Arabian Desert

I try to avoid preconceptions, but the name Arabian Desert gave me visions of an inexpensive version of Tauer's magnificent L'aire de Desert Marocaine. This isn't that, but it has some commonalities that make this a nice experience. Where LADDM is the desert as seen by Lawrence of Arabia, AD is the desert remembered by a 19th Century British imperialist 30 years later in his London sitting room. A smooth amber accented with powdery lavender, cashmeran and saffron gets this started. At 45 minutes, a healthy dose of patchouli and some incense have pushed aside the lavender and saffron. This is usually where rose would elbow its way to the top, but other than a bit of tone, it is undetectable. The jasmine, however, peeks its head up every now and again, not as a strong white floral note but rather as something that brightens the amber and patchouli. The scent doesn't evolve much past this point, other than hints of fougeric notes, which is unsurprising since this contains all of the classic fougere notes (bergamot, lavender, rose/geranium, and coumarin). Of course, amber and patchouli are in loads of fragrances, but the incense and other uncredited elements shape these very differently from the LNDLHs, Halloween Mans and Wanted By Nights of the world. There is a density and silkiness here, along with just a smidge of middle eastern mystery, that elevates this. By now you are thinking "this fanboy is obviously going to buy a bottle of this", but that isn't actually the case. This is quite good, but I'm becoming very choosy as my collection becomes unwieldy, and if I want a desert fragrance, LADDM is going to be it. I will keep my generous decant of this, and will probably re-up for another 10ml if and when I use this up. If YOU don't have any desert fragrances, however, grab yourself a decant of this juice. I think you will like it.

#423 in my "Tour de Fragrance" Dunhill Arabian Desert is an oriental done right. Ambery, oudy, but warm and inviting, not sweet and nose-hair singeing. Spicy, but like a nice tea. Smoky and rosey, but just hints. This lasts a good five hours and projects an hour, which is better than the Dunhiill EDTs by a lot. So don't overdo it. Over-sprayed this will force the folks in the carpool to roll their windows down, drive people out of the elevator before they reach their floor, make the folks in the office fire up their air filters. It's fine if you spray conservatively. Try a single spritz at first. This is not a casual scent, or a warm weather scent. Definitely not a club scent in the Western hemisphere. A hint of this scent will be attractive to a date, appropriate for formal wear, an overspray would be off-putting. I think it's a reasonably priced safe buy for a man, much more daring for a woman. I'm ordering the rest of the "Signature" line the first of the year. If the others are even close to this good they're a bargain. But this one is not for the kiddies. On a twenty-something this would seem laughably pretentious, like you borrowed your dad's cologne. It's not outright grandad juice, but forties and up I think. It's the sort of scent that needs to be earned with experience and accomplishment.

This one is far more elegant, well blended, and sophisticated than a lot of overhyped fragrances that sell the label and not the actual fragrance, hmmm, lv, hmm. This one, Egyptian Smoke, and Indian Sandalwood are the best, followed closely by Amalfi Citrus and Agar Wood. I have backup bottles of the others and will get one backup for this one too. There a is a Montale, called Oud Edition, that is very close to this one, but also this has some resemblance to Gucci Intense Oud. All these don't have a funky oud note, and they're extremely smooth. This has become my favorite from Dunhill.

I'm wearing this today. A bit soft in term of projection but the longevity is good. Huge love for this one. Pleasant, mood uplifter, semi aromatic and semi spicy. The smoky ambience is exists but not as massive smokiness like others in my collection. I get the hint of rose and its not dominant at all.I don't really get the bergamot. If you like woodsy sensation, then you gonna love this. I'm planning to overspray this during my other day perfume rotation, feeling like want to experience the cloud surrounding me.

A bottled amber treat. It starts beautiful but it get even better at the dry down. Rich, dark, warm incense/amber with a soft & luxurious saffron note. For a moment I thought there was orange here as well as there is a very mild orangish zest but that could the bergamot giving that. It gets a little powdery at the dry down but that is what amber do. It's soft, charming, & mature. I really like it I haven't smelled amber this good since I tried Adnan B. Ambre Noir a few months back. "Love"

I got decants of Arabian Desert, Egyptian Smoke, and Moroccan Amber and this was hands down the winner - the one of the three I'd like a bottle of. The other two only lasted a couple of hours at best. This one lasted longer and had a better dry down on skin and clothes. The oud and incense base notes hang around nicely and for only $60 at discounters it's a good buy. None of the other notes - rose, saffron, pepper overpower. Nicely balanced. Recommend.

This is a more affordable version of PDM Habdan. It is a little smoother and sweeter, but overall this really nails that scent profile and at an affordable price. This whole line is just incredible. They could sell for twice the price under a different brand.

Smells good!! Reminds me of Bond No9 NY Oud but less sweet. A very careful ptesentation. Not too arabic, quite wearable for occasions. Lasting but projection is moderate. Expecting better projection since this is a higher range. Very good but not unique.

Don't know why but i absolutely love arabian desert's fragrance . definitely it's high quality i couldn't stop myself from sniffing my arm whole day after applying it

This is high quality. This is amber and incense mixed in perfection. It lasts 12+ hours and projects like a beast. Worth easily 100 bucks.

This is a nice spicy woody, ambery fragrance. I also perceive a tea note hidden in the background even though it’s not listed

Like it's name...Desert just should wear in winter, fall and just for night. It is warm, spicy, sweet and very very softly.

It lasts forever, and smells like private line. High quality of saffron, incense and rose.

Beautiful, rounded oud fragrance

Smells good, interesting opening where you get a blast of all the listed notes: Pink pepper, saffron, jasmine, slight rose backed by a smokey, ambery, slighty oudy/woody base, dries down into a less unique rose + oud smokey amber fragrance that I dislike more than the opening. If you dislike rose then you will probably dislike this fragrance, also I did not get any bergamont at any point when smelling this. Wouldn't wear this personally but could smell great on the right person, which when I smell this I imagine someone 35-40+ years old. Would work best in the fall and winter. Projects great at first for maybe 45min-1 hour but dissipates rather quickly and last only about 5-6 hours. Avoid overspraying, some could find it harsh, especially within the first hour. Overall it's a mature dry desert like spicy smokey amber with a touch of rose scent that dries down into a smokey rose heavy scent, so if that sounds appealing to you I would recommend

nice subtle oud fragrance with saffron,smoke and pepper. it doesnt scream and jump outta your skin.but longevity is very decent.not totally unique but what lovely presentation, its a try...not a must buy 7/10

I really like the Oud in this one, it has a touch of chocolate cake to it. Sweet and approachable. If you want a starter Oud fragrance try this(sweet), Varvatos Oud(animalistic) or Versace Oud Noir(woody).

Opens with a creamy vanilla scent and is soon joined by spices. It dries down to a soft, warm, woody rose scent. Not the best fragrance in the world, but it's pleasant.

Nice blend & quality. not very niche but still nice & wearable. Performance is decent. Longevity 7-8 hours with average projection.

Nice amber fragrance, no harsh from oud note or too strong rose, better than Indian Sandalwood, but no better than Egyptian Smoke.