Guerlain Homme

I don't understand the reviews which classify this as "generic" or "synthetic" or "poor quality." It's not any of those. Guerlain Homme is a completely modern fragrance with a fantastic mojito note in the opening--fresh lime, mint, and rum immediately deliver a fun, upbeat attitude that simply feels good. The opening accord is superb and one that I have not encountered in any other fragrance to date. Not only is it well executed (clean, smooth, and balanced), but it feels NEW. And I think that's the problem many Guerlain traditionalists have with this fragrance--it's a departure from their classic men's lineup of Heritage, Habit Rouge, and Vetiver. Well...get over it. I think Guerlain Homme was very intelligently crafted, i.e., it fits right in with the modern mainstream men's market while remaining distinct and altogether different from anything else that's out there. Nothing smells like this. And furthermore, Homme smells better than 95% of its contemporary competition. I had heard terrible things about it until I actually tried it myself while in a local Sephora. I was expecting it to be bad (bland and redundant), but instead I liked it immediately and bought it on the spot. This was after sampling numerous 'modern' men's fragrances beforehand, so I can honestly say that this stood out from the crowd and also head and shoulders above it. Around the two or three hour mark, Guerlain Homme transitions into a pleasant, woody base with a light, white musk as traces of its opening accord occasionally waft in and out. The sillage of this fragrance is fine, in fact its quite good, and the longevity is actually better than you may initially perceive it to be. Just like its flanker, Homme L'Eau, this is one that other people notice much later on in the day while you have all but forgotten it's even there. So I would say the projection is good and the longevity just above average. Best in the Spring and Summer, Guerlain Homme is well-suited for work and socializing outside of work. It's an easy wear that leans toward the casual, carefree side of the spectrum. It feels like a day time scent, but wouldn't be out of place at night. I highly recommend Guerlain Homme to anyone looking for something unique and uplifting with a cool, modern edge. As a side note, the Intense version differs in several ways: It features a strong rhubarb note, which gives it more of a dark, fruity quality. The mojito note is not as strong either. Also, Intense lasts much longer, but projects less. So, increased longevity but decreased sillage. Finally, the Intense version is darker and richer, while Guerlain Homme regular is brighter with greater diffusive properties The other flanker to Guerlain Homme, Guerlain Homme L'Eau, has much more citrus to it (smells like lemon and lime to me), and is fairly different than Homme. It's an EXCELLENT summer fragrance, possibly my favorite, and is definitely worth looking at.

I'm going to edit this review because I've been learning more in my journey. I've finally been exposed to quite a few Dior's and Guerlain's. Frankly, even though I've been a collector some time, since I didn't own but maybe Fahrenheit, and only had Guerlain's Vetiver, I just knew that Dior and Guerlain seemed to be unique and good, but after getting 3-4 bottles from the Dior Homme line-up, and getting this and its intense and Bois brothers and LIDGE, I now can say my opinions regarding this fragrance has evolved. So, Guerlain and Dior are in a class of their own for the designer game. These fragrances are works of art and are made up of ingredients that outshine other Designer houses. You can only tell this when you wear a lot of different one's. There's just something uniquely Guerlain. Call it quality of ingredients, I don't know, but there's a way that their fragrances wear on your skin. It's like they all smell different, but they aerate the same way. If you only have one of their fragrances it's not as obvious, but if you wear a bunch of them and other fragrances by different houses, you start to notice this quality is really shared amongst the Guerlain's and is non-existent in fragrances from other Houses. Now, people seem to be marking this one as a generic type smell and they just seem miffed that Guerlain made something this mass market friendly. Let me tell you, it doesn't smell like anything else I have. It's not an obvious competitor to Bleu De Chanel, Sauvage, or ADG Profumo, which are obviously made to battle it out against each other for our bucks. This one, they say has this mojito vibe. I've never had one, so can't compare. This fragrance is slightly sugary, only slightly, and has some fruit type masculine smell. In a way, it kind of reminds me of what the Pineapple accomplishes in Aventus. Nice fruity fresh, but maybe just a hint of Vetiver or something to keep it masculine. This is the perfect fragrance for me, most of the time. Definitely, the highest of quality from a designer house. It has that Guerlain aeration quality that all the Guerlains have, except in a fresher type fragrance. While others are saying "no", to Guerlain making something this mass market friendly, I'm saying "Boh Hell Yeah, Guerlain's making something mass market friendly!" And, that brings Guerlain quality to something amazingly wearable. There's nothing un-unique about it. I don't have anything that smells like it. It's a unique take on a fresher fragrance, no doubt. I wear this to the office, I wear it at home, I wear it anywhere and it fits. This is probably the closest thing I have to a signature scent because I just want to wear it all the time. My favorite in the game right now and for the past few months.

