Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme Dolce & Gabbana 1994 Eau de Toilette

Version from 1994

Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme (1994) (Eau de Toilette) by Dolce & Gabbana

Bottle Design Catherine Krunas, Atelier Dinand

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Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme (1994) (Eau de Toilette) (Dolce & Gabbana)

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Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme (1994) (Eau de Toilette) is a popular perfume by Dolce & Gabbana for men and was released in 1994. The scent is spicy-woody. The production was apparently discontinued.

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Perfumer

Max Gavarry

Fragrance Notes

Top Notes	Bergamot Mandarin orange Orange
Heart Notes	Tarragon Cardamom Lavender Pepper Sage
Base Notes	Iris Sandalwood Tobacco Tonka bean Cedar

Ratings

Scent

7.8336 Ratings

Longevity

7.8243 Ratings

Sillage

7.3220 Ratings

Bottle

7.1231 Ratings

Value for money

7.848 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 27.05.2022.

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10/19/2021

9
Scent 8
Longevity 8
Sillage 8
Bottle

HugoMontez
53 Reviews

HugoMontez

Helpful Review 4

Italian man in the 90's

Dolce & Gabbana, a brand that doesn't have many great fragrances, in fact, i guess this is their best (talking about the masculine ones).

A concoction of citruses, lavender, sage and woods. A simple eau de cologne mixed with a fougère style. Max Gavarry, the perfumer behind this fragrance, managed to create something with a cool water base and brighten it up with an Italian sexy vibe. It has a soapy quality, from the fougère structure and it's very alluring all the way. A typical 90's masculine but with this sexy citruses from a Italian eau de cologne.

The citruses aren't the most natural ones but, for some reason, they work perfectly here with the herbs de provence and the light wood/tonka base. Nothing is sharp here. A pretty smooth fougère that has also a soft tobacco leaf note in the base to blend everything together. Is probably the least perceptive note but it's the one that helps this composition not being boring and has this sexy masculine aura.

Unfortunately, D&G left EuroItalia in late 90's to joined P&G and later, Coty (everything from that era is very forgettable, to be honest) and the version of this classic is also completely different. Much sharper with less quality materials. Recently, the brand joined Shiseido group and they came out with slightly more interesting fragrances but i didn't tried the Pour Homme version yet. I hope the quality was increased as I consider Shiseido as a good brand/group.

But for now, I suggest you to find a EuroItalia version if you want to experience this fragrance in full HD Stereo.
The longevity is also better in this version (+8h) and the sillage is also stronger.
Overall, a great fougeres with some unique qualities.

4/5

04/13/2020

8.5
Scent 8
Longevity 8
Sillage 8
Bottle

TomFragance
33 Reviews

TomFragance

Only old version

I can never speak negatively about this fragrance. It was what I used to use as a teenager, I always used it, night and day and in all seasons, for me it doesn't have a defined target or an ideal season to wear it, because it's simply good! I'm obviously talking about the Euroitalia version, Bought the annoscuro in an old shop in the center, I heard the new one is a lot of chemist (but go?), To tell the truth also the opening of the old D&G PH knows a little 'of chemist, perhaps the lemon-lavender from this effect, but it is only the opening, then it opens and makes its quality felt.
I hear lavender, tobacco, sweet citrus fruits, musks and tonka, then citric and sparkling opening, and at the end sweet and slightly herbaceous. Very clean sheets, obviously not the clean dixan that is going very fashionable in recent years. The scent is fairly linear, and although all these qualities are difficult to put into a single fragrance, in this I find a sort of balance that is difficult to find in other fragrances. It will not be a scent that amazes, but does not even want to be, perhaps for this a little underrated, but it is an excellent perfume, rich, linear and elegant.
I do not recommend the new version, look for the old Euroitaly with the velvet box and rectangular aluminum plate, you won't regret it

Rating: 8 / 8.5

04/08/2020

9.5
Scent 8
Longevity 7
Sillage 8
Bottle

Thatsmr2usir
62 Reviews

Thatsmr2usir

Take me back to the 90's!

D&G PH is without a shadow of doubt, my third all time favorite designer fragrance. The Made In Italy version is of course the best & the only way to go. The newer batches which have been mentioned countless of times throughout this thread are nothing like the original.

Everything about this fragrance is created & blended well. The notes do not fight to see who will lead the way, it is like a riding in the back of a Mercedes S Class! There is nothing like it. Projection & longevity are top notch & will get you through a 8 hour work day. If your skin eats up fragrances you may need to try other methods & keep a decant on you.

