Dior Homme
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Dior Homme(2005)

Christian Dior · Olivier Polge · Floral

At a glance

Created by Olivier Polge for Christian Dior, Dior Homme opens on bergamot, moves through a heart of iris and cocoa, and closes on leather, vetiver, and cedar. Its pairing of powdery iris with a dark cocoa-leather base was a genuinely unconventional structure for masculine perfumery, and it is widely regarded as one of the most influential and critically acclaimed men's fragrances of the 2000s, still cited by perfumers as a landmark for bringing iris into serious masculine composition.

Did you know? This scent's leather note traces back to 16th-century Grasse, where perfuming foul-smelling gloves accidentally built the world's perfume capital. Read the full story →
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Launched
2005
Family
Floral

Dior Homme is a fragrance from Christian Dior, released in 2005 and composed by Olivier Polge. It sits in the Floral family. It opens with Bergamot, moves into a heart of Iris and Cacao, and settles into a base of Leather, Vetiver, and Cedarwood.

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Top notes
Bergamot
Heart notes
IrisCacao
Base notes
LeatherVetiverCedarwood
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● drafted · last checked 2026-07-16