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On my skin it turns vanilla quite fast and stays that way until the very end, which is about 8+ hours. Perhaps Hermes Eau de Merveilles has the similar character, although those two smell quite different.
It reminds me of the Phil Elverum quote: "I am interested in what happens in the bottom of the lake at night. These cookies allow us to measure the audience of our site and generate anonymous visitor statistics. Encased in an instantly recognisable winged bottle, Dior Dune Eau de Toilette has been a favourite amongst discerning women for over 20 years.It portrays a landscape where the sun kisses the sea and rays of light gently touch the skin, while the magical ocean breeze brings flowery wafts. Dune brought this memory back, complete with crouching down behind marram grass trying to spit out the grainy, mineral sand.
For the Wax Melts: You will receive a 50g (approx) plastic container, filled with 7-8 pieces of wax moulds blended in a fragrance of your choice, each melt will give around 1 hour burning time.I bought this as a teen with babysitting earnings, it was mid-90s, Dune was being advertised in all the magazines and that's probably what got me - but I also loved the fresh-yet-warm-and-silky smell, and wore it a lot. It's become my "boss ass bitch" scent, maybe just because I wore it to the interview that snagged me a job that despite being min wage, was on the first rung of the notoriously difficult-to-enter career ladder I wanted to be on (despite having no qualifications in said career, which is why the interview seemed like a Hail Mary) - so I may have afforded this an auspicious, almost mythical character, but honestly? I have a memory of being brought to a blustery beach on the west coast of Ireland as a small child, and being so hungry on arrival, that I found myself wondering what sand tastes like. I can see the link to Black Orchid (which I hate) - but what is this "walk in the desert; sand and dunes, hot sun, blah blah blah" stuff all about? This is a French luxury scent with all the gestalt that comes with it: Sweet notes, floral notes, dry notes, wood notes, amber notes, resin notes, a subtle fruity note, pale musk notes, aldehyde notes, all coming and going in waves, intermixing, to create something very beautiful, unclassifiable and not at all predictable.
Nevertheless, many people do find this complex, so this may just be my silly nose - and I still adore it to death. I first met Dune via my mother's vintage bottle, now we treasure this juice and use the bottle from 00s. This is an afternoon at the beach, at the end of Summer, when the sun has started setting and you feel the pressure lowering and you get that smell of approaching rain. The first time I tested it the aldehydes were very potent and I also smelled what reminded me of bad breath for hours.
It can kind of lean feminine yes but it really reminds me of and in the same vein of a ‘Black Orchid’ type of unisex fragrance, especially in 2022.
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. Everything is beautifully blended, but as it's drying down, overall I get a Brazilian Rosewood scent with the other notes serving to support its different facets. An indefinable pleasant, light yet deep, sweet and fresh, with a powdery touch and a slightly woody accord. At first, it's somewhat pungent: dry, but over time it becomes a warm cuddle, like being under the sun in the beach.
The base develops into an amber-like chypre that gives comfort to the wearer that amidst an endless desert has always an oasis. Perhaps these notes, being the most delicate, were not preserved in my vintage bottle due to the effects of time. Top notes include aldehyde, mandarin, bergamot, and rosewood, which transition quickly into peony accord, lily, ylang-ylang, rose and jasmine. It begins with an almost vintage feel through the interaction of aldehydes, rosewood, bergamot, rose-jasmin, tangerine, mellow fruits, herbs and vetiver.
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