D&G Masculine (1999)
by Dolce & Gabbana

Reminds me of 212 Men without the huge green leaf squelching feelings. I wish I didn't look at the note pyramid while smelling this. I don't get any of it at all and the whole thing is just simply overbearing. My first thought (before reading the note pyramid) was it's a soapy spicy scent that just rolls of my nose like a eloquent phrase roll off the tongue. As the fragrance cooled down I found that it got less smooth as the notes played with each other. There's just too much going on. Way too much green stuff going on here like woods and leaves and herbs. Not great to confuse the senses but enough to keep interest.

D & G Masculine is a fresh, clean fragrance. It opens with a very pleasing citrus / green accord—clean, fresh, and lasts quite long for a citrus. The switch to the middle notes is quick, once it starts, and creates a clean, nicely balanced, rather composite herbal accord that doesn’t project very much. The middle herbal nature continues the freshness of the beginning citrus with even a little ozonics stuck in there. I find these heart notes to be quite engaging, but I would like them to have a little more strength; however, this is likely the way the target market—younger wearers—would like it. The base also emphasizes the light and refreshing characteristic with lighter woods, vetiver, and tonka. Though it is not a fragrance for me, I rather like this pleasant fragrance. It is aimed at the younger market and this one of the better ones of that usually mediocre genre.

this is the runner up 2 by d & g! & i luv it! its 1 of those scents that stays with u! not sure why some say it smells like lemon pledge? i never smelt that b4! thats a first! but i do smell somewhat of a lemon sent.. not pledge tho...

I'm sorry, but this perfume is very harsh-smelling.

First, it starts off industrial cleaner + Lemon Pledge-smelling.

Then, this is given OOMPH by a harsh-smelling peppermint...

This is only reinforced by the woody base.

Ergh! I wanted to love it, but in so forcing myself to do so, I ended up hating it.

Mmmmm.... Lemon Pledge is now available in a cologne!

Disregard my previous "neutral" review- this is vile. I *liked* this on first sampling, but a few months later bought a full-size bottle and realised that I'd made a mistake. However, only recently did I realise how truly nasty this stuff is; the mutant offspring of a generic 1990s CK-One clone, Versace Blue Jeans' chinese notes and lemons. Lots and *lots* of lemons. It's somehow bland, dated *and* in-your-face offensive. Yes, it smells like a youth-oriented scent, but due to its cheapness and lack of sophistication or originality rather than any youthful freshness, vitality or optimism.