Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme - "Made in France"?

[DolceThaDon]

Hey guys,

I just recently caught wind of the fact that Dolce & Gabbana is supposedly now manufacturing their fragrances in France.. As far as Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme goes, the last few times that the manufacturing of Dolce & Gabbana fragrances changed a reformulation of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme took place.. As a huge fan of this fragrance I am now very curious to find out if there has indeed been another reformulation of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme or if these current "Made in France" bottles are still the same stuff as the 2012 "Made in UK" formula.. If there has indeed been another reformulation I would like to know if it this fragrance has been reformulated again for the better or for the worst.. If any of you guys who are familiar with Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme in all of it's different forms throughout the years has any experience with the current "Made in France" bottles I would really appreciate any input you may have!

Thanks!

 

[shivsri]

Wow! that's a news and being a huge fan, myself.
I'm in here to see the responses.

 

[Eau Absolutely]

Merge

http://www.basenotes.net/threads/44...-and-Gabbana-pour-homme-new-reformulation-out

with this thread perhaps too?

 

[Basehead]

I got your message and it’s nice to see others that also have interest in D&G ph and the curiosity that a new manufacturing country can bring. That’s why I love the internet, I don’t have any ppl in real life that I talk about fragrances with or that would even care about something like this lol, but yet there are always ppl on the internet that have the same interests. Unfortunately at my local stores that sell the France bottles, the testers are either UK or Germany. Hope to try one soon as maybe I’ll ask if they can open one. And you are right about every time there was a new manufacturing location, it also had a reformulation that went with it. Keep us posted as I’ll do the same!

 

[DolceThaDon]

Merge

http://www.basenotes.net/threads/44...-and-Gabbana-pour-homme-new-reformulation-out

with this thread perhaps too?

I had actually tried to comment on that thread & for some odd reason my comment did not bump the thread back up like it is supposed to do so I decided to make my own thread so that this topic could be viewed by others..

 

[DolceThaDon]

I got your message and it’s nice to see others that also have interest in D&G ph and the curiosity that a new manufacturing country can bring. That’s why I love the internet, I don’t have any ppl in real life that I talk about fragrances with or that would even care about something like this lol, but yet there are always ppl on the internet that have the same interests. Unfortunately at my local stores that sell the France bottles, the testers are either UK or Germany. Hope to try one soon as maybe I’ll ask if they can open one. And you are right about every time there was a new manufacturing location, it also had a reformulation that went with it. Keep us posted as I’ll do the same!

Yes! Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme is one of my all time favorite fragrances.. It is actually the exact fragrance that sparked my fragrance journey.. Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme has already gone through a lot of different reformulations throughout the years.. I loved the fragrance the way it was when it first was released yet I still appreciate the more current formula's on their own for what they are.. I have to admit I would definitely be all for another reformulation of this fragrance if it brought Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme back closer to the way it originally was when it was first released.. I know exactly what you are talking about in regards to the "tester" bottles at the fragrance counters.. When Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme made it's first big change to the "Made in Germany" version I saw many fragrance stores still using "Made in Italy" tester bottles while selling the new "Made in Germany" formula.. The same thing happened when the second reformulation to the "Made in UK" batch happened.. The stores were still using "Made in Germany" tester bottles while selling the new "Made in UK" bottles for quite a while.. I wish the "Sales Assistants" were more informed about reformulations so that this type of thing would not be happening but I guess most aren't.. I can't wait to hear some input from someone who has experience with Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme & it's different formulas on whether or not these new "Made in France" bottles are any different from the "Made in UK" bottles.. I kind of have my hopes up that they may have reformulated the fragrance again to bring it closer back to the original "Made in Italy" formula but in all honesty I highly doubt that is the case.. Although I have seen a few posts across the web where some are saying that they think that the new "Made in France" bottles smell like there has been an improvement made upon the scent since the "Made in UK" formula.. I can't wait to find out! Thank you for the post!

 

[Deana]

I recently reordered Dolce & Gabbana The One. The fragrance isn't close to the the original, and yes, the label says made in France. My other bottle says U.K. and I love the smell. This France version is bitter and smells like a chemical insect spray. I am going to try to return it to Fragrancenet.com.