This will ALWAYS be in my collection. It screams the 90's & men who looked & smelled sophisticated. You simply can't go wrong with this. I find this really shines in spring/fall weather! Both seasons bring out the best in this fragrance. I would not wear it in the extreme heat & if I did, it would be summer nights ONLY!

This garners compliments ( at least for me ) but even if it didn't who cares? This is a hell of a fragrance & one of the top frags to make it's entrance the ever so popular 90's run of fragrances! It also outshines the mass crap being produced today IMO! Do yourself a favor & treat yourself to some italian luxury!

02/01/2020

10
Scent 8
Longevity 8
Sillage 10
Bottle

Escentric

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Escentric

Helpful Review 10

The good old days

This, the old version of the Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme, didn't have much in common with the current version, as it was much more intense, richer in facets, had more depth and was more masculine.

Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme was my first signature fragrance. I wore it about the beginning of the 2000s until just before 2010. I could never get enough of him for so long. With him I always felt well wrapped up. He was my faithful companion. Whether at night or at work. Pour Homme was an evergreen and a compliment collector. The flacon was a tangible thing, its shape made it fit perfectly in the hand. Buying a new fragrance was always a great feeling, because the outer packaging was already special, with a blue velvet-like cover and looked much more elegant than the cardboard boxes of all other fragrances.

Without having been involved in perfume at that time, I guess I already liked lavender and sandalwood at that time. Interesting, if you look at it again from today's point of view, there are still two of my favourite scents.

I still remember too well the reactions of one of my colleagues at work. She used to get a big kick out of me wearing this scent. If I had a cup of coffee in my hand to go with it, it was all over with her. She always liked the combination of pour Homme and a fresh coffee very much and so it happened that I had to make a few rounds around her desk with a pot of coffee in my hand. Since she was so enthusiastic about it, she thought that her boyfriend should also smell as good and so she got a small bottling from a perfumery, only to have to report to me the next day, to her sorrow, completely disappointed that the fragrance on her boyfriend probably did not develop the desired notes as it did on my skin. I have to admit, I was enjoying myself
I have spent many wonderful times with this fragrance and experienced great things during it.

It is a pity that it no longer exists in this formulation. But this is exactly where you notice what perfume can do. Because how is it so often with beautiful things? One feeds on memories! And so Pour Homme still manages to put a little smile on my face today.

That's what perfume does to us. It arouses emotions and passion

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12/30/2019

8.5
Scent 8
Longevity 7
Sillage 6
Bottle

Smellavision
178 Reviews

Smellavision

Compliment magnet...

Brilliant! I have the vintage edition with silver label - a sweet soapy/powdery floral lavender explosion, which turns slightly peppery after some time. Great longevity and good projection. This must be the smell that has gotten me the most compliments, from men as well as women.

06/27/2019

9
Scent 8
Longevity 8
Sillage 8
Bottle

PatBateman

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PatBateman

The First GQ - The First Perfume - The First Commentary

Uff it was a funny year, I was about 13-14 years old when I somehow decided to buy my first perfume.
Since I had no idea and in my class somehow every boy smelled after the same perfume (JPG Le Male), I really wanted something new, something where every girl would keep me in your memory.
So instead of going to the first perfumery, I went to the kiosk around the corner and bought my first "Männer" magazine (The GQ).
I think on the front cover, Halle Berry was photographed, but I can't remember it that well
Anyway, there was a section about perfumes in the magazine and there was the "Dolce Gabbana pour Homme". Somehow I figured that'd be my perfume. So I went to see a Douglas after school and asked for perfume right away. The nice lady brought me to the Dolce Gabbana corner and shot directly from the tester on the strip. She put the test strip in my hand and I smelled it right away. I had no idea what to look out for in a perfume, but somehow I liked the fragrance directly. He didn't smell everyday. There was something citric but also subtle spicy about him. I knew it would be my first perfume.
I've had the scent for almost 20 years now. In the meantime the label has already fallen off and maybe 10-15ml in the bottle. My wife finds the scent old and cheap, which I cannot understand at all, because the scent is a timeless classic for me.
That was my first comment, now I have to return some videotapes.

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10/24/2015

ColinM
516 Reviews

ColinM

Solid!

I don’t know how Pour Homme smells today, but I recently acquired an early Euroitalia bottle of this (mostly for nostalgia, as I wore this fragrance in the Nineties, without even loving it that much back then) and all I can say is that it smells, well, really good. Not exciting, not particularly fascinating... but just totally, really good. Almost astonishingly good. All I get is lavender, tobacco, a drop of creamy, slightly orange-infused citrus and a mellow, agreeably sweet base of musk, vetiver and tonka, initially briefly refreshed by a sort of Mediterranean herbal-tea accord in which I think I get mostly sage and something like thyme paired with, well, “something” that reminds me of juicy bittersweet black tea (that may be due to tobacco, though; fresh grounded tobacco has often a tea-like aroma).

