Century

20 reseñas

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• beto_ruiz

  December 21, 2018

  

  Century by Alfred Dunhill is a fine fragrance, blending citrus, woody and spicy notes. The opening is citrusy and herbal, reminding me of Icon, though this one feels more balsamic from the very start. That balsamic character persists throughout the dry-down; while sandalwood and citrus are noticeable, they don’t dominate. It seems all the notes are held back to ensure each plays its part. Century suits formal or semi-formal occasions; I picture it with smart casual wear or a suit. It would make an excellent office cologne as its scent is unobtrusive and feels perfectly at home in a professional setting. Although classic, it has modern touches that make it suitable for a wide age range. The bottle deserves special mention: it’s stunning, modern in style, not very travel-friendly, but undeniably elegant in design.

• Marcus_001

  April 7, 2021

  

  Smells very sweet, amber-like from the start, though it must be the neroli. In fact, it reminds me hugely of Yves Saint Laurent’s ‘L’Homme Intense Parfum’ or, alternatively, Zara’s clone ‘Night by Home III’. For autumn and spring, I don’t see it for summer. It’s very pleasant and good value.

• EloyGuti

  June 29, 2021

  

  A member of Fragrantica UK thought it reminded them of Portofino by the overrated Tom Ford. It’s probably due to my hyposmia, but it also smells like pure neroli with tangerine, without any incense or sandalwood. The batch is from this January and I usually note those ingredients, but there’s nothing here. It’s detectable on the skin for 4-5 hours, a sort of Tom Ford Portofino, but zero projection.

• Gerson

  December 12, 2021

  

  Smells like freshly laundered linen, ideal with a white shirt. Projects cleanliness and neatness.

• AlonsoMP

  January 17, 2022

  

  I’d been hesitating for years to buy it as I couldn’t find decants or where to try it in department stores, and what a mistake. It’s a beautiful fragrance, clean and lasts quite well for something so fresh; the dry-down is superb.

• AlonsoMP

  January 22, 2022

  

  I’d been hesitating to buy it for years as I couldn’t find any decants or places to try it in department stores, what a mistake. It’s a beautiful perfume, very clean and lasts quite a while for a fresh scent; the dry-down is a treat.

• Syrius

  June 13, 2022

  

  ,An elegant masculine fragrance where neroli and sandalwood dominate, though I must say the bottle is stunning with its magnetic cap. I’ve noticed it doesn’t last long on my skin, but on clothes it lasted until the next day. It’s worth it for the price-quality ratio.

• Izan

  June 17, 2022

  

  I picked it up online at an excellent price and, despite the negative reviews, I went for it blind. It was love at first sniff, as they say. It’s a distinct fragrance, unlike anything in my collection or any I’ve heard of before. It smells wonderful, the longevity is quite good and the sillage is moderate. If you’re a beginner, try it first, but it’s a unique scent and, in my opinion, well worth it for the price and quality.

• Izan

  June 19, 2022

  

  I found it online at an excellent price and despite the bad reviews I took a leap in the dark. It was love at first sniff as they say around there. It is a different fragrance, it doesn’t resemble any of the ones I have in collection nor any I have smelled. It smells very very well, the longevity is quite good and the projection is regular. If you are a beginner try it first, but it is a unique aroma and in my opinion price/quality, it is very worth it.

• Memoquique

  July 1, 2022

  

  Watch out, hidden gem: it’s incredible that YouTubers don’t talk about this fragrance more. It’s good, beautiful, and cheap.

• Memoquique

  July 1, 2022

  

  Hidden gem, it is incredible that YouTube reviewers don’t talk more about this fragrance. Good, pretty and cheap.

