Name that dune – seven perfumes with a whiff of the desert

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Picture a desert, an endless horizon of sand dunes and dust. Then imagine what it smells like. You might envisage sage, brittlebush or ambrosia. More likely you’ll think of dry earth and musk-tinged air. For Raquel Bouris, founder of Sydney-based perfume house Who is Elijah, “a desert smells like sun-warmed skin, dry earth and the quiet stillness that lingers after…