humble price, if not for anything but to smell history.

It is funny to realize again that instead of chasing the next “big” thing, we can look to the past and find more pleasing scents. This is not the first time this has happened to me this year. I can’t believe I still haven’t reviewed this blast from the past, even though I had a miniature edition in 2017, which, sadly, I don’t remember how it smelled. My answer is a resounding yes for all of you wondering whether this oldie release is still worth buying in 2025 and beyond. However, for those who wish to discover it for the first time, this review is just for you. TOP NOTES As the notes suggest, Pour Homme opens up with a fresh burst of citrus. Realistically, you’d be hard-pressed to pinpoint any of the specified citrus notes, but the overall feeling is like a fresh citrus garden. Combined with this zest, soapy Neroli mixes for an invigorating quality that instantly transports me to a sunlit Mediterranean morning. HEART NOTES Once the initial citrus fades, the fragrance’s heart takes center stage. I’m a big sucker for lavender-based scents, and this is just what I love in my citrus-oriented perfumes. A hefty dose of lavender that gets more peppery as the fragrance sits longer on your skin. BASE NOTES A genius move from D&G was to include a fresh dose of hay-like tobacco into the dry down, creating a warm and inviting finish that lingers on the skin. I’m going to be honest with you: If I hadn’t read the notes online, I wouldn’t have known that the slight sweetness and woodiness were coming from cedar and tonka beans. The overall quality is here, but anyone with years of experience in this hobby will know that the ingredients here were not the most expensive. OVERALL I appreciate how Dolce&Gabbana has managed to preserve the classic elements of Pour Homme while still keeping it relevant for today’s modern man. Whether it’s the perfectly crafted bottle, the well-balanced aroma, or the positive comments I receive, Pour Homme remains a standout fragrance in my collection. Not a masterpiece, but not bad at all. Read the full review at scentgrail (.) com