OrangeOpens with
FernHeart
CedarDries down to
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Alfred Dunhill · Sold as masculine
Icon Racing Red
The energy of a city at rush hour — where crisp citrus and aromatic spices meet the smoky richness of earthy woods and amber, creating a dynamic interplay of freshness and warmth.
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Icon Racing RedMid-range · $40–100How it wears
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The story behind the bottle.
Icon Racing Red by Alfred Dunhill is a bold and dynamic fragrance that captures the essence of modern sophistication. Launched in 2021, this Oriental Woody scent opens with bright citrus notes from orange and mandarin, combined with the fresh spice of black pepper and solar accents. The heart brings aromatic complexity through petitgrain, grapefruit, fern, geranium, and olibanum, creating a vibrant interplay between freshness and warmth. The base notes of cedar, amber, vetiver, tonka bean, musk, and moss settle into an earthy yet warm embrace, grounding the overall composition with a rich depth.
Start with two sprays on your pulse points. The bright citrus top notes will initially dominate but fade within an hour to reveal the rich base notes. This fragrance reads best close to skin, so layer it lightly for a more intimate experience.
Fig. 01 — Icon Racing Red, Alfred Dunhill
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Dominique Preyssas
The amber molecule enthusiastDominique Preyssas is a fine-fragrance perfumer who left a scientific path after his chemistry degree to study for three more years at ISIPCA, then trained at the Roure Bertrand Dupont Perfumery School and worked at Mane Fils and Takasago before joining CPL Aromas in 2003.
“They are extremely powerful, long-lasting and can be used pure, or diluted, allowing all sorts of effects from adding volume and strength to the whole composition to giving a clear, super-modern amber, dry woody or animal signature.”
Dominique Preyssas · Fragrantica nose page bio (scraped into fragrantica_bio); CPL Aromas profile confirms amber-molecule focus
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