• Pacolete

  July 10, 2022

  

  I think I owe a review to this EDP. The main accord is woody, specifically cypriol-sandalwood, perhaps a bit of vetiver (it resembles nagarmotha/cypriol). I thought I didn’t feel the neroli, but yes it is felt though it lasts very little on skin, a bit more on clothes. I would say both the citrus and the neroli are there to modify the opening (5 minutes?) and give a fresh, summery or springy character to the woody base. The result is a balanced woody accord between dry and creamy; the execution of this accord is very well done. Classic but current character, formal, for daily use and more for day. Typical for the office. I received compliments from a friend who works in a notary and I am not surprised, because it is the typical perfume that evokes a notary or law firm. It is a serious fragrance and yet I liked it quite a bit, considering its price range. Longevity and projection normal for the notes (for me insufficient, but as it happens to me with 90% of perfumes). Considering it is EDP, it is not a matter of concentration, but of the same notes. Sandalwood in general is very delicate, it has a subtle aroma and it is difficult to make it detectable, and here it is, well done! The sandalwood together with the citrus gives me a certain fig sensation, although that note is not declared (note, the leaf, not the fruit, which is not sweet, though it has a creamy-lactonic facet, which it also shares with the fruit). I haven’t tried the new blue yet, but I am eager to.

• anósmico

  August 16, 2022

  

  Controversial fragrance, it smells different to each one. To my nose, it is one of those ‘marine’ type perfumes, salty and citrus-aromatic, with a certain hint of detergent, though very bearable. I agree with a colleague on its similarity to Icon, but saving distances (in my taste, Icon is much better). Good longevity, medium-discreet trail.

• Siperono

  October 1, 2022

  

  Sometimes luck smiles on you and you find a cheap fragrance that not only you like, but lasts and projects. It happened to me with this Century, which I took from Notino for 15€ in 135ml; I admit it was a steal. I get the feeling Dunhill didn’t sell it well and soon they will discontinue it if they aren’t already. It is rare, the truth; it shares a very clear DNA with Santal 33 but is cleaner and more masculine than unisex. Century gives an impression of tidiness that Santal 33 doesn’t have despite seeming similar. It has quality, it doesn’t smell cheap or clumsy; it was tried to be sold for 70-80€, so it has nothing of being cheap. If you like sandalwood and neroli you will like it, if you like cypriol you will love it. I recommend it to men who like Santal 33 or are looking for something clean but that doesn’t smell like soap or lavender, a clean one with character. Its versatility is beyond doubt: winter, autumn, spring, work, dates or signature. In my case it lasts a long time, 9-10h, and on clothes it is noted for hours, it sticks and doesn’t let go. I have been lucky because it is not common with this perfume.

• AugustoDoc

  November 27, 2022

  

  I took a risk and bought it blind, I don’t like neroli and I like sandalwood a lot and it was very worth it. First of all: it is very cheap, afterwards it seems to me it is very well blended. I almost don’t perceive the citrus because it is an explosion of neroli in the opening, it settles quickly and leaves room for the sandalwood, which I read somewhere is not felt but for me it is the great protagonist along with the neroli which is perceived for at least a couple of hours. Little presence of cardamom and cypriol. It is a fresh fragrance but with good longevity and performance, very versatile, elegant and distinguished among the generality of fresh perfumes. To use almost in any occasion and almost in any climate except extreme temperatures of heat or cold, or at least I would opt for other options in those conditions. A hidden gem.

• AugustoDoc

  December 4, 2022

  

  I took a chance buying it blind, despite my usual dislike for neroli and my love for sandalwood, and it was every penny. First off, it’s very affordable and the blend is executed brilliantly. The citrus barely registers after the initial neroli burst, which fades quickly to reveal the sandalwood. Although some say you can’t smell it, for me it’s the star alongside the neroli, lasting at least a few hours. There’s a hint of cardamom and cypriol. It’s fresh with good longevity and performance, highly versatile, elegant and stands out among other fresh scents. It works for almost everything except extreme heat or cold, or at least I’d choose something else then. A hidden gem.

• molletmod.73

  August 24, 2023

  

