The One for Men — Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana

The One for Men

  • For men
  • Eau de Parfum
  • 2015

The One for Men, signed Dolce & Gabbana, is a warm and intense oriental spicy fragrance. It opens on grapefruit and pepper, reveals cardamom, ginger and orange blossom at its heart and rests on a base of tobacco, amber and cedar.

Perfumer Olivier Polge

Main accords

Pyramid & evolution

Unofficial sources Data drawn from unofficial sources, not from the house: this pyramid (like the year and gender shown) may contain discrepancies.

  1. Opening First minutes

    Grapefruit · Pepper

  2. Heart ~30 min to 2 h

    Cardamom · Ginger · Orange blossom

  3. Base Several hours

    Tobacco · Amber · Cedar

What its composition says

  • 2 materials on top, 3 in the heart, 3 in the base: the three stages are of comparable size.
  • Tobacco: barely 4.3% of the catalogue contains it, which makes it the rarest material in its palette.
  • Amber: conversely, a material of the common core — 32% of the catalogue contains it.
  • Spicy, woody, citrus, amber and floral: 5 registers of raw materials share its palette, with spicy supplying 3 of 8.

Frequencies measured on the Olfact catalogue only.

Scent profile

Estimates derived from the composition — not measured.

Wear time Excellent
9 h and more estimated on skin
Projection Powerful
a trail that arrives before you and lingers after

Ideal seasons

  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn
  • Winter

Time of day

  • Day
  • Evening

Made for cool to cold weather — below 15 °C (59 °F).

Ideal occasions

  • Dates & seduction Its warm, sensual facets play the card of closeness.
  • Evenings & nights out A present trail that holds its own when the light drops.

Avoid if…

  • you like to stay discreet or work in a confined space.
  • you shun warm, opulent trails, especially in summer.

If The One for Men by Dolce & Gabbana seduces, it is through its enveloping warmth: a sensual trail that settles in and that you want to find on yourself again.

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