It is classy, although I can sense a cigarette smell, sometimes, but not overwhelming or bothering Hopefully, it won't be discontinued. I am no great discerner of perfume notes, but to me theres a dry, straw, almost barley sugar (?) It's become my most worn day-to-day because it's perfect for work - not vampy or overly sexy for my comfort level around colleagues, but not without femininity or personality. I own the version produced a few years ago, so cannot compare to the vintage. It opens with aldehydes and then settles into a gorgeous warm woody scent that envelopes me and has me thinking wow, that's really good. Old but gold! It is also quite unique; in fact I can't think of another perfume that's similar to Dune. I'm not sure if I can pick out exact notes, except for aldehydes, but I'm sure that I don't even want to, since this fragrance is wonderful in its complexity which doesn't need to be ruined by trying to pick the whole thing apart. I have worn it for years and I get " I love when you wear that cologne" each time I wear it . After ten years, I still have that spray bottle, and I tried it again recently after a long break. I think that the manufacturer might be cheaping out on the base notes. The scent of my childhood. I liked it quite a lot at first.
My mom used to wear it when I was a kid, and I took it from her on special occasions as a teenager. With opening notes of benzoin and aldehydes, one can almost sense saline waves breaking into a mist against musky, sun-worn skin. character to the perfume. I can only imagine how wonderful the vintage version smells, but this modern take is still one of my favorites. It is nothing like I imagined. Plenty out there. Thank you @gatspy .. its similer to obsession by CK . It is a scent of someone who definitely has a story to tell. This is on my list of unisex fragrances, I am male and this is one of my favourites to wear. It was really neat to get to smell these original formulations! So naturally it reminds me of her and I love it. I was terrified I could not get it off me and she would find out I put it on, even though I only used a tiny amount. This was many years ago and it would deserve another try again now, I'm sure. Like the Dior Poison line; VINTAGE or nothing at all. Dune is so good.
But surely very classy. I overdosed, wearing it as part of my day wardrobe for three days. It just doesn't have anything to it that makes me want to smell it all day - and it WILL last all day.
It brings back such warm feelings and I absolutely love it. L'Instinct, the New Flanker of Habit Rouge by Guerlain, Dusita Montri: Fragrance Review & Musings on Classicism, DIOR Dune Eau de Toilette fr Damen (. And f#ck yes, THIS. I needed it. Classified as oceanic because perhaps smells salty. It's not like any of the other perfumes on your table, it doesn't bore you with one -LOUD- note, it doesn't give you heartache or headache. I purchased a vintage bottle of this to try. Bottle is available as 30, 50 and 100 ml Eau de Toilette together with Bath & Body line. For the sake of that craving I started to look for it in shops and I found obviously the reformulated version. This perfume makes me feel safe and comfortable - like everything is or is going to be okay! Hours later, as the sun slips behind the sand, and the notes fade into memory, a hint of amber, vanilla, black patchouli, and the ghost of a single honeysuckle bloom, vetiver(? I absolutely love this fragrance!! Warm, unisex, woody, slightly spicy, with an odd note my nose insists on associating with old fashioned postage stamps or petrol. It was hot and full of sun, it reminded me the smell of desert. Either way, Dune is superb and exceptional. A beautiful and offbeat scent that straddles the line (at least as far as today's tastes go) between niche and designer appeal. Too chemical smelling and reminded me of a cross between air freshener and furniture polish.
