Joop! Homme Le Parfum

The King Is Really Back!!!?? Rarely ever or I almost never fall for most of the fake youtube hyping of perfumes and artificial pumping of certain brands! I only trust my nose, because it's the only one who knows what I like and what suits me, and I would never blindly buy a whole bottle on someone's recommendation! This time the Hype for Joop Le Parfum is real! Literally The King is Back! I don't know if I'm the only one here, but these are small victories for me - when you get something like this for a great price! When I tested it live for the first time, I immediately bought a 125ml bottle online and I don't regret anything for a ridiculous €35! People would pay much more for such a scent profile - of course, if they didn't know it was "regular" Joop! Personally, I have no problems with names and brands, and simply if the smell suits me and it says Old Spice or Creed, I don't care (I'll only have a lot more money if it says the first :) ) The perfume itself - in addition to the beautiful bottle with thick glass and golden letters and strong dark liquid - smells really Top! Initial spray or immediately after application, do not stick your nose in the place of spraying (it can be too strong and consequently repels!) But after just a minute or two, it rewards you with an extremely nice profile scent! Pure lavender, powdery iris, gourmet praline and tonka make such a good effect around you - that anyone who says they don't smell it - is lying!!! I would say that it is literally made just to collect compliments and a magnet for positivity! A mixture of Armani-Stronger With You/C.Dior-Homme Intense/Paco R.-One Million Royal/Givenchy-Gentlemen... Ps: One Million copied this profile completely, because Joop was the first to make this beauty! I can conclude with a calm heart and honestly say that this winter and for the holidays it is definitely in the current active rotation in the Top 5 of my perfumes! (And I don't have a small collection :) )

Sexy, sweet, vanilla and iris. Not much more to say about this absolute bomb of a fragrance. I'm not a lover of the original Joop Homme however I bought Joop Homme Wild and it became one of my best blind buys to date. On first impressions it certainly has a similarity to Joop Homme Wild in its sweetness and a kind of fruitiness. Safe to say I'm delighted that it doesn't take much inspiration from the original. The scent is like a more playful version of Homme Wild (an already playful scent) with ramped up sweetness and a sophisticated Iris note which is not one I'm privee to like a lot of people. The vanilla combined with sweetness and iris make this a heavenly scent up close and even better in its sillage. I can see how this could be construed as a unisex scent although for me I would say it slightly leans more masculine although I can certainly see a younger woman wearing this similarly to One Million EDT. Certainly suited for dates or clubbing in my opinion as its a very playful and loud fragrance. Performance is absolutely beastly and lasts the best part of 12hrs on my skin and projects heavily for 5hrs for me. Compliments are going to come very easily whilst wearing this scent as it's fun, sweet and loud which in my experience garner lots of compliments from women. A scent this reminds me of is Uomo Signature by Ferragamo and One Million EDT. This has a twist on both of those scents with the iris note so if you like the fragrances listed aswell as iris, you cannot go wrong with this scent. In conclusion a phenomenal fragrance in terms of performance and sweetness. Not a particularly masculine offering but it certainly has its uses in date situations and the coldest of winter days. Definitely worth a blind buy if you like sweet, vanilla scents.

I have had this fragrance in my collection for a few weeks now, and, in my opinion; the best floral scent I've owned. The iris and lavender in this fragrance basically make up its entirety, and it is just fantastic. In my mind, before I got this I thought it'd just be similar to DHI, which I've smelled before, and DHI is a fair amount sweeter with more of a lipsticky vibe to it, which can make it come off as a bit more feminine. This fragrance, in my opinion, is more masculine, less sweet, and the lavender is quite prominent. You have to wait a bit of time to get down to the vanilla, praline, and tonka. Speaking of time, the performance in this is actually great. I've owned the EDP of this, and although this lasts longer on my skin than the EDP, it projects a little less. With the EDP I'd get a solid 8 - 9 hours of longevity, with 3 hours of strong projection that could literally fill the room. With this, I get around 10 - 11 hours with 2 hours of fair projection which my family could smell a few feet away, then after that it just gets softer until around 6 hours where it just becomes a skin scent. At that point the praline and vanilla is most prominent, at least on my skin. This fragrance is overall fantastic, I do love it, and it is very masculine and mature, not everybody can pull it off though and I don't think it is exactly mass appealing, though a decent few may like it. More mature than the EDP, and just simply better than the EDT in every aspect. Personally, this is an 8.5/10. It'd be a 10/10 if it had stronger projection. Objectively I think, people will see this as at least a 9/10.

Joop! Home Le Parfum is one of my latest acquisitions. This is a very, very nice fragrance, totally different from the old pink monster EDT and also from the newer EDP! This is a cold weather fragrance and since we are in a warm month of May here. I only tested it at home. I did however spray it twice in the evening around 9pm, went to sleep, and in the morning at 7am I was still able to smell it off my skin. after a couple of hours it does become powdery. Don't get confused by other's opinions here - this smells nothing like Stronger with you! It has no almond or nut, no cinnamon! Is it very sweet? Yes, but not overly sweet. It's a shame that nowadays everything that is sweet gets automatically compared to SWY. Also, the iris blasts from the beginning but it doesn't last for long. The fragrance is pretty much pure sweetness with a touch of vanilla/tonka and then powder. Personally, I can't really sense much of a praline. In terms of projection, I think it will do well for the first 2-3 hours and then will stay closer to the skin. This might actually be a good thing, considering that it is very sweet might have exactly that attraction factor that makes the other person come closer to you to catch another whiff off you. Sure, if you already have SWY, Dior Homme or even something like D&G The One, then Joop! Le Parfum might seem a counter-intuitive choice but it's still a very nice fragrance. I see it working well for romantic dates and night outs which don't require a lot of importance and solemnity. It's a playful one 🙂

This fragrance ive owned for a while and picked up for £26.99, I would say its a good fragrance that is quite interesting and unique, its not something you smell often and definitely is a good iris fragrance that fills that spot in my collection. As for smell its mainly an iris floral with a smooth vanilla and a touch of sweetness throughout, it has depth and leaves me smelling it over and over trying to pick things out as its very well blended. Id recommend this if your looking for an iris fragrance. I find it to be clean and not overly sweet making this almost airy but due to the parfum concentration it isn’t. Performance is surprisingly long, the sillage is above average and projects nicely, this paired with a longevity of 12+ hours makes it a nice pick up for the price point. For when it can be worn, due to the florals it can definitely be pulled off in day and night but CANNOT be worn in summer imo but since its quite unique it can just be worn whenever. So yeah just a semi fresh and florally fragrance with a sweet and smooth vanilla smell that is nice and long lasting. Current Rating would be a 7.8/10