Reviews of Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme (1994)
by Dolce & Gabbana

This is a decent fragrance, although not to my particular liking. It's very sharp and nonetheless fairly pleasant. However, this is the second fragrance (behind a certain Armani scent) that I'd smelled consistently on other men, making it less unique and much more of a "just another guy with D&G on".

I've been owning this one for more than 5 years now - it just won't decrease.
And that is not because its so long lasting.
The point is - my wife gave it to me as a present and she absolutely loves its smell, she's going kinda horny everytime I wear it - I don't share that ecstasy. Even though others seem to.
I tried so hard, but I just can't get access to its secrets.
For me it smells deeply artificial -more than any other I know.
Like some detergent or cleaning agent or even desinfectant. No life in it at all.
I would'nt have bought it for myself, although im always curious and have never smelled anything like it.
Funnily enough it works with other women as well - so I use to wear it when a good impression is necessary.

Good longevity, good projection here, but something here I dont like...I dont know what is.
I m a guy who likes exclusives things, to feel important with a fragance. To buy an experience.
With Dolce Gabbana I have a good cologne, but not that important feeling, confidence, sharpness,attitude. To be me, the one and only.
Fresh, soapy and clean....whatever....but I feel like all people, not like a VIP.
Not again.

A lot is going on in this one, and while it's very nice, maybe not everything fits. Is this a fougère or an oriental? I can't quite decide; perhaps it's trying to be both. I agree that this uses pretty good ingredients for a designer scent from a smaller house, and while it smells decent, I can't really say I think it's well constructed. The balance seems to be a bit off on the sweet side, and while it packs a good bit of sillage at first, the initial impression breaks down fairly soon and becomes a bit muddy. This is not a bad scent as these things go; it's just that it seems to hold some promise and then doesn't fully meet the expectation. I'll have to go for a neutral on this, although it's fully good enough to wear for everyday work or such routine events.

Sweet base that projects (tonkab bean). Lemon and powdery rubber is what I get. A unique fragrance but not what I like wholly.

This review is under revision.

This is the highest rated cologne on this website(positives-negatives). I will alternate this fragrance with Gucci Envy(rated #2) for one year and give you my rating based on unsolicited comments from strangers. 2007 winner-Old Spice Red Zone Glacial Falls anti-perspirant/deodorant-1. Polo Black-0. Nautica-0.

Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme is a pleasant little find. It goes on smooth and sweet, with honeyed spices and neroli in an accord that’s daringly floral for a modern men’s scent. A generous helping of tonka or vanilla, soft woods, and a strong, pulpy fruit note come into play as the topnotes settle. All merge quickly with the sweet spices to build the scent’s foundation. Dolce & Gabbana’s heart is relatively bright, sweet, and more oriental than fougere to my nose. Its surface is smoothed over by a velvety heliotrope and almond accord.

Dolce & Gabbana projects strongly and leaves plenty of sillage, but its soft quality keeps it from smelling overly potent or abrasive, as many of the modern sweet fruity men’s scents can. Nor does it lean on the gourmand chocolate and coffee notes that have come to seem so banal in the wake of A*Men and Le Male. The drydown is all vanilla, velvety woods, and soft musk, still seasoned by the sweet almond richness of heliotrope. I don’t smell any moss in it at all.

If Dolce & Gabbana has a fault, it’s that the fruit note featured so prominently at its heart smells a bit crude and synthetic, though not so much as to suggest a cheap hard candy. Pleasant is the word that I keep coming back to as I wear this scent. It’s not all that original, even rather bland, but it’s easy to like and strikes me as quite versatile. The young men who douse themselves in Axe or pour whole bottles of A*Men over their heads in a misguided effort to attract women could do far worse than switch to this nice little fragrance.

Ummm...hmmm...well...

look, everyone seems to love it, and to this day, I smell it EVERYWHERE!

It's alright, I would not necessarily go out and buy it per se, but I wear it because I got a huge bottle as a Christamas gift.

Its not bad at all, but just not what I'd usually wear. And so many people do wear it...

But even if only a few people wore it, it would still not be something that I would "hunt" for.

Longevity and sillage are alright, the smell itself is alright as well...just not as special as everyone makes out!

The top notes are very strong and citrusy; somewhat resembling of detergent. The middle notes contain a solid lavender note but also a tarragon note that is too strong. The basenotes are very good: tobacco and woods combined with a pleasant sweetness. The longevity is great. I would have given thums-up if the fragrance was better balanced.

Other reviewers compared it to most Boss and Calvin Klein scents i think they were right. It has the same generic quality like most perfume by these houses. It starts of fruity and floral and ends quite powdery and tough i am by no means a fan of macho scents, rasther their outspoken critic, this one seems to go way too far in the opposite direction.
However, being so andrgynous, i can understand why women love it- don't know how many women like to smell this on a man, but i've known quite a few who used it for themselves. It's actually fresh, but just as fresh as a usual showergel or affordable deodorant, which is not necessarily bad, but nothing extraordinary either.

People appreciated smelling this on me, but to my nose the citrus was too harsh, and it never let go throughout the pyramid. What I used to like about it was the sandalwood & tobacco smell it left in the bedroom, for hours. Tested it again a few weeks ago, but no, won't go back to it.

My unrefined and unsophisticated nose (probably due to lack of breeding) has a theory about the D&G. In 1994, someone at Dolce said: "Hey, that Ungaro 1993 kinda rocks, let's fruit it up and put our name on it". And so it came to pass.

Inside every bottle of D&G, there is an Ungaro III struggling to claw its way back to the light. :D

That said, those in their twenties will probably prefer the D&G to Ungaro. But if i were you, i'd try both and choose.