It's not loud but definitely noticeable, which is atypical of many other 90s scents. dior is magical. There are so many things to say about this fragrance. And above it all, a scent of soil and cocoa mixed together. I am quite satisfied with it and insist on not being good at catching and singling out notes, because to me the abstractness in perfumery is the grand virtuoso. Dune is absolutely unique and not at all dated. There is no petal-like dew or green leafs glistening. Definitely an "I can't stop sniffing" favorite! I think it is a perfect unisex scent. Interesting combination of amber and aldehydes. When I really love a perfume, I dont ask anyones opinion on it, because they will probably react either lukewarmly and blunt my enjoyment of the scent, or they will demand to know what it is, and potentially get a bottle themselves! What a fabulous perfume to fall in love with at a young age. This can easily be worn by men and they would never have to be afraid that it will make them feminine. If it suits your skin chemistry, you can never avoid wearing it. My all time favourite. I remember trying this a few years ago and disliking it immensely - I felt it was dry (like the desert in the commercial) and devoid of any sweetness (a big 'no-no' for me at the time). Lovely. I wasnt expecting it to smell like Chanel Allure in my skin. Natural driftwood, not piers coated in creosote. (about 2 years ago). So happy I found it! Glorious! To me the scent of Dune is nothing less then divine in it's super uniqueness. It just sits quiet but oh so noticeable on your skin, warm, smart, complex, unforgettable.
I would prefer it in warm to cool season depending on mood basically. I'm going to pass on this one, because I just don't think it's worth the prize -- but points for individuality. Woods generally have a certain dry quality about them but rosewood is the most ameable, softest to me. Still, it is worth a try. Sandy footprints being erased by metallic ocean breeze. It's not exactly my cup of tea, although the notes and the hype were suggesting otherwise. Just like me, Dune Dior is a silent, dignified, decent and a true queen. A classic, spicy, ambery sort of scent. This is simply working its own way. Perfumes: 73,887 I have resisted buying this fragrance because I don't want to invest in a frag that doesn't evoke emotions that move the earth (or desert sand) for me. In general I only apply a tiny amount of perfume on any given day. 
Unique. Its mighty cold today outside and inside dry and sort of warm but a house is never 100% warm in winter in my opinion. Creation for destruction! Trudging feet nudge newly formed dew, just as the beach's sand transforms into grass, muddling dark verdant notes of patchouli, wallflower and vetiver as the genesis of trail begins to form. It is rosey-woody, balsamic - but I struggle to describe it technically, because this scent brings so many emotions.
These epic wonders are capable of so instantly summoning such splendid passageway into other planes of reality, that I am almost forced to re-categorize their nature.
Until today, Dune meant one thing to me: an 80's movie made about a long and confusing book. If dune was a genre of music, it would be classical music. Base notes are vanilla, patchouli, benzoin, sandalwood, amber, oakmoss, and musk. Im so glad I tried this. This is my first review for which I haven't voted on the notes. I honestly don't get the strangeness and melancholy some people ascribe to Dune. I'd say: it is about soul age.
And for the sake of this memory, I bought myself a bottle. It's so distinctive, comforting, and yet strangely adventurous. What I got on my skin is not sandalwoody-amberish oriental perfume I so wished for, but just another pleasant flower scent (which reminds me of Apom by Maison Francis Kurkdjian). Its a warm fragrance that can usually be worn in summer too. Definitely going to wear this masterpiece on special occasions. And bought it and tried it. I agree that it reminds me of a less-spicy oriental. Everything in this is unisex except the peony, which isnt noticeable, still, wear what you like! A strange and melancholy perfume, it's hard for me to describe. This is a collectors item. Better for cool and specifically autumnal weather. Dune is a fragrance I first tested about a year ago and initially thought, Stunning but for an elegant older lady. Then it got under my skin, and now, its one of my favourites. Wrapped in a beautiful, billowing, thin fabric shawl that shines in many beautiful colours. Wearing Dune gives you that feeling of walking on a dune before and after sunset, when heat suddenly stops and the sand gets cold. I remember how it was slightly spicy, I got wafts of a warm amber all day. Got this as an extra sample and I really like. I do think that the choice of name harks a little bit to Frank Herberts novels, as there is a dry, exotic, evocative character to Dune that has absolutely nothing in common with a beach. Seriously a nice fragrance that one must have on shelf for sure. The first time I bought/tried Dune, I sold it shortly after. PM if interested . I got my wedding dress out from its wrapping a few years ago, and I could still smell Dune!. I love woody perfumes and I was ecstatic to add this to my collection. I overlooked this fragrance in the past and decided to wear it today. I live right by Lake Erie and it's 97 degrees Fahrenheit today. Not just for me but for one and all who are all around. This does have a very beachy smell, but beaches all smell different. The original had a wonderful note of warm liquid amber , I dont get the same in the new version which is more dry and more pleasantly common .. the original had an exotic sensuality , it was like a warm liquid amberish liquor, it spoke to me although it wasnt a casual scent. Warm, sensual, softly spicy, on the edge of something deep. For many years, I smelled it in perfume shops, because, somehow, it attracted me, but I didn't feel any compatibility. The amber is too strong an element and I guess I just don't like the smell of amber that much. If you like this, try Grs Pice Unique. As well as the sea-foam is quite perceptible to me. Dune by Dior is a Amber Woody fragrance for women. Dune, for me, doesn't create the imagery of beaches and sunkissed skin. I have lived and walked a northern Florida beach, all seasons, all hours of the day, and especially on moonlit nights.