 

[Foamywax]

I have the made in UK version.
Everyone says it's terrible but I think it's fantastic.

 

[SixCats]

Hi all,

Interesting timing! Years ago, I once owned D&G pour homme which I very much enjoyed. That was many years ago and I have zero idea where it was made.
That being said, today, I visited Sephora perfumes at the local Mall and sampled (among other things) D&G pour homme. I believe the bottle said made in Germany.
At any rate, my impression is that it is pretty damn good! I plan to purchase D&G ph in the future.

SixCats!

 

[speckmann0706]

I recently reordered Dolce & Gabbana The One. The fragrance isn't close to the the original, and yes, the label says made in France. My other bottle says U.K. and I love the smell. This France version is bitter and smells like a chemical insect spray. I am going to try to return it to Fragrancenet.com.

Odd mine is fine bought mine from TJMaxx Made In France The One EDT no bug spray just smells nice.

 

[MFfan310]

The change in manufacturing locations is because Beaute Prestige International, a division of Shiseido, now handles Dolce & Gabbana perfumes worldwide.

BPI uses Shiseido International France as its lone manufacturing site, which is also the home of Issey Miyake, Serge Lutens, and Narciso Rodriguez, among others. Some Shiseido-branded products are also made here.

 

[DolceThaDon]

The change in manufacturing locations is because Beaute Prestige International, a division of Shiseido, now handles Dolce & Gabbana perfumes worldwide.

BPI uses Shiseido International France as its lone manufacturing site, which is also the home of Issey Miyake, Serge Lutens, and Narciso Rodriguez, among others. Some Shiseido-branded products are also made here.

Yes, well I finally ran into a couple bottles of this new "Made in France" Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme at Marshalls yesterday.. The packaging is still the same dark blue velvet, the only distinct difference I noticed in the packaging is that on the bottom front of the box it not longer says "Vaporisateur - Natural Spray" as all of the other formulas read.. It now only says "Eau De Toilette" along with the bottle size.. On the back of the box it does say "Made In France" along with "Beaute Prestige".. Unfortunately there was no tester bottle as it was just Marshalls so I was not able to actually test out the juice to see if their indeed has been another reformulation since the "Made in UK" formula.. If I had seen more information out there confirming that this new "Made in France" juice is indeed something new than I would have blind bought a bottle but as of right now I am just waiting to hear more about this until I spend the money on one of these new bottles.. Calling anyone out there who has tested one of these new bottles to please update us with any information you may have! Please! I am so curious!

 

[Basehead]

Wow same packaging? I’m almost positive the one I saw and someone else on here saw, was a box that was no longer velvety and instead slightly marbled cardboard from what I remember. Def looked different than what has been coming out the past few years. So there are obviously two different boxes for the France stuff. I don’t know why I didn’t take a few pics of it....

 

[DolceThaDon]

Wow same packaging? I’m almost positive the one I saw and someone else on here saw, was a box that was no longer velvety and instead slightly marbled cardboard from what I remember. Def looked different than what has been coming out the past few years. So there are obviously two different boxes for the France stuff. I don’t know why I didn’t take a few pics of it....

Yes, the bottles I saw are still in the dark blue velvety packaging although a few things have changed on the package in regards to the writing.. I almost wanted to just blind buy one of the "Made in France" bottles but being that so far there hasn't really been enough information out there confirming that this is ineed a whole new formula I just didn't want to take the chance on buying a bottle & have it end up being the same exact juice as the last "Made in UK" juice.. I do truly hope that those few people who have made comments about these new bottles having been improved & smelling closer to the original Dolce & Gabbana from the 90's are telling the truth because that would be a dream come true to me!

 

[Basehead]

So the new packaging looked something like this. I found this pic online. The box had a marbled finish, no more velvet, and maybe I can’t see it clearly due to the angle of this photo. Not sure but what’s weird is I went back to Lord & Taylor where I originally saw the new packaging, and they are completely out of all of them. They actually only have a tester out of UK juice and nothing left to purchase.

