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akhmed2009 – :
I have an admitted soft spot for Dunhill. It may be because I am an admitted Anglophile. I enjoy the quintessential British tradition of class and understatement, and I feel these traits in both Dunhill and Penhaligon’s fragrances. Neither house is known for loud, attention-grabbing scents. This just wouldn’t do. Subsequently, I appreciate their quality and subtlety and have learned to evaluate their fragrances from this perspective, rather than comparing them to Mugler or Montale.
51.3 N is a great little scent that features tart/sweet contrast. Tart rhubarb is the star, followed by a sweet vanilla base with warm sandalwood. The other notes have minimal presence. Over time, the tartness outpaces the sweetness without ever abandoning the warm vanilla undertones. Its quite a simple, straightforward fragrance that achieves it purpose: creating an inviting, somewhat unique scent bubble with decent longevity and low sillage. Referring to my expectations above, I am not surprised nor disappointed, as I do not expect assertiveness from British perfume houses. I use six sprays for this to gently last throughout the workday. I am glad I own this one- I love it.
kirillow.vladislaw – :
شروع دانهیل 51.3 مخلوطی از کلیشه های عطرسازی اواخر دهه 80 در عطرهای مردانه ست. یه آش شله قلمکار از بقایای دوران فوژغ، بعضی از کارهای مرکباتی چوبی پیش از دهه 90، و یه چیز شیرینِ دیگه. اما این بطور قابل ملاحظه ای در طول فاز میانی و انتهایی عطر بهبود پیدا می کنه، جاییکه به بعضی از کارهای کلاسیک مردانه وانیلی گرلن نزدیک میشه، فقط بطور وحشتناکی هم در ساخت و هم در کیفیت چیپ تر از اون هست. باشه، اونقدرام عطر بدی نیست، اما هنوزم نمیتونه یه عطر قابل توجه و عالی باشه.
sagElistBeats – :
This is nice – but the sandalwood and lavender gives it a chalky feel. It’s the Kind of the feel you get in some of the azzaro flanker releases. I love rhubarb – but if you’re a purist, and willing to spend a little more money – go with Hermès eau de rhubarb or for a dirtier version (with vetiver) – devil in disguise by mark buxton. The rhubarb note in the previous two is much more pronounced without that cheap/chalky feel.
That said, for $20, it ain’t bad. But it also isn’t special. Pass
WSD_132 – :
I get a little bit of MB Individuel in the open…very nice fragrance, slightly sweet
update…it’s just too sweet
Lordtel – :
Have this perfume for 2 days now and I feel the need to write something about it.
This is ANNOYINGLY GOOD! Why am I saying this? :
For start – the smell is very pleasant : soft, fresh, peppery, CITRUS… It doesn’t HIT you when you smell it like 1million or others such as that. You get a scent of it and you want to get closer, IT IS AN INVITATION! How come? :
Let me explain: it radiates more than arm’s length, but I voted it as a SOFT PROJECTION. Why? Because it draws you closer. A neighbor whom I ran into after a polite “HELLO!” came awkwardly close to me (I thought that she was gonna do something stupid) just to smell me saying a simple “YOU SMELL GOOD!”… It is a magnet.. you can feel it’s attraction more and more as you get closer and once you do it locks onto you!
It is the beginning of summer here in Bucharest. I read that it is a versatile fragrance, but I will get back on this after I test it in the cold and extreme heat as well.
Longevity with normal projection is 2-3 maybe 4 hours and as a skin scent it stays up to 7-8h.
This is a quick favorite for me!
EDIT:
Forgot to mention : spray generously as it is more an Eau de Cologne
EDIT:
Another add-on because this fragrance is worth the attention: It performs badly in extreme, dry heat. What I tested after buying this fragrance is that if you want to wear fragrances in dry heat you should wear ones with notes like amber, cardamon, tonka, olibagnum, sage.. Fragrances with aromatic, resin and extreme green notes perform best in heat. This should be stated for all the perfume lovers.
sardaukarr – :
Probably my favourite cheapy that I own. Woody, sweet, peppery with that fascinating rhubarb note everyone talks about. Quite unique as far as I know. I’d love to hear of similar frags as this discontinued gem won’t be available forever.
Lasts 6+hrs and develops nicely in that time from sweet rhubarb to peppery sandalwood with hints of vanilla throughout. Also has quite a boozy vibe to me that can’t quite put finger on. Project moderately, quite close to the skin but I get whiffs from my neck for up to 4hrs after applying. Quite versatile but perfect for autumn or cooler summer days.