But I had to specify to her never to wear it when I was around. Thankfully vintages are easy to get for a cheap price (UNLIKE Hypnotic Poison and now Dior Addict!). The vintage EDT is green and rich on the galbanum and bitter oakmoss, has a fresh dewy floral heart and dries down to a dry and slightly sweetened sandalwood-vanilla like nothing else on earth. I find it quite intoxicating, and while I like and love many other fragrances I don't think of them as intoxicating. You will never smell a more exquisite sandalwood. I wouldn't say 'bleak' as I've seen it described, but it's definitely not warm/inviting. Its pure liquid perfection in its seduction. My mother used to wear this when I was little. Rich, deep, sensuous and intriguing. I really wanted to love this perfume as I love Dior fragrances. Dune is so weird. Most Dior smells wonderful on me. sometimes it starts off with a funky lily, other times like peonies and stale smoke. The albatross of doom from The Rime of the Mariner carried with serenity by someone who bears the penance. Dune is a perfume I coverted for quite a long time and although I own a bottle and hardly reach for it, whenever I do wear it, I remember why I love it and why I wanted it in the first place. is it a burial at sea or the birth of Freyja?. Longevity is nuclear, though it's just an EDTyeah. Dune is a touch cloying and sticky to me nowadays, though I loved it in the 90s. Dune is the perfect thing to wear for my geography in this heat and humidity. So many wonderful memories are tied to this somewhat marine, somewhat desert-y beauty. Giant sand worms, Sting acting a villain, weird kids etc etc. Does anyone else get this note, stronger and overriding any others, which is simply a melange of the actual materials used? It's not that she is ordinary at all, but Dune was born when I was a teenager just getting hooked on shopping at the mall. It's definitely a thick and resinous amber. Sometimes change is for the better, or it could be that this beautiful scent suits me more now that I have matured and changed myself. 2 months ago i decided to buy a 100 ml bottle and i can't stop wearing it: i'm addicted! Okay, this is seriously nice stuff!! The powdery amber is a lot of what I liked about Shalimar, even though Dune is more masculine in its weight of amber. ", Update: I bought a cheap splash bottle online that had no box, I am not sure if it was stored in the best conditions but it is from 1991 according to the code engraved in the bottle (5 digits code). On my skin it lasts not more than 2 hours and I think this is terrible because I paid 80EUR for the bottle. It smells just the same it used to back in 90-s when it was even more costly, and I - too young to afford it. She would always use it on special occasions. Some say its discontinued but its still on the website and I just bought a bottle from a big department store in Stockholm, Sweden. Its everything. Awe-inspiring! I'm reluctant to buy a new bottle as I fear it may have been reformulated and not still have the same beautiful scent. The scent is very familiar, if youre into fragrances you will notice its similarities to whats been done before. I was starting to become doubtful that I would find the one that really made my dream come true, that spoke to me; the top contenders were still too fruity, too floral, too young, too daytime, or too wintery delicious for hot weather. I'm sure she will draw me back again at some later date. Dune was my wedding day perfume. I love it so much it has made its way into my favorites. Infinity! I've tried this perfume on so many times and it starts out truly incredible. :), I don't know how to say it, it is soft yet wild. Timeless beauty. en tout cas pas pour moi ce parfum. I simply love it :) It is enchanting to me. Just an amazing seductive fragrance that evokes the feel of a day in the sand dunes, warm, fragrant, light woodsy, soft and earthy florals. Its not too sweet, its not too dry , I cannot pick out the indiviual notes on this one it just melds together so perfectly !! I cannot relate scent to sand. It has the same crisp that Alien does. Top notes are Brazilian Rosewood, Aldehydes, Mandarin Orange, Bergamot and Peony; middle notes are Lily, Ylang-Ylang, Wallflower, Jasmine and Rose; base notes are