Laguna Homme Salvador Dali for men

Laguna has a sweet semi-synthetic opening and an incense/vanilla/tonka drydown. The name makes you think of aqua or marine notes BUT it's nothing like that at all - the name is misleading. I can detect a connection with this and Aura (Jacomo) which isn't surprising because the same perfumier developed both. This is a sort of smoother, warmer bur softer version of Aura with more vanilla though. The drydown, incidentally, is quite like Altamir but much softer. Longevity is only moderate and so is sillage. I was disappointed by this one, I'll use this up then, that's it.

I like it! That's an all-year-around option. Sweet but not cloying, i feel comfortable using it.
It's mainly tonka with soft florals and lots of vanilla.
Also the price is great, what makes it worth it for any collector.

I do like scent but I care more about human values and personal stance in life. And although I did not read the whole perfume guide but quite a few reviews which are freely available in book selling sites on the internet, as well as the first and the last chapters of the book, the comment the authors make about this scent did attract my attention. My remarks here are not about his comments on the scent but about his comments on Moscow taxidrivers. Having read quite a few reviews as well as the first chapters I can certainly say that this book is not about scent but about scent fashion. I would like to ask the authors what do they know about Moscow taxi drivers which make them think that they are of lesser value than themselves as for certain personality traits. They should know, but what I read suggests to me that they don't, that human beings are not all the same and certainly each person is unique and that is what is great about being a person. I cannot think of anything Moscow taxidrivers in Moscow have in common other than driving a taxi in Moscow. There is a word to refer to the belief that all people of a certain group share certain characteristics that are not stated in the adjective they are refered to by, like for example in the imaginary case that someone believes something about all chinese people other than the fact that they are all chinese, even because whatever I believe they all have in common is never going to be true, and that word is prejudice. The authors might possibly be referring to something as frivolous and inoucuous as the scense of style but I can also certainly say without any doubt that nothing shows so genuine a sense of style as being yourself independently of what other people think you should like or behave like. The whole perspective of the book is from my viewpoint deeply flawed and that starts showing in the introductory chapters. It is said something like Tocade is considered better than addict not for some other reason (which is mentioned but I do not remember the exact wording but is not important for what I am saying), but because it is more beautiful. And while I do like Tocade better than Addict, and do believe that many people like Tocade better than Addict, I would never say that Tocade is more beautiful than addict because I am sure there are people who think the opposite, and beauty, as even the least literate English speaker (even if not their first language, as it is my case, for whom English is a foreign language) certainly heard, is in the eyes of the beholder, meaning by that that it is entirely subjective. More correct would be to say that more people find Tocade more beautiful. I can easily imagine two chidren (adults I find it hard to imagine) arguing about which colour is more beautiful, red or blue, and asking one adult who is right. Or arguing about who owns the most beautiful cap or whatever. That is the stance taken by the authors of the book, with the difference that there is no dialogue there. Well, being one of the authors a renowned scientist (so I am lead to believe) he should know that even scientific statements and theories are only valid in relation to a certain mind frame, tecnological resources and even biological structure of the knower. Truth is an entirely relative matter, according to the certainly predominant view of science and knowledge today. Anyone anyway can realize that scientific statements are changing all the time and being continuously discarded and replaced. Well, if that applies for scientific statements, what is one to think of the subjectivity of the sense of beauty? The only possible framework in which anyone can make any kind of judgement or even any simple analysis of anything, and I am not only referring to beauty, but to anything, is to start by setting out a list of criteria against which the analysis is to be carried out and then conclude about the extent to which whatever object is being judged or analysed does match them. Otherwise, that work is absolutely of no value whatsoever. No one knows better than each person what is better for that person and one of the greatest personal qualities anyone can display is for me, as I am sure it is for lots of other people, not to let other people impose on you what is better for you or what you should find beutiful or enjoy. Then one is really showing sense of style in a way which has certainly a much deeper human value. I do not question the value of the book as a fashion quide, in the most frivoulus way, which anyway is probably what it intends to be and I cannot imagine it to be otherwise. As for the scent, which after all this I do not even feel as commenting on, seems to me to smell of aldehyds and citrus in the opening, and I can also sense a cinnamonish smell, similar to the one I find in Dior Addict, and which I think comes from the tonka bean molecules. The quite intense vanilla scent gets more pronounced as time goes by. I find the scent very recognizable and unique. It is totally different from other orientals, all very much alike, like Jaipur, Le mâle, Hypnôse, Pi, etc. Laguna shares the same oriental spices and vanilla background, but is smells citirc in a to me very very appealing way. Also, it does smell much more complex than any of those scents, fidgety and ethereal, on the top of its deep oriental base.It is one of the masculine scents I like best. The bottle is very pretty and the name is really inspiring, makes me really think of a beautiful natural place.

it's like i'm in the sea water, surrounded by white flowers, drinking some beer. Yes i do get that beer stuff and i find it beautiful!

