Reviews of Salvatore Ferragamo pour Homme by Salvatore Ferragamo

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I do like the scent, though somewhat unusual. ... It IS quite long lasting on me, into the next day.
This may seem odd, but to my nose.. when it settles in... it has the background aroma of male "sex"uality, mixed in with herbal and earthy scents. A quite different combination, however pleasantly good aroma. I wonder if that was the intention. ... A little twisted, as is the bottle.

I enjoy it although it’s sold as a male fragrance. I get complimented more often when I am wearing this than any other. It works for me…so I wear it!!

A lovely imagining of Florence to the olfactory... Mediterranean hospitality, romance and subtle winks in an 'out of this world' Thierry de Baschmakoff flacon where delicious figs spiced in caraway enter a floral heart culminating in a musty strut held in check naturally by a celebrated vetiver note and a saucy sandalwood alongside peeping tidbits of sawdust, moss and musk. Simply peachy keen, tarty pickled and a creamy recipe of elegance.

Such a diverse array of impressions for this fragrance! To me, this is a dry inky vetiver with clove, cedar, quinoic grapefruit rind and fig undertones. To be fair, my nose seems to be very sensitive to vetiver, which I enjoy but don't want to wear on a weekly basis. This has a crisp sharpness to it that I respect. The vetiver, bitter grapefruit and clove meld into a single accord that plays off the woods without much sweetness. Maybe I am a nosmic, but the big note to me disappears within 30 minutes. This might layer well with something a bit more fresh, such as Ferragamo Subtil. Well I appreciate this, I don't see myself reaching for it very often.

I gave this one a blind buy and I didn't care for it. I was optimistic that I would like it because I'm such a fan of Memoire D' Homme by Nina Ricci (2002) and the design of Salvatore Ferragamo PH sounds like it's related to it.

This has a pretty sharp opening that lasts a few hours and it's the grapefruit note that's the culprit. It's fresh and clean, but puts a lot of screech factor to the bright cedar and edgy oakmoss (I don't get vetiver at all). The fig and clove heart isn't cloying or sweet...it's a smooth fall spice smell that lends maturity to the fragrance. Add the woody note to that fall vibe and it's a good result. But this spicy/woody gets soured and flat and it's the acidic quality of the grapefruit as it slithers through those notes. This fragrance tries to hide it's sport scent side by filtering through notes instead and it's just not attractive.

Salvatore Ferragamo PH an interesting office scent with "thumbs up" potential. For me it's rewards are very small for how annoying it gets.

Maybe Diptyque caused a small ripple in the 90's and early 2000's with their Fig-dominant Philosykos (1996), but one thing is clear: anything that followed in it's footsteps was an inferior creation for fig lovers, or superior scent for those who don't like an isolated fig "soliflore", as is the case with myself. Dior beat everyone else to that punch with Dune Pour Homme (1997), but it's equally strange that an Italian house like Salvatore Ferragamo would ask for a fig-forward scent as their masculine debut into fragrance instead of something sunnier, then even weirder that they would pull strings with their connection to Wertheimer thanks to Chanel holding the license to Ungaro fragrances (and Ferragamo Group owns Ungaro), so that they could involve Jacques Polge in it's creation. Jean-Pierre Mary also assisted Polge here, and his credentials included working with Boucheron and Dolce & Gabbana throughout the 90's, but honestly this scent feels more Polge than anything. Salvatore Ferragamo Pour Homme (1999) would blend fig leaf down into a bed of vetiver, woods, oakmoss, and musk, reigning in the musty "decayed peach" smell of full-force fig and making something of a figgy vetiver sandalwood parfait of it all. This is definitely a little left-of-center for Jacques Polge, and maybe Jean-Pierre Mary is responsible for that bit of quirk, but Salvatore Ferragamo Pour Homme is certainly well within Polge's stylistic wheelhouse, especially in view of his later Les Exclusifs creations or reworkings for Chanel.

Salvatore Ferragamo Pour Homme obviously opens with fig, but it's a fresh fig carried by dry grapefruit and neroli. Cyclamen and geranium add a green floral briskness to the stuff, but the fig just pushes through everything like that note tends to do when made to play along with other components. A clove note also appears a few minutes into the opening, and re-asserts the green theme of the top, with a rosewood/orris tandem that also presses for elbow room against the common jasmine/rose hedionic floral duo found in lighter hesperidic fragrances like this. Make no mistake however, as Salvatore Ferragamo Pour Homme is no Eau Sauvage (1966) or 1881 Pour Homme (1990), as this bright period in the middle is brief and transitory while that fig still screams overhead for another 15 to 20 minutes until the base brings in the bulk of the scent's true personality for the majority of it's semi-linear wear. Cardamom, cedar, and a gentle leather finally calm down the fig and rest with it on a cushy pillow of sandalwood, oakmoss, vetiver, and musk. This final dry-down phase is what will last the wearer of Salvatore Ferragamo Pour Homme the longest, and acts like a prototype Chanel Sycomore EDT (2008), just with an obvious fig twist and clove connective tissue. I rather like Salvatore Ferragamo Pour Homme, and although the fig opening still gives me nightmares of being drowned in Philosykos, it plays rather well in the end with what's otherwise a woody floral musk scent of quality craftsmanship. Of particular interest to me is the way the vetiver plays with fig here, almost like a vanilla to fig's chocolate, a yin to it's yang. The two green notes chase each other's tails endlessly around the sandalwood and clove, keeping me catching whiffs of both throughout the wear. It's admittedly the only really obvious note separation in the scent, so I'll take it.