High quality, classy scent at a great price. Get it while you can. It’s beginning to disappear from UK High St discounters after being readily available for a couple of years.
Наталия – :
I own it, love it…but you could NOT wear this in an office. Got mad complaints ’bout this one. It has that headachey ISO-ey feel about it. Unique as f, and classy, I like it in cold weather best. It’s discontinued, so grab it and wear with care!
asasincrit – :
I’m a fan of the Dunhill brand as I think it’s elegant. This fragrance is nice but very strange it opens with a strong opening of rhubarb and vanilla and this stays throughout. The vanilla dies down but the rhubarb stays until the end. Is it bad? Not at all but it’s classical but not sexy it’s a businessman smell it lasts 4-5 hours
bigbrother – :
Review for India and Pakistan’s warm areas. I wear it in day but it was bad experience for me. just like some bad antiseptic.. but in a rainy night it has a grace..May be it is made for cold weather.. not a fresh perfume for outdoor, day or summer. I’ll give it a 6/10 .
suzan83 – :
I love this – the rhubarb stays throughout and even a good 6-7 hours later you’ll catch smells of this. Can definitely make out the lavender in this. Smells very “warming” at the start and has an edge of classiness to it, and it could be suited towards all seasons to me. I bought extremely cheaply for 100ml and I’m glad that I have – I’ve worn it a few times and am always happy with the random projections of scent that I get throughout the day. From the first spray, it actually smells just like a yellow/pink rhubarb sweet/candy!
Also, as noted the bottle looks great and has a fantastic, heavy cap which clicks firmly into place.
rekrutevgeniy – :
51.3 N is a warm understated scent that is modern but still tips its hat to older classics.
Sweet, fresh and suitable for a lot of different scenarios.
I particularly like it on mild overcast days.
It’s a restrained scent, although i have got a few compliments from ladies in work, I imagine the rhubarb and vanilla combination makes it appealing to the fairer sex. It should be noted that they only picked up on it when in close proximity (car journey), I believe 51.3 N would be great for going to the cinema or watching a movie curled up on the sofa with your significant other.
Perfect office scent in my opinion as the sileage is low but noticeable. Longevity is around 3-4 hours being noticeable, and 7-8 hours as a skin scent and on clothes.
Presentation is classy, the bottle is made of heavy glass typical of Dunhill products, simple but effective.
I got the boxset and the aftershave balm is really fantastic, really cooling and soothing.
Nice 🙂
bones – :
I actually really love this fragrance. I blind bought it from a discount bargain bin because I can pretty much always trust that a Dunhill is going to be at least passable. Sure on a casual sampling basis you could think this is fairly nondescript and not exactly trailblazing but 51.3N is a fragrance you need to wear and live with to truly appreciate. For example it took about three tries for the Rhubarb note in the opening to become fully apparent and now I smell it every time. The drydown is really lovely though it’s a slightly honeyed, warm vanilla and sandalwood. The quality is respectable for a cheaper designer scent, the bottle is heavy and classy looking and the performance is not great but okay when heavily applied. I can’t say any fairer than that, Dunhill have created a fine oriental fragrance here and a proud addition to my wardrobe.
inchenso – :
This dries down to a very close copy of Guerlain heritage with a little less lavender. The quality is not quite there but it is not too far off either, making it a very nice cheap alternative.
qyl799speagoessenda – :
Not a bad scent at all. Nice off the bat but only lasted just over two hours on my skin. Would be alot better if it had more staying power..
fooperosR – :
I’m English and I have no allegiance whatsoever to the “British” (actually German Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 😉 ) monarchy. People have such weird, distorted and outdated views on what and who the British people are. For one thing, we are a small group of distinct nations, each made up from ethnically diverse people from around the world and I’m certainly not reserved!
BTW, to the reviewer who said that this is the ony frag featuring rhubarb: there are 201 fragrances listed on Fragrantica with rhubarb notes! The facts are literally at your fingertips!
I will, however be trying a bottle of this!
Review to follow.
DelLitt – :
Yet another Dunhill in an impressively designed bottle (my favourite bottle in fact of all the recent Dunhill releases)…but again with ingredients of a frustratingly dubious quality.
