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This scent's aldehydes carry a famous origin myth, the "accidental overdose" story behind Chanel No. 5, that historians say probably isn't true.
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Created by Jean-Louis Sieuzac for Christian Dior, Dune opens on bergamot, mandarin, aldehydes, peony, and broom, moves through a heart of wallflower, rose, lily, jasmine, and ylang-ylang, and closes on sandalwood, amber, oakmoss, vanilla, and musk. Its unusual combination of salty, mineral-tinged florals with a warm ambery base was designed to evoke a desert-meets-ocean landscape, and it remains one of the more distinctive, atmospheric feminine releases of the early 1990s.
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