So far, a little Update. The scent feels slightly lighter, or rather fresher. Still testing, the original 2011 is more dense, while this one is more versatile and can be used more casually. This is still going through testing, as it is not final. Either way, the core DNA is there!!! I will retest today, it has less of the chocolate drydown and more of the woody drydown, which would, for some of us, make it easier to wear and more seasons to pull off going into warmer weather as opposed to just cooler weather!!! Everything in this still screams Dior Homme intense!!! I am thinking of minuscule differences as I am wearing. Longevity may be 1 hr less, will reevaluate, but so far if the original batches lasted 8 hrs, this goes 7 hrs, but with aging, this could catch up!!! More to come!!!

I think I made my first frag purchase in November / December 2024, and until then I was relying on a 30+ year old bottle of Polo Green given to me by my father-in-law back in the 1990s. In 2025 for some reason (GLPs, I think) my interest in fragrances was all consuming. I've bought niche, designers, clones with reckless abandon. Some purchases were brilliant, some not so much... I don't need to tell you what I'm talking about. In the middle of the summer I decided that the only answer to this newfound obsession was going to have to be a trip to the motherland of Middle Eastern fragrances, Dubai. Anyway, we're leaving this Wednesday (?, maybe Tuesday...) and my wife has finally come to the realization that I'm going (ever so slightly) overboard to get questions answered. Besides, I want to see what the heck it's like in that part of the world. You guys have GOT to check out this video. If this isn't what I'm looking for, I GIVE UP! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DR7_qCCDN33/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA%3D%3D