Sandalwood, Amber, Benzoin, Oakmoss, Vanilla, Patchouli and Musk. 10/10. So yes, this perfume is actually a winner, a queen and a joy in little cutie bottle. The bottle that holds this liquid gold feels like a well worn beach stone washed up onto the sand, heavy, smooth, cool and molds into your hand. Dune, Obsession and Must by Cartier are sisters. Although our wdding was in December, Dune fitted the occasion perfectly. Today is when it seemed to absolutely shine. It dried down to a dominant leather scent. Very unique, creative, unusual and it worths your attention. Ambery mossy base. I love it, but I'm just sayin'. She took my words away - I couldn't even articulate what emotions I felt, much less describe the scent. I am forever thankful that is how I got Dune by Dior. I say 90s because that time fragrances were changing from the animalic, floral power bombs from the 80s to something fresher and youthful, almost minimalist, but still with a lot of notes. Dune is the kind of fragrance that you cant stop sniffing, but you can never quite put your finger on, other than to say: Divine. I havent smelt the latest version, it probably wont be a patch on this beauty . Its a warm, slightly sweet and comforting scent I am really enjoying in this cold weather. I live in Florida and this is my go-to for cooler, drier weekends. When it comes to sandalwood, I think I'm more partial to scents that make it "creamy" instead of "woody". Then things calmed down a little. Fragrantica Trends is a relative value that shows the interest of Fragrantica members in this fragrance over time. The newer version I'll say is nothing to write home about. 
Makes me feel like I am on a milky beach lined by gently swaying white barked trees at early evening. I just dont think Im interested in going back here perfume-wise. Its truly beautiful, haunting and a unique fragrance indeed. I want more! It's not a knockoff, but it shares notes and has a similar indescribable loveliness. It was like being confronted with some alien world, a world with Lovecraftian geometry. Dune is an absolute beauty !! Its innovative bottle with rounded edges is designed by Veronique Monod. I am replacing it with Coco Mademoiselle, which reminds me of the amber from the 1990s Dune. peut tre l'ai rattach un vnement ngatif de ma vie mais je l'ai en horreur, tenue et sillage trs forts, parfum lourd, peut incommoder(j'avais la version des annes 2000). It was perfect for the day. On my skin, this feels warm, complex, smart and unforgettable. If you can translate the emotional connection, to know what Dune smells like, what the Dune experience is all about, listen to Sting's "Desert Rose" with Cheb Mami. It smells like a dirty beach littered with rubbish. Bubbly, classy and what is quite rare in the market full of LVEB clones, highly recognizable. The base develops into an amber-like chypre that gives comfort to the wearer that amidst an endless desert has always an oasis. No questions asked. It is oddly comforting though. I'm scrolling through the reviews and not finding anyone who experienced anything similar to what I did. You're strolling lazily along the warm blonde sand dunes where the driftwood lays in the dusk, a mild breeze wafts the scent of distant wood florals, this is Dune. And at your young age of 21.. On me, this is a sandalwood and rosewood explosion with an afterthought of ylang-ylang and aldehydes. On the top of that list stands Dune. Elegant. I rarely wear it, but when I do, I clutch my bottles ever closer and whisper "my Preciousssssss. Perfectly unisex, I think. I say this because it starts out smelling great, but the dry down is just powder smell to me. It reminds me of late summer; sultry, sandy, slightly musky. The other day, after being resigned to a drawer for years, I sprayed some on a whim and WOW, exactly as I remembered it. Just after spray, very green, orange, moss, aldehyde, ozone, clover field, jasmine, then a buttery cantaloupe just to the verge of nauseating. Like a garden right before the first frost, cold smelling. I recently remembered my love, so I got me a new bottle. At least my mother didn't wear any scents but maybe someone else around me did. It's so hard to describe it as it is so unique you just have to at least smell it one time but this perfume feels very visual it's