Je Suis un Homme

Now, my new full bottle purchase and my third leathery cologne in the wardrobe - next to Bel Ami and Royal Vintage. Je Suis un Homme comes from the citrusy direction, you get the bitter orange touch with the smoke, you might even think of the Terre line for a moment, then it becomes clear what the ancestors were: Versace L'Homme and Armani Eau Pour Homme. Same citrus opening, similar herbal spiciness, less woods, ambers and florals. And Je suis is less old fashioned, less pungent aftershave like. What sets it apart from the old relatives, is the smooth and warm cognac note, the smoky birch note that gives a slightly modern touch, and all that lays on a tasty cinnamon bed. Well...its also strong in cloves, which I enjoy. What I find amazing is that how long I can feel the warmth of the cognac, leather and cinnamon in composition while the citruses doesnt fade in 5 minutes. Longevity is a decent, up to 8+ hours. But wait, this is a leather forward perfume. Comparing to other leathers, this leather is not the animalic one, nor the luxury, silky car interior style. Je Suis un Homme is warm, citrusy and spicy perfume with a cognac twist, where leather plays supporting role and gives depth, but its not in your face. A beautiful tribute to the classics.

The most beautiful impression comes last. That is my relation whit this house. I respect the complete Etienne idea of releasing a unique and futuristic products, Antoine Lie who is main ELDO nose is one of the most taletend perfumers of new era. His style is so radical and unacceptable to many people. The market is full of Antoines mindbllowing frsgrances, so obviously this is not "the best one" but i personaly prefer this over his other creations. This is what i call NICHE classic, just a slightly different from the other Eldos because leans towards strict classicism. Goes in a same vein as Versace L'Homme, Smells exactly like name said "i am a man". Strong, bold and prominent masculine. Smooth latex leather mixed with sour lemon and bergamot, there is a birch in a base which gives a smokey incency character. Sillage is pretty gentle but longevity is about average. Forbidden for age under the 30.

a 1970's testosterone laden retro perfume. Nostalgic to many older men and alien to most of the younger ones. A dated, sharp, citrusy and in your face scent at first (made on purpose obviously), something along the lines on Brut d' Faberge, and the likes. I was taken for a brief moment to Times Square at night in the 1970's when I was in high school. Then the perfume takes just a little bit of this retro scent and travels forward into the future to mix it with something more modern, morphing to something still masculine but more edgy, current, unique, wearable, elegant and with its own character. Not a linear composition by all means. Wonderful. It dries down to something very likeable and enjoyable. It is in my to-buy list.

Reminds me of barber shop aftershave and the Stetson cologne I used to buy my dad when I was a little kid. I love the smell, but for the price, I think I would rather just buy Stetson and some aftershave then mix them together. I think the accords in this could be improved with the introduction of juniper berry (think the smell of gin), and skip the patchouli. It really isn't adding anything here, imo. Btw, I am a 33yo woman and I still like the notes in this, even though they are traditionally more masculine. I don't get much clove or lemon, and the cinnamon is well balanced and not overbalanced.

I am currently wearing this, having stolen a bit from the sample I gave my boyfriend ~_^ I get the citruses from this, just a bit of leather and spice. This stuff smells of pure quality and it is very apparent that its a niche. It must be the bergamot and lemon that gives it a 'grapefruit' scent (smooth grapefruit like Lush's 'Whoosh', not raw like Guerlain's 'Pampelune'. God I love them both, and this). Grapefruit scents always make me deliriously happy, as do bright lemony scents and I definitely get that from this :) My boyfriend loves it as well. I would buy a full bottle sometime :)

Classic leathery cologne, more full bodied than Cologne from the same house, thanks to the leather heart. Opens very lemony, than goes through a cloves and leather combo, and ends with a pleasant musky/boozy cinnamon note. Here, Antoine Lie probably aimed at blending a modern, rounder, slightly sweeter take of Versace L'Homme (that some nose broken people downvoted in the reminds me of section - whatever), and that's a hit! Projection is just moderate, and longevity could have been better though. Still, a big love for me! A great spring (and possibly summer) days fragrance, 30+

What a heavenly dream! Ohh I love it. This is joy at first sniff, if Napoleon smelled like this, I want to be his Josephine. This smells so expensive and exclusive, incredibly sexy, reminds me of a vintage cologne. This is so heady, fresh, it is making me delirious. Though it does not smell like Habit Rouge, I would put this in the same category, having a luxurious leather saddle and boots smell, with fresh citrus, and is super sexual.