 

[DolceThaDon]

So the new packaging looked something like this. I found this pic online. The box had a marbled finish, no more velvet, and maybe I can’t see it clearly due to the angle of this photo. Not sure but what’s weird is I went back to Lord & Taylor where I originally saw the new packaging, and they are completely out of all of them. They actually only have a tester out of UK juice and nothing left to purchase.

Hmm.. Yea I can't really see all the details in that picture but I am not sure that it even is a "Made in France" bottle either as the "Made in France" bottles that I saw did not say "Natural Spray - Vaporisateur" on the box at all.. By the way I think I know what you are talking about in regards to Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme disappearing from the stores.. I noticed that not that long ago before I heard about the new "Made in France" bottles, I began to see Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme disappear from stores that always carried them like even Walmart or Walgreens etc for example.. So when I stumbled upon these new bottles at Marshalls & they read "Made in France" I was shocked.. Being that there isn't that much info out there about the actual juice in these bottles I guess I might have to wait until I actually run into a "Made in France" tester bottle to see if their is indeed a difference.. So excited to solve this mystery & I am truly hoping that Dolce & Gabbana has listened to their customers in bringing Pour Homme back closer to the original fragrance of the 90's..

 

[Basehead]

Yeah I’m not really sure either if this is the box I saw, as it could be just the lighting that is making it look different. I honestly can’t remember what it said on the front of it though. But something must be going on since the juice is all gone and it hasn’t been restocked. I’m going to keep going back to that store until they restock eventually.

 

[DolceThaDon]

Yeah I’m not really sure either if this is the box I saw, as it could be just the lighting that is making it look different. I honestly can’t remember what it said on the front of it though. But something must be going on since the juice is all gone and it hasn’t been restocked. I’m going to keep going back to that store until they restock eventually.

Yea, I think when the switch was made from P&G to Shiseido & Dolce & Gabbana fragrances started being made in France if any reformulation of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme occured they may have pulled many of the P&G "Made in UK" bottles off of the shelves which is probably why Pour Homme went missing from a lot of the stores which were carrying it.. I suspect that when Pour Homme is restocked fully again the "Made in France" bottles will take it's place! Sadly being that a lot of sales assistants know very little about reformulations I bet a lot of the tester bottles will still be the "Made in UK" bottles even though they will actually be selling the new "Made in France" stock.. That is exactly what I noticed at Macy's for example which sucks because it keeps people from being able to test the new batches before buying a new bottle.. Ugh!

 

[DolceThaDon]

Yeah I’m not really sure either if this is the box I saw, as it could be just the lighting that is making it look different. I honestly can’t remember what it said on the front of it though. But something must be going on since the juice is all gone and it hasn’t been restocked. I’m going to keep going back to that store until they restock eventually.

So I ran into some more of these "Made in France" bottles of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme at Marshalls so I decided to take a few pics.. The pics are not the greatest as the boxes are locked up for security measures but as you can see on the back of the box it does say "Made in France" & on the front it no longer says "Vaporisateur Natural Spray", only Eau De Toilette! Oh how I wish there was a tester bottle available!

 

[Basehead]

Took a couple pics also. Unfortunately I have no idea why they upload sideways no matter how I rotate them prior to upload sorry. But yeah back in stock but no tester!! Ugh...

 

[speckmann0706]

Seen a bottle at TJ Maxx Made In France the other day, has anyone even smelled it yet? Seems like everyone is clinging to their UK bottles, unsure of a blind buy.

 

[Basehead]

Seen a bottle at TJ Maxx Made In France the other day, has anyone even smelled it yet? Seems like everyone is clinging to their UK bottles, unsure of a blind buy.

Yep lol! Seems like everyone is doing that! Waiting for the damn testers haha

 

[DolceThaDon]

Seen a bottle at TJ Maxx Made In France the other day, has anyone even smelled it yet? Seems like everyone is clinging to their UK bottles, unsure of a blind buy.

