Desire for a Man (2000)
by Dunhill

Very sweet... too sweet in fact. Its synthetic smell reminds me of candy apples mixed with a bit of Earl Grey tea. I kind of like the smell of the scent (and love the smell of Earl Grey), but it gets annoying quickly and it is way too easy to over apply and clear a room, severely limiting the times and places you can wear the scent. I think the fresher flanker, Desire Blue, is a much more wearable and likable version. As for this one, I'll give it a neutral due to its nice scent but limited usefulness and cloying nature over time.

16th August, 2011.

we all have differiing body chemistry, but this one smells sweet spicy and it feels comfortable to wear on my skin hence the thumbs up,, when it is warm or i am hot it can be quite a heavy fragrance, ideally it would be great in cooler and cold conditions,a light spray is all that is needed,it gets mixed response from ladies,

8th June, 2011.

The only notes from Desire's pyramid I can smell are the sweet cloying ones - apple, neroli, vanilla, and I also smell orange blossom. I'm not a fan of sweet fragrances, but I hate sweet fragrances that are also floral, and that's what Desire is.

Desire starts off promising and smells like it will ultimately become a sweet but spicy oriental. Instead, it turns into a stomach-wrenching flower-and-candy apple fest. Dandified orange blossom and neroli mixed with the smell of red candy apples is not my idea of a good time. Desire's sweetness became unbearable after a half hour, and I couldn't wait for the scent to go away. And by the way, it's unfortunately got huge sillage and excellent longevity - bad news for such a yucky scent.

Does Dunhill have any good fragrances?

MY RATING: 3/10

10th May, 2011.

I have always been fond of Desire for a Man. Strong, unapologetic and demanding it has both my attention and two thumbs up!

15th April, 2011.

My favourite scent ever is Plus Plus by Diesel.

Desire shares some characteristics with Plus Plus so it's inevtiable that I will like it as well.

It's an odd scent to describe.
As everybody points out it is sickeninlgy sweet and synthetic.
Smells which shout out to me are cherry, mint, teak, vanilla, rose, musk, lime and apple.

It has a note in it somewhere that, for want of a better word, makes the overall smell feel 'hot' (as in temperature). Odd I know.

It won't be everyone's cup of tea but I think it's great.
I wear it a lot.
It's potent too.
I'm not to keen on the bottle though.

25th January, 2011.

Unfortunately, the little wifey gave me a bottle of Dunhill Desire approximately 3 years ago. She loves the stuff. However, for me, this is syrupy sweet ad nauseum, vanilla-laden and definitely not to my liking. Some fragrances can be synthetic and still be likable. This one is synthetic and most UNlikable. I place DD in the same bucket with, say, Mugler's A*Men. I wish I could discreetly dump it or maybe give it to someone I don't like very much. This would clear one slot on the shelf for something I would actually enjoy wearing. But since it was a gift from mi esposa, well...you can appreciate my dilemma. I'm glad the bottle is not as unpleasant as its contents, because it seems I'll be staring at it for the next decade or so.

11th January, 2011.