I can really see where Polge likely took "his" part of the structure here and retooled it into the modern reboot of Sycomore, and anyone of any gender who appreciates the latter should just ignore the "pour homme" on the bottle of this Salvatore Ferragamo and give it a whirl, as it's rather unisex and has just the right amount of fig in the drydown to make it feel like an anachronistic flanker to Sycomore. I don't think the "fig craze" had a chance after mall shops like Bath and Body Works got ahold of it, plus the note also ends up alongside clove in a great many Christmas-themed air fresheners, so there is a chance that you might get that seasonal association with Salvatore Ferragamo Pour Homme too, and if you do, then at least you can wear it one or two months out of the year. As for me? I think Salvatore Ferragamo Pour Homme stands strong as a black sheep entry in the Polge canon, and best for fall through spring office and casual use. This scent doesn't have monstrous sillage but it does last a while, being stronger than the rounder Dune Pour Homme before it and selling for a fraction of what that Dior and even other Chanel-labelled Polge creations do, making it also a good entry point to the perfumer for folks who don't want to spend in the triple digits to see what all the fuss is about. Vera Wang for Men (2004) would take a stab at fig with tobacco, but I feel it's presented best here, with the vetiver and sandalwood being good "handcuffs" for this otherwise out-of-control note in a very nice, aromatic, and safe environment. Thumbs up!

My wife told me she thought this smelled like an upscale hotel or spa. That made me more curious so I asked if that was something good to smell on a man. She just shrugged her shoulders and said, "it's a good smell".

I agree with her about the hotel/spa thing, this smells like upscale hair/skin products like you'd find in a spa. Nothing offensive and should be very pleasant to others but nothing exciting either.

Projection is moderate but should be fine when passing by others because it is kinda distinct. Not really a "cologne" smell.

Fressh, herbal, green and unique. I like it

Nice! I like its tangy, fig leaf vibe and its long-lasting, non-cloying quality. Enjoy the bits of spice in the heart notes that accent this great scent. Excellent for most any occasions.

Decent middle of the road scent that would work for the office or casual wear. Could be worn year round but isn't very strong or long lasting. Slightly spicy, some citrus and woods. For the price it would be ok to have in your collection.

Strong? Not really. Offensive? No, you're not going to send coworkers running or covering their nose.

For the first hour this scent smells exactly like Demeter's Sawdust, I thought that was funny.

Another funny thing is that the fig leaf fuses well with the cedar and amplifies the woodiness which brings to mind images of a gerbil/hamster cage.

Because of its simplicity, fig leaf/cedar and drydown of sandalwood it just does not impress me. Maybe for running errands or hanging out on weekends but not first date or formal event kind of fragrance.

It is of average sillage and longevity.

I blind-bought 100ml of this for the princely sum of £20, from The FragranceShop's bargain bin after hearing rumours of discontinuation (which naturally serve to heighten a scent's appeal) and reading largely positive reviews. Mind, I had sore misgivings, based on remembrance of dubious responses to fig-heavy scents like Philosykos, but happily on this occasion the talcum powder was not required.

Fig is the loudest of the notes (green or barely ripe, not sugared or stewed), accompanied by grapefruit and a grassy vetiver base. There's a sort of ghostly clove note hovering in the background, but it's really nothing to be afraid of. The overall impression is clean, bright, fresh and uplifting. It doesn't smell cheap like that awful plasticky Ferragamo F Black. Longevity is excellent, especially of the fig and vetiver notes. Projection is limited, though, and I give it 8 sprays.

Edit: wearing this again today (October 26th) I am aware of a soft sandalwood base note, 8 hours in, following some mild physical exertion (no, not that; raking leaves if you must know).

Genre: Woods

For about fifteen minutes, Salvatore Ferragamo pour Homme is a surprisingly weird and compelling spiced fig scent. Its intense clove top note smells delightfully incongruous against the underlying bright green, fruity fig accord. Unfortunately the arrangement grows quickly more conventional and less stimulating as the clove dissipates, until all that remains is a pallid and relatively commonplace green fig and woods composition in the manner of Jean Claude Elléna's “Jardin” series.

It's a terrible shame, because the opening gambit has the potential to go somewhere novel. Instead, it eventually drifts off into a quiet cedar, vetiver, and clean musk drydown of no particular interest. File next to “For god, for country, and for Yale” under “Anticlimax.”

SF is one of my favorite fragrances. The opening is very citrusy/fuity and dry down is very woody. I smell the fig/grapefruit in the beginning and I also smell vetiver which I love. This is one cologne that I do not have to re-apply. I get 6-7 hours and the projection is very good.