Women seem to really love this one but, unfortunately, I’m still on the fence about it. Whenever I wear this, there’s always this irritating note that just lingers through to the drydown (I’ve yet to figure out which note’s actually causing this).

Although I can see the appeal with this one, it borders too closely on the line which divides the generic (a la Calvin Klein and Hugo Boss) from the sublime (please fill in the gap). Still, it’s a well made fragrance that possesses a certain degree uniqueness and sexual magnetism.

Actually I used it couple of times, and I didnt really liked it on myself. In the mean time woman loved it big time, and I still dont understand why? It is way too sweet and flowery for me. I prefer Armani's Mania or Aqua

This is a really fruity scent. It starts out with an oily, heavy tropical fruit introduction that then gives way to black pepper. Sometimes I notice the black pepper elements more prominently, and sometimes it's the tobacco. The tobacco note never stands out too much to me. It seems that the neroli and citrus scents dominate so heavily that the basenotes never reveal themsleves fully. The drydown is basically a calmer, less intrusive mix of the tropical smelling fruits (bananas, mangoes, et. al.)

The scent is pretty sweet, almost sickeningly so, therefore it could function well on some women as an evening scent. For me, it's way too fruity and cloying. I do keep a bottle of this around since it has it functions on those "party" occasions when something quirky is called for.

Many people consider this to be a formal fragrance, but I say it's more casual. It's also recommended for cool weather. While the "heaviness" of it makes it a good scent to "warm up" with in the winter, I think that it works equally well in summer, preferrably at night. It smells like a day on a tropical beach at times.

A relativley safe buy, this is not a great blind buy. The sweet, oily, fruity, soap scent can be a bit intimidating, so try it on your skin before you buy. The longevity is great (if you like the scent in the first place) and lasts the whole day until you wash it off in the shower, where it still smells pretty strong.

The primary saving graces of this scent are the pepper and the tobacco (when it's noticable). This is far from being a "thumbs down", but it's a bit much for me. Others swear by it, so it's all relative, I guess. A must try at any rate.

There is something about this one that I really can't take to me. I have usually no trouble with scents that have a strong personality. I actually prefer them from the vimps. But for some reason there is something in this one that is not really me.benb

I feel that this is a phenomenal fragrance. Skin types vary but on me the change from the citrus to the musky tobacco is gradual enough that it doesn't go rancid, rather it warms me up and gives me a boost of instant confidence. Great fragrance

At first I thought it smelled too strong of alcohol. I finally got around to wearing some on my skin and found that the sharp scent was there but with a more defined dry down. The woman I have been dating treats this scent like sex in a bottle but overall I will only wear it once in a great while and with a "gold buttoned down shirt". :)

This stuff is so overrated. It's too strong for one, and smells like a mixture of Raid bugspray and lemons. It's very common and I've never thought it smelled good on anyone, let alone myself. Save your money.

I own this fragrance and have used it many times and I just can't fall in love with it. I am overwhelmed by the citrus notes off the top (citrus in a slightly sour "danky" way and not a fresh citrus burst). I agree with the other reviewers that it almost an intense lemon pledge furnisher polish off the top. After a half hour or so, it does dry down to an interesting mix of much more masculine notes, but to me, it never fully loses that lemon and ash tray smell. On the correct body chemistry, this could be amazing at drydown, but for me it is just an average cologne that has serious shortcomings.

a good smell. But for me it can be very cloying especially when first applied. understandable why this fragrance won all those awards though.

I was 15 when it was presented to my dad from his lover. I was happy to "borrow" it for several months. I think it wasn't absolutely for me considering my age in those days. Should give it a retry

Starts of smelling like Versace Dreamer and dries down to something else, its ok but I do not find it manly enough

I agree completely with some of the previous reviewers, this sent has to be one that smells better on some than others. This is one that you should CERTAINLY try on your skin and wait around awhile before you decide to get it. I had been mulling this one over for awhile but I finally decided to give it a shot. On me, this fragrance is terrible, but I have no doubt that on some it works. On me it was way too sickly sweet...sort of reminded me of that generic smell a lot of hair salon's have. I like the bottle though, and love the box. So, try this one on your skin before you get it and if you can pull it off great. If you're like me and can't then you just saved yourself money for something that does work for you.

A great fragrance- very complex blend. Still it doesn't last more than about an hour. Worth owning but not obsessing over. This company should have made a more concentrated blend with the same idea in mind. The lasting power is really a problem for me with this one, especially since I actually love the smell of the fragrance. It's a pity.

A close friend of mine used to wear it. I really liked it on him and decided to buy it after awhile. I guess it's one of those perfumes that small great on some people but less so on others. It starts off with a gentle lemony top note but after a few hours, it becomes sticky and almost nauseating. Every once in awhile I get tempted and wear it, only to discover after a couple of hours that it's too much for me.So my advice is: try it first and ask close friends what they think.

Ah, the epitome of simplicity and elegance in one bottle. Quite frankly, any cologne that does this is automatically gold in my book. It's one of those unmistakable scents, very masculine. Quite powerful and long lasting too, one spray and you're set. Although the drydown is a bit tobacco-ey; I don't know, it just screams "pack of cigs," which can be quite inconsiderate if you live with smokers who are trying to quit. True rating is thumbs up, but due to it's now rampant "mainstream" popularity due to that stupid makeover show "Queer Eye," I have to give this a neutral, since its not a scent that works with everyone's body chemistry (note to my gym coach: sweat + this cologne = pig smoking a reefer). Perfect for evening use during Fall/Winter.