Desire for a Woman
“Desire for a Woman by Alfred Dunhill is a Oriental Floral fragrance for women”
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Well loved by wearers — a citrus, sweet composition with a floral undertone. Voted best for fall and winter wear, leaning feminine.
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Launched in 2001, Desire for a Woman by Alfred Dunhill is an Oriental Floral fragrance that embodies the brand’s classic British elegance and innovation. Created by perfumer Maurice Roucel, this composition opens with bright citrus notes like lime and bergamot, which contrast beautifully against its rich, sweet heart of magnolia, tiare flower, and freesia. The base notes of caramel, vanilla, sandalwood, amber, and musk create a warm, enveloping finish that makes it both intimate and sophisticated.
Composition & Character
Notes Pyramid
Heart
The Soul
Base
Foundation
Main Accords
When to Wear
Who Wears It
How It Wears
Application Tips
Desire for a Woman has a rich base that blooms over time, so apply it lightly to your pulse points. The citrus top notes are bright but fade quickly, making the warm base more prominent as the day progresses. This fragrance reads best close to skin rather than across a room.
Maurice Roucel
Founding perfumer · 73 fragrances · b. 1948 · French
“I compose for the skin, not the blotter. A fragrance only truly exists when it meets warmth.”
Maurice Roucel is a master perfumer at Symrise whose prolific career spans five decades and hundreds of fragrances. Born in Saint-Girons in the French Pyrenees, he is celebrated for his ability to create scents of extraordinary sensuality — compositions that caress the skin and linger in memory. His masterpieces include Guerlain's Insolence, Lancôme's Trésor Midnight, and the landmark 24 Faubourg for Hermès. Roucel works with an almost musical sensibility, building fragrances in waves of tension and release.
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The story behind the bottle.
The quiet intimacy of an evening at home with the warmth of vanilla and caramel mingling in the air, where every note feels like a deliberate choice.
Fig. 01 — Desire for a Woman, Alfred Dunhill
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