Rem Homme

“Hey Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch? Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch? If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon. If you believe there’s nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.” — Man On The Moon by R.E.M. I’ve been eyeing Rem OG for a long time, and I usually go for fragrances with ozonic, iodine, and marine notes, like Fiore Dell'Onda and Note di Sale. I’ve tested the original Rem several times but never had the chance to try the Homme version. Recently, I found an amazing deal: Rem Homme (2018) was on sale for just under €40, about half its retail price. I tested the flanker Rem L'Acqua, which has salty nuances and is rich in flowers, marine herbs, and musk. However, the last package of Rem Homme had an empty tester. Trusting the sales assistant’s description, I bought it blind. I imagined a deeper, darker version of Rem, with patchouli notes to give it a full-bodied feel, like the darkness of the ocean’s abyss. I was almost right—I like it a lot and am satisfied with my purchase. Rem Homme distinguishes itself from the original and L’Acqua. It opens with sour, bitter, slightly alcoholic, balsamic, and citrus accords. The lime and grapefruit peel have a resinous aftertaste, with a syrupy, inky touch, and slightly burnt liquorice or anise aroma. I assume this is the fenugreek, described as having a maple syrup-like aftertaste. The citrus creates a dark aura, like a stormy sky over the sea. Amidst this storm, the first marine, ozonic, and salty notes of calone emerge. Calone, a chemical compound with an intense “sea-breeze” note, has been used since the 1980s for its watery, fresh, ozone accords. Here it creates salty and breezy facets, with dry blond shavings and peppery nuances. After the opening phase, Rem Homme evokes the scent of sand wet by sea waves and dried by the sun, the smell of saltiness, and wood washed ashore. It reminds me of walking along deserted, wild beaches. The citrus notes give way to salty notes. Despite various marine, iodine, and ozonic notes, this perfume has an aromatic touch that stands out from typical aquatic scents. The menthol and balsamic aspect of cardamom emerges, embracing the spicier notes of pepper. A sensation of mineral and solar nuances of sand remains. The spicy aquatic accords prevail over salt or algae. On my skin, the central phase focuses on marine, salty, and balsamic accords. Patchouli leaves, resinous, and mentholated plants and berries make Rem Homme a layered perfume. Imagine the remains of Rem OG on clothes from the day before, with a spray of another aromatic and earthy perfume. This layering enriches Rem, making it more masculine. The perfume leaves a pleasant, delicate, slightly earthy, and talc trail, attracting compliments. Compared to other Rem versions, the musky side is less present, while the woody and earthy aspects are accentuated. Just like its predecessors, Rem Homme has a summery spirit. It’s more than a simple marine perfume; something like a journey across the oceans with a salty, Mediterranean breeze. It is a nonlinear fragrance that spaces from the citrusy, slightly bitter opening to the salty, marine heart, and finally to the woody, earthy base. While designed for summer, I like to wear it during August evenings and nights, ensuring continuity, with any other Rem worn during the day. Its performance is average, with both projection and longevity lasting several hours, and even more on fabrics. If you have a penchant for marine and ozonic fragrances, and you’re looking for a marine and salty perfume that’s different from the classic #Cool Water or #Aqua, then try testing Rem Homme. I hope these suggestions help! Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to know about it. I told my feelings based on a bottle I have owned since August 2024 (BC C206, PD 06-2018).

Blue aqua or marines scents are always a must buy for me, I like the freshness of it. This isn't aqua or marine, though, it's an oriental take on freshness. So I had to get used to this one, but now that I do, I really really like it. Got many compliments, it's special without screaming it, warm, sophisticated and different. Very good projection and sillage. It totally agrees with the nice quality bottle, different, out of the box and special without trying too much. I really like it and can recommend it totally.

This is one of the few fragrances that make me feel good. I am wearing this little gem right now and I must say that it is very special in its simplicity. Rem homme has an aromatic touch that stands out from the usual aquatic marine scents, some smoky notes can be felt in the opening. In the dry down the woods are very noticeable with a strong saline note. I am honestly very impressed with this fragrance.

This has a bit of a plastic smell, like a new airbed or new beach ball. Not very marine. I do like the saltiness, citrus and mineral combo in this.

The initial blast felt very synthetic and almost headache inducing until the dry down. After that the fragrance became quite linear but I was okay with that outcome. This is an aquatic that meshes musk and salt in a very pleasant way. For those into freshies and not actual marine smells this won’t be for you. It lasted 7-8 hours on my skin and 12 hours plus on my quick dry Tshirt.

A marine/oceanic scent, reminiscent somehow of Rem- Reminiscence ( rather the EDP than the EDT) and Boss- Elements Aqua. It smells very mineral and salty at first, but dries down to the Rem base with less vanilla. For the type of perfume, this one lasts really well and has personality. Do try it out when it is discounted, I found the 200 ml bottle at a very good price.

This is good, it's like being surrounded by refreshing sea air under the shade of a beach hut. Very relaxing scent.

It is alright. Typical marine Rem on the masculine side. Good but too masculine for me.

Soldering boards and burnt plastic sleepless nights, sugar cones and machine grease at the carnival, with a background of salted popcorn and candy floss. Nothing aquatic or marine unless you're casting shadows into it, don't think they ever intended it to be, yet when sprayed at night, it sometimes gives electric dreams. I love to wear it for myself but I doubt anyone else appreciates the irony. Like most Reminiscence scents it takes you back to basics before you realize how good the simplicity of it can be. You can get great discounts sometimes and at 20-25€ the 100ml this is something you should check.

I love unisex aquatic salty perfumes. I blind bought this based on the notes and I really don't like it. As a fragrance to be worn by me as a woman. The perfume itself is nice, it's a dry woody salty manly perfume. I wished it was more citrusy or al least more marine, but on me is just wood + salt. And some lemon in the beginning. No marine, no ocean, no algae. Nothing aquatic. Also I hoped for more development, more depth. I actually hoped it smelled more like Thalasso Therapy - Tesori D'oriete because the notes seem very similar. Unfortunately that 5 dollars perfume has more depth and better development, even better longevity than this one. But if you are a men and you like simple fresh, salty, woody fragrances, this one would be a good buy. The scent itself is really not bad - it's just me who's disappointed in not finding the ocean/ marine part in this at all.

To my nose it has a wormy smell of geranium mixed with cloves. Not my thing.

Actually beautiful. Salty aquatic, clean, fresh, lowkey deep to an extent. Far from boring and there's an obvious deep aromatic green herb note not being listed here. Linear but pleasant. Performance is the only issue. You can reapply this 100x a day.