Salvatore Ferragamo Pour Homme

I bought it because I've been trying forever to re-create some sort of Frankenstein's monster version of Cristobal Balenciaga's "Cristobal" out of what perfumes are still around for me to fool around with. I will die trying and failing to reach Cristobal, but, boy, it's so fun playing around! This one had - at least in theory - a lot going for it in this direction: fig leaf, carnation and sandalwood were a perfect base to start from. It is woody and warm and aromatic and I can feel the very, very, VERY distant echo of something I'm looking for. But it is gorgeous in itself and I enjoy it a lot, regardless of my initial reasons for picking it. However, I've discovered that if I mix it with Gloria Vanderbilt (I was trying to mix in some more carnation, some vanilla and bergamot - I know it doesn't work that way, but I'm having my fun!) it creates a time portal that pulls me back into my communist childhood. Back in the days, in bleak and grey communist Eastern Europe, shops were not too inviting, let's say... The food shops were more empty than not, the clothing shops were more boring than not, the other different crappy shops that one would walk into to buy pots and pans and knitting needles and bolts of fabric were even more boring for a child my age. The only ones that were interesting and special were the ones that smelled good: the bookstore was heaven, the perfume shop was alluring and mostly out of our means and the flower shop was a magical place in which we entered only for special occasions: a visit to somebody important or for some important event, when school started and ended, for birthdays and other such things. Flower shops back then were not importing anything. No tulips from Holland, no roses from Africa, no orchids from anywhere. They were only selling stuff that grew in the communist green houses of the time: local freesias, tulips, hyacinths, roses, carnations, chrysanthemums and so on depending on the season, together with potted plants and dried arrangements all year round. The carnation was a special presence there. I seem to remember it every time I went into a flower shop, regardless of the season. It was grown in industrial quantities. They were big carnations, small carnations, red carnations, white and variegated carnations and pink and yellow and everything in between. And they usually smelled the loudest, over all the other flowers in the shop. They were the staple flowers, bought for all occasions, happy or sad. And the smell permeated the shops and it seeped into the wooden furniture and into the walls and became the smell of all the flower shops in my country. At least for me. People seem to hate the carnation smell nowadays. They call it too dated, too spicy, too "old woman", too harsh. They might be right. But for me, it is one of the very few good smells from the shops of my childhood. Mixing Ferragamo Pour Homme and Gloria Vanderbilt generated some incredible memories. The two different carnations clung to each other and to the rest of the notes and gave birth to the spiciest, most woody, clovey note that I have all but forgotten about. I was searching for Cristobal and stepped into an even older scent I had lost and didn't know I was craving. I can't pick any "dill pickle" note in Pour Homme. As a woman, I really enjoy wearing it. It is warm and woody and flowery in the best way. On my hydrated skin, it lasts for more than 10 hours. It wraps me up in a cozy bubble and makes me happy and confident and relaxed. I didn't know until today that - once mixed with some random stuff - it can also bestow the time travelling superpower.

***Update 12/31/25*** Over-All performance Vastly improves over time after air has been introduced into the bottle. Whereas before Id get maybe 5 hours TOPS with this being an extremely faint skin-scent by hour 4, Im (now) getting above average performance lasting between 6 to 7 hours on skin, and lasting (days) on clothes and while.this was never mean to be a "BeastMode fragrance" the projection/potency has also improved! A back up bottle of this now discontinued hidden gem is in my near future me thinks 🤔. Man, what a GORGEOUS, Timeless fragrance! ------------------------------‐------------------------Initial thoughts Wow! I mean Good Lord this smells AMAZING and very Unique! I own over 200 fragrances and so far Salvatore Ferragamo has been one of my favorite "Designers" of 2025! Straight outta my brand new bottle Im getting about 5 hours (on skin) with ok projection for about an hour, but then sits quite close to the skin thereafter. On clothes it lasts for quitr a long time where I can still pick it up the following day although Faintly. It starts off with that fresh "Bitter gritty-green" which is very distinctive to almost all"Fig-Leaf" fragrances and which I really love, but then this transitions into a slightly spicy mid which truley smells as though it has Star Anise as a note, yet it DOES NOT. Im hoping that after Ive introduced some air into the bottle the performance improves over-time, but Ive gotta say that Im actually pleasantly surprised and feel the performance is better than a lot of folks are claiming it is here on Fragrantica. Anyhow, this stuff smells super nice, unique and just a touch "Mature" yet still quite modern. This is one of those very rare fragrances that smelsl so great (IMO) and.more importantly UNIQUE that the low/moderate performance is not big deal! Plus its been discontinued?! Ive been so on the fence about Blind-Buying tbis scent bc of everyone saying how poorly it performs, but man! Im SO GLAD that I ended up pulling the trigger bc again, performance aint THAT bad. A solid 8.5 outta 10 fragrance which is a fantastic and rare score in my book! A must have for any collector especially bc of how nice and unique it smells! I wish I could amplify this exact same dna making stronger and better projecting bc its honestly absolutely GORGEOUS! The slight spiciness along with the "gritty/green" from the Fig Leaf is just Slllllapping imo. I am beyonf impressed with this TRUE hidden gem! I may just need to grab a back up bottle, but damn I have to many already! Lol

