Crisp, dry, masculine: Dior Homme 2020

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Mar 25 (edited) • SOTD 🍊

Working on a few big professional and personal projects today and I wanted to feel like a boss, so I generously applied some Dior Homme 2020 and hit the ground running.

Have you guys tried this? It was love at first sniff for me, one of my first bottle purchases (which I ordered almost immediately after getting a decant to test).

This has a very bright tangy open - citrus, pepper and resinous elemi with a hint of Vetiver. It’s very dry with almost no sweetness but I really dig it. Into the mids it stays tangy but I get more smooth woods coming out and it’s clearly lifted on a cushion of pleasant dry musk. I get really good projection for several hours, and at about hour four it starts to soften so that it’s just a slightly tangy smooth woody skin scent by hour six. But man this is just a fantastic scent. I find it to be super versatile year round, although it leans a bit more dressy to me - perfect for the office or daytime event, and perfectly fine to throw on even if going around town - maybe not in a T-shirt and jeans, more like a polo or untucked button down shirt and khaki shorts or pants. I don’t think this is a scent profile that teens would gravitate towards, but 20’s and up should enjoy it (and especially umm us more mature guys).

I can’t stand Iris and was so happy to stumble on this branch of the Dior Homme line. The Homme Sport 2021 is very very similar to me - a bit more citrusy, a bit less tangy, a bit more soapy/aldehydic instead of musky — but between the two I slightly prefer this one. And yeah I feel like a boss wearing it.

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