K Dolce & Gabbana 2019 Eau de Toilette

Hi guys, here I am again with a new fragrance review. As for my title: don't worry, I don't think I'm a king and... unbelievable that I actually have to mention this... I'm not Elvis, who's still alive!!! :D Yes, crazy conspiracy theorists believe in everything (or rather believe in nothing that the media or news say) and still assume that Elvis is alive, or that the world is a disc, or that aliens are already living among us (that's not true at all, in fact fire-breathing dragons disguised as women are living among us... he he he) or that perfumes are addictive... well, the last one might be true, if I look at some of the perfumers (or Parfumo) here :D

Be that as it may, my title actually only alludes to the lid of this fragrance, but more on that later. So I tried the fragrance "K" (EDT) by Dolce & Gabbana, as I hadn't tested anything from this brand for a long time and I just noticed the lid (I tested the fragrance in the store).

Well, after the guy next to me had literally stormed out of the store after a long back and forth because he had tried to take one or two flankers of the One Million fragrances (he didn't make it, but still managed to escape before the sales clerks could stop him), I was able to try the fragrance in peace after a little commotion from the sales clerks there. ... So really, One Million, yes, I'm really not a fan of these fragrances, if I were a shoplifter, I would have taken Dior Homme Intense or something like that, which was also on the shelf in front of me :D

So then, here's my impression of the fragrance!
**The fragrance:**
For me, the fragrance starts off like chewing gum... I'm not entirely sure, but it reminded me a little of those great Big Red chewing gums, which are unfortunately no longer available. There isn't even any cinnamon in the fragrance, but maybe that was just my first impression. Be that as it may, in addition to citrusy scents that can't really be determined, you can smell juniper and cedar, which is a nice combination.
As the fragrance progresses, you can detect the specified scents such as sage and lavender, but only if you sniff the sprayed area extensively.
The fragrance does have a slight synthetic quality, but at least in the middle section this is not disturbing.
As the fragrance progresses, most of the notes seem to fade quite quickly, so that the cedar is the most noticeable. With the aforementioned synthetics, it comes across a little like a shower gel with a cedar scent, which is okay and nice, but the fragrance simply has nothing more to offer in the base and thus remains like an 0815 average fragrance without any strengths.

**The sillage and the longevity:**
The sillage is average, making it less suitable for going out and more suitable as a subtle everyday fragrance. The longevity is also rather short at around 4-5 hours.

**The bottle:**
The bottle is rectangular with a thick glass base and is filled with a light, navy blue fragrance liquid. There is no label, instead the name and brand name is printed directly on the front of the bottle. So far everything is (boringly) normal, if it weren't for the interesting lid, which was designed after a royal crown and is also very detailed with all the decorations and gemstone allusions and such. I find this very interesting and I really like it, in my opinion it enhances the bottle enormously.

**Conclusion:**
Yes, I didn't really like the fragrance. Sure, the cedarwood scent is great, as cedar generally smells great, but that's actually all this fragrance has to offer here, as you can't really smell anything else after the top note.
Sure, there are enough fragrances that perhaps only smell of a single or at most two fragrance notes, but it's still the case here that it wouldn't be a fragrance that smells extraordinary with its single fragrance note, but rather smells like thousands of other fragrances.

In my opinion, it simply has nothing outstanding, nothing that you want to have in your nose again and again, it has nothing extraordinary at all. It simply lacks the so-called "wow!" effect that makes you want to have it. Only the top note is perhaps briefly reminiscent of chewing gum brands, but even then you only think "ah, that sounds familiar" for a moment at most before this impression disappears again.

This is all a shame, as it makes the fragrance completely irrelevant and boring. Sure, you can of course use it as a simple office fragrance at any time of year, as cedar smells nice and the scent still comes across as subtle rather than overwhelming everyone around you, but that's all there is to it for me.
If you still want to test it, you are welcome to do so, you should at least have a look at the crown (i.e. the lid of the bottle) :)

And that's it from me again. I wish you all a nice evening, see you next time :)