Only Man

Only Man opens with a spicy-citrus shimmer - bergamot, mandarin and a soft fruity touch of lychee and peach - before the heart takes over with the signature warm spice of cardamom and ginger laced with orange blossom. The drydown is where it most echoes Dolce & Gabbana The One for Men: a cosy tobacco-and-cedar accord rounded out with ambergris. The original is a warm, spicy, ambery woody-oriental, somewhat linear but smooth, masculine and addictive. This budget version captures the broad strokes but renders flatter and more two-dimensional, with the cheaper spicy facets pushed forward and the rich, smooth amber-tobacco depth dialled back. Longevity is modest, settling close to the skin within a few hours where the already-average original manages a little more, and projection stays intimate. As a cosy, masculine spicy-woody for autumn and winter evenings and date nights it delivers the comfortable warmth people reach The One for - just without the polished depth of the real thing.