Boldly citrus and clove! Opens with the purest essence of citrus zests that almost presents as lemon oil. Distinct grapefruit qualities quickly follow and are punctuated with pungent clove so rich and bold that one can taste it. Again, very pure essence of the oil (clove). Delightful men's fragrance that lasts 5-7 hours on skin and clothes.

Classy but linear I bought it last month in a shop for 26 bucks 3.4 oz / 100 ml and its pretty ok for sure Bottle design is stunning and love the cap on spray... The juice starts like heaven with direct hit from fig leafs and some florals in a spicy wedge followed into a direct base of Vetiver and more Vetiver , it's very Italian suited charming and pretty close to formal and classy but I think I like the version of Marc Jacobs men better because the opening is a killer but the instant dry down after a mere 10 minutes is just : fig-Vetiver-fig-Vetiver-fig and over again untill it bores me to death. In my opinion the Vetiver is too Much at the foreground in drydown maybe it should have made with an intenser amber base. If you cant get enough of Frags with a deep Vetiver base and you crave for the fig leaf sweetness this is the scent you should buy at once Its an OK woody Italian fig fragrance for spring/summerPros: SillageCons: Too heady vetiver"

Nice stuff! The comparison to Déclaration de Cartier is obvious. Granted it doesn't smell the same, but uses the same structure. Also, there's cardamom in both of them. SF is a very nice woody spicy scent, ideal for the office, or when you need something that doen't project too much, but still carries confidence, elegance and maturity.Pros: Confidence, seriousness, eleganceCons: Longevity could be better"

Not a fan of the opening but love the dry downRight away i could smell the grapefruit + fig and a little incense but i guess i was wrong on that part. The grapefruit disappears within minutes and the dry down happens pretty quickly leaving a really nice base of pretty much vetiver and fig.I use it most often in the spring and summer and not much in fall. Great fragrance for the price.

cloying longevity is good but smell is cloying and too figgy...the platinum version is excellent though if you can find it.

I have tried every which a way to like this fragrance and mind you I just can't. It's not a bad fragrance by any means and it has average projection and longevity. I think the ever so dominant fig note did it in for me. ALL I SMELL IS FIG. This could actually be a unisex fragrance. IPlatinum by Salvatore is a whole different ball game if you get a chance to sniff that one give a try.

Not quite sure if there's a difference in notes, but I have the limited Platinum Edition of Ferragamo pH. The bottle looks the same, but the juice may be a different color, and the box is not reddish, rather white with silver horizontal lines.

As for the fragrance.. I find it pretty boring. This smells pretty much the same as Antonio by Antonio Banderas, and Romance Silver in the dry down.

The Platinum edition has little information on it, but if I had to guess I would say grapefruit up top, fir and cedar in the base. A spicy/sourish woodsy thing going on. Not really my thing, but apparently very different from the original.

Bit odd for an Italian designer. A fragrance centered around a fig leaf, all apologies to the Greeks. But like a fig leaf, I find this frag impossibly bare and hiding behind the fig leaf. The fig leaf is nice but there's not much else going on here. The notes listed (clove, cardamon, sandalwood, etc.) don't make their presence known at all. Given J. Polge's CV, this is a bit of a letdown.

This must've been the first fig centered mens scent that came out and started a mini-wave of fig scents in the early 00's. Marc Jacobs comes to mind...Vera Wang was pretty figgy. It was the BIG FIG gig of the New Millenium. Thankfully, the whole fig thing didn't take off, like say, the Aquatic thing. Or the Fresh thing. Come on...figs? Who wants to smell like a fig? They just are not that intoxicating. I'd rather smell like a kiwi, or a pomegranate.
As for Salvatore Ferragamo PH itself. It's shrug inducing. Head scratchingly mediocre. Okay, one of the best Italian shoemakers hires the best French perfumer and they come up with...figs? SFPH doesn't smell bad. It's a perfectly serviceable, subtle, all purpose officey type thing. But so is Aqua Velva. Jacques Polge has created some of the most spectacularly great and indelibly memorable scents of all time. Was he having an off day in the scent lab when he came up with this? Maybe the people at Ferragamo wanted something subtle to go with their classy, restrained shoe designs. But this is subtle to the point of being non-existent. It's like you can't even conjure the scent in your head after it's gone. I even find the bottle annoying. That little twist of whimsy. But there's no twist inside. There's no whimsy. There's like no nothing. You can find twenty scents better than this at Bath and Body Works for a fraction of the price. These boots were made for walking Salvatore, and that's just what they'll do...these boots are gonna walk away from Eau.

Spicy woody fig with citruses on top! Part Declaration part Philosykos or, if you prefer, part Costume National Pour Homme part Hermes Un jardin En Mediterranee. Not groundbreaking but way much better than the majority of fig fragrances of the designer's offering (Marc Jacobs Men anyone?).

Honest, easy to wear, unexpensive yet quite distinctive. I won't probably call it a masterpiece but Ferragamo Pour Homme is a quite nice fragrance with a good sillage and a satisfying lasting power and takes the distance from the huge amount of anonimous fragrances we're getting overwhelmed by.