Tumulte pour Homme (for men)

Archaic

I adore this magical cedar. Yup..it is very linear scent. You can only detect cedar. Cedar to the max. But not the hamster cage cedar or the pencil shaving cedar though. However, I only wear it as my night scent. Very sexy and woody. Long lasting too.

Maddyrain

An ode to cedar. Very similar to Gucci Rush, but with excellent lasting power, thank God!

timmyjoe

It smells just like Passage d'Enfer by L'Artisan Parfumeur but without the "soul" and "ray of light" that it is supposed to have, and that makes it hollow and flat if compares to Passage d'Enfer . Sandalwood and incense are the only notes that dominate,i still enjoy this perfume alot because i love Christian Lacroix,someone who is special and unique.

Stefan

This fragrance was a little too spicy for me. It was very noticeable yet it hit me wrong even after I waited. The dry down was ok, but the top was just too much for me. This is definitely a special cologne.

flannelman

Last week, I went to the post office to pick up a package containing a bottle of Tumulte Pour Homme I had purchased a few days before for a bargain. It was an awful, grey, rainy day. And as I arrived home and was looking at the rain falling, I sprayed some of the fragrance on my wrist. I immediately felt as if I were sheltering from the rain in a (rather nice) wooden shack, reminding me of some childhood memories.

This of course seems to imply that TPH is mainly cedar but thankfully that is only a half truth. The top notes of juniper berries and bay leaf are there, but you have to be very quick indeed to notice them. I missed them completely upon first trial, but now I do enjoy them for the average ten seconds they last on my skin. After that the cedar takes over mercilessly. Of course, with cedar, there is always a risk of smelling like pencil shavings, and I guess that happens with TPH, but only for a few minutes. The perfume then warms up on your skin and the rather dry cedar notes become a little bit more mellow, which is a good thing.

And there is more warming up in store, because then the incense kicks in. To me that's the best moment in what is otherwise a fairly linear fragrance. After a while the incense plays equal with the cedar, then starts to dominate and you end up with a lovely, very warm, intoxicating drydown.

I read somewhere that TPH could be considered as a general template for cedar and incense scents, and I think that is spot on. It's a good, very pleasant fragrance in its own right, and I do enjoy wearing it but perhaps it could be less linear — there are no surprises along the way. It would be great for example if the top notes remained for a bit longer because they do smell great while they last. I could also see a few other things that could be added to the template, such as a hint of kaffir lime leaves or perhaps a touch a pimento in the top to middle transition? I imagine that most of us would tweak it differently...

The sillage is very good, and so is the longevity: 6 hours+ on me, which is very rare. On a side note, the bottle is absolutely gorgeous.

guillermostf

So far, the greatest woody fragrance in the market. Cedar rules.

CaraMia

Beautiful woodsy scent that I bought for my husband, but I wear it too. The juniper opening is startling and the cedar in the base is among the most lovely there is. This is a real sleeper scent and I was thrilled to find it.

I enjoy the women's version in the summer, but love the masculine Tumulte in the fall and winter.

Vader_GR

One of my favourite fragrances ever...awesome combination of different kinds of cedar, awesome bottle design...

katyapeony

I adore this fragrance on my fiancee, he is so sexy when he wears this intoxicating, mesmerising, woody, intimate, musky scent!! I can't get enough of my man in this scent! If you want to sex your boyfriend/ husband/ fiancee up in an understated way, get him some of this!