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The One Gentleman
For the man who wants the shape of a formal fragrance without the weight of one, Dolce and Gabbana The One Gentleman Eau de Toilette 100ml is arranged with exactly that in mind.
Black pepper opens it dry and dusty, the pepper mill rather than the sauce, and it gives the first few minutes a crackle that is unusual for something otherwise so smooth. Lavender follows, clean and herbal with a slight camphorous coolness, and cardamom sits alongside it bringing a cool aromatic spice with a faint minty lift. Patchouli closes the whole thing, earthy and dark and a little bitter, and it is what gives an otherwise light fragrance a serious finish.
It is a short composition and it does not pretend to develop. The appeal is the balance: peppery and herbal at the top, earthy at the bottom, with nothing sweet anywhere in it, which is rarer in this price bracket than it ought to be.
At toilette strength it is moderate in both reach and longevity, giving four or five hours of clear wear before settling close, which makes it comfortable in an office or at close quarters. Three sprays is the right dose and a reapplication before the evening is no hardship.
Dated 2010, it suits spring and autumn best, works for the daytime and for anything where you want to be well turned out rather than noticed, and it is aimed at men. The 100ml is the standard size. Dolce and Gabbana is an Italian fashion house founded in 1985 by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who remain its creative source, and its beauty range has been licensed exclusively worldwide to Shiseido since October 2016, operated from Paris.
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