Dolce Gabbana
The original Dolce & Gabbana opens with a green sharpness—basil and ivy cutting through bergamot—before the florals arrive.
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The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 2 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Rose65
- Vanilla50
The note pyramid
- Basil
- Freesia
- Ivy
- Bergamot
- Bulgarian Rose
- Jasmine
- Lily
By the editors · 2 min readThe original Dolce & Gabbana opens with a green sharpness—basil and ivy cutting through bergamot—before the florals arrive. What follows is a dense, old-fashioned bouquet: jasmine and orange blossom layered thick, with lily adding a waxy coolness that keeps the sweetness in check. This is white flowers at full volume, unapologetically lush.
The drydown softens into sandalwood and vanilla with a musky warmth, though the florals never quite retreat. It wears like a statement fragrance from the early nineties, when perfumes were built for presence rather than subtlety. The contrast between the herbal opening and the opulent heart gives it structure, but this is ultimately about the florals—rich, almost heavy, decidedly feminine in the classical sense.
Best suited to those who want their fragrance noticed, who appreciate white flowers without restraint. It feels formal, dressed-up, confident in its fullness.
Scent twins
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