So far there isn't much info about these new "Made in France" bottles online just yet.. I have seen just a few comments from people who have claimed to have smelled it but that's about it! There is no clear consensus yet though.. What I have heard is that the new "Made in France" bottles supposedly smell much better than the prior "Made in UK" bottles & that they also smell much more similar to the original vintage juice from the 90's than any of the other reformulations! That is why I have been trying to get more info on this since I have not been able to get my nose on a tester bottle yet.. God I hope these rumors are really actually true!

 

[Basehead]

So far there isn't much info about these new "Made in France" bottles online just yet.. I have seen just a few comments from people who have claimed to have smelled it but that's about it! There is no clear consensus yet though.. What I have heard is that the new "Made in France" bottles supposedly smell much better than the prior "Made in UK" bottles & that they also smell much more similar to the original vintage juice from the 90's than any of the other reformulations! That is why I have been trying to get more info on this since I have not been able to get my nose on a tester bottle yet.. God I hope these rumors are really actually true!

Yeah me too! I hadn’t seen the France stuff at the place I first saw it at for a few months until today. They just got more in, and then I even saw it at the next store I went into which was TJ Maxx. Really hoping it is good juice though as well

 

[DolceThaDon]

Yeah me too! I hadn’t seen the France stuff at the place I first saw it at for a few months until today. They just got more in, and then I even saw it at the next store I went into which was TJ Maxx. Really hoping it is good juice though as well

Yes, the funny thing that I noticed is that during the crossover from "Made in UK" to "Made in France", I noticed Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme disappear from quite a few stores that used to carry it.. Now I am seeing it reappear as "Made in France" after a few months of it having dissappeared from shelves.. I will probably go hunting at the local counters for a tester bottle as soon as I can as I am just to curious at this point!

 

[DolceThaDon]

So I took a trip to the mall to see if I could hunt down a tester of the new "Made in France" Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme last night.. Unfortunately to my surprise I could not find any Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme anywhere! This was the first time in decades that I saw Pour Homme missing from the Macy's counter! They had Dolce & Gabbana The One EDT & EDP, Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue & Light Blue Eau Intense but I did not see any Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme anywhere! I don't think I spotted Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme Intenso either! The fact that Pour Homme was missing from my local mall definitely has me thinking that there may be truth to this new reformulation rumor.. Maybe the new juice just hasn't hit my local stores yet? Next up I am going to go take a look at Ulta.. I will update if I find the new juice somewhere as soon as I can!

 

[Beck]

I believe I wouldn’t like it even if it were made in heaven.

 

[DolceThaDon]

Just another update since my last trip to Macy's.. I continued my hunt to find a tester of the new "Made in France" Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme.. I took a trip to another two different fragrance retailers who have always carried Pour Homme.. Well one of them did not have any Pour Homme in stock & while the other store did have it in stock they unfortunately still had a "Made in UK" tester bottle on the counter so once again I was out of luck! I did not expect that after all of these months it would be this hard for me to get my nose on the newer batches of Pour Homme! I am hoping that someone else on here will be able to find some & update me soon.. In the meantime I will keep looking, hope I end up finding some & will be keeping my fingers crossed that the new juice is ideed new & improved!

 

[Vinrambo09]

DG pour homme was insanely ubiquitous in the mid late 90s it was a really great scent, I would smell this in airports, club and elevators all the time along with Le Male.
I am curious to try the French version as the UK version is hated by many.

 

[DolceThaDon]

DG pour homme was insanely ubiquitous in the mid late 90s it was a really great scent, I would smell this in airports, club and elevators all the time along with Le Male.
I am curious to try the French version as the UK version is hated by many.

Yes! Back in that time period you were pretty much either a Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio guy or a Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme guy with a few honorable mentions! Pour Homme was the scent of 90's Italy to my nose! If you had ever been to Italy back in that time period you would have smelled this beautiful masculine scent everywhere! While I do also appreciate the reformulations for what they are, the "Made in Germany & Made in UK" formulas while still great in my opinion, strayed to far from the original fragrance.. This is why I am hoping that the new "Made in France" formula brings the fragrance once again closer to it's roots! I am not expecting it to be exactly the same as the original juice but a improvement from the previous reformulations would be welcomed!

