HM Hanae Mori for men

I have an almost full 50 ml bottle if anyone want's to swap.

Who is the jackass that compared this to Drakkar Noir. I grew up on Drakkar Noir. I know the scent inside and out. Hanae Mori is NOT Drakkar Noir. Hanae Mori is a lady killer. Drakkar Noir WAS a lady killer in the 90s, NOT today.

This reminds me too much of Drakkar Noir. That is not a good thing.

Great light gourmand scent with huge projection and longevity. Litlle bit floral, sweet and sexy.
You can use it even on the summer time...

If Papa Bear's cologne is too strong and Mama Bear's is too weak, Hanae Mori's is just right.

Just smooth.

One of the very few that last on me and stays consistent for hours.

Not a must have or a no way... A good office scent.

UPDATE: I sprayed a squirt of this on the back of my hand at 153am. It's now 453pm, so 14 hours, and I can still smell it and it's smells just like it did when I first put it on.

This is lemony, minty, chocolaty, lovely! The mint combines with the lemon pastry smell with a little bit of chocolate to create a beautiful opening. Later on the chocolate will become a little more prominent but the lemon will persist throughout the fragrance.

I have the EDP version so I don't know if it differs from the EDT. I cancelled my order for this on Amazon due to people saying it's too sweet,because I have a lot of sweet frags already. But the cancel never went through and it ended up shipping. I can say that I'm pleased that it shipped because this is a lovely fragrance. The EDP did not come off as too sweet to me.

I can see some people not wanting this because it's not a manly scent at all. A female could definitely pull this off. At $12.50 for the 1.0Z EDP it's more than worth it.

Comes in a really classy bottle that just looks great.Great lemon meringe cake smell with hints of chocolate. slightly above moderate projection, awesome longevity (10 hours minimum) and great silage. Overall 8 out of 10

this is one my favorite cologne but i like EDP. I have a big cologne colection but i wear more this one even i like more HM than Creed or Tom Ford or By Kiliam. But i have compliment with this one. Thats why I bought 3 bottles of this sweet juice.

i wanted to like this, as it was recommended to me by someone with great taste. but i really do not. it smells like so many other scents from the late 90s. i find that it's "trying too hard" in the sense of tossing everything but the kitchen sink into it. the top notes were cloying. i found the drydown fairly linear, which was interesting. there's something just too powdery and floral for me to call this a men's scent.

gonna wash it off and put something else on. maybe some profumum fumidus - which would be just about "the opposite of" this scent ;-) .

My initial reaction was...Horrible, but the more i amelled it the more I liked it. And now...its one of my favorites. I was never into heavy powdery sweet colognes, but something about it has an X factor to me. I love the smell of a black current, as well of sandelwood...both very potent and destinctive, but pleasant, go figure right? I find it very uniques and very different from a lot of other fragrances for men. It just pops! I like the idea that if I didnt see the bottle and just simply smelled it, I would of known from the get-go that its hanae mori...its just so weirdly different!

I had high hopes for this fragrance. I received a sample and boy am I disappointed big time. Smells to me like a lemon body spray that a smoker would use to cover up his stinch from smoking. Terrible terrible scent.

my top fav i love this cologne its very different love the sweetness in it love the opening wish it was not so expensive lasts a long time 10/10

a powder bomb with lemon and chocoalte.
i wear so i believe it is for women too
reminds me of a sweeter (chocoaltey) younger brother of habit rouge

This is my all time favorite...as close to number one as you can get...there are a couple that I like just as much as this...BUT this is one awesome fragrance...the Eau de Parfum obviously lasts longer...but this still a beautiful fragrance...just smells RIGHT!

I have sampled and worn this several times (both the edt and the edp) and I now feel like I know this well enough to review this.

I love the top notes, which initially seem to be lemon and some sort of wood to my nose (inexperience here), but it must be the mint and black current that modifies the lemon because it does not smell that lemony to me. A lovely start that lasts quite some time for me.

As this fragrance dries down it become lusciously complex. The top notes do not disappear for me completely but are complemented by lily of the valley, jasmine and rose. Very floral. As this progresses over the hours more notes are added but the top notes never really leave, they just become weaker and remain in the composition. In the end this adds vanilla, tonka bean and musk. Sorry, I don't smell chocolate at all!

I personally find that the edt is just fine and my preference between the two. The silage is great and longevity is at least 8 hours for me, and to be honest more like 10-12 hours. If you need a little spray to add to a weaker scent after 10 hours, what's the big deal? Excellent. The edp had about the same smell for me but seems a lot closer to the skin with less silage. I choose the edt which is rare for me.

This can be had very cheaply online if you do a quick search. Just buy it if you like floral scents for men. You will not regret this at a low price, that's for sure.

Oh, women can use this too. Why this is marketed to men and why Tom Ford's Black Orchid is marketed to women is a mystery to me. Both are unisex.

EDIT: This is rapidly becoming my favorite scent...

