Dolce & Gabbana · 2009
L'Impératrice
Mid-range$$, 2 of 5
Dolce & Gabbana asks $98 for 100 ml
| 100 ml | $98 |
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.
Top noteswhen you spray it
Heartas it settles
Dry-downwhat stays

Heartas it settles

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
Heart3
as it settles
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
Our match of the notes
Shares its notes
Carnal FlowerFrédéric Malle · shares watermelon and cashmere knit
BluAjmal · shares watermelon and cashmere knitFantasyBritney Spears · shares kiwi and cashmere knit
Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.

