Desire for a Woman

Desire by Dunhill is one of those blind purchases of mine, which turned out to be totally different to my expectations. In a good way, I suppose. I expected sweet caramel-licorice fragrance but what I got instead is a creamy floral with just a tiny pinch of sweetness. The most prominent notes, to my nose, are lime, magnolia, musk and freesia, so not quite what you could expect from looking at notes. (hardly any caramel, vanilla or licorice) I am not sure why ladies complain about the lasting power - to me it is great, Desire comes only as EDT yet it passed my overnight test and I get compliments when wearing it from both, women and men. Brilliant fragrance for a hectic day in office as well as a party at the local pub with friends! In a way, Desire makes a lovely multi-purpose fragrance, so to speak. In my book, it scores 8/10. Very well done. Shame it is discontinued.

I have begun to miss this greatly as I miss a certain time in my life. It was a blind buy from TKMaxx and I couldn't have picked better if I'd trawled all the testers in all the shops! This was one of the few vanillas I can wear and it was very good. I always got compliments on this and husband liked it (it's that smell of "cake"! :)It was very smooth and creamy and did not change much over time (personally I quite like scents that stay similar from the start to finish, I feel I know where I am..) It had good longevity, and the bottle was a fab design too. The flip top silver lid felt expensive and the curved pink glass was very ergonomic for spraying. Wish I had kept the empty bottle :( I was trying to not be sentimental.

Desire is very intoxicating, a bit heavy and sweet perfume. The top notes are very sweet but soon balance well thanks to the green and lime notes. The base introduces more flowers still maintaing a bit of that green scent. Then follows sweetness of the rose. Finally caramel and the end makes this a more mellow and not so loud fragrance. It settles very nicely, lasting power is good. I would recommend this to anyone that likes sweet but not the typical bubble gum or cotton candy sweet. Desire is different and not so widely used which is why I like it.

Gosh! I love it. A very special fragrance. Smells creamy and delicious in a sexy way. I like this perfume since its release and my first sniff but it was always hard to get and very expensive. Now I ́ve dared me and bought a bottle for an affordable price. And I can ́t get enough of it. If you love foody notes try this out. You will love it because it ́s one of those few foody scents which doesn ́t smell girlish.

It is one of the very few perfumes that I bought second bottle when first gone. It is very unique perfume, very rich one. Has character though. Very greenish-sweet from the begining turning to rose-wood warm after first 20-30 minutes. I would call Desire more spicy than floral. Very contemporary and stylish.