 

[maninwhite]

Yes! Back in that time period you were pretty much either a Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio guy or a Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme guy with a few honorable mentions! Pour Homme was the scent of 90's Italy to my nose! If you had ever been to Italy back in that time period you would have smelled this beautiful masculine scent everywhere! While I do also appreciate the reformulations for what they are, the "Made in Germany & Made in UK" formulas while still great in my opinion, strayed to far from the original fragrance.. This is why I am hoping that the new "Made in France" formula brings the fragrance once again closer to it's roots! I am not expecting it to be exactly the same as the original juice but a improvement from the previous reformulations would be welcomed!

has anyone finally got a good sniff of the "made in france" version ? I want to buy one.Just waiting for the confirmation that it does smell at least something close to the vintage version

 

[DolceThaDon]

has anyone finally got a good sniff of the "made in france" version ? I want to buy one.Just waiting for the confirmation that it does smell at least something close to the vintage version

That is exactly how I feel! I have not only been trying to hunt down a new tester to try it out myself but I have been hunting for any new information about this "Made in France" formula online without much luck! It's been months since the new bottles started being sold, I would've thought that there would've been a lot more information & opinions online already about the new juice but not so much! Ugh!

 

[maninwhite]

That is exactly how I feel! I have not only been trying to hunt down a new tester to try it out myself but I have been hunting for any new information about this "Made in France" formula online without much luck! It's been months since the new bottles started being sold, I would've thought that there would've been a lot more information & opinions online already about the new juice but not so much! Ugh!

so i took matters into my hands as well as drove around all the malls and shopping centers near me. Alas! they all have the "made in france version" for sale but the UK version testers.Even the local Nordstrom .The Bay has the made in Germany tester [that juice is pretty strong ].Sadly, the sales people have no clue what i was talking about..Funny how ALL the sealed ones for sale are made in France.I may just bite and buy one.I have the made in uk version presently and have had the German one in the past.

 

[DolceThaDon]

so i took matters into my hands as well as drove around all the malls and shopping centers near me. Alas! they all have the "made in france version" for sale but the UK version testers.Even the local Nordstrom .The Bay has the made in Germany tester [that juice is pretty strong ].Sadly, the sales people have no clue what i was talking about..Funny how ALL the sealed ones for sale are made in France.I may just bite and buy one.I have the made in uk version presently and have had the German one in the past.

I have been running into the same dilemma! Ugh! Oh & yea, of course the Sales Assistants are of no help as most of them actually know very little about fragrance! As far as the "Made in Germany & Made in UK" reformulations go, the "Made in Germany" is indeed a bit stronger than the "Made in UK" formula although they roughly smell the same.. The "Made in Germany" formula was just a tad bit more complex than the "Made in UK" juice & had a bit more of a bite.. The "Made in UK" juice while roughly still smelling almost the same as the "Made in Germany" juice is a bit more toned down & simplified.. I am hoping that the new "Made in France" formula is closer to the original vintage juice than these two previous reformulations as in my opinion they both strayed to far from the original fragrance.. I enjoy all incarnations of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme but of course I would love the fragrance to go back to it's roots! If you do pull the trigger & buy a bottle of the new juice please update us with an in depth review! I would not expect it to be a replica of the vintage fragrance but I would hope for an improvement on the formula! Please update us ASAP with any news & thanks for the input!

 

[khaltire]

I have been running into the same dilemma! Ugh! Oh & yea, of course the Sales Assistants are of no help as most of them actually know very little about fragrance! As far as the "Made in Germany & Made in UK" reformulations go, the "Made in Germany" is indeed a bit stronger than the "Made in UK" formula although they roughly smell the same.. The "Made in Germany" formula was just a tad bit more complex than the "Made in UK" juice & had a bit more of a bite.. The "Made in UK" juice while roughly still smelling almost the same as the "Made in Germany" juice is a bit more toned down & simplified.. I am hoping that the new "Made in France" formula is closer to the original vintage juice than these two previous reformulations as in my opinion they both strayed to far from the original fragrance.. I enjoy all incarnations of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme but of course I would love the fragrance to go back to it's roots! If you do pull the trigger & buy a bottle of the new juice please update us with an in depth review! I would not expect it to be a replica of the vintage fragrance but I would hope for an improvement on the formula! Please update us ASAP with any news & thanks for the input!

