Alfred Dunhill · 2020
Desire Gold Eau de Toilette
Longevity
Long-lasting5-8 hours
Projection
ModerateFills your personal space
Polarising
Mixed
fresh
uplifting
Bright bergamot tea with rose and green moss
Scent Notes
Fresh / Citrus
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About This Perfume
Alfred Dunhill Desire Gold comes across as Bright bergamot tea with rose and green moss. It opens with bergamot, moves into Grasse rose and settles on oakmoss. It leans masculine, though anyone can wear it.
This eau de toilette works across all four seasons and is a daytime scent. Reach for it for casual days. Released in 2020.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
Is it right for you?
- Best for: anyone after something fresh and uplifting for casual days.
- Sample first if: citrus is new territory for you.
- Skip if: you dislike spicy fragrances.
Around $26.
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The verdict
Best for
Best for
- Casual
The Brand
Alfred Dunhill
Alfred Dunhill is a British heritage designer house. You can browse 41 Alfred Dunhill perfumes here, with prices from around $17 up to $90. Fragrance communities mention Alfred Dunhill Icon more than anything else in the range, with Alfred Dunhill Egyptian Smoke and Alfred Dunhill Mongolian Cashmere next. Mongolian Cashmere pairs soft cashmere powder with rosy florals and musky warmth.
Scent profiles of the picks
For Alfred Dunhill Icon (Eau de Parfum, 2015), expect cool green herbs, bergamot and pepper: neroli absolute and Italian bergamot up top, oakmoss, vetiver and iris underneath. Alfred Dunhill Egyptian Smoke (Eau de Parfum, 2020) comes across as smoky black tea, ginger warmth and rosy resin, with black tea and ginger at the start and palo santo, patchouli and labdanum at the base. Alfred Dunhill Mongolian Cashmere (Eau de Parfum, 2022) reads as soft cashmere powder, rosy florals and musky warmth, opening on mandarin orange and pink pepper and drying down to amber, musk and suede.
Related reading: warm & amber perfumes and fresh perfumes. All houses are on the Scendira brands page.
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It smells like Bright bergamot tea with rose and green moss. It opens with bergamot, moves into Grasse rose and settles on oakmoss.
In the community's experience it lasts roughly a working morning or afternoon, and projects to about arm's length.
It works across all four seasons. It is a daytime scent. It suits casual days.
It leans masculine, though anyone can wear it.
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