Excellent cologne! The opening reminds me of Dior Homme. Longevity is excellent, dry down smooth. Day one and I’m already getting complements.

The intitial spray for me was a lemony mint. A softer and fresher citrus accord, which I now gather is all the florals and that blackcurrant note.
I picked the middle to have tobacco, leather or coffee. I got a definite vanilla and chocolate accord in the base but didnt pick the tonka bean, as he scent wasn't heavy. My girlfriend got musk which i suppose was the oakmoss, but i got a slight mucky note there.
Overall the scent was very pleasant to wear.
Gourmands tend to be sickly and heavy, very dominating, HM wasn't sickly, but prestige and elegant. The floral body of the scent wasn't noticeable as flora, but contributed strongly for a softer side to a fragrance, so not to let this scent be alienating and overpowering.
The longevity was fine to me. Im cmelling it on my shirt now, which I always love about a fragrance.

Hanae Mori is in the same field as Black XS, 1million, though not as strong, or Code and Attitude, in that whole floral gourmand area. I say if you like these fragrances, you cant go wrong with Hanae Mori

I love this scent, like I love cooked food!
Longevity is 12 hours + on my skin and it smell nice.

If you like gourmand scents then this is a must for your collection.

I think FragranceEnthusiast hit this one right on the head in his review. This smell like a lemon pastry that someone added chocolate chips to while drinking a vanilla shake. You get all three of those scents. It isn't a very sharp lemon, it is like a lemon cake or a lemon pastry or a lemon muffin. The lemon stays throughout but the citrus begins to move in the back while the gourmandish characteristics being to take center stage (about 3 hours in maybe).

It is a gourmand but a hybrid one probably one of the most unique scents I have smelled to date. Fairly unisex but no one will say it is too feminine nor too masculine, if it set out to highlight all of the notes it did it well, if it set out to be a unisex fragrance it accomplished it and if it set out to be a non offensive, mature scent it accomplished it (especially for a gourmand). It can be worn any time of the year I believe in any setting. It can be romantic and professional but I would avoid an interview. I also wouldn't wear it to a beach or walking in the 90 degree weather, but other than that it can be a great office scent, a great club scent and can be worn by both sexes and garner some attention.

THE SMELL OF A HANDSOME DANGEROUS SAMURAI IN AN EPIC FAIRY TALE FROM THE FAR FAR EAST. The opening is beautiful and the drydown is romantic, I have both the EdT and the EdP versions and I love them both equally, I love the BlackCurrant in this perfume. One of the best Gourmands ever period.

This fragrance evokes a lemon infused chocolate cake concoction that is very upfront with the lemon giving it freshness. The chocolate comes to the forefront, when the lemony zest evaporates away, and creates a quite upscale sophistocated gourmand. I am going to debut the have, hold, or heave system. I will say for most people this would be a hold on and wait till you test it out yourself sent. Do not feel you have to blind by this, which would be a catastrophic mistake.

Longevity 85%
Projection: 85%
Uniqueness: 95%
Versatility: 50%
Scent: 80%
OVERALL: 79%

I am between love and like, but I tend to love it more that like!

In my opinion, this HM is the Rochas Man infused with L'Eay Issey Miyake Homme. It's sweet and fresh scent. It has both cool and warm elements; depending on how you see it or when you wear it. It's quite nice tho, and it's not that sweet! My Blue Sugar is way sweeter.

I'm disappointed. Maybe it's because I am growing tired of my sickly sweet scents. Just another fragrance in the same category as 1 Million. It is more mellow, though.

6/10

After wearing it a bit more, my feeling for this fragrance has changed quite a bit. I actually do not see this as a gourmand any more. The only gourmand aspect of this scent is that "candied-lemon" that you get in the beginning. That is the only sweetness this fragrance gives off. I do not get the vanilla or that supposed chocolate that some claim is in this. Basically when you first spray this on, you get the sweet lemon...and as that sweet lemon progresses, it just gets more dull and sour the longer you have this on.

Longevity:B-
Projection:B-
Uniqueness:B
Versatility:B
OVERALL: B-

I'm a female and I recently bought a bottle of this for cheap. The initial scent is very fruity and girly, I didn't detect any lemon. After 5 mins on me, the fruity scent completely dissipates and skips right to the dry down. The dry down wears very close to the skin and the woody smell really comes through with a slight sweetness. The dry down definitely have the masculine scent to it, but I would have to put my nose right against my skin to detect the EDP. Didn't detect any chocolate..maybe a little vanilla. It has great longevity but there's no projection. Seems like my skin just absorbs and neutralizes this perfume.

tried a sample of this at nordstroms years ago and really liked it. forgot about it and then received a gift of the edt last year. love the vanilla/cocoa notes. not too sweet like givenchy pi or jean paul gaultier (although these are nice fragrances in their own right. has become my favorite men's fragrance. my wife has the women's strawberry/vanilla notes which really complement the men's version when we go out. longevity is great 5-6 hours at least (and this is with the edt). great men's fragrance

lemon,chocolate,way too sweet.I regret buying this.smells good at first but thats all.

