Dior · 2020 · François Demachy

Homme

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Toilette

Bergamot and a hint of spice over raw Atlas cedar and earthy patchouli, drying to smoky vetiver and velvety cedar.

Dior says

You’ll smell atlas cedar, patchouli heart and vetiver.

More from Dior’s description

It also mentions Haitian Vetiver and Spices.

The house’s page

The drawn Homme bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Homme’s scent picture, a draft: cedar, patchouli, vetiver, bergamot, geranium, iso e super (pencil shavings on velvet) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Homme, top notes: Bergamot, Geranium

Dry-downwhat stays

Homme, dry-down: Cedar, Patchouli, Vetiver, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla), Hexadecanolactone (musk)

What’s inside it

What the label names

23 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

5 citrus5 herbs & lavender6 florals3 woods2 sweet1 spices1 musks

7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell7

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Yellow 10Red 4Violet 2Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

Smells like it

For more

Bois PacifiqueTom Ford · Some of its own wearers say it smells like Homme$240 for 100 ml

“it could fit in between Dior Homme 2020 and Dior Homme Sport 2021. Like both, it has a backbone of stylized woods”

Reddit comment, r/ScentHeads, 2025 · 2 votes

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

DuskThe Woods Collection · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), patchouli and vetiver
Blue JeansVersace · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), patchouli and vetiver
Gentleman Réserve PrivéeGivenchy · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), patchouli and vetiver$155 for 100 ml · about the same as Homme’s $142
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.