Dolce & Gabbana · 2025 · Olivier Cresp

Devotion for Men

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Bright Italian lemon and coffee with earthy patchouli.

Dolce & Gabbana says

You’ll smell coffee, Italian Lemon and patchouli.

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Devotion for Men’s scent picture, a draft: coffee, lemon, patchouli, coumarin (new-mown hay) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Devotion for Men, top notes: Lemon

Dry-downwhat stays

Devotion for Men, dry-down: Coffee, Patchouli, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What Dolce & Gabbana names

What the label names

5 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 sweet

10 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell10

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateA light stabiliserYellow 5Red 4Blue 1Pentaerythrityl tetra-di-t-butyl hydroxyhydrocinnamate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

A*MenMugler · shares coffee and patchouli$98 for 100 ml
Mystic ExperienceInitio · shares coffee and patchouliabout $316 for 90 ml · about twice Devotion for Men’s $153
Black OpiumYSL · shares coffee and patchouli$174 for 90 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.