I love it. Citrus and leather, very good in spring and summer. A classic and class one, clean and dirty, in a paradoxical way : Je suis un homme, I'm your man, I'm your fan, no doubt! @ Karlovonamesti : Je suis un homme = I am a man. No need to be gifted in language. ;-) Bravo. 8,5 / 10

This is really manly and sexy, especially for autumn/winter. The only problem I have with this one is that there is something in here which I m allergic to. Scent: 9/10 Longevity: 8/10 Projection: 8/10

Good classic men's scent in the trend of Givenchy Xeryus and Armani Eau Pour Homme. Opens fresh and citrussy, dries a little warmer with leather, cognac, cloves and cinnamon. Delicious! 91

The initial blast of leathery medicinal smell is almost too much, although impressive, but it quickly changes into something much more wearable and masculine in a very good way. See, this is not virility in the sense of the Hugo Boss crap that tries so hard to make a straight men sure of his sexuality that it's actually completely and utterly gay. (As in pathetic. And, you know, gay.) This man doesn't really need to prove anything to anybody. Il est un homme, quite simply, straight or not. And when you smell this gorgeous mix of dusty old leather and background cleanness on him, you might not even straight away recognize it as perfume. The citruses make it fresh, leather and patchouli turn it very skin-like and even sweaty. Very attractive.

Between all those inventive, original and sometimes excentric ELdO scents this is behaps the biggest surprise of them all; a very classic man's scent that can fit right in between your bottles of Zino, Knize Ten and Floris Elite. Although slightly citrusly, it is mainly leather and spices that I smell on my skin. A classic, vintage scent that is well balanced. After I put it on I was waiting for a twist....something that made it a typical ELdO scent.....that all of a sudden there would be raspberries, or inscenses. You can wait long, because the scent lasts long but dont expect any twists with this scent. It stays classic, vintage all the way to the end. A great scent, but because of it not a great ELdO.

Je suis un homme is a classical masculine scent. Woody, Green and spicy. It remember me to the barber scents a bit more spicy with a Big amount of cloves. The opening is a bit more fresh and citric while the dry down is a bit more Woody with the pachulí and a very soft leather. It is not bad but is not my type of perfume. The perfoance is moderate. The longevity is not bad but the sillage is very soft after the first hour. People Who likes perfumes like bogart signatura may like this one. Good for everyday use. More masculine than feminine for me. Scent: 6 Longevity: 8 Sillage: 6 Quality/price: 5 Versatility: 6 Global: 6.5

My father would have liked this. Very elegant. Fresh and invigorating at first due to bergamot and lemon, but soon giving way to leather, cloves, and cinnamon. I get a slight churchy note as well, almost frankincense but it is the myrtle, funnily enough. Birch and Cognac underpin the classical character of this scent but are way too faint for this daring brand. In fact the entire concoction would be more suitable for an ARMANI Classic relaunch. Not strong or bold enough. Given the kudos this brand has garnered by now and what they are capable of I'd only give this a 5/10. (Had it been Armani, then I'd give it an 8/10)

This is a leather perfume on my skin. Unfortunately not a good one for me. I would definitely be attracted to this scent on a guy. I imagine is smells amazing on a guy. I would hope so with this name. I smell bergamot for a few seconds and then the leather kicks in. More like kicks the door in and takes over. I think the citrus notes make the leather smell even more dry and masculine. I don't smell any patchouli, but I do like the clove dry down. I was really hoping to be able to wear this perfume and I'll be eternally jealous of any girl who can.

i have a sample of this one, at the beginning it gives the splash of the essence of the splash zesty lemony that you can smell in an arabic barbershop, cleanness and repetitive, so it was a drawback, then after a while on my wrest i guess the essence of a leather it gives is similar to something burned or something EXACTLY like the smell of a fireworks on my skin, quite weird but very interesting to me. i guess ill give it another try cause im thinking to get one.

A citrus-leather combination with a vintage vibe done with today materials. At the beginning it is refreshing with the citrus notes mixed with the cinnamon and the other spices. At the end becomes a classic masculine fragrance with a strong birch-leather,patchouli combination which takes you back to the 70,s and early 80,s. It is elegant,think of Knize and Patou pour homme,but not that deep and rich.And it is powdery. Nice.

After the quite conventional citrus / bergamot opening, Je Suis Un Homme turns to a classic bitter animalic leather frag with a slight modern twist. Maybe not what you would expect by one of the most controversial brand ever but yet a very interesting composition with an impeccable touch of class. Recommended! Je Suis Ce Que Je Suis. Rating: 8/10

From the tester, this seemed to open very floral to me but soon became a very pronounced sweet yet masculine leather. Projection and longevity are both a step above the average designer fragrance. I can definitely believe the claim in the description that Napoleon wore this.

very nice to my nose! I can find cognac accord, myrte much myrte,a synthetic lemon leather and cloves!! the right dosage of bitter and a tip of sweet. very manly but not staid or too much serious

A fresh cologne anchored in a soft leather. No smoke or BBQ here, just a light citrus with some warm cinnamon and cloves.