★EDP REVIEW★

Flows a lot smoother. Less fun, more sensual and the sillage trail is magnetic. This has the strength of an Elixir de Parfum. ONE spray will last you all day. God forbid there's an aftershave to this, because it really is not necessary... not for layering anyway. Richer, deeper, darker, therefore more intense. HM EDT maintains it's masculine strength in the dry-down, and the EDP is welcoming to both genders as a unisex fragrance.

UPDATE: 9:00 AM next day, still detectable.

This is a great smelling cologne. We all have are taste and what works for us & this so happens to work with my body chemistry. I find it perfect for elegant evenings and romantic venues. It puts you in that mode. I have yet to receive a negative compliment when wearing this gem, Longevity is around 5-6 hours, for the EDT. However, I own the EDP & I get 8-10 or so! Silage is medium. I find the EDP to be more rounded & smooth than the EDT! Also it last longer & you can detect the notes more with the EDP! Over all I give it a 8 out of 10

Although the citrus stated here is "lemon," it comes off more like orange to me. So with that said, you know those chocolate covered orange slices? Imagine that right? Now dip it in vanilla cream, spice it up with some woods and heavy florals such as Rose and Jasmine. Then add the serenity of lavender and uplifts of iris, layered with amber. Now you have HM. This is my update, and I've decided I really like this.

★★★★☆

Had to give the previous reviewer a thumbs up, because I can relate. "Is it too sweet? Too femme? Cloying or Candy-like?" This is my 2nd time trying to get a feel for HM, but I STILL have mixed feelings about it. Is it the Parfum for men that's getting the positive reviews? Or is it the toilette? This is Hanae Mori for Women's big feminine brother. Maybe it is going to take the Winter season to really make this bloom. The citrus can be vexing in the introduction, but dissipates so its not sharply noticed. HM stays with you, and that's one thing I can say I appreciate about it. You can leave in the morning, and still detect it on yourself in the evening without trying.

i had mixed feelings upon first application: is it strong? is it fiminine? whats this harsh dusty note at the begginig? ...i decided to give it a chance and try it multiple times...i find it powdery-spicy-vanilly and lightly sweet...it is a masculine feminine fragrance... i currently enjoy it so much that it is in my top list.... i got many positive comliments wearing it....
Edit: by the way, i discovered i have the EDP version, and didnt try the EDT one!

EDP review: lemon and lavender open this composition and they linger on for quite a while. the flower notes open up slowly, yet i can't tell them separately. the vanilla note shines through and through, but i can't detect any chocolate note, yet!
2 hours later vanilla-lemon powdery scent rests on my wrist and in all honesty it gives my a terrible headache.

Hanae Mori is a perfect perfume for winter season when the coldness of snow combine with the chocolate note and vanilla. I must admit that the citrus note is not so strong but this is a right perfume for a casual wear. I gave this 8.9/10.

Picked up a sample at Bloomies (EDT) a few months back and it got stuck in my draw for a short hybernation. Upon its Spring awakining, I gave it a try out and really enjoyed the initial spritz but then it seemed to lose me. The citrus (sucker for) note initailly grabbed my attention with its pleasant chocolate base which keeped my interest but with each subsequent wear it wore its welcome right out! Not sure where things went wrong. Believed I might have a new one for Spring but alas it was not to be, so... it's off to the samples! Will try to revist at a later date and see if it can win me over.

This is a very nice smelling cologne. It was between this and Rochas Man, and Rochas smelled so damn sweet it gave me a headache. HM is sweet too but the woody,almost incense like notes balance out the sweetness and make it sexy.

ALSO, if anyone has smelled "Bone Daddy" cologne from the Nightmare before Christmas, this smells almost exactly like it. Crazy bc that stuff is like $20 a bottle, and sells in Hot Topic.

I am female, and i asked for a free sample of this in an order for something else.

It develops from briefly citrus (fortunately) to briefly lavender to floral woody chocolate and vanilla. It has a sweetness, but it is definitely masculine. And as it develops the woods become stronger.

It is not annoyingly gourmand, it doesn't smell like candy, nor does it smell like a dozen other stereotypically masculine fragrances with their citrus bombast and excesses of artificial aquatic/ozonic chemicals.

I will see how this smells on my friend, and if he doesn't like it, i think i may wear this myself :)

I love the scent. But for some reason, I receive more criticisms than compliments for it.

A very unique gourmand fragrance. The opening is a very fresh lemon and black currant. After about 20 minutes you get a vanilla/chocolate vibe. Beautiful frosted glass and silver cap with the HM print. One of my favorite fragrances

I get the most compliments with this and Canali Black Diamond.

im trying to like it because of the good reviews but honestly, im not gonna wear this again..old ladies give me good compliments anyway

One of my favorites!

This is a fragrace I am come to enjoy both on myself and on others. I like how it will captivate you every once in a while with a citrus note and throw you into a world of spices.