Once I get past the promising but otherwise brief opening of tart rhubarb with the other various supporting notes, I reach a quite humdrum vanilla-sandalwood base. I think the fragrance is disappointingly low-key once that opening bluster is over.
As I have come to expect with Dunhill’s recent releases, both longevity and projection on my skin and clothes are mediocre (3-4 hours at best). However I also have to comment though that the beautiful golden liquid looks quite lovely in the wonderfully heavy bottle with knurled top.
My overall opinion? I get the nagging thought that more of the development budget should have been diverted from bottle design and marketing to the quality of the ingredients themselves. Their diluted quality and slight lack of inspiration mean a lukewarm recommendation at most from me, which thankfully is supported by its reasonable price (in the UK at least).
qdx093InsuffBooni – :
Meh! The opening of Dunhill 51.3 N is a conglomerate of cliches from the late 80s masculine perfumery. A mishmash of leftovers from the fougere era, some of the pre-90s woody citruses and something else sweet. It considerably improves during the middle-phase and the drydown where it gets closer to certain classic vanilla-driven Guerlain masculines…only tremendously cheaper both in texture and quality. Ok, it’s not as bad as I make it sound but it’s still far from being remarkable.
Rating: 6/10
трулям-трулям – :
I think it’s safe to say that Dunhill always interprets the English type of gentleman – not the French or Italian.
The English gentleman blends in, he doesn’t stand out. He puts his service to the British monarchy above pontificating himself.
Dunhill fragrances therefore can be thought of as a kind of uniform. A dress code that must neither be too vulgar nor too flamboyant. This makes Dunhills understated compared with many contemporary formulas from other houses. It can also make them hard to like for the sniff crazy.
I bet that when aquatics came around Dunhill said – this kind of understated fragrance is perfectly understandable – we’ll make a few of these. And they certainly have.
There is no crazy rhubarb in 51.3 , no plethora of pleasure. It’s just a bit of pleasantness on a grey English day. But don’t diss it, because there will be days when you want to wear a modern Dunhill. They are not expensive so buying 51.3 or Custom makes sense to me. And I’d much rather use this kind of understated fragrance than something that lacks a proper philosophy behind it.
kebydyeta – :
To add to my review below: 51.3N exudes a lovely warm woody/fruity/spicy smooth silage which persists. It’s in a heavy, well made bottle and top, which is usual for Dunhill. I already had a 50ml bottle, now I have had to buy a 100ml – it’s that good! 51.3N really is one of the nicest Dunhills.
superelectrik – :
I have only just started to wear this and I am loving it, it’s so different to what I have in my collection.
It’s sweet, clean and warm. The notes all seem to come into play together at the same time though each one is easy to pick out, 51.3 N is very smooth and sophisticated. I can already tell I will get through this bottle very quickly, in fact this may well end up becoming my new signature scent.
I get the sweet notes of vanilla mixing with the rhubarb and grapefruit, the pepper stands almost alone but not quite as it’s joined by the sandalwood, lavender and cedar.
This is exceedingly good and ever so smooth. Longevity is it’s downfall being around 3 to 4 hours, but then that said this could be reapplied anytime of the day without that freshly applied stench of boozy scent, it’s that smooth from the beginning.
penoSciesee – :
just another nice scent by dunhill of london! classy and nice as always! and very lasting on my skin!
ch_denis – :
Rhubarb in the 51.3 N is ok, although it could be better, sourer and have a bit more punch in it. Main thing is that it’s not horribly artificial. I get the peppery and citrusy notes and I like them but it’s the sweet wood in the middle and base notes which eventually makes it very boring. 51.3 N is, under all the rhubarb, a completely unoffensive and a quite unimaginative fragrance.
bichintab – :
I really enjoy Dunhill Limited Edition and now I finally was so fortunate to get my hands on 51.3N a real masculine/spicy/powdery scent.
What can I say when you find a diamond shining through!!
This juice starts off with a rhubarb/spicy scent mixed with black pepper. After awhile the fragrance settles down being a real attractive masculine woodsy/warm scent with VANILLA and sandalwood which is absolutely stunning. A hint of lavender also adding to this frag which carries well past 8hrs.
Longevity and Silage are both very quality.
Personally thoughts,
I’m so thankful to of found this PHENOMENON fragrance which deserves a lot more attention. I don’t know why this fragrance is discounted..if they brought it back it would be awesome if they did!!!
