Dolce & Gabbana · 2006

The One

Premium$$$, 3 of 5

VersionEau de Parfum

Sunny mandarin and ripe peach over rose and jasmine, melting into a warm amber vanilla and musk.

Dolce & Gabbana says

You’ll smell mandarin orange, rose and vanilla.

More from Dolce & Gabbana’s description

It also mentions Mandarin, Peach, Jasmine, Amber, Musk and Floral Amber notes.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

The One’s scent picture, a draft: mandarin, rose, vanilla, peach, jasmine, amber drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

The One, top notes: Mandarin

Heartas it settles

The One, heart: Rose, Peach, Jasmine, Musk

Dry-downwhat stays

The One, dry-down: Vanilla, Amber

What’s inside it

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 & lavender5 florals1 amber & resins1 spices

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

Not for the smell9

AlcoholWaterOctinoxate (a UV filter)Benzyl benzoateBHT (keeps it fresh)Yellow 6Red 4Yellow 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

Neroli 36Le Labo · shares mandarin, rose, vanilla, jasmine and 1 more$348 for 100 ml
Club de Nuit WomanArmaf · shares rose, vanilla, peach, jasmine and 1 more$45 for 105 ml · about a fifth of The One’s $165
Wisal DhahabAjmal · shares mandarin, rose, peach, jasmine and 1 more$53.61 for 50 ml · about half of The One’s $165
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.