Having now accumulating a pretty good collection of Fragrances. I would say now my taste in what I find attractive in scents is definitely more mature compared to what i wore in my 20's. I find Salvatore Ferragamo should cater to people in their 30s-40's+. When it comes to scent. They are known for their leather shoes/belts. But more and more I find that as a Designer House they make scents that I keep going back to. I have 2 bottles of Salvatore Ferragamo Oud which is discontinued and is in my opinion something that just now Givenchy is trying to crack with Ambree and 2022's release of Rerserve. If you can find a bottle of Oud somewhere under $80 buy it lol. Anyway, Pour Homme is from the same product line. Review: The opening like many here have said is a little Medicinal, so you get a blast of fig, and floral in opening. But right after you get more of a fig leaf because of the woodyness mixing in for the dry down. To me thats what makes this a good more mature office scent that you could pull off mostly in moderate weather. You can pull this off in summer, just not in height of summer. I think this works best in 50-60's degree weather. With maybe 70. But thats pushing it, the woody notes will be over powering depending on your sprays. Note: Let is mature a bit after you get it for like a week or so. Spraying this on your skin not directly as someone else said is definitely key for not having the opening Medical scent linger. Nice light spray strokes across the arms, chest maybe neck. But man, that fig note is amazing and something that you dont see in scents today from Europe designers, mostly see it from more middle east. I'm not going to bore you with everything I smell, there are video reviewers who will break down the scent for you. But you need to like Fig/Fig leaves. Its not the main note, but its the one I gravitate to and the one that sticks out and in my eyes makes this unique. Its not a safe blind buy if you are not a fig person, or not into woody/Floral scents. If you like Mild woody scents with a light hint of sweetness, this is your jam. Safe for office but is more for someone older late 30s to 40s. Night scent works when you go a little heavier on the sprays. Longevity is around 6+ hours, projects off skin ok after couple hours, and stays on cloths decently. Its not heavy to the fact your scrubbing it off. In my eyes it really is a well balanced scent. And at the price you can get it $24 or less its a steal.

FLORENCE! Firenze la prima città del Rinascimento; The first city of the Renaissance. A city so fabled in its history of art, religion, money, power and beauty. Here you smell leather in the streets from all the shops and street vendors selling Florentine leather goods. Everywhere you walk in this magnificent city you are bombarded by this scent. It is wonderful. Towering above all the famed leather workers in this city none is more renowned than Ferragamo the great Italian shoemakers. To visit Florence and not visit Ferragamo is a sin. Here you see the shoe elevated to an art form. Casual elegance with a sophisticated flair as embodied within the spirit of the Florentines, that is what Salvatore Ferragamo has come up with in this sumptuous fragrance. The wonderful notes in this perfume are like postcards from Florence. The florals mixed with the woods and mosses carry me back to a spring day in the gardens of the Pitti Palace. As it moves into the dry down the leather emerges which is a brilliant touch coming from this master Italian shoemaker. With its arrival you are immersed in the workshops of Ferragamo warm and comfortable. In the dry down, rich deep base notes rise up in a masculine yet subtle blend of oak moss, musk, cedar and vetiver. With the arrival of these notes one is transported to the top of the hillside at the foot of Basilica di San Miniato a Monte. Here in full view of the Tuscan countryside out of which Florence emerges in its entire Renaissance splendor you can embrace all that this wonderful fragrance embodies. It last about six to seven hours in my experience and expounds a delicate but noticeable silage. This is a brilliant rich and reserved fragrance that will stay in your memory long after it has faded with one last romantic whisper. Five gold stars!*****

I just purchased this at marshalls for 12 dollars and its the 1.7oz, Great deal. It was actually a nicer size than i thought it would be when I took it out of box. Very pleased with this as in the beginning I didnt really care for this when i smelled it years ago. but I became a fan of his shoes & F by Ferragamo 2 years ago so ran into this and grabbed the only box I saw when I stumbled across it with the crazy low price. The scent was very nice and different then what I recalled years back. Upon spraying It took me back to one of my favorite fragrances: Marc Jacobs minus the island, tanning lotion, coconut & rubber scent and a bit more leaves and leather mixed in. (The Subtil version of this is not that bad either and it has negative reviews. I smelled it at Nords after buying this one and its nice, just more day wear, sweeter and citrus like...completely different than this, should have been introduced as a stand alone new fragrance instead of another edition.) The only strange thing about this one is that after the dry down it smells a bit like crumbled leaves or like you wear in the sun and thats what I smell on my arm after but everyone throughout the day compliments me on how good i smell and i feel a bit paranoid that I dont stink or they dont smell the smell i smell on drydown. Its not a bad smell it just doesnt stay the same upon spraying nor does it develop into something better like Marc Jacobs or F by ferragamo does. Other than that, I get compliments on this by women and I love smelling the beginning in this. The compliments just reassure me I did a good buy especially it being $12 dollars.