like you can envision a scene just by smelling it, it tells a story. Today, the second day of fall with temps a little cooler especially in the evening, Dune has enveloped me in pure creamy sandalwood/Brazilian Rosewood? Then a couple minutes later, peony and rose calm the sharp beginning creating a comforting feeling. I am taking a fresh hit about every hour on hot summer nights (rare in Michigan). After 35, it seemeddifferent, and now I love the way it smells on me. Smells like a rich older lady to me. I cant think of anything similar to it at all. Immediately, instantly, upon first smell. became my absolute fragrance of all time. I can almost see this being discontinued one day. I saw it today and thought maybe I should try it on skin, since the notes and descriptions of it seem like what Ive been in the mood for lately. Rosewood is the most prominent note on me. My chemistry seems to ruin all the fragrances people love and which I myself most want to love. It opens up really nice and carries trough the middle notes very exquisitely. I am no good at catching notes in perfumes. But then ends up in the base notes smelling like strong aftershave, very masculine. This is a unique fragrance, not a dime a dozen fruity/floral, that's for sure. Get your asses out and grab this jewel. They are two total different fragrances in all the way. It wasn't pleasant, and I was very disappointed. Totally thrilled with this purchase of mine. Anyway, the old formula is just lovely. Having tried and smelled 100s of fragrances tru the years, Dune is my #1 female perfume of all times. A mirage, no doubt. Its just like I remember it from my twenties in the 90s, love love love it. Dune is a beautiful perfume. Good but not great to many but i love it. There is now a very strong chemical smell (almost medical) that overwhelms the original scent I remember.
But it also has a fresh, herbal soap, yet earthy quality that contrasts against the heady floral. Longevity is like any other good EDP I have. Old Dune didn't agree with me, but the newer formula is a wonderful modern vintage. I have over 100 perfumes and none of them smell like this. It's a mild sandalwood that is perfectly 'wearable' but unfortunately quite forgettable. Theres a lot of benzoin on the drydown, but the addition of oakmoss and some woods makes this more woody and slightly more masculine. Its the wind. In 2010, I bought a regular-size spray bottle of Dune. Dune symbolizes escape into the world of dreams where only peace resides; its a place where sun kisses the sea, rays of light gently caresses the skin and twinkle in the warm sand while the tinkling ocean breeze brings flowery wafts peony and lily. Now that "Dune" the movie has been recreated I will buy this to celebrate . Loved its fragrance. I inherited an old bottle from my grandmother, so I don't know precisely when it was made. One of those classics from the 90s, that won't be liked by everyone because it doesn't resemble contemporaries sold nowadays. The warm, complex, unforgettable and noticeable scent with one loud note that is nice stuff altogether. Obviously no-one messed up with its formula lately and I hope they'll keep on producing it precisely the way it is. For now, I am not here for her emphatic woodiness. We would walk to church in a cloud of Dune. It went to the bestie. I got a well stored vintage. I'm excited to see if it also works for winter and spring. DUNE is a MUST for any DIOR collection. It smells like the 90s but not in a vintage way. Incredible. Perfumes I could instantly conjure in my memory, as if I had just experienced their sorcery. Was trying to broaden my collection and taste. This perfume was a surprising let-down for me. I've made a lot of comparisons between them and I must say, to everyone's surprise, the reformulated EDT is a tragic affair. Batch codes can be figured out on the Raiders of the Lost Scent website! Its Ashy embers of sand and time swirling. What I am drawn to leans earthy, little skanky leather.. all the way to vintage original Kenzo for men. Online right now: 2,825, Fragrantica in your language: 
I love this one. How noses change! I remember buying it for my mum and it kind of reminds me of her even though she did not wear it much. 
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