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The One for Men
The masculine half of the house's best known pairing, Dolce and Gabbana The One for Men Eau de Parfum has spent years as one of the most reliably liked spiced fragrances at its price.
It starts sharper than you expect. Grapefruit is bitter and slightly sulphurous, coriander brings a dry, soapy, faintly citric spice, and basil adds a green peppery bite that keeps the opening from being merely clean. Then the spice proper arrives. Cardamom is cool and aromatic, dry and slightly resinous, more pod than powder, while ginger is dry and fizzing rather than sweet, and orange blossom lifts the pair with a white floral brightness that gives the middle its polish.
The base is the reason people keep wearing it. Tobacco is dry and leafy with a sweetness like a tin of pipe shag, amber warms it with a soft resinous glow, and cedarwood runs through both, pale and dry, holding the shape. The result is warm without being heavy and spiced without being festive.
The composition is Olivier Polge's, from 2015. At eau de parfum strength it is long lasting and projects properly for the first hour or two before settling in, so two sprays will see out a working day and an evening after it. Cooler months suit it best, it is equally at home in an office and at dinner, and it is aimed at men.
Dolce and Gabbana is an Italian fashion house dating from 1985, created by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana and still creatively led by them. Fragrance, makeup and skincare are not made in house but under an exclusive worldwide licence held by Shiseido since October 2016 and run from Paris, one of only two categories, with eyewear, that the house licenses out.
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