What would Napoleon, who famously asked his wife not to wash before their reunions, smell like? Well Etat Libre d'Orange's answer is based on campaigning Boney, all saddle leather and gunsmoke (birch) and overweening megalomania. I'm honestly not sure why other reviewers are discussing colognes as the general's favourite orange-lemon fragrance (not much bergamot for me here) is over in 10 minutes flat and you're left surveying the battlefield and walking amongst your cavalry. In the end this one is all about leather and birch, underscored with spicy woodiness from the cloves and patchouli, very dry and wolfish. I agree with those who say it's not a young smell, nor an everyday one. In fact I'm not sure where you'd wear it. To invade Malta? It's a shame it's been discontinued though. I guess not enough people wanted to smell like a 200 year old field armoury. And there are days (a few of them) when I do.

I had to give this to my dad. It smells fresh and soapy but has this Kouros/Égoïste vibe that works better on an older man.

Upon getting the same (from arelleshoshanna.com), the first thing I did was hit up google to find a few reviews. The first hit, from the pourmonsieurblog, describes it a clone of Creed’s Neroli Sauvage. After trying it on my skin, I have to agree, as long as the top notes stuck around. Stronger and more tenacious than the Creed (NS usually leaves me in a matter of minutes, never to be smelled again until reapplication), the ELDO offering also had a more pronounced candy nuance (it was sweeter than the Creed). Hopes boosted, that I had finally found a viable, longer lasting (and cheaper) substitute, found, much to my dismay, that this also has a pronounced Cypress accord. Much like Tom Ford’s Italian Cypress (in my opinion, one of the worst of the TF line), this is all cypress in the base (surprised this is not listed in the note pyramid). A definite pass for me, but highly recommend trying this if you like TF Italian Cypress (but not the price).

Unfortunately I'm going to have to say no. It opens with a nice burst of fresh "green" leather but then I get a kind of burning joss stick accord from all the cloves. I must be particular sensitive to cloves so I notice it a lot in this. There are other interesting things going on in this apart from the cloves, so if you like cloves or at least are not particularly bothered by cloves, then apart from the cloves you might like the things about it which are not cloves. But I get lots of cloves. Cloves. I would like this more if it had less cloves. Edited a few hours later: the cloves note has calmed down a bit and there seems to be a nice animalic base which is neither too 1980's nor too fluffy, so that's nice, and I will definitely try more from this house as long as they don't have cloves in.

This perfume is a glorification of manly odors. It starts bright, lemony, minty, leathery, rich and heavy. But those layers fade away with time, almost like getting undressed and revealing a truth. It goes from a long shiny fairy tale about a big bad nasty deceitful wolf to a sweaty, naked and vulnerable man. At the drydown the fragrance smells like sweat, more bothersome and sour than sexy, and quite realistic. It almost smells like a faint odor of a person's private parts. This fragrance tells a story. But you have to follow every step to get the plot. And the ending is not a happy one.

I've discovered artificial citrus note at the opening but after 5 minutes here comes the leather with an accord of cloves. Quite solid, elegant and rich scent and it could easily be unisex at least for my nose.

Just wasted my money on a decant of this garbage. It’s smells like old man. It’s a scent for anyone 60-80 years old. It almost smells like vaporub and an old church mixed together. One spray was enough to stink up my house, so I guess it projects well. I don’t recommend this to anyone on the young side, unless u like to smell like a gramps.

In my 200+ collection this is the one that I would def put on a "10 Only Desert Island List". With the masculine classics like Eau Sauvage, Bel Ami and Aramis having been castrated beyond recognition, this (sadly discontinued) ELDO offering is the one that I reach for when I want to communicate class, virility and self-confidence. It's basically an impecabble classical structure of petroleum-like leather and citrus beautifully modernized with novel materials that - for a change - do not smell cheap and are not there to choke everyone out and stick for weeks to every surface you touch. I feel amazing when wearing Je Suis Un Homme and find myself reaching for it more often than for another great with the classical vibe, i.e. Nicolai's New York, maybe because of the more ornamented and festive aura of the latter. Summing up, buy it online while you still can, even if you're a younger guy. You may not get it now, but I think you will eventually, and - trust me - sooner than later fragrances like this will no longer be available and in high demand. Rugged yet never tasteless or obnoxious. This stuff quite simply smells good.

