Fujiyama Homme

Fantastic green scent. Love the pungent green note that the bamboo adds. Unique... Fresh of the Fresh. This is one of those "aura" fragrances, as the sillage is light, and become more of a personal pleasure in the aroma therapy department. Yes, it is definitely worth 10 bucks at TJ Maxx. Or you can pay $40 + for some knockoff called "Issey Miyaki" that smells very similar. ;)

Like it. Bamboo notes, haven’t come across that before. Great for the heat of Summer. Good value. Bought the gift set with a nice sized EDT bottle under $15. Bet it would be phenomenal on the hot and humid Summers in Japan, Midwest or East Coast. The bamboo, green notes and amber drydown really come together nicely.

Tested in store. Aromatic verbena/yuzu and some herb spiciness - I like it. Quite linear. This is simply an Issey Miyake style fragrance - which is another reason why it's great to have. Vibrant top note and good aromatic longevity. Recommend!

So sad that this one has been flying under the radar for so long now.

Fujiyama Homme is a Bok Choy stir fry. It has a crispness to it that adds a lot of crunch to its flavor, and adds a lot of nutrition and crunch to a fragrance collection at an affordable price. First, let me say that in my opinion this fragrance is not really like Issey Miyake. I understand why people think that it is or say that it is has a lemon note in it. But Issey Miyake has some beautiful florals balancing out that lovely yuzu note and is a masterpiece while this one has a tart citrus but heads into the woods for a green foresty bamboo scent trail. If anything, this fragrance might be a softer and more elegant and gentler cousin to Zen White Heat for Men by Shiseido if you really want to flip coins over it's citrus aspects. The citrus note is not listed in this fragrance but there is a definite citrus in it and whether blended with several others and bergamotized or on its own it seems to be the closest fragrance based on citrus notes to White Zen Heat that Ive smelt. And WZH is a very difficult fragrance to find, own, buy, and wear. I like it better overall but I wear Fujiyama Homme 10X as much and my smallish bottle of WZH is probably a lifetime supply of it. On a scent basis, Fujiyama Homme is wonderful. You have that big sour citrus note but its blended down into just a completely lovely bamboo note. The bamboo is realistic enough that when worn, its almost prudent to look around for a Giant Panda lest you get your block knocked off for stealing its dinner. There is a slight hint of synth but almost every fragrance has it these days and the overall natural smell for a fragrance of this price range is astonishing. The mint seems to green the fragrance up and some say there is a hint of clover and other greens. I would not argue their nose points of view. It is indeed a green scent. The fragrance has a lovely pink pepper note as background wallpaper and I adore pepper. This one is done right and is a very well done supporting cast member rather than a dominant note like you might find in the much more expensive Creed Royal Oud. The other spices blend into the fragrance almost unnoticed in presence and yet do contribute to the composition. The woodsy feel is pronounced but it has a bit of a sawdust feel. Cedar usually comes with a cut chip feel and the vetiver also contributes to a cut sawdust feel that drys out the greens. And the geranium is lovely as always but very much in the background as a distant note. Some say there are a 100,000 varieties of Chinese geranium but this is a forest rather than a garden and the flowers seem a bit rare to the meadow and wild. Its hard to talk about Fujiyama Homme without mentioning other fragrances in its category. There are about 5 other designers that compete with it and which I've yet to try. You have Calvin Klein Truth, 2 by Mont Blanc's in Starwalker and Presence Cool, Salvatore Ferragamo Incanto Pour Homme, and Perry Ellis Platinum Label. In niche, you have Zoologist Panda and there are probably a few others that slip my mind. Overall, there are probably less than 10 fragrances starring bamboo in the community which is a shame for such a lovely note. If I had to guess then Id say that Fujiyama Pour Homme would be a fair bit like Zen White Heat layered with Zoologist Panda when you combine the Hasaku type citrus and a strong bamboo and then blend it down to a wearable scent. When I wear Fujiyama Pour Homme, I get an exceptional flute like crispness of reed like note. Its green, and yet also woodsy and dry. Its not sweet or pretty and does have a manly presence to it. Its not a sweetie pie fragrance that women notice or a square chinned oud. It has poor performance and sillage and yet seems light and airy which the summer respects. I expect 6 hours out of designer and perhaps another 2 as a noticeable skin scent by the wearer and sadly this struggles to give you half of that expectation with 3 hours of notice and perhaps an hour of skin scent before it dies. Even though this is an EDT it wears like a cologne and is perfectly safe and inoffensive even for the over sprayer. I find it completely unique and unlike anything else that I own. It is my absolute favorite fragrance to wear when I