The notes may sound a bit generic, while the result is inexplicably complex, totally unique and recognizable, way more than it may seem by reading the composition. In fact I can’t really think of anything similar to this, maybe some facets of vintage Dreamer by Versace for the same tobacco-musk-lavender “clean and warm” base, or some other tobacco designer scents, but that’s a long shot in any case since there’s quite something more – and mostly better – going on in Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme. I guess this uniqueness is due to the way musk, tobacco, tonka and citrus interact, they create “something” really comforting, clean (musk and lavender), slightly sweet and warm (tonka and tobacco, plus that “tea” accord I mentioned above) but with a really classy touch of tart, herbal citrus freshness, which altogether create an uplifting sense of confidence, affability and informality with a sultry shade of class, a perfect balance I rarely found in other fragrances. Guess this is an example of how a skillful, eclectic and mature composition smells like. Maybe uncreative, but not anything has to (try to...) be creative. Truly a soothing classy sillage with just the right hint of clean, smoothly modern and understated “genericness” which makes this fragrance a really enjoyable and solid everyday option, with a particular “youthful” vibe. Quite linear, but if something smells this nice, that’s just a plus.

Given the number of negative reviews I read about Pour Homme I assume that today it smells probably a bit more synthetic and harsh than it used to, and I can really believe that since the quality of Euroitalia works of the Eighties/Nineties was quite much higher if compared to today’s standards among designers – not to mention Dolce & Gabbana usual standards, which make Pour Homme even more a unique standout. The early Made in Italy version surely has some soapy-synthetic feel especially on the musky-lavender notes, but overall it has an undisputable solid quality and a remarkably rich, fulfilling and breezy texture that makes it really worthy a sniff – if not a blind purchase in case of good deals (way more than the nice albeit totally overrated By Man in my opinion, to mention the only other masculine Dolce & Gabbana scent worth some care).

7,5-8/10

07/10/2015

Platinum1
59 Reviews

Platinum1

~ Smooth D&G Casanova ~

~ Based purely on a generous sample gift of the vintage original formulation. This homme invokes in me the scent of a smooth operating Casanova. With it's long lasting lemon/lavender opening it surely had lured in many a wearer and wooed admiring noses in it's true smooth sandalwood sillage! My loyalty to Platinum Egoiste has kept me from discovering other nineties gems but this is one I am glad someone knew it is "a must try" sensual gentleman's scent. The sweet tobacco here is subtle, suave and oozes elegant sophistication. The lingering basenotes to me is where the tonka and wood work their magic captivating my taste. This would be a great D&G to rediscover as it's popularity in the spotlight has decreased but what a statement it could still make! I have never smelled the reformulation and I would be afraid to now and tarnish the image of my treasured 5ml of this masculine perfumery classic.
Kind Regards, Plat ~

03/21/2015

JSpines
153 Reviews

JSpines

Dolce & Gabbana pour Homme

I have a miniature bottle of the original formulation and I've been wearing it a lot lately. I really, really like it. Reason being is I find it so versatile. Casual yet elegant therefore lending itself to being suitable for a day at the office or a night on the town. The original formulation is smooth. I don't find it cloying, overpowering or offensive in the least. Nothing about it disturbs my nose. It must really be of good quality as it doesn't trigger my allergies the way that some cheap colognes do. Starts off with a touch of citrus and settles into something soft, spicy and powdery. The fragrance is blended so well that it's hard for me to pinpoint each note. A wonderfully harmonious scent. It has no problem lasting on my skin all day and I admittedly enjoy when I catch a whiff here and there as I'm moving around. I also have the reformulated version and I do like it as well but not as much as I love the original version. The new version isn't as smooth or as well blended and leaves me wishing they had left it alone and hadn't messed with the original classic masterpiece. This is currently a favourite of mine to wear but I'm trying to make my tiny bottle last as long as possible so I don't run out too fast! A great men's scent that should be part of every guy's collection.

03/01/2013

6
Scent 5
Longevity 5
Sillage 5
Bottle

Miaw2
339 Reviews

Miaw2

Why reformulate?

This is classic. Great for summer and fall.

It has a nice citric open and then turns into a sweet tobacco smell with a hint of spices.

Good projection, sillage and lasting power.

I wonder why D&D did reformulate (again) this beautiful scent. My first one (1996) was much heavier than the latest (2012). I will not even try the new formulation.

Updated January 2014

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