As for me, I continue to search for Jules, and have even resorted to seeking out back-street chemists in the hope they might just have some old stock. So far I've had no luck, but I have befriended a few pharmacists along the way and I have enjoyed some limited success with the other scent I mourn, Samarkand, another 1980s classic, this one by the Body Shop.
Despite being twenty years old, Christian Dior Dune seems to be seeing a resurgence — at least in the perfume blogs. Dune has been coming up a lot in comments to posts, and I’ve seen a smattering of reviews over the past year or so. Last week, I told Robin I’d like to review Dune for today. The very next day Victoria at Bois de Jasmin posted a marvelous Dune review. Apparently Dune is in the air.
Jean-Louis Sieuzac was lead perfumer for Dune. In 1993, Dune won a FiFi for Women’s Fragrance of the Year in Limited Distribution. The Dior website lists Dune’s notes as mandarin, peony, and vanilla. Michael Edwards’s Perfume Legends adds notes of broom, wallflower, bergamot, lily, jasmine, rose, amber, lichen, musk, sandalwood, and vanilla.
Dior’s web copy could mislead a reader into wrongly thinking Dune smells like an Orange Julius at the Jersey Shore…
Charlize Theron, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly and Marlene Dietrich for Christian Dior J'Adore. You can read more about the ad campaign at Hollywood Reporter.