@kralad5 There are two different bottles for Guerlain Homme The original as showed in the pictures above... with a metallic front and the new bottle only made of glass... go the the Guerlain website and take a look... It looks a lot better... and @neo_xx Guerlain Homme is my signature scent... and I tell you why... The citrus of this Edt is very special... it is inspired by the drink mojito... Sylvaine Delacourte was travelling in Cuba and fell in love for the drink scent... Mojito is made of rum, sugar, mint and lime... Back to France she told her experience to Wasser. He thought it would be interesting to use those scents in the fragrance he was developing... It happened to be his first fragrance on Guerlain house... He was the pupil of Jean Paul Guerlain, who was responsible for TRUE MASTERPIECES in perfumery like Habit Rouge, Vetiver, Samsara, Chamade and Eau de Guerlain... Guerlain is known for using ONLY the best materials... It is known as the being the creator of the first modern perfume using synthetics: Jicky... It developed the first lip stick. Guerlain has a great past... and Jean Paul Guerlain was teaching Thierry Wasser to be his successor as the Guerlain Perfumer. Wasser then decided to pay homenage to Vetiver (his master's first fragrance) and added vetiver roots and rhubarb in the base notes... and that's Guerlain Homme a link between the glorious past of this house and his promising future... a symbol of a new Guerlain A wild & refined man A young dreamer with a glorious past A sweet & citrusy scent A fresh & glamourous fragrance all inside of a unique scent... My bottle is getting empty... I was looking for new fresh scent and went to a Sephora store... I smelled almost all the male scents... none of them are so beautiful like this... It is inspired by mojito but it has a balanced sugar, mint, lime with a green tea and vetiver tones... Yohji homme naturally is not the same thing as Guerlain Homme cause the first includes coffee, licorice and anise tones... and GH does't... Guerlain Homme includes a amazing vetiver, a controlled rum, a delicious sugary citrous very well balanced, a fresh and elegant rhubarb scent, the history of the Guerlain maison as background and Yohji homme doesn't. 10/10

@neo_xx Yesterday I was testing the Longevity and the Sillage of Guerlain Homme... I bought it 3 years ago... I keep it inside of its box away from the light and heat, although I live in Brazil and the temperature here easily reaches 100oF Yesterday the temperature here in Sao Paulo was 77oF at the night and 93oF at afternoon... I was not sweaty and I applied it on the bend of my left elbow I sprayed it at 3:00 PM and the sillage reached at least 6 feet... its duration was about 2 hours... after that the sillage reached the length of a arm... 2 hours later and it sat on close to my skin without a trail... Then, it weirdly reached about 20 hours closed to my skin... from 3:00 PM until 11:00 AM of the next day... I understand its sillage is not extraordinary but this perfume evolutes very beautifully on my skin. In the first half of hour it started the Mojito accord, a very strong rum, mixed with lime and mint. Next it became more tart with the rhubarb and vetiver more evident... in the next 30 minutes, the run and lime tone decreased... and a more sugary note showed up... As it reached 2 hours on my skin the sillage falls down about the size of a arm. Then I can identify another change in the scent, and that is my favorite: Vetiver, run and rhubarb decreases... sugary notes increase until mint and lime levels... it is simply delicious! More two hours and the scent changes again... Vetiver comes back as sugar gets smaller... and the it leads to a end leaving a vetiver/lime trace (reminding 1959's Vetiver)... Don't listen to haters! It is the best fresh fragrance you can buy. Most of summer colognes are made of cheep materials. NOT THIS! A chic summer scent...not mainstream at all... Guerlain pushing the envelope once again... That's why it is the best! And it still has the seal Guerlain of high quality. Traditional without being boring, modern without being cheep.

Guerlain Homme is a super underrated fragrance and it deserves more love. It is a timeless classic, but it what I love about it is just the fact that it is a unique fragrance that is versatile, smells awesome, and has a decent performance for a freshie like this one. Just like what you have read hundreds of times before, Guerlain Homme is a refreshing mojito in a bottle. It is a summer and spring fragrance that smells minty, kinda boozy, fresh, citrusy, spicy, earthy, and just a tad woody. It is not as spicy as the Intense flanker, but the spiciness is still there. It is an incredible blend, honestly. Despite going in a different route, I found that Guerlain Homme has a similar vibe to Concentre d'Orange Verte by Hermes. But that similarity lies only in the vibe and the feeling wearing them, because they smell totally different. That similarity is just the comfort of smelling and sniffing it over and over again, but I can sense that satisfaction a lot more when wearing Guerlain Homme. Why? Well, because it literally lasts around 4x as long as the Hermes with a much better projection. Not that Guerlain Homme is super strong, but that Hermes just lasts for around 1.5 to 3 hours on my skin, with a very soft projection. On the other hand, Guerlain Homme can last for 6 to 7 hours on my skin, with a moderate projection in the first hour or so and then it sits closer to the skin. I can say that Guerlain Homme is a safe blind buy, especially if you like how mojito smells in a fragrance. The Intense version is darker, sharper, and heavier to me, so the original EDT is just a bit more wearable. Both of them are awesome, though. Got the EDT instead, because the Intense or the EDP (in that tall bottle) are getting a lot harder to find here.