D&G Masculine (1999)
by Dolce & Gabbana

A lemon fantasy in a bottle. An awesome summer scent - not one for the winter. NICE!

As a young college student, I have to say I really like this stuff. It's not my favorite, but it really works in the summer. I feel insignificant posting this along the likes of SirSlarty, but this stuff is at least somewhat subjective. I like the lemon that pops out initially and for whatever the reason the confusion as SirSlarty points out is oddly appealing to me. In a summer market filled with fruity fragrances mixed maladroitly with musk, the lemon locomotion is welcome in my wardrobe.

Top notes: lemon
Mid notes: lemon
Base notes: lemon
I've said it all.

Lemon....I love lemons, but good ones. Some questions:
Who said this fragance have good lasting? Ohhh , come on!
Will you spend 60 USD for to have 1 minute smell?
Who said Masculine?
Yeah Yeah...I know longevity depends on the skins....Bla bla bla bla....That story again? With me,no.

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.