JOOP! Homme Eau de Parfum

[milanolover]

...the New EdP hits the german market soon

https://www.mueller.de/p/joop-homme-eau-de-parfum-6933282402/?itemId=2720993

 

[hednic]

Are you planning to buy it?

 

[ChuckW]

I'm interested.

 

[milanolover]

Yes of course, i am a big fan of the classic one

 

[hednic]

Yes of course, i am a big fan of the classic one

When you do, let us know your impressions. :smiley:

 

[scentimus]

Very interested in this the notes sound amazing.

 

[ILikePeeps]

I'm down to try it! I like the original :thumbup:

 

[Zgb]

The supposed official notes:

Top: bergamot, cinnamon, hazelnut
Mid: orange blossom, heliotrope, cardamom, fir needle
base: tonka bean, vanilla, sandalwood, moss, cashmeran, vetiver

 

[Vinrambo09]

I doubt its nuclear like the OG pre reformulation

 

[milanolover]

When you do, let us know your impressions. :smiley:

I was able to test it today, the scent is very similar to the discontinued Joop Black King. compared to the pink original, it is very weak and very close. but it is still a great smell and should not be missing in any collection.

 

[Renato]

I was able to test it today, the scent is very similar to the discontinued Joop Black King. compared to the pink original, it is very weak and very close. but it is still a great smell and should not be missing in any collection.

Thanks for the update.

That's disappointing. I didn't like Black King much, and your observation that the EDP is very weak. Every Joop flanker I own can't be described as weak. Still - I'm looking forward to testing it.

How times have changed. My Joop Homme aftershave splash from around 2000, when splashed on and worn as a cologne is very potent and lasts about two days. The EDT that was in the same box lasted at least 13 days on my jumper, and about two showers on me.

Regards,
Renato

 

[NickZee]

Thanks for the update.

That's disappointing. I didn't like Black King much, and your observation that the EDP is very weak. Every Joop flanker I own can't be described as weak. Still - I'm looking forward to testing it.

How times have changed. My Joop Homme aftershave splash from around 2000, when splashed on and worn as a cologne is very potent and lasts about two days. The EDT that was in the same box lasted at least 13 days on my jumper, and about two showers on me.

Regards,
Renato

Sounds like people would have had to wear a hazmat suit around you when you wore the EDT :lolk:. They were great days

 

[speckmann0706]

I hear while a few of these flankers smell nice the performance is horrible which then makes me no longer interested wish these houses would understand performance is key to a fragrance!

 

[Renato]

Sounds like people would have had to wear a hazmat suit around you when you wore the EDT :lolk:. They were great days

Yes indeed.
I posted here 15 years ago about what living with Joop Homme used to be like.
https://www.basenotes.net/threads/215777-Joop-City-Melbourne-Australia?highlight=Joop

Cheers,
Renato

 

[scentimus]

Finally got a bottle of this. To me it’s a mature version of the original. I find it very musky floral and sweet/nutty. I agree it is very light but with Joop Homme that is not a bad thing.

 

[Zgb]

I hope I'll spot it and try it soon. Could be a good flanker.

 

[ziffy321]

It's actually available on Groupon as of yesterday. I ordered a bottle just out of morbid curiosity.

 

[Renato]

I got my bottle of Joop Homme EDP in the mail today.

Comparing it to the powerhouse Joop Homme EDT of 20 years ago (not the current weaker reformulation) I'd say it's a softer version of that EDT. One of the sharp notes in the EDT is missing or very toned down in the EDP. And that old EDT is more powerful than this new EDP after a few hours have elapsed.

If anyone recollects, there used to be lots of comparisons between Joop Homme EDT and Creed Himalaya back then. In a side by side comparison one could esily tell they were different, but from a distance their effect was similar. I think the difference has been narrowed when comparing the new EDP version to Himalaya.
Cheers,
Renato

P.S. I'm getting my Creeds confused - It's not Himalaya, but Original Santal that has similarity to Joop. Homme

 

[Foamywax]

The edt has been reformulated and it now resembles the vintage.
I would just go for that instead.

 

[StylinLA]

I'm truly glad some here like it.

I think it's toxic waste.

 

[hednic]

I think it's toxic waste.

I'll take your word for it!

 

[ChuckW]

I got my bottle of Joop Homme EDP in the mail today.

Comparing it to the powerhouse Joop Homme EDT of 20 years ago (not the current weaker reformulation) I'd say it's a softer version of that EDT. One of the sharp notes in the EDT is missing or very toned down in the EDP. And that old EDT is more powerful than this new EDP after a few hours have elapsed.

