No.143 The One

Dolce & Gabbana's The One for Men pairs a fresh ginger-bergamot opening with a warm orange blossom and amber heart, settling into a dark, tobacco-laced base that gives the fragrance its brooding, secretive character. Eden Perfumes' No.143 captures that structure well - the ginger and bergamot top notes are bright and recognisable, and the orange blossom-amber heart brings real warmth. The tobacco base is where it falls short of the original: D&G's tobacco note has a genuinely dark, smouldering quality that makes the fragrance feel like it's hiding something, and here it reads thinner and fades earlier, leaving more of the amber-woody warmth to close out the scent instead. It still suits younger guys who want a fresh-yet-warm signature for casual socialising or a date, delivering good value on the opening hours, but it won't hold the original's slow-building darkness into a long evening.