  I love it despite lasting very little on my skin. Discontinued in 2023. If you can catch it at a small perfumeria that keeps outlets or sales, or on some internet website, go for it. Work of the magnificent, veteran and famous American perfumer Carlos Benaim. That’s nothing short of amazing. The best of this Century is its bottle design (elegant and pretty), its scent (masculine, mature scent, I don’t see this for teenagers and twenties, for 30 plus, clean, fresh and attractive, very versatile, office scent, better in winter and autumn; note, I don’t see it for going out to pick up girls at night, it lacks punch, the first Invictus that passes would eat it up, though that doesn’t mean it can’t bring you some compliments) and its price (it didn’t pass 40-50 euros/dollars for 135 ml). Citrus and fresh opening with a light incense touch and a constant woody sandalwood base. In my opinion, one of the best fragrances with this note on the commercial designer market. Note, and without being an Arabic perfume of those that have come in like a storm and cloned everything, without being a cheapie fragrance without grace or imagination nor another clone-inspiration of the niche perfume hype, Santal 33 by Le Labo (which costs a fortune and is meat for only a few cats with economic potential). Ah, for Spaniards and Latin American fans of the Spanish clothing house El Ganso or the sandalwood note: sincerely, it doesn’t remind me of Bravo Monsieur. The Bravo has a much stronger and heavier aroma than the Century which I find unpleasant. Logically I personally prefer, of all of them, the Dunhill; the other I don’t like, simply. Problems: what happens to some other fresh fragrances from the Alfred Dunhill house: they smell good, are elegant, cheap and original (to a certain extent), but their strength, longevity, trail and general performance leave much to be desired. Scanty longevity, max 3-4h and trail tending to very poor. In summer, with the heat, you don’t even note it. They say with time they macerate and smell a bit stronger and longer. I don’t know, I don’t know. If you want it present for a whole morning at work it will need reapplication at 4h and spraying on clothes. I like it, I think it’s a good gentleman signature fragrance, but as this is discontinued and today it’s not easy to catch it, in a market saturated with perfume offers, I have to recognise that the world can perfectly survive without the Dunhill Century.

• Gary OM

  September 19, 2023

  

  That is a very pleasant perfume, I see it as unisex though in the dry down it leans a bit more towards masculine. A super versatile scent (4×4). Excellent longevity and trail, nothing cloying. Very similar to PALO SANTO by CREMO COLOGNE and Santal 33. 100% recommended 🕉️

• Zadki

  September 23, 2024

  

  This PERFUME is a hidden GEM for me. I knew it through a reviewer, in the particular way they spoke of it, and noted it for my next purchases. One afternoon by chance I found it in a PERFUMERY and automatically bought it, it was under $45. That night I sprayed it in my room and the AROMA completely CAST A SPELL on me, it was LOVE at first sniff and automatically reminded me of my CHILDHOOD. The house of an AUNT strangely smelled very similar to this RICH and ELEGANT scent, as if that were the NATURAL aroma of that FAMILY. It is FRESH, ELEGANT, has great CLASS and definitely doesn’t remind me of anything I’ve heard around. It also reminds me of that WHITE INCENSE found in CHURCHES.⛪ That NEROLI stands out a lot, giving it that ADDICTIVE freshness. Sincerely, I like it MUCH MORE than SANTAL 33 by LE LABO, with which it has certain reminiscences. I just bought another bottle recently as I finished the other; by the way, it is PRECIOUS with that MAGNETIC cap. For me it is a 10/10.💛

• LEOLUCAS

  November 19, 2024

  

  One of those perfumes where if you sold it in a little ‘indie’ bottle for 200 quid, you’d buy it because it’s brilliant. It’s one of those that far surpasses what it’s supposed to be in quality, even though it was launched at a high price years ago and got eaten up. It then sold for a bargain and I think it was subsequently discontinued, though it remains accessible. It’s true, as one reviewer said, that it has a delightful patina of that rough dryness of dry-cleaned clothes. That ‘hard’ cleanliness of hyper-stretched, immaculate sheets in a good hotel. It doesn’t smell like that, but it adopts that dry, chemical sensation. In a brilliant way. This doesn’t smell ‘chemical’ in the sense of artificial, but in the sense of aseptic. And being fresh and spicy, that sensation of extreme tidiness adorns it in an impeccable way, giving the perfume a really interesting tone of distant seriousness. Sober, but without wanting to say ‘bland’. Quite the opposite, maximum elegance. But maximum maximum. As for performance, my bottle is a beast. 10 hours at close range and without great projection. As it should be. Perfumes are for people to smell you at personal distance, not to scent a restaurant. Although heh heh heh, what nuclear bombs I sometimes buy, perhaps to defend myself from people I don’t want to get close to…and of course, to enjoy them. We are like that, contradictory. Anyway, this is an impressive masterpiece. Just as it is.