Dunhill Pursuit (2006)
by Dunhill

Picked up a 50ml of this in the bargain bin of a discount shop today. To me, my first reaction was a salty papery fragrance. It is clean and powerful. A lot of reviews are saying barbershop and I agree, but I was thinking dentist's office. The bottle is beautiful as well. I asked a couple people what they thought of it today after wearing it for about 15 minutes. The reactions were both negative. I however kinda like it. I suspect I will be wearing this one a lot when I'm working around the house.

30th January, 2012.

Very artificial and chemical smelling. Reminds me of the deodorizer used in funeral homes! Initial application brings a flurry of vaguely spicy, flowery notes that are synthetic. Dries down quickly to a woodsy, sweet base. Within 2 or 3 hours, neither I or anyone around could detect it at all.

31st October, 2011.

My immediate impression was of a ligher version of Aramis Havana or Cuba Red, with a more medicinal dry down. A spicy mess, I thought I detected tobacco and cloves. Like it, don't love it.

29th June, 2011.

Been wearing this one during the day, and get many compliments from both men and women. I really like the aftershave vibe, and that's something that helps with this fragrance. It's a little orangy and spicy - but clean. It's not something to over use though. I have luck with about 5 sprays (wrists, neck) total and it lasts for about 5 hours. If you are not into after shave or barber type scents, it's probably not for you. I can wear it to work, fishing or a bar and it's pretty versatile.

20th February, 2011.

Synthetic soup that offends my nostrils. The best thing I can say about this fragrance is the bottle, what a beautiful bottle and the compass in the screwtop is a nice touch, but the juice, forget it, linear, synthetic, just boring to no end, just another Dunhill disaster.

29th November, 2010.

Pursuit is a bit of a strange one. Up close it smells cheap and synthetic, but when it floats into the air, it's another story. I get like a spicy/floral/slightly soapy thing going on, with lots of nutmeg throughout. None of the notes really stand out to me besides the nutmeg which isn't even listed in the pyramid. Rather, all the notes share the same 10% of the fragrance or whatever the percentage would be. I also get like peanut accord throughout.. maybe it's just the nutmeg. Overall though, it's just so/so; if it didn't have the cheap sour floral thing happening in the background (the same thing I got with Vera Wang & 100 others), I would like it a lot more.

Other notes:
It does smell very clean.
I also get a slight barbershop vibe from it.

1st November, 2010.