Christian Dior Dune Eau De Toilette Spray for Her 30ml

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I loved this in the late 90s, it was one of my favourite scents, and I just had to get a bottle now to refresh my memory as I really prefer different perfumes now compared to a 20 y.

Soddy humidity is released from the earth with each strike of heel, while trampling a way back to shelter.

This lasts all day long and just dries down beautifully rosewood/sandalwood and ambery, definitely detect the benzoin as well. There are hints of this decay, like a beautiful suntanned model rolling on the beach in 1990, long tawny legs, her brown hair shimmers in the sun, but with animalic notes of baking dead sand crabs and seaweed in windy dunes around her.

There is nothing vintage about this one, but there is nothing about today that smells like it either. The olfactory scent of the fragrance starts with fresh bergamot chords that merge with notes of aldheidos, peony and rosewood from Brazil and the authentic protagonist of the Sicilian tangerine perfume. I was also surprised to see there were aldehydes in the fragrance as I hated the aldehydes in Chanel No 5, which smells awful on me.I have always sort of rolled my eyes at people who claime that current versions are a shell of their former selves. My skin chemistry has this unfortunate tendency of making wood-dominated smells bitter, dirty, medicinal or downright harsh.

No matter which version, this stuff is magical, unforgettable, and certainly signature scent worthy.I tried this again last night, and this time is was much warmer, I got more vanilla and florals, and it was much less abrasive. I didn't mark it, but it is me, my signature, always there - in a place of honor, they don't know the number of used bottles. It is built of contradictions: aloof, distant, but inviting; somehow cold …and sensual at the same time.

Dune is definitely lighter than Obsession but I prefer Obsession because it's spicier and it does the job well without putting an overwhelming patchouli note. I believe I have an old bottle, so it could just be that my perfume has faded to the base notes concentration and that's why it's so deep, but the floral notes (which kind of smell like magnolia/moon flower) are what make it more feminine.The younger sister of Scheherazade of One Thousand and One Nights, whose name was Dunyazad, fits the mood here - something I could imagine being worn in The Mummy (1999), or Sahara (2005). Soft spicy notes become more prominent as it develops, enhancing the dry woodiness and soft florals to perfection. I loved Dune when it first came out, and it definitely has some pleasant features, but there is a difference now, and I can only theorize without having an old bottle to compare it to. My reaction just doesn't seem to jive with the other reviewers, no mention of sickly sweetness, in fact, quite the opposite. The original formulation is indescribable beyond saying that it smells like sunset on the beach on the Redwood Coast of California after a hot, dry day when the wind begins to shift to blow in from the ocean.