With some fragrance’s you have to wait till the frag settles, with 51.3N you don’t get that synthetic/ chemistry stinker that you’ll experience with others. This fragrance has a real smooth/sweet/woodsy scent which makes you feel so much better just wearing it.
I’ve only wore this fragrance a couple of times and I can say without a doubt. ..I absolutely love this PHENOMENON fragrance. Rating this fragrance is definitely worth 8.5/10….♥♥♥♥
Flitteegype – :
A competent well put together perfume. I get the rhubarb and pepper notes and it has a nice sandalwood vanilla dry down. good longevity and decent projection. would work well as an office/daily wear frag except in very hot weather. might not wow everybody but i cant see this offending anybody either. I like having a few good solid performers like 51.3 N in my collection for the days when I just want to smell good without really trying to make a statement or attract any attention and focus on my work. good strong like on this one. 7/10
senjtv – :
This is all about pepper and rhubarb. A unique and warm scent. It opens with citrus and rhubarb, which seamlessly morphs into the middle notes of pepper and vanilla, and dries down with a touch of sandalwood. It smells smooth and urbane, and it is suitable for the 25 and up crowd.
A better alternative to the aqua-citrus stuff you smell all around these days..
8 out of 10 stars
FriendAmelia – :
Such a Great scent by Dunhill, it opens Rhuburb, lots of it and citrus, drys down to rhuburb, lavender and strongly projected Cedar wood notes, in the base strong woody notes (supposedly Vanilla) which i don’t smell, there is something Sugary but not vanilla, and again Rhuburb.
Rhuburb is all the way projected strongly, the perfume is actually unique, it won’t turn heads around but it definitely make you feel comfy and happy smelling it.
Since i tried it for the first time a couple of days ago, i’ve been smelling it and thinking to get it or not, i wanted to try something new for my taste such as Dunhil Persuit, something smoky and strong, very dirty English themed, but finally i got 51.3 and i don’t regret it.
It’s one of those perfumes where you put to enjoy, i spray on to my hand every now and then to keep smelling. Such a mood lifter.
tdhtqxbr – :
Bought this blindly purely based on reviews in Fragrantica. Average fragrance that starts well enough but doesn’t develop….feels like diluted version of Ëscencia Loewe but poor longevity and average sillage. It also smells a little sweaty after sometime which is not good at all!! Lasts at the most 2-3 hours on the shirt and skin and then, its gone forever! Sad. Don’t go for it….waste of money…
nuablissinc – :
Big Dunhill fan , like most of their products , there are a couple that I don’t , but usually very happy .
bacardi787 – :
a classic warm beautiful for office
elefant1979 – :
Not bad at all but why don’t Dunhill just make Blend 30 again and make everyone including me very happy
2673513 – :
With the rhubarb contents I had one experience of having rhubarb jam collapsed from the top while discharging a container full of it and directly to my head while I was standing beneath.
So I was curious to taste afer having experienced such, the smell and taste isn’t like berries although it’s whole different plant but similar colour in the end product (red)
I think dunhill 51.3 N is the only frag using rhubarb as their alchemy, anyway it’s really good and much enjoyed wearing it. So I praise dunhill and keep inventing great frags, if by name itself existed over a decade equipping guys accessories and again with distinguish quality
I also think dunhill custom is another sincere product too much like this one, of course I believe someone will get mad if his is stolen
Cheers
Ennnder – :
Very good approach on the fresh but spicy theme! Using the rhubarb it comes from a whole different “fresh” direction as the usual citrus, orange or aquatic. Very well done indeed. Stays interesting, charming and has a great personality, managing to stay away from the generic crowd. Reminds me a bit of Samourai by Alain Delon due to the very successful use of pepper but where Samourai is cold, this is rather warm. Great one from Dunhill!
BoWVolk – :
This is my first Dunhill fragrance and judging by this I’ll be trying some more.
I love the smell of this. It’s a peppery, masculine, slightly spicy smell that sweetens a bit in dry down but retains an edge that stops it being too sweet. I’m sure there is a cinnamon note in there as well.
Manages to be warm AND fresh. A great all round fragrance.
Projects very well early on (4-6+ hours) then stays closer but still lasts well as a skin scent (10+ hours) on me.
