Dolce & Gabbana · 2020 · Daphné Bugey and Nathalie Lorson

K

Premium$$$, 3 of 5
Dolce & Gabbana asks $225 for 100 ml
100 ml$225

The houseFor men

VersionEau de Parfum

Zesty lemon and blood orange with juniper, over fig, geranium and clary sage, drying to cedar, patchouli and vetiver.

Dolce & Gabbana says

You’ll smell Sicilian lemon, fig and Virginian cedarwood.

More from Dolce & Gabbana’s description

It also mentions Cedarwood, Patchouli, Vetiver, Blood orange, Lemon torchio, Juniper, Cardamom, Allspice (pimento), Geranium, Clary sage, Lavender (lavandin), Fig milk and Cypriol (nagarmotha).

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

K’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, fig, cedar, patchouli, vetiver, sweet orange drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

K, top notes: Lemon, Sweet orange, Juniper, Cardamom, Geranium, Lavender

Heartas it settles

K, heart: Fig, Allspice, Clary sage

Dry-downwhat stays

K, dry-down: Cedar, Patchouli, Vetiver, Cypriol

What’s inside it

What Dolce & Gabbana names

Sicilian lemonFigVirginian cedarwoodPatchouliVetiverBlood orangeJuniperCardamomAllspice (pimento)GeraniumClary sageLavender (lavandin)Fig milkCypriol (nagarmotha)

What the label names

10 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 & lavender4 florals2 spices1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals4

CitronellolBenzyl salicylateGeraniol (rose)Farnesol

Spices2

EugenolCinnamal

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)
10 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell10

AlcoholWaterDipropylene glycolOctinoxate (a UV filter)Red 33Blue 1BHT (keeps it fresh)Ext. violet 2Yellow 5Diethylamino hydroxybenzoyl hexyl benzoate, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Reflection 45 ManAmouage · shares cedar (Atlas cedar), patchouli, vetiver, juniper and 3 more$550 for 100 ml · about twice K’s $225
Uomo Born in Roma Coral FantasyValentino · shares patchouli, vetiver, cardamom, geranium (rose geranium) and 2 more$138 for 100 ml
Odyssey MegaArmaf · shares lemon, cedar (Atlas cedar), vetiver, sweet orange and 2 more$45 for 100 ml · about a fifth of K’s $225
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.