Reviews of Spice Blend by Christian Dior
The opening blast is ginger-laden, with a cinnamon arising soon after. A rather mundane note of a basic white rum joins in soon, followed by some pink pepper as well as a pleasant cinnamon impressed. All this results in a sweet spice mix.
The drydown adds a coriander mainly, which is smooth and, together with hints of garlic, re-enforces the spices, aided by a discreet nutmeg in the background.
The base retains the sweetness but gradually loses the spices, replacing them with a nonspecific woodsiness on a slightly herbal background, like bay leaf and whiffs of basil. Eventually, all that is left is a sweet and bland woodsy note.
I get moderate sillage, excellent projection, and ten hours of longevity on my skin.
Whilst thus scent for warmer autumn days displays so e interesting features initially inc creating a sweet spice mix that is rather pleasant, the subsequent phases are more generic and pedestrian in character in a synthetic way, and the base is quite dull. The performance, however, is very good. Overall somewhat middle-of-the-road. 2.5/5
The drydown adds a coriander mainly, which is smooth and, together with hints of garlic, re-enforces the spices, aided by a discreet nutmeg in the background.
The base retains the sweetness but gradually loses the spices, replacing them with a nonspecific woodsiness on a slightly herbal background, like bay leaf and whiffs of basil. Eventually, all that is left is a sweet and bland woodsy note.
I get moderate sillage, excellent projection, and ten hours of longevity on my skin.
Whilst thus scent for warmer autumn days displays so e interesting features initially inc creating a sweet spice mix that is rather pleasant, the subsequent phases are more generic and pedestrian in character in a synthetic way, and the base is quite dull. The performance, however, is very good. Overall somewhat middle-of-the-road. 2.5/5
I like this. It is a different style that I had to get used to, but it has been winning me over.
It is like a non-vanilla, non-sweet version of Dior Homme Intense. I know Dior Homme Intense well, and Spice Blend feels like a companion fragrance. It's almost like a pencil sketch of Dior Homme Intense.
It is like a non-vanilla, non-sweet version of Dior Homme Intense. I know Dior Homme Intense well, and Spice Blend feels like a companion fragrance. It's almost like a pencil sketch of Dior Homme Intense.
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This smells like cheap nail varnish. Something is really off putting , a balsamic melony vibe. I remember reading a review of Dior's trio of vetiver tonka, spice blend and amber. The summary was that these are fairly airy diaphanous without much substance and could have done with more depth.
I agree. The vetiver tonka barely makes it to vetiver tonka status and to think you are paying over £200 for a bottle . Absurd. The Spice Blend is quite frankly embarassing to be seen with and should be flushed down the toilet, the Amber is actually a nice light dry amber and if you like that kind of thing is not bad at all but it leans feminine instead of unisex so this trio are an expensive washout for me.
I agree. The vetiver tonka barely makes it to vetiver tonka status and to think you are paying over £200 for a bottle . Absurd. The Spice Blend is quite frankly embarassing to be seen with and should be flushed down the toilet, the Amber is actually a nice light dry amber and if you like that kind of thing is not bad at all but it leans feminine instead of unisex so this trio are an expensive washout for me.
Rum and spices (cinnamon and pink pepper) with woody undertones. Supposed to be bay rum in there. I haven't smelled that before .
It's transparent airy and slightly sweet . Some bubblegum vibe in opening . It has something that reminds me a bit of balade sauvage which makes it steer away from being a masculine spicy fragrance.
7.8/10
It's transparent airy and slightly sweet . Some bubblegum vibe in opening . It has something that reminds me a bit of balade sauvage which makes it steer away from being a masculine spicy fragrance.
7.8/10
Spice Blend starts off strongly masculine, dries down to more fem, and then back to masculine again with the skin scent. Dried fruits and cola toward the top of the development while it becomes softer, more powdery and metallic in the drydown.
I really don't get any Spicebomb similarities. To me this is more classic, mature and refined. It's dressed up for a formal, older affair...not for the mall, a college party or for clubbing. It's not really even a date scent to me, more of an "already married and just want to smell nice for your wife" scent.
Performance is good all around. I'm able to easily smell this for 9+ hours and the projection during the first few hours is very good.
I really don't get any Spicebomb similarities. To me this is more classic, mature and refined. It's dressed up for a formal, older affair...not for the mall, a college party or for clubbing. It's not really even a date scent to me, more of an "already married and just want to smell nice for your wife" scent.
Performance is good all around. I'm able to easily smell this for 9+ hours and the projection during the first few hours is very good.
Spice blend. Yup. The name says it all. It projects more masculine than feminine in my opinion. Subtle but good performances.
Niche Spicebomb.
Opens up with the same sweet bubblegum pink pepper as Spicebomb et all, which reminds me of the bubblegum mouth rinse fluoride from the 90s, or just the ambiance of a dentist office. Much lighter and airier than Spicebomb. Really, this is a mildly spiced sweet fragrance, easily capable of being worn by either sex. Smells good, no rough edges. Pretty expensive, it is close call between neutral and thumbs up. Right down the middle.
