The story of Dolce & Gabbana
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana showed their first collection in Milan in 1985. Their style, steeped in Sicily, baroque ornament and neorealist cinema, quickly took hold. Fragrance followed in the early 1990s, then hit big in 2001 with Light Blue, composed by Olivier Cresp: a portrait of the Italian summer in green apple, cedar and musk, later spun off for men in 2007 and as Eau Intense in 2017. The One, in 2006, and The One for Men, in 2008, built a second, warmer and more ambery pillar. Launches multiplied over the years: L'Impératrice, Dolce, The Only One, K by Dolce & Gabbana and Devotion in 2022. Having long entrusted its fragrances to licensees, the house took back control of its beauty business in the early 2020s, bringing its perfumes closer to the fashion side of the brand.
An olfactory signature
Two families dominate at Dolce & Gabbana. The first is Mediterranean: apple, citrus, cedar and musk in Light Blue, grapefruit, juniper and rosemary in its masculine version, watermelon and kiwi in L'Impératrice. The second is warm and sensual: peach, lychee and vanilla in The One, ginger, cardamom and labdanum in The One for Men, coffee and iris in The Only One, candied orange and vanilla in Devotion. White flowers such as neroli and orange blossom bridge the two worlds.
Which Dolce & Gabbana perfume to choose?
For summer, choose Light Blue (or the longer-lasting Light Blue Eau Intense) for women and D&G Light Blue pour Homme for men. Amber lovers should go for The One or The One for Men. The Only One suits fans of coffee and violet, Devotion those with a sweet tooth. K by Dolce & Gabbana is a modern aromatic wood, while Dolce and Dolce & Gabbana Pour Femme are soft florals.