go out and eat Chinese, Thai, or other oriental type cuisine. For some reason, it just seems very additive to the dining experience. This is a fragrance that passes the shoe test with flying colors. I love and adore fragrances that let me hike, run, or walk miles and miles and inspire me to believe that I am taking a journey and visiting another part of the world. By journey, it is not implied that this fragrance develops. It is pretty linear though you get a 1-2-3 punch of citrus - green bamboo - and dry woods. But rather when I wear this I could believe that I was walking through the Guangdong forest amidst Giant Pandas, Clouded Leopards, with some of the supposed 100,000 varieties of Chinese geraniums wafting in the background of bamboo and trees. Its debatable if I will ever get to do this but Id like to pretend that I can at least smell such a place on a nightly walk. Success de Paris is an odd little company. It seems to be a Sue Devitt company which is based in Australia, labels itself by Parisian and European moniker, and then markets it's fragrances as being from the Orient. Sue Devitt is probably most likely out of business. And this fragrance along with the others in the line have found the clearance and discontinued retailers and bargain bins. You can easily find this at many TJ Maxx and Marshall type stores and it is also dirt cheap on Fragrancenet and Amazaon and the other discounters. I paid less than $10 for my 3.4 ounce bottle and it is one that I have liked well enough to inspire me to purchase a backup bottle even at $15. And like most reviews that I do, this one regards a bottle half empty. Though some are useful, I dont really like the reviews on this site where someone purchases a $400 bottle of cologne, sprays it once and writes a review. This is a fragrance that I have used a good bit of and really enjoy. I can name samples of fragrances that sell for more than the current full bottle price of this one. But should someone desire to get it, I would not recommend waiting deep into the future. Overall, I am going to grade this one out at an 84. Based on scent alone it would easily garnish an A. It gets some brownie points for price being available between $3-$5 an ounce though with performance issues you have to apply 2X as much and I rate it a $10 an ounce fraggie which is still below the $20 an ounce I view as reference. It gets even bigger brownie points for being unique. Its light enough, that its almost a summer scent only and better for day than night, though its pleasant enough to be used in late spring, early fall, and at night if you really desire. It does not seem to be a woman's scent though I know some that could pull it off and I would admire the ones that can. It gets a little dock in grade for overall versatility which for me is not a problem due ownership of other spring / falls / and winters. And it gets major red correction marks for sillage and longevity. I do not mind a 3-4 hour scent when its $3 an ounce as I own decants but sometimes you just want to put something on once and enjoy your day. For such occasions there is Issey Miyake or White Zen Heat. But some that might purchase this might not own those. 84 from me is a solid rating and I have handed out lower ratings to others that cost 10 or even 20X as much as this one. This review began by saying that Fujiyama Pour Homme is a Bok Choy stir fry. And sometimes you get stir fry and it has all kinds of wonderful and tasty shrimp and chicken and potatoes and broccoli bits but its the Bok Choy that crisps the whole thing up and gives you a bit of crunch and something that you can sink your teeth into and chew. And for me, summer can get a big soggy. At times, I really enjoy fragrances that are green, fresh, crisp and dry and give me a bit of crunch. Everything in this fragrance is dry. The citrus is one with a sharp tangy bite much like Yuzu, or Hasaku, or a grapefruit blended with more red than pink that grasps the tang more than the juice. And the bamboo is sharp and firm and you can almost hear the snap of its freshness, or the crunch of the panda breaking it off to chew, or listen to the flute of the reed and pipe. The woodsy base is dry and almost kindled to the point of being ready for the flame. Plenty of citrus based fragrances and greens also have reputations of being short lived and this one is no exception. And yet, in the very heat summer, I like the ones that stay light on the skin. I find this one unique and different than most anything I own short of Zen White Heat and it is completely wearable and usable unlike the Zen. Its a childlike wondered Hasaku rather than a grown gang member Hasaku. Im sure that I will drain this bottle dry and it is one that I wear and enjoy rather than look at on the shelf and collect. Its perfect for a night out at the China joint. And I enjoy it very much on walks and runs and hikes and outside activities. Even without cuisine and walks, it works on its own during summer as a scent of the day. Bok Choy is just one of those veggies that is crisp, cheap, and healthy and that you do not realize that you miss until its gone and the stir fry gets soggy. Sometimes, the chopstick needs a bit of crunch to stab and hold.