Ok, so this post probably seems a bit weird considering I wrote my review less than two weeks ago. I think the fundamental issue with my review is that I wrote it after only wearing Dior Homme 2011 a couple of times; i.e. I didn't really give it enough of a chance.
So this post isn't so much me revisiting the original Dior Homme, rather, it is my actual real experience wearing it.
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| You know it's a legit review when I take a selfie with the bottle. |
Pretty much everything I said about its performance and projection is the same. One thing I did notice was that it leaves a super nice silage which earns this one some points. It is extremely seductive and alluring. I could literally see this one drawing people closer to you.
The biggest issue with what I said in my review was that it isn't a distinctly masculine fragrance, which initially, I thought was a bad thing. It's definitely lacking the ruggedness of Dior Sauvage, which is probably what caused me to label is as primarily a unisex fragrance, but it has a certain sexual allure that Sauvage doesn't have.
Or I should say a different kind of allure because Sauvage is definitely sexy, don't get me wrong.
But there's something special about the original Dior Homme, and I think it's the fact that it isn't uber masculine. You're not going to smell like a "bro" wearing this. You're not going to smell like a "playboy". You're not going to smell like you're trying to attract girls with your fragrance.
You're just going to attract them.
I'll tell you what you will smell like wearing the original Dior Homme: like a confident, refined gentleman who doesn't need to smell overtly masculine to appear masculine, if that makes sense. I would call this the pink of mens' fragrances.
In fact, recently, someone in a fragrance group I'm in on Facebook summed-up the essence of Dior Homme 2011 quite nicely:
It was in response to a thread asking which is more masculine, the original Dior Homme or D&G The One. He said, and I'm paraphrasing, that you have to be the man to wear Dior Homme whereas D&G The One makes you a man.
This really resonated with me because, as you recall from my live video last Sunday, The One really was my gateway fragrance which you could say made me a man or at least a man interested in wearing fragrance!
That's why I think it'd be appropriate to compare it to the color pink, which is typically only worn by guys who are 100% confident in themselves. Those who, in essence, already know they're the man.
So, in my review I prematurely gave Dior Homme 2011 a 7.5/10, which was .5 less than I gave Dior Homme 2020, but after really wearing it and seeing how well it actually does, I'm changing my rating to a 9/10. It is right up there with the Sauvage line, but like I said, it's for different reasons. Not only is the projection and silage on this one really good, but the scent is going to make you stand out and perhaps even draw people closer.
I'm going to continue to wear this one and probably do a live video discussion about it sometime in the near future.
The lesson I learned from this one is this though:
Don't judge a fragrance after one or two wears. Really give it some time. Learn to appreciate the composition of the fragrance before you render a verdict.
Moving forward, any reviews I do will be at least a week after getting a fragrance. No more quick reviews. That way I can give you my genuine insight into the fragrance the first time.
-Ryan S.
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