Opens up with the same sweet bubblegum pink pepper as Spicebomb et all, which reminds me of the bubblegum mouth rinse fluoride from the 90s, or just the ambiance of a dentist office. Much lighter and airier than Spicebomb. Really, this is a mildly spiced sweet fragrance, easily capable of being worn by either sex. Smells good, no rough edges. Pretty expensive, it is close call between neutral and thumbs up. Right down the middle.
A volatile evanescent pink spicy/musky/semi-oriental frankly unnecessary and pale. It seems to smell something a la Maria Lux Deeply, Heeley Agarwood or several Amouage Opus. The density is kind of ephemeral and the aroma morphs soon towards something waving in the air, rosey, sweetly spicy, slightly resinous, soapy/poudree, almost candied and definitely ambery-musky. Anonimous and a low temperament spicy concoction.
Spice Blend is among the latest releases from the Maison Christian Dior line, the higher-end wing of Dior fragrances that replaced the Privee-named line. The rum and the spicy notes (cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper) factor in most strongly to my notes, but it doesn't come off overly pungently spicy. It's not sneeze-inducing spicy, but rather, tastefully spicy, with the rum remaining fairly prominent throughout. Initially, it smells like Mugler Pure Malt without the A*Men tar/patchouli vibe, kind of the smoother booziness on top, but it becomes spicier with time and this notion fades but is still present even after a number of hours on skin.
It's very much in the spirit of the MCD line–light and agreeable, very much in contrast to the more daring releases from the previous Privee line along the lines of Cuir Cannage, Leather Oud, and eventually, Feve Delicieuse. Spice Blend has the benefit of being more signature-scent-worthy, though, like Purple Oud, though I expect that makes it more appealing for passersby and fans of mainly designer releases than niche fragheads.
Available at the same pricing as the rest of the line at $220 for 125ml, I still regard the Dior Privee / MCD lines as unusually well-priced in the market as far as the high-end designer lines. That said, certainly the more recent MCD releases have been generally lighter and less daring and perhaps less worthy of higher-end pricing than the previous Privee releases. Nevertheless, I've found several that I really think are quite great in the new line–namely, Balade Sauvage, Purple Oud, and Diorissima. Santal Noir is another one worth checking out, and I have high hopes for Jasmin Des Anges and Happy Hour, though I need to try both still.
Overall, it's a very nice offering but a like not a love for me. It's pleasant, a sold masculine, signature-scent-worthy offering, but not quite bold enough to be full bottle-worthy, at least not for me. Still, it performs quite well and should be a nice option for lots of people out there, especially men looking for a cold-weather-friendly signature-type of scent that transitions well into evening wearing while still being office-friendly enough. A solid release while not being groundbreaking.
7 out of 10
It's very much in the spirit of the MCD line–light and agreeable, very much in contrast to the more daring releases from the previous Privee line along the lines of Cuir Cannage, Leather Oud, and eventually, Feve Delicieuse. Spice Blend has the benefit of being more signature-scent-worthy, though, like Purple Oud, though I expect that makes it more appealing for passersby and fans of mainly designer releases than niche fragheads.
Available at the same pricing as the rest of the line at $220 for 125ml, I still regard the Dior Privee / MCD lines as unusually well-priced in the market as far as the high-end designer lines. That said, certainly the more recent MCD releases have been generally lighter and less daring and perhaps less worthy of higher-end pricing than the previous Privee releases. Nevertheless, I've found several that I really think are quite great in the new line–namely, Balade Sauvage, Purple Oud, and Diorissima. Santal Noir is another one worth checking out, and I have high hopes for Jasmin Des Anges and Happy Hour, though I need to try both still.
Overall, it's a very nice offering but a like not a love for me. It's pleasant, a sold masculine, signature-scent-worthy offering, but not quite bold enough to be full bottle-worthy, at least not for me. Still, it performs quite well and should be a nice option for lots of people out there, especially men looking for a cold-weather-friendly signature-type of scent that transitions well into evening wearing while still being office-friendly enough. A solid release while not being groundbreaking.
7 out of 10
Pleasant woody spice blend (well yes) with a nice use of woodyambers. I'll stick to vintage Opium for my spice fix. Spice bland you ask? No it's very good. It just won't get my money, but it never does at this price point.
Edit;since my initial wear it's been on my mind and I really want to try it again
Edit;since my initial wear it's been on my mind and I really want to try it again
Spice Blend is a redundant fragrance in a crowded sea of woody-spicy-aromatic fragrances. This smells like a "lite" Bvlgari Man In Black or Azzaro Wanted by Night - both of which I find more interesting. Dior could have done something really special with this...maybe like I don't know...amping up the spice a bit or adding an interesting wood element? This smells like the base of 100 various woody-spicy scents I've tried and does nothing to differentiate itself from others within the same genre. If I had to rate this out of 10 I'd give it a 4/10 for simply smelling pleasant but a 1/10 for originality. This is not the Dior that released the likes of Vetiver, Granville, Leather Oud and other countless classics within the Privee line.
This should have been bottled as a department store release alongside Sauvage. It would sell like crazy with the Dior name and the unoriginal but pleasant modern woody-spicy smell that you can get for 1/4 the price from Bvlgari or Azzaro.
This should have been bottled as a department store release alongside Sauvage. It would sell like crazy with the Dior name and the unoriginal but pleasant modern woody-spicy smell that you can get for 1/4 the price from Bvlgari or Azzaro.