Were now a month later. Has *anybody* tried the Made in France? From the reviews on Fragrantica and Basenotes people say its a better quality version than Made in UK (I think anything would be), but need confirmation from true fragrance heads!

I bought multiple vintage 75ml bottles and am sad to say although sealed and brand new, the projection is maybe 1 hour maybe 1.5 max. Both bottles are slightly different but overall the same. They were from 2 different sellers on Ebay but the same year/batch. I remember my old bottles from 99 were absurdly strong, my GF was obsessed with smelling me. Its unfortunate that even the Made in Italy one went through a weaknening of some sort around 2003-2004.

Im hoping the Made in France is strong again as it's made by Shiseido but I just don't know. Im almost willing to take the chance but I have 1.5 bottles left. Seems a bit silly but if the longevity is there it would be worth it (at least to layer or something)

 

[DolceThaDon]

Were now a month later. Has *anybody* tried the Made in France? From the reviews on Fragrantica and Basenotes people say its a better quality version than Made in UK (I think anything would be), but need confirmation from true fragrance heads!

I bought multiple vintage 75ml bottles and am sad to say although sealed and brand new, the projection is maybe 1 hour maybe 1.5 max. Both bottles are slightly different but overall the same. They were from 2 different sellers on Ebay but the same year/batch. I remember my old bottles from 99 were absurdly strong, my GF was obsessed with smelling me. Its unfortunate that even the Made in Italy one went through a weaknening of some sort around 2003-2004.

Im hoping the Made in France is strong again as it's made by Shiseido but I just don't know. Im almost willing to take the chance but I have 1.5 bottles left. Seems a bit silly but if the longevity is there it would be worth it (at least to layer or something)

I can't believe it has been a year since I started this thread & yet still not one decent solid review or comparison of the new "Made in France" formula of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme to the previous formulas! I have no idea why? This fragrance used to be highly talked about on here.. I myself did give up on trying to find a tester bottle of the new formula but I might revisit the fragrance counters & try to give it another shot while I also test out the new "Dolce & Gabbana The One Grey!" Wish me luck!

 

[Basehead]

I can't believe it has been a year since I started this thread & yet still not one decent solid review or comparison of the new "Made in France" formula of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme to the previous formulas! I have no idea why? This fragrance used to be highly talked about on here.. I myself did give up on trying to find a tester bottle of the new formula but I might revisit the fragrance counters & try to give it another shot while I also test out the new "Dolce & Gabbana The One Grey!" Wish me luck!

Yeah I still have not found solid reviews on the new formula either! I still check from time to time for testers. In fact I was at Macy’s last week and of course they had the made in Uk version tester while most of the boxed bottles are France juice. Actually last time I went there I believe it was Germany. If I didn’t already have 2 full 4.2 oz. Italy sticker bottles I would just buy one. Crazy....

 

[Scentologist]

Is pour homme still sold at the counters? My local macy's does not stock it.

 

[DolceThaDon]

Yeah I still have not found solid reviews on the new formula either! I still check from time to time for testers. In fact I was at Macy’s last week and of course they had the made in Uk version tester while most of the boxed bottles are France juice. Actually last time I went there I believe it was Germany. If I didn’t already have 2 full 4.2 oz. Italy sticker bottles I would just buy one. Crazy....

Well I decided to stop by my local Ulta to see if by chance they may have had a "Made in France" tester bottle of Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme available & also to check out the new Dolce & Gabbana The One Grey! Guess what? They still are using a "Made in UK" tester bottle for Pour Homme & even though they had The One Grey in stock they had no tester bottle on the shelf for it! Lol! Just my luck! Guess I am going to have to search some more even though the quest to get my nose on this new formula is becoming quite exhausting!

 

[nightcutter]

Are the new Shiseido bottles better than the previous P&G?