It basically smells lika a really sweet orange. Very similar to the feminine version

Got it cheap! Was on my wishlist a while .
Vertigo nailed it in her review! I cannot describe it better
Complex scent with a big WOW factor as its very bi directional in a way its a warm glowy summer night scent for romantic men but also a bit feminine & strange and powerfull. I think to describe it as not classical but more neo futuristic in a sci-fi scene ( ehhh im losing it?) But i agree people will be put off on its metallic like apeal. Its funny that the cap of this beautiful bottle is blue metallic too :-)

I wear it now and worn it on work days and projects well and longevity is superb for 9 hours
If you like the stranger type of scents a bit on the sweet and extravert spicy side will digg this as i am.
Im glad i got it.

*Update : Gets boring if the smell gets known and almost cloying and thats too bad but thats my taste.
As Luca Turin stated in his a-z guide im not sure what he 's talking about maybe you can imagine a small room like a car with a man with bad hygene not washing himself for days riding around all night picking up hookers and party people... but again its not nice to say...

Tangerine+Cedar+Tonka bean+Vanilla and the result is a pretty warm cinnamony concoction. Laguna H smells nice and quite sweet, but to me it is a bit too synthetic to fully like it.
The powdery cinnamon feeling I get from it reminds me a bit of Armand Basi Armand Basi Homme.
I agree it is not flat, and a bit metallic even (probably because of cedar) and has a decent projection and longevity about 5 hours.
Is it a unisex? Maybe, but not for me.
It's just an option for everyday occasions, not a fragrance you would wear for a big event.

Hazardous Material. This is a very strong, sharp chemical that I bought twice and gave away twice. It smells good on others, but I can't stand its company for longer than a few minutes on myself. Death by synthetic vanilla laced with something powerfully acidic.

To me, Laguna Homme bears strong resemblance to the original Laguna for women.

Amazing fragrance!
Complex, multidimensional, multifarious ...
It's simultaneously cold and warm, distant and cozy, bittersweet, fruity with light woods, flowers, citruses...
A unique composition.

It can't be percepted on just one plane.
A truly TRANSCENDANT perfume in an ordinary bottle, found on a lowest shelf in the perfumery ...

This to me is JOOP! Jump in all but name and in a cooler bottle to boot (forget the usual Dali weirdo nonsense: "Universe infused with sun...” blah, blah, blah) - and therefore IMHO it has to be recommended as one of the nicest, warmest & most sensual casual male fragrances around.

Not aquatic AT ALL.
Don't be mistaken by it's color and name.
Laguna is a very sweet sexy fragrance.
The lemon opening quickly turns down to a sweet jasmine/tobaco/vanilla special smell.
The sillage is simply awesome. No kiddin, it lasts about 8-10 hours.
Great fragrance!

Bought this for my husband, because I like the woman version very much. Thisone smells very good on him!

One of my favs, my wife 2 be loves this one as well.sweet,mellow,long lasting

A very longlasting perfume and isn't soft. That should appeal to those who like louder scents. Despite being sweet and having noticeable jasmine and vanilla notes, it's very very masculine, as some have noted.

Laguna feels tropical because of the metallic fruity cocktail accord. That, in my perception, evokes beach. And warmth is evoked by its sweetness and the well-dosed flower notes. Like flowers whose smell you usually don't notice, but get noticeable when it's hot. Well, this is my imagery of it.
Anyway, it's not a scent to make you fit into hot days by the beach, but rather a hot summer day by the beach translated into a scent. Thus, I personally think it's appropriate to wear Laguna in Fall and Winter. In Summer it can be suffocating.

Last, Laguna feels much more expensive than it actually is, and that is, bien sûr, good. And it's a kind of scent that many people do enjoy and wear, so what I don't understand is the fact that I don't notice it being used more often. Isn't that good too, since wearing a non-hit helps making you stand out?

This came to me as a sample, and I didn't like it from the first smell. Strange mixture, and there is something about the sweetness that is disturbing to me. Reminds me, somehow, Versace The Dreamer.

really weird, something acid-sweet-fruity smell there, longevity really powerful but in a sick way, no identity or concept in the aroma, just an awful combo of fruits.

Wow, a yummy summery-beachy scent... This is a good example of expert blending - bright citruses, sweet florals, aromatic tobacco, confectionery sweetness, dry woods and coconut creaminess all together, without smelling weird or cloying. Absolutely wonderful feel-good scent with a touch of the tropics.

One more time, Dali has surprised me with a fragrance like that.
This one is fabulous: warm, sweet, masculine and strong.
I agree with the description that this scent is addressed for romantic men.
However, it doesn't combine with teenagers or sportist men.
Salvador Dali got my compliments!

Very musculine scent,is a perfume that reflects actitude, man with personality.