Dolce & Gabbana - D&G Masculine (1999)

"This is a soft, gentle scent, which always gave me an impression of a gay scent for somehow.." 

 

 

D&G Masculine is a soft type woody aromatic scent launched in 1999. It was created by nose Max Gavarry. Not an uber successful nose when we look his creations. This is a soft, gentle scent, which always gave me an impression of a gay scent for somehow. Also mind you, it's now discontinued. It wasn't a very popular, successful fragrance at all.

 

D&G Masculines blend consist of:

top notes: petit grain, bergamot

middle notes: orange blossom, clary sage, mint, basil, jasmine, caraway

base notes: teak wood, fig leaf, musk, vetiver, cedar

Not a too common blend we see here. There's only petitgrain and bergamot on top notes, and then some fig and teak to soften and cream the base notes. The only problem with this is; all the blend smells quite artificial and anharmonic. But to me its the paradox it has, scent is quite feminine, despite bearing a "masculine" tag. And I'm not talking about a slight feminine scent, it's a so feminine scent, a woman could easily wear it. With this and the syntheticness together I found the blends a loser.

Let's look at the scent then. D&G Masculine has a general scent character as a flowery, sweet lemony scent. But either the lemons sweetness and the jasmine's dominancy make the scent overly feminine to a man's acceptance levels. To me, this  sweet, flowery concept would be too heavy event for winter. Some people accept this as the best citrus scent but for me its so far away from that, when I think there are tons of other much better citrussy scents than this. This was a so so fragrance, but as in most discontinued fragrances, users of discontinued fragrances transform them to masterpieces in their minds when its gone, same case here. So don't be hasty or over excited to get one after reading other reviews. 

In summary, it's kinda a harsh, moderately heavy scent with bad synthetic blend. Definitely not the masculine old school men's scent you'd have imagined despite the masculine badge. Rather; a soft, a bit too musky, flowery gayish scent. Modern was it? Yes. Successful? no.

Longevity is under average and the silage is average on my skin. Tends to fade fast. I'd suggest this to users between 25-45 with no red lines. If you like the scent, it can suit casual or formal situations, indoors and outdoors.  I suggest using in second half of the day. Mostly in fall or winter.

Olfactory group: Woody Aromatic

Scent: under average 4/10

Silage: average  5/10

Longevity: under average  4/10

Quality feel: under average  4/10

Recommended: No, I would not suggest this to anybody, there are better options.

Davidoff - Good Life (1998)

" there are much better Davidoff's out there.."

Ok people, here we are with another review. Good Life, Davidoff''s woody floral musk fragrance launched in 1998. This isn't a well known or popular fragrance but also discontinued. Davidoff is generally known better with its much more popular fragrances like Cool Water and Zino which I'll also write reviews of them in future.

Good Life's blend consist of:

top notes: bergamot, grapefruit, black currant, melon, lavander, fig leaf

middle notes: pelargonium, violet, magnolia, amalfi lemon

basenotes: sandalwood, tea, clover, amber, almond

This is kinda a different, original combination of notes with some rare notes of almond, tea, pelargonium. And we can see other notes are mostly light and fresh ones. So, on paper, good life's blend looks quite promising isn't it? but how does it do on real life? Let's see.

Frankly speaking, I'd gotten this frag with high hopes, for a start; this was a Davidoff product. Also top notes looked very delicious. But it deluded me. First of all blend is not in good quality, some notes feels artificial. As you first spray it, a nice fresh lemon scent comes up, but then soon, another scent; which I cannot describe totally -kinda something like a repulsive wheaty scent - begins to spread. I can't make out which of the notes or combination of notes deploys this scent but, I can easily say it doesn't get good with your skin. Sadly, most of the middle and the final phases of the scent smells this combination. This is a very strange combination that you can only find it maybe one in a hundred fragrance. Almost guaranteed to give you a wry face anytime you smell it. In summary, a bad smelling scent. As I look for other reviews of the fragrance, I found most of the review are not bad, maybe it didn't get along with my skin well. I personally wouldn't want to use this fragrance because of that strange scent dominates the fragrance of the the opening, maybe because of the fig leaf or another note. Even, if the problem is my skin, I still do not think that it's scent is successful or authentic enough to seek for. 

Longevity and the silage are average. I'd suggest this to users 25 and over. If you like the scent, it can suit casual or formal situations, indoors and outdoors. This is not your regular wood floral musk. Not that light and floral. It's semi fresh semi masculine/formal. I suggest using in second half of the day, outdoors mostly. Just know that; there are much better Davidoff's out there.

Olfactory group: Woody Floral Musk

Scent: bad  3/10

Silage: average  5/10

Longevity: average  5/10

Quality feel: under average  4/10

Recommended: No, I would not suggest this to anybody, there are better options.