Alfred Dunhill Dunhill for men - Opinios Reviews

This is nice, inoffensive, and characterless. Poor longevity and projection on me. 2 hours after application I'm left with an anonymous scented soap. I can't imagine this making anyone mad, or elevating them, or making them randy. Nothing. It's just there like a beige Civic.

For the first hour, Dunhill smells like a Dolce and Gabbana Pour Homme clone: powdery, white floral, sweet, and with an anisic spiciness. I like it, even though it's not unique.

The drydown kicks in after that first hour, and that's where Dunhill becomes a fragrance more suited to my tastes. It's excellent. It's got that old school oily, quasi-alcohol "cologney" smell that is so common in classic aftershaves like English Leather and Skin Bracer. It's a style I love, though many consider it outdated and "old manly". In fact, Dunhill's drydown smells like English Leather (current version) with a hint of amber and cedar to remind you that this still is a 2003 release.

Dunhill is one of the few fragrances from this brand that I like. It is elegant and well constructed, with excellent longevity and discreet sillage, the way it should be with this kind of fragrance.

The only reason I don't give this a higher rating is because of its lack of originality. Its generic style is its only downside.

Like its tobacciana competitor Davidoff, Dunhill has an established pedigree in the men's fragrance field. With this 2003 offering, Dunhill presents a solid, vaguely Modernist bottle which seems more inspired by midcentury table lighters than by the purported sports car influence.

I find the fragrance more linear than some others do. It begins with a soft musky note not dissimilar to Burberry Touch, but more refined. The steam note familiar from Mugler Cologne also makes an appearance soon thereafter. The very mild spice and woods interweave this blend and it remains thus for the duration, a substantial 8 hours or so.

Dunhill is a pleasant fragrance which should offend no one, great for the office or in close quarters.

This is not my favorite Dunhill--by a long shot--but that said, there is something I really like about this. I am on my second bottle and that says a lot! I think that the drydown is the best part of this (and the bottle, of course, which is beatiful). The moss and sandalwood blend well with the tonka. I particularly like their aftershave balm, which is really hard to find. True to the Dunhill profile, this is discreet, elegant and manly--the cedarwood and musk see to that. Unlike their profile, I find this one a little ordinary, a little safe. Dunhill reused this bottle for their here today and gone tomorrow scent Pure, only in a frosted glass version. This actually is a long-standing Dunhill tradition if you think about it--they used their iconic spiral bottle for both Edition and d, again, both with frosted glass.

Dunhill opens with a very synthetic smelling faux lemon, lavender and geranium combo before adding in a very generic blend of cedar in the scent's heart, sweetened by base notes of tonka bean, artificial sandalwood and musk. The scent is quite linear in nature with the artificial lemon, lavender, geranium and tonka bean remaining for most of the entire duration. Projection and longevity are both excellent.

On the plus side for bottle collectors, I love the container the juice comes in; I just wish the scent was as good smelling as its well-designed housing.

Inoffensive, generic, soft musk and florals. Completely uninteresting to my nose. Disappears quickly.

Not worth the time and effort to discover.