Caron: the house of Ernest Daltroff
Daltroff opened the house at 10 rue de la Paix. From 1906 he worked alongside Félicie Wanpouille, a milliner on the same street, who designed the bottles while he composed the perfumes. Today the house perfumer is Jean Jacques.
Pour un Homme de Caron and its versions
In 1934, when men mostly wore colognes, Daltroff launched Pour un Homme, convinced that a man should wear a real perfume too. The fragrance pairs the aromatic freshness of lavender with the softness of vanilla, and the house describes it as a harmony of opposites between freshness and sensuality. According to Caron, the natural lavender is overdosed at 61%.
Spray and splash
Pour un Homme Spray and Pour un Homme Splash are the same fragrance in two different bottles: the first has an atomizer, the second has none and is poured.
Parfum
Pour un Homme Parfum is the most concentrated version. Jean Jacques set out to overdose the duality of the original, and the house describes a deeper vanilla next to the freshness of the lavender.
Édition Limitée
Pour un Homme Édition Limitée Eau de Toilette is the eau de toilette in a bottle reinterpreted by the artist Nathanaël Koffi, with a lavender tint that recalls the perfume's signature ingredient.
Aftershave
Pour un Homme Dopobarba is the shaving version.
Yatagan, Tabac Exquis and Musc Oli
Yatagan
Yatagan is an aromatic woody eau de toilette named after a saber and inspired by Ottoman horsemen. It has notes of cypress, wormwood, incense and patchouli, in a warm, full-bodied composition.
Tabac Exquis
Tabac Exquis is an eau de parfum from the tobacco family, with chocolate, incense, cinnamon, iris, myrrh and ambroxan.
Musc Oli
Musc Oli is a woody eau de toilette built on several musks, with javanol, a sandalwood note, cashmeran, woody amber accents and floral notes.
Frequently asked questions
What does Caron Pour un Homme smell like?
Pour un Homme de Caron is a men's fragrance built on the contrast between lavender and vanilla: the lavender brings the fresh, aromatic side and the vanilla the soft, warm one. Ernest Daltroff launched it in 1934, when men mostly wore colognes rather than real perfumes.
What is the difference between Pour un Homme and Pour un Homme Parfum?
Pour un Homme Parfum is the most concentrated version of the original, with a stronger, more assertive olfactory signature. Jean Jacques, the house perfumer, set out to overdose its duality: the composition is still built on lavender and vanilla, but with a deeper vanilla next to the freshness of the lavender.
Pour un Homme spray or splash: which is better?
The difference is in the bottle, not the fragrance: the Spray version has an atomizer, while the Splash has none and is poured. Both carry the accord of lavender and vanilla, with the natural lavender that Caron states is overdosed at 61%.
What is Pour un Homme Édition Limitée?
Pour un Homme Édition Limitée is the Pour un Homme eau de toilette in a bottle reinterpreted by the artist Nathanaël Koffi. The glass has a lavender tint that recalls the fragrance's signature ingredient, and the artist rethought its slender architecture with rhythm and vigor. The house presents it as a fragrance for aesthetes.
What does Caron Yatagan smell like?
Yatagan is an aromatic woody eau de toilette by Caron, inspired by Ottoman horsemen and named after a saber. It has notes of cypress, wormwood, incense and patchouli, and the house describes a surprising, warm and full-bodied character that lives up to its name.
Which Caron fragrance should I choose if I like tobacco?
If you like tobacco, the choice is Tabac Exquis, an eau de parfum the house places in the tobacco family, with notes of chocolate, incense, cinnamon, iris and myrrh. Yatagan also contains incense, but tobacco is not among its listed notes.
Which Caron fragrances are eau de toilette and which are eau de parfum?
Yatagan, Musc Oli and Pour un Homme Édition Limitée are eaux de toilette, while Tabac Exquis is an eau de parfum. Pour un Homme also comes in a Parfum version, more concentrated than the original.
Who is Caron's perfumer today?
The perfumer of the house of Caron is Jean Jacques. Among his creations in the catalog is Pour un Homme Parfum, the concentrated version of the 1934 classic. Pour un Homme itself, on the other hand, was composed by the founder, Ernest Daltroff.
