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Blend 30 Dunhill 1978 Eau de Toilette

8.4 / 10 44 Ratings

A popular perfume by Dunhill for men, released in 1978. The scent is spicy-smoky. The production was apparently discontinued.
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Main accords

Spicy

Smoky

Woody

Green

Citrus

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Clary sage

Lavender

Lemon

Rosemary

Bergamot

Neroli

Heart Notes

Geranium

Carnation

Cedarwood

Sandalwood

Base Notes

Oakmoss

Labdanum

Tonka bean Hay

Hay

Musk

Ambergris

Ratings

Scent

8.444 Ratings

Longevity

7.232 Ratings

Sillage

7.032 Ratings

Bottle

7.044 Ratings

Submitted by Skylab · last update on 09/02/2023.

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What the fragrance is similar to

Blend 30 After Shave Tonic

Patou pour Homme (1980) Eau de Toilette

Trussardi Uomo (1983) Eau de Toilette

Reviews

2 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/19/2013

9Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

Helpful Review 6

The Best Dunhill Release By Far...

Blend 30 opens with a very herbal slightly green rosemary and clary sage duo with floral carnation and slightly sweet citric lemon support. Almost immediately one can detect the large dollop of oakmoss rising all the way from the base quite early, mixing with the green herbs as the scent enters its heart phase. The herbal green mossy accord now couples with a light spice resembling cinnamon as a subtle woody cedar emerges underpinned by mentholated aromatic lavender. During the dry-down the scent turns a bit sweeter as sandalwood and almost tobacco-like labdanum joins the green herbs to finish off the scent's development. Projection is average and longevity is just shy of average at about 6 hours.

Blend 30 has a small but extremely strong following; primarily from folks that enjoy vintage fragrances from the 70s and 80s. You can now add one more ardent supporter of Blend 30 to the list for sure. It has been mentioned elsewhere Blend 30 has a glancing resemblance to the great Patou pour Homme, and while to some that comparison would be utter sacrilege, I believe it is both sound and fair. Blend 30 is definitely greener, rough, sweet and aromatic than the more famous scent it somewhat resembles, but it really is not inferior to my nose. The notes in Blend 30 really are mixed quite well so I am sure I missed a lot of them, but all I can say is Blend 30 is the kind of scent where you just want to stop trying to pinpoint all the individual notes and just enjoy the discontinued symphonic composition. All this is done as you ponder why a great scent like Blend 30 was ever ended by Dunhill... and how are you going to come up with the $200+ a bottle cost it now commands on the after-market to acquire this extremely rare 4.5 out of 5 star gem.

01/06/2015

10Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Cappellusman
358 Reviews

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Cappellusman

Top Review 13

Fulfilled Expectations - An Attempt at an Eulogy

As part of my ambitious project (or rather my obsession) to test, evaluate, and possibly acquire all men’s fragrances from the 70s and 80s, I have now arrived at "Blend 30," which today joins my collection in the form of a beautifully preserved mini. And once again, the scent lets me indulge. Place it alongside "Ebene de Balmain," "Weil pour Homme," "Patou pour Homme," and similarly styled fragrances from its era, and it need not feel the slightest bit ashamed.

Anyone familiar with the aforementioned fragrances already knows how "Blend 30" presents itself. I will keep this brief: Classic, masculine, herbal, spicy. Period. My comment here is more about something else. Today, I asked myself again what it is that fascinates me about fragrances like this and brings a smile to my face.

To start: I was born in 1966, and when I began to take an interest in perfume in the mid-80s, hits like "Drakkar Noir," "Antaeus," "Davidoff Classic," and the like were indeed something like mainstream. These fragrances were truly everywhere; they were common property. So far, so good, but - I only got to know "Blend 30" or "Patou pour Homme" and many other absolute favorites of mine during my time in this excellent community, so an overly favorable, memory-laden evaluation is actually out of the question.

Why does the release year of my top 50 fragrances start with a "1" for only three or four scents? Have no outstanding fragrances been launched in the last 15 years? Yes, there have been some really beautiful ones, but only a few have captivated me like the old hits. Do I find myself, my character, reflected in these fragrances from the 70s and 80s? Do I want to convey the impression that the aura of these fragrances suggests today? Questions upon questions, and yet the answers are simply given through the feeling that takes hold of me in light of this quality.

Oh dear - Cappellusman had an olfactory orgasm. So be it, I gladly share this here, also because I know that others from the old school surely feel similarly at times.

Lastly: OFs are still available for about EUR 120/100 ml. It seems I will soon have to join the illustrious list of users of this fragrance.