Choosing a men's perfume from Alfred Dunhill

British perfume brands are currently experiencing a peak in popularity. This is especially true of niche perfumery, and Alfred Dunhill remains one of the most popular brands among mass products.

The founder of the brand, Alfred Dunhill, inherited the family's harness and leather workshop in 1893. He successfully developed the traditional craft, but, keenly catching the trends of the times, he was one of the first to become a motorist and switched to car accessories.

The sale of tobacco blends and the production of smoking pipes became a successful area. In 1923, the first pocket lighter in its modern form was released with the Dunhill logo. Then Dunhill lighters will appear on the screen more than once in the hands of James Bond.

The perfume line was launched in 1934. Starting with the first fragrance, Alfred Dunhill men's fragrances have a number of characteristic features:

• modern, but classic, noble scents;
• variety of compositions;
• versatility;
• impeccable quality;
• elegant design.

Dunhill perfumery includes only one fragrance for women. Focusing on the men's line, the brand embodied in it the image of an English gentleman - a man with impeccable taste and a set of remarkable qualities: courageous but ironic, calm and energetic.

As a luxury brand, Dunhill sets prices for perfumes that are quite affordable for the mass consumer. After many years of cooperation with Procter & Gamble since 2013, the company transferred the rights to manufacture and distribute its products to Inter Parfums.

The Dunhill brand keeps traditions and continues to release the best samples from its perfumery portfolio. They fit harmoniously into our high-tech age.

The first fragrance was Dunhill for Men by Alfred Dunhill. You can still buy vintage eau de toilette from 1934 today. The aroma is woody-spicy with fresh lemon notes, leaving in the coolness of geranium greens. A bouquet of delicate rose and jasmine sets off the spice of nutmeg and carnation. All is crowned with a noble leather accord.

Aristocratic fragrance from 1978 Blend 30 surprises with a bold combination of cherry, lavender and sage, and unfolds into a floral-woody bouquet. It is difficult to find it today, but for real perfume maniacs nothing is impossible.

From the fragrances of the XX century, there are men's perfumes and eau de toilette Dunhill Edition (1984) on sale. Fresh woody-spicy composition opens with notes of lemon, lavender, bergamot. Heart of the bouquet: jasmine, lily of the valley, geranium, carnation. The trail has soft spruce and mossy tones.

Dunhill Pure (2006) very fresh, quite persistent, a little soapy.

Oriental Fougere Dunhill London (2008) combines the sweetness of apple, rose, geranium and the spice of cardamom.

Dunhill 51.3 N (2009) - oriental spicy, sophisticated, with a long vanilla sillage.

Some fragrances have a number of flankers and are grouped together.

• Desire for a Man was released in 2000. Many consider it a unisex perfume, as the composition is based on sweet notes of juicy apples, vanilla and rose. Shades of lemon, patchouli and teak are subtly woven into the bouquet. An extraordinary perfume became the starting point of the whole collection.

• Desire blue - a fougere green scent of 2002. Fresh, aquatic, with a strong lotus note. The balance between the freshness and sweetness of mandarin and orange has provided this fragrance with many fans.

• Desire black - oriental fougere aroma of 2014 with a slight pungency of pepper, bitterness of grapefruit and tenderness of a rose. The elegant scent is enclosed in a black bottle with a metallic finish.

• Desire extreme appeared in 2017. The skin is clearly audible in it, carnation and red orange are palpable.

• Desire blue ocean inspired by the image of the indomitable waves and salt spray of the endless ocean. In the bouquet: cold mint, citrus, apple and smoky beans with vetiver.

• Icon and Icon Absolute released in 2015: luxurious silver and gold bottles contain woody-spicy fragrances. Icon's composition is an unusual blend of bergamot, neroli, lavender, smoky oud, leather and moss. Icon Absolute is a sensual blend of jasmine, rose and tobacco-leather notes.

• Icon Elite combines a whole bouquet of citrus fruits with juniper and pepper pungency. In the train - suede and wood.

• Icon Racing - woody aromatic, with orange blossom, lavender, pepper and vetiver in the base.

Century Fragrance (2018) - cold freshness with a tart bitterness. But Century Blue (2019), in addition to the coolness of moss, powdery and floral shades, has aquatic notes.

Signature is a new line of 6 products:

• Amalfi Citrus;
• Arabian Desert;
• British Leather;
• Indian Sandalwood;
• Morrocan Amber;
• Valensole Lavender.

Alfred Dunhill's fragrances are universal, the brand does not have heavy age or too youthful fragrances. The choice should be based on personal preference.

General recommendations that light, cool, aquatic scents are suitable for summer days, and spicy and sweet-woody for autumn-winter, work for this British brand too. In a fairly large collection from Dunhill, any man will find “his own fragrance”.

The impeccable English quality of perfumery, like all Alfred Dunhill products, is embodied in the phrase of its founder, which became the brand's motto: "What we do must be practical, reliable, beautiful and durable, it must be the best."