Desire for a Man by Alfred Dunhill

Alfred Dunhill

Desire for a Man

Spicy Woody · 2000

AppleLemonBergamotOrange BlossomRoseTeak WoodPatchouliVanillaMusk

Notes checked against a published listing.

Reported longevity
Long
Reported sillage
Strong
Typical occasion
Romantic/Evening
Typical season
Winter

These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.

Modelled profile

Bright citrus flashes before oud and leather take a dark, spicy turn. Bold and projecting, it pairs freshness up top with a deep, resinous base.

Taste Profile

The Natural archetype

The Natural

The Easy Choice

Always works, always easy.

The one to reach for in a hurry. It fits the moment because it always does. Don't think, just go for it.

How Desire for a Man smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Desire for a Man carries across a room and announces itself, and sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.

Modelled profile. This profile is derived from the evidence currently available and may be refined over time.

Warmthtemperate0.48

Desire for a Man sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.

Projectionroom-filling0.74

Desire for a Man carries across a room and announces itself. That is 93rd percentile for projection across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Riskmid-range0.37

Desire for a Man sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available.

Texturebalanced0.42

Desire for a Man carries body without weight, present without filling a room. That is 22nd percentile for texture across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Sweetnesslightly sweet0.52

Desire for a Man carries sweetness without letting it define the scent. That is 71st percentile for sweetness across 5,320 scored fragrances.

Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.

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