Dolce & Gabbana · 2009

L'Impératrice

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

VersionEau de Toilette

Juicy watermelon and kiwi over pink cyclamen, drying down to soft blond wood and musk.

Dolce & Gabbana says

You’ll smell watermelon, cyclamen and blondwood.

More from Dolce & Gabbana’s description

It also mentions Floral Fruity Woody Green notes, Kiwi, Pink cyclamen and Musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

L'Impératrice’s scent picture, a draft: watermelon, cyclamen, woody notes, musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Heartas it settles

L'Impératrice, heart: Watermelon, Cyclamen, Woody notes, Kiwi, Musk

What’s inside it

What Dolce & Gabbana names

What the label names

3 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.

3 florals

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

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Ext. violet 2Red 4BHT (keeps it fresh)Yellow 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

Carnal FlowerFrédéric Malle · shares watermelon and cashmere knit$470 for 100 ml
BluAjmal · shares watermelon and cashmere knit$47.95 for 90 ml · about half of L'Impératrice’s $98
FantasyBritney Spears · shares kiwi and cashmere knit
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.