Love it. Get compliments on this. One of my current favourites and my girlfriend loves it too.
azot2328 – :
Lovely fragrance. Great blend of rhubarb, pepper and woods. The drydown is a nice mellow, smooth spicy, vanilla and fresh smell. Lots of character. Staying power and projection are very good. It has a high quality bottle and I think 51.3N is a great addition to the Dunhill range.
arcat – :
When I was a child, I used to see my great Grandmother using a piece of sandalwood and polishing it over an uneven stone-plate. She used to 1st pour some water over that stone-plate and then keep on moving that sandalwood over that plate. This is how she used to produce sandalwood paste, which would be used for daily worship. N during this whole time she used to tell us differnt mythological stories, and we brothers and sisters sit surrounding her and jst get absorbed by those stories. The beautiful scent of sandalwood, the humming voice of grandma, the fantasy characters opens a different world in front of us. A Beautiful-serene-divine world.
Now if by any chance my great grandma, suddenlly one day gets very modern and westernised, n during the process of producing sandalwood paste she leaves us for the kitchen and bring us some lemon-tart n the lemon scent gets mix with the sandalwood, it will create a fragrance similar to 51.3 N.
I love lemon tarts, i love mythical stories, I love sandalwood scent, bt I don’t know why I will never want the above story to become true. May b beacause it will be unfamiliar to me, may b beause it will cause an interruption of the story, this is the reason I never want it to happen.
Apart from sandalwood I am absolutely not familiar of any dominant notes present in this frangrance. May b the tart like fragrance is of the grape-fruit. It’s a gr8 fragrance, good sillage, nice longevity on my skin. I like it a lot bt the only thing which bothers me is, it brings me so near to the Beautiful-serene-divine world of mine n then when I reach it I found the door to be closed n forced to move to some differnt direction.
rastichka – :
The name of this fragrance (or so I’ve read) is actually the latitude of London, England: 51 degrees, 3 minutes north of the equator…
Typically Dunhill in it’s character, this is elegant, manly and sexy. The opening is airy, almost electric with the bitter sharp grapefruit note paired with a luscious sweet/sour rhubarb. This is definitely something not everyone will be sporting and very different from the usual aromatic spicy crowd. As the heart emerges, the clean but manly blend of lavender and cedar are enhanced with the spiciness from, not one but two types, of peppercorns giving it a spicy but well rounded aura. Spice, dry florals and wood…does it get any manlier than this? Indeed it does, as the drydown of creamy sandalwood and very sensual vanilla end this on a very classy note. I would almost swear there was a hint of tonka bean as well, it is so dry and sweet and rich. No musk, no patchouli, no leather…this is masculine, but not raw or brusque; this is a gentleman’s scent. Firm but well-mannered 51.3N is quite appropriate for the office and equally as charming (and perhaps better) for a night out on the town.
Many thanks to Ahmed Ehab! Due to his kindness in giving me this as a gift, I have this regal beast in my collection, and could not be happier.
Sillage: good
Longevity: above avearge
Overall: 4.25/5
I always tended to dismiss this House somewhat, as I always saw it all over the shelves of Discount Stores and Bargain Shops. What a mistake on my part!! Dunhill consistently creates stunning manscents time and time again. Each and every one I HAVE smelled is in my collection as a full bottle! I have yet to sniff Fresh, London or X-Centric. Nor any of the vintages (Dunhill for Men, “d” or Dunhill Editon) but if they are (as I have read here) even better than these modern releases…I can’t wait!
NAIL4IK9 – :
51.3 N starts off quite gourmand with a delicious and slightly smoky rhubarb accord. Although the top notes here indicate that grapefruit is present, to me it smells more like apple is paired with the rhubarb. I always think of grapefruit as having a somewhat sour quality and I just don’t get that from 51.3 N.
Like a lot of Dunhill fragrances there is a strong underlying sweetness to 51.3 N that stays throughout its evolution. It’s not nearly as sweet as London or Desire Red, as here I think that sweetness is tempered somewhat by the spiciness of the pepper and the dryness of the sandalwood & cedar. For the most part, the vanilla accord stays pretty much in the background until about an hour in. Both sillage and longevity are average.
Overall 51.3 N is a very comfortable, value for money scent that I think would be appropriate for almost any occasion.
-=BORODA=- – :
this fragrance is veeeeery nice indeed !!! i have it and its very fresh and subtle. not very fresh though but calm enough to be used in summer time.
a bit sweet and not long lasting unfortunatly. about 2/3 hours then re-apply is nessecary .
overall 7/10