Dunhill
British luxury, tailored for the gentleman.
Alfred Dunhill founded his namesake company in London in 1893, taking over his father's saddlery and gradually pivoting into motoring accessories, tobacco, pipes, lighters and leather goods — a portfolio that turned Dunhill into shorthand for British men's luxury through the twentieth century. The maison is now part of the Swiss luxury group Richemont. The first Dunhill fragrance, the smoky, aromatic Dunhill for Men, appeared in 1934 and remains a touchstone for the house's masculine register: leather, tobacco, dry woods, and barbershop accords. Modern production runs under licence with Inter Parfums, with newer pillars (Icon, Desire, Century) leaning slightly more accessible. Concentrations favour sillage and longevity over delicacy. It suits a wearer who reads tailored menswear, club ties and leather-bound diaries — fragrance as an extension of British formal masculinity rather than experimentation.
DNA over time
Each column is an era. Each colored band shows that family’s share of accord weight across every perfume the house released in that window. Bigger band = the house leaned harder on that family.
