Desir Pour Homme Rochas for men

longetivity 5/10
smell 9/10

very good fragrance,butt not long on skin

It's delicious. On my skin after a brief time becomes a warm, green, metered cedar. I thought on first sampling that it was a Verry Irresistible knock off, but I was sure wrong. Definitely a forrest animal scent!

It must be my body chemistry then, all I got was a bland citrusy top note, and very light woods. It dissapeared in a flash on my skin. This would have been a complete waste of money. I was looking forwards to smelling the cacao and vanilla but if it was there then I definately could not smell it.

I had a fragrance skin test this afternoon. Oh man this frag, I would say is a "Magician" . the blast of top notes is like Givenchy Very Irresistible but sweeter. Givenchy V.I. is pure dark chocolate but both are amazing in my skin and nose. As Givenchy V.I. continuous to be strong by the heart, Rochas Desir slowly becomes tame, hiding its cacao note but the rest of the notes maintains its wonder. As Givenchy V.I. cacao scent slowly fades at the dry down, a light Gucci Envy scent comes out, very sexy.
But I was surprised by the dry down of Rochas Desir, the hidden cacao slowly comes back exuding a unique amazing manly intimate scent that is so yummy. Again, in my skin, both Givenchy V.I. and Rochas Desir are masterpieces.

Bottom Line: Rochas Desir is a Buy! Has an impressive longevity although it stays close to the skin, a moderate and balanced sweeter dark chocolate projection at the top, surprising wow factor dry down (the magical moment) and captivating over all. Once you 2-3 sprays it, its magical and never cloying. Women will love smelling it on you right after the burst and more on the dry down. A great achievement from the designer of marvelous Rochas Man. In fact, I love this more than RM. Plus, its way cheaper and again, whew! Magical! oh and btw, this frag isn't too sweet like Paco Rabanne Ultrared (another impressive dry down performer frag) during the initial spray up to the heart. Cheers!

This is a smooth and more versatile version of Gucci Pour Homme II with an amazing cacao in the opening. The tobacco note here is similar to that in Gucci and has a cherry vibe. Beautiful fragrance.

This one I would classify It to be a great date scent,
for a intimate ocassion with your special lady. projection Is more close to the skin,It didnt project enough for other people to smell It on me, with that said It is a pleasent smell, the cacao is well done in this, I can smell chocalate from top to bottom,It has a little sweetness to it, but its never offensive.

gourmandish, slightly spicey slighty fresh.

I would recomend this as a great night time, intimate occasion scent.

reminds me of a hugo boss type fragrance

one of the most underestimated fragrances ... I've seen a lot of places fragrant "champion" down the carpet ... and cocoa is intoxicating touch of cardamom makes it opssa be used day or night, without making it a versatile offend people ... I love it!

Very underrated fragrance that seems to hide under the radar. Sweet,sultry and with a warmth that begs someone special to come just that little bit closer.It makes a great evening fragrance especially in the winter. If Rochas had spent a little more on the quality to keep in step with their heritage then this would go down as an absolute classic.

Lately I've had an excessive taste for caoco, so I decided to feed my addiction with the perfect "Desir." The launch of my experience began with a citrus burst, brushed with anise. Gradual vanilla, building by the second and richened by caoco and sensual woods. I don't want to seem ungrateful, but I almost wish it were an Eau de Parfum. For me, it's nearly as satisfying as Dior Homme only the volume is leveled down a notch. Worthy of a blind purchase.

Rochas Desir Man is a nice fragrance. And that`s all. While I enjoy it, i don`t see it as proper successor from a house which created solid, strong, memorable male fragrances. Desir Man seems like an attempt to do a citric woody fragrance with some gourmand notes, but avoiding to go on a syrupy or desserty direction. It works, since the cacao here has a dry aroma and doesn`t smell chocolate-ish. I don`t like the citrus at the opening, they smell alcoholic and cheap, but once the fragrance goes to the heart notes you get a dry spiced cocoa note. The base gets more gourmand, with the use of some vanilla, but the cedar and cashmere wood contributes to create an abstract, maybe a little generic, tobacco-ish aura. It`s nice, but not the new wonderful Rochas that would ressurect a solid fashion house in the fragrance aisle.

Great top and middle notes. The cacao note during the first 5 is incredible.. Then.. the vanilla appears making this scent very sweet and gourmand. I'm not a fan of vanilla, but I must admit this is a grat frag. Very soft and close to skin.

this is pure delight!!!! one of my favorite scents!!!

If you like sweet fragrances this is a very good choice...I compare this to PR Ultrared and Givenchy Very Irresistable. The drydown is awesome

Désir de Rochas starts citric, but soon it becomes dry with the cacao and wood notes. The impression is that it's very similar to Versace Man. On my skin, I get a very strong and long lasting tabacco note, although it is not listed within the official notes. Maybe this impression is created by the combination of the cardamom and cashmere wood notes.

Anyway, a great perfume, perfect for some intimate and sophisticated moments.

Just today i smelled this at a shop. Didn't use it on my skin, but on bloter it was like this:

At first snif i felt a pleasing scent, citric (more orange than grapef.), sweet and i think i felt some cacao too. The scent was a slight dry, like cacao note.
The next sniff i took from bloter was after ~2h, so i skipped the heart. But the base is wonderfull. The combination of wood with vanilla here took me by surprise in a pleasant way. The base being a woody one, but the vanilla adds comfort and "a special touch". Also i felt cardamon spice here.

A rly enjoyable fragrance, just hope on skin it the same, or better :P.