If anyone recollects, there used to be lots of comparisons between Joop Homme EDT and Creed Himalaya back then. In a side by side comparison one could esily tell they were different, but from a distance their effect was similar. I think the difference has been narrowed when comparing the new EDP version to Himalaya.
Cheers,
Renato

I thought it was Creed OS, not Himalaya. But I could be wrong.

 

[StylinLA]

I thought it was Creed OS, not Himalaya. But I could be wrong.

Yes. At least opening notes seemed almost identical. The Creed rep once sprayed Original Santa for me and I screamed "JOOP!" and told her to put it away.

I sort of like Himalaya.

What Aramis is to hednic, Joop is to me.

 

[Renato]

I thought it was Creed OS, not Himalaya. But I could be wrong.

You are 100% correct thanks. I've added a correction above.

I haven't worn my Original Santal much since I have lots of Joop and Joop flankers, and Original Santal doesn't last as long as any of the Joops.
Cheers,
Renato

 

[Renato]

24 hours have now elapsed, and the EDP is just detectable on my wrist, while the old EDT is still going with some strength.
Cheers,
Renato

 

[andym72]

Many years ago, Renato advised me to try the Aftershave of Joop Homme because the nuclear strength of the EDT was too much for me.

So the weaker reformulation worked for me. And it’s only weaker, not weak, I can still smell it after a shower the following morning!

 

[Renato]

Many years ago, Renato advised me to try the Aftershave of Joop Homme because the nuclear strength of the EDT was too much for me.

So the weaker reformulation worked for me. And it’s only weaker, not weak, I can still smell it after a shower the following morning!

I'd forgotten that, thanks.

I still keep an atomiser of Joop Homme aftershave splash next to my regular nuclear Joop Homme EDT. I'd occasionally use the splash as a powerful cologne. Though I don't do it as much as I used to, since I also now have Joop Homme Summer Ticket, which is fairly similar to the splash.
Cheers,
Renato

 

[Ken_Russell]

Will also be likely interested in this, having so far liked most of its other previous flankers (including the Joop Homme Wild one, in terms of both performance and of actual scent)

 

[Renato]

Will also be likely interested in this, having so far liked most of its other previous flankers (including the Joop Homme Wild one, in terms of both performance and of actual scent)

I got my bottle very inexpensively from Amazon's sale last week.
I like it because I could wear it without my wife complaining, they way she did when I wore the EDT.
Cheers,
Renato

 

[andym72]

I’ve just got a bottle of the EDP, and it’s not meant to be a pumped up version of the EDT. Nope, the EDT is STILL stronger.

You need to think of it as more of a flanker, a gourmand take on the OG (yes, you heard right, take maybe the sweetest, strongest thing ever and make a gourmand version). The notes are different with a few common ones so there’s a thread of Joop Homme DNA running through it. There is “heliotrope” for instance, but it’s toned way down from the Dr Pepper of the EDT (and yeah, I like that benzaldehyde hit in the EDT).

If you can find it, that is. What’s really unbelievable is that it’s been discontinued already, in favour of the Le Parfum flanker, with its vomitous Iris note…

Having done a little research, the opinion I found online was that it is Joops take on the trending gourmand “caramelised Tonka” base found in Stronger With You Intensely (again, the gourmand SWY) and then ripped off repeated in The Most Wanted Parfum and 1 Million Elixir…

Don’t run for the hills based on that unacclaimed company, just hear me out and go with it.

So I found a store in my town that still had the Joop, and did a head to head tester strip test of the 4 of them.

What’s really weird is all 4 of them start with a identical overpowering sweet accord that seems to completely overwhelm the very different top notes they all have. Whatever aromachemical is used in the base as the sweetener starts out so strong it is a foghorn. And at that concentration as with a lot of frag elements, it has a slight metallic edge.

Give it 2 minutes, this note calms, the metallics go, and the actual top notes have a chance to come through. And of course they all go their own way from that point on.

The other three are fairly one dimensional compared to the Joop. The Armani is the suedey one, the Azzaro is the spicy one, and the Paco is the fruity one.

Joop Homme EDP is the suedey, spicy, fruity, nutty one…

And yes, I was looking for another gourmand Tonka, almost went with the Armani (which is the simplest of the lot), but gladly went with Joop Homme EDP, even though I’ve already got the EDT. They really are not similar enough to be redundant.