No you are just another phoney retro, super-strong smokey birch-tar green /herbal Niche market bandwagon roll-on Clone that think it has one of those carefree, ultra-blase headlines for a Title! Yet this one has the audacity to amplify and morph into the smoked-leather beast even more, possibly 1 of the worst 'modern' iterations of it's type. It's loud, offensive, animalic, bitter, total green-charred leather, bitter-orange, petitgrain, more herbs, more bitter aromatics and all the rest of that 'dark side of the pwerhouse 80's' vibe. Being a Niche, the upscale ingredients come out eventually even here to give a glimmer of refinement and 'what could have been' but,, Nope sorry, it's 2015. Not 1890, not 1982. We've had enough now, thanks. Scent: 2/10. Quality: 8/10.

Etat Libre D'Orange does Z-14. There's a pleasantly dry lemon-citrus top note, which segues into a woody cinnamon-leather base, and eventually thins into a warm musk. It smells okay, but lacks the floral and mossy notes that make the Halston fragrance so interesting (in any of its formulations). JSuH winds up smelling rather boring and flat instead. Save yourself $70 by passing on this and geting Z-14 - its materials are of equal quality, its composition is superior, and you won't have to butcher the French language every time someone asks what you're wearing.

This is a very retro scent, I love it....sounds weird stuff but it reminds me of this old pino silvestro that my grandfather used to wear but with a lot more depth, I get some leathery cypress in the opening with a nice churchy piney smokey dry down..... I love it, but it's not for everyone, there's something manly and blue collar about it that is just awesome tho, I am basing this review off of a sample but this is def a buy for me.. The most masculine scent in the ELDO line IMO

Yep, fersure this is a masculine fragrance. It's gorgeous though, with the clean, almost spicy leather and expansive citrus. The citrus is almost dry, but has a radiance. The boozy, slightly scorched patchouli starts making it's appearance as the citrus opening fades. One of the most animalic fragrances I've tried, but in a really macho way. While I really enjoy JSuH I won't be buying it because it's too masculine, even for me.

"Je Suis un Homme" says it all. This is a very elegant masculine fragrance.A frangrance you would probably smell on the red carpet at the Oscars. Classic charmers like Humphrey Bogart or George Clooney would be wearing this. I imagine a library with leather chesterfield sofas,draped with elegant males drinking fine french cognac and smoking imported aromatic cigars.

It has a similar vibe to Azzaro pour homme. Buy it if you can!! This is just in one world: AMAZING!! I'm always complimented. Bravo ELDO, this is a real men's cologne!! You will smell the quality of this juice! Worth every penny! Scent: 10/10 Longevity 8,5/10 (8-11 hours) Sillage: 8,5 /10 ( 4-6 hours) Projection: 9/10 (beastly first hour, good until 5 hour)

An hour after application and I agree with those who say this is a less complex Z-14 (not the recent cinnamon-dominant formulation). The dry citrus really dominates with my skin chemistry, and I'm definitely not a fan of that kind of thing. No cognac or much of anything else that might have made this interesting, but I'll update if things change.

At first this scent is very mixed. The first notes I get are probably the myrtle, somewhat minty, with citrusy notes blended in. Very quickly the smoke leather emerges and, then, takes over. After only a few minutes all I smell is the leather, and a bit tarry at that. Hours later the Leather seems to have faded leaving a very plesant spicy note.

i get the very slightest hint of smoke in the background, which surprisingly works quite well in the fragrance. it is quite cold, and i actually get a bit of a menthol effect from this. unquestioningly too masculine for me, but i would really enjoy smelling this on someone else i think

Smells a lot like incense at a Catholic mass once everything settles down, then it unfortunately turns soapy on my skin. I don't particularly care for leather or patchouli, though both are really nice in this. The mix of spices is also pleasant and not too warm or harsh.

opens very fresh cologne style citrus classic scent (1hr). dries down to a cinnamon/leather combo with cloves a total u turn. stay clear if you dislike cinnamon.does a total u turn. not for everyone.

Like Cuir de Lancome with a little touch of Oeilleres... it’s perfect and very unisex. Soft leather, bitter herbs, the perfect amount of citrus. Highly addictive.

A great vintage that doesn't give off the old fashioned vibe.I love spraying this on my hand and feeling it every time I use my hand

Praticamente il vecchio Capucci pour Homme, con una durata sulla pelle di circa un'ora.. mi sembra un po' poco...

Opens citrussy like Dior Eau Sauvage edt. Then lentisque and rubber like Bvlgari Black or Sisley Eau d’Ikar.

Very nice perfume with considerable Great scent with a good price

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