A portable blower comprising: - an axial blowing fan having a fan axis, - a handle having a central equilibrium point, - a blowing outlet nozzle connected downstream of the axial fan, - at least one suction intake nozzle connected upstream of the axial fan, the suction intake nozzle comprising an air intake opening with an intake axis forming a non-zero angle with the fan axis, the intake opening being disposed upstream of a first plane perpendicular to the fan axis and comprising the central equilibrium point of the handle, and the air intake opening also being directed away from a second plane passing through the central point of the handle, the second plane being perpendicular to a straight line in orthogonal relationship with the fan axis and passing through the central equilibrium point of the handle, - a protective grid for the air intake opening, - the air intake nozzle comprising a network of directional passages for homogenisation of an intake air flow, the network of directional passages being disposed in the vicinity of the air intake opening, - the network of directional passages having a network axis and the network axis has an intersection point with the second plane, the intersection point being disposed upstream of the first plane, characterised in that the network of directional passages is configured to impart to the intake air flow a directional component in opposite relationship to the fan, the network of directional passages having at least one of the following characteristics: the network axis forms with the intake axis an angle with a divergent component in opposite relationship to the axial fan, the passages of the network of directional passages is of a section increasing respectively in dependence on a distance separating them from the axial fan, and the passages of the network of directional passages are of a length decreasing respectively in dependence on a distance separating them from the axial fan. - an axial blowing fan having a fan axis, - a handle having a central equilibrium point, - a blowing outlet nozzle connected downstream of the axial fan, - at least one suction intake nozzle connected upstream of the axial fan, the suction intake nozzle comprising an air intake opening with an intake axis forming a non-zero angle with the fan axis, the intake opening being disposed upstream of a first plane perpendicular to the fan axis and comprising the central equilibrium point of the handle, and the air intake opening also being directed away from a second plane passing through the central point of the handle, the second plane being perpendicular to a straight line in orthogonal relationship with the fan axis and passing through the central equilibrium point of the handle, - a protective grid for the air intake opening, - the air intake nozzle comprising a network of directional passages for homogenisation of an intake air flow, the network of directional passages being disposed in the vicinity of the air intake opening, - the network of directional passages having a network axis and the network axis has an intersection point with the second plane, the intersection point being disposed upstream of the first plane, characterised in that the network of directional passages is configured to impart to the intake air flow a directional component in opposite relationship to the fan, the network of directional passages having at least one of the following characteristics: the network axis forms with the intake axis an angle with a divergent component in opposite relationship to the axial fan, the passages of the network of directional passages is of a section increasing respectively in dependence on a distance separating them from the axial fan, and the passages of the network of directional passages are of a length decreasing respectively in dependence on a distance separating them from the axial fan. the network axis forms with the intake axis an angle with a divergent component in opposite relationship to the axial fan, the passages of the network of directional passages is of a section increasing respectively in dependence on a distance separating them from the axial fan, and the passages of the network of directional passages are of a length decreasing respectively in dependence on a distance separating them from the axial fan.