Home Port

When I first began to study fragrances, the olfactive families and notes I thought "aromatic fougere" meant "stuffy old man fragrance" many in this family have changed my opinion of this type of fragrance...Home Port is one of them. When I recived my four Yachtsman fragrances Zanzibar was my initial favorite and I have held off trying this one since it was in the smaller size. When testing it on paper for the first time I thought: nice, manly, fresh and pretty much left it at that. On wearing it today...WOW!! I wondered on looking at the notes...what(?)no heart notes...trust me, this fragrance is ALL heart!The citrus is quite fresh and the mint adds to this while contributing a unique green facet to the composition, while the masculine florals of woody lavender and powdery iris give it a gentle masculine strength. The drydown on this juice is exquisite combining the perrenial favorites of musk, moss, tobacco and leather while adding the sharp herbal accord of basil. It is as if Polo had a fling while on a beach vacation with a clean aquatic and had a love child who had all its fathers characteristics but was himself young, modern and all MAN. Sillage: great Longevity: above average Overall:4.25/5 Having quite a few aromatic fougere frags myself I thought as I read the reviews and articles of Yachtsman, do I really need another? I am so very glad I got this. It is another in a series of excellent creations by this house and resonates old fashioned charm with rugged manly appeal while having an underlying soft sweetness that is the perfect counterpoint to its overall masculine energy...YES,you do need this!

In reading that this was a fougere, I compared it with Worth pour Homme (what I consider to be an archetypal fougere). The opening notes - including the lavender and citrusses in Homeport are much more luscious than is usually the case with fougeres. There is no sharpness in this one. The sillage is not as great as Worth, Paco Rabanne or Azzaro pour Homme. There is an accord I am trying to find the right words to describe, but the closest I can come up with is "bubblegum". Not the sickly sweet modern bubblegum, rather the lightly flavoured old-fashioned musky pink bubblegum I used to have as a child. The leather, tobacco and musk combination in the base notes is a winner. This is the best of the 4 fragrances, in my opinion, and lasts quite well.

It's a very soapy, masculine scent, where musk is the star of the show. It reminds me of a Spanish bath gel called Magno (but not the brown one, but the navy blue). A single drop lasted four hours on my skin.

I don't want to use the 'typical' word, but Home Port is very "traditional" i would say. This scent could have label with note "archetypical mens cologne". If u think about men scent-it is it. Sharp and strong in the beginning (lavender and some mint mainly for me) and gentle fresh when its fade(tobbaco, basil). My Grandma who loved to use mens colognes would be crazy about it. I am sure:)!

I agree with Jeca, it's a very masculine fragrance. It starts with citric notes and after 5 minutes the notes of leather and tobacco start to appear but I can still smell the citrus notes along with them. I received this today as gift among the 25 contest winners and I am very happy to own it. I gave this to my father and hope to buying big bottles of all the four fragrances.