Introduced in 1934, Caron Pour Un Homme (also seen as "Caron Pour Homme") is a fresh scent with lavender, bergamot, lemon, cedarwood, rosemary, sage, and vanilla for a delicious concoction that is a masculine fragrance classic. Delightful!

I bought this for myself on recommendations when I was asking about something lavender based. Normally, I don't like to buy any fragrance "unsmelled" (with the exception of minis, which I will sometimes buy that way, particularly in a variety gift pack), but this one was so highly recommended and I got it for a very nice price (less than or the same as I'd pay for a mini!), so I went ahead an ordered it. Oh, yes, it is intended to be a masculine fragrance, but I've never been afraid to "switch sides" where fragrance is concerned.

On me, it's nice. The lavender is a bit strong and it seems a little astringent, but it's nice. It develops into a pleasantly fresh, slightly soapy vanilla base. As I've mentioned, I'm not the biggest fan of vanilla, but this is nice enough.

And then Andrew came home and I thought I'd like to see how it went on him, with his chemistry. And suddenly that pleasant little fragrance turned into a major WOW.

Perfumes are very individual, and a lot depends on your personal body chemistry. Some fragrances smell pretty similar on most people, some are profoundly different on different people. Most are somewhere in between.

On Andrew, the fragrance is fresh, but it's also damned sexy. I probably find it to be so because I love lavender and I love the natural fragrance of his skin, anyway, and the combination is just amazing, but whatever the reason, Andrew and this fragrance have real chemistry, from that opening blast of lavender and citrus through the lingering slightly woody vanilla basenotes. Mmmmm, yeah baby!

I could recommend this as a good "try it out" for anyone, male or female, who particularly likes lavender. It's a nice fragrance, and it's been around a long time with very good reason. It's a great fragrance. I've heard that it doesn't really work on everyone, but if it works on you, it could become a real favorite.

I probably won't be wearing this one very much in the future, because I expect to be quite happily smelling it on Andrew, instead.