Dolce by Dolce And Gabbana: Smells like home

Your life may take you to new places and whole new worlds, but a part of you will always yearn for home-That place where it all started: your dreams, aspirations, enlightenment, epiphanies. The world is crazy and more often than not, we find ourselves entangled in this competitive, fast, and tiring universe, and we lose a part of us, thus we always need to go back home once in a while to find comfort, rest, peace, and ultimately, ourselves.

It's a different case for Dolce and Gabbana though as they've brought a piece of home with them as they soared to different heights in the fashion industry. Flowers, lace, ruffles, brocade, and the signature black, ribbed slim ribbon mixed with modern glam are all iconic features in each and every clothing they make-features that bring the lush tradition of Sicily to the contemporary audience, the place where it all began for Dolce and Gabbana.

It's been years since Dolce and Gabbana has released another fragrance to succeed their best- sellers: Light Blue, Red Velvet, and The One. This summer, they're taking us back to their hometown, Sicily, through Dolce. Let's take a walk at this mellow side of Italy after the break.

Dolce is a memoir of Sicily. The rounded flacon symbolizes the simple elegance and wholesomeness of Italian women. The ribbon that surrounds the bottle is the black, ribbed, slim ribbon, a staple in Sicilian fashion. The flower cap is inspired by the marzipan flower, a traditional handmade pastry of Sicily. The name DOLCE inscribed on the bottle is an exact copy of the original signature of Dominico Dolce's father.

And finally, the fragrance-the crowning glory of Dolce. It's a fresh, floral, green elixir that resonates the captivating Sicilian hillside.

Timeless yet always trendy-that is the spirit of Dolce and Gabbana. Dolce is the scent of a familiar world, time, and place, but it features a brand new floral note: White Amaryllis, a precious flower that blossoms in South Africa. A flower that typically grows underground, it is said that the flower of the White Amaryllis only blooms for a short while, but the growth process takes place from autumn to spring, where the leaves and bulb undergo production. The flower cannot survive in tropical and winter climates, but rather in a kind of weather that's in between cool and warm-this is what makes White Amaryllis a rare flower. The extraction process involving White Amaryllis is meticulous as the producers would really have to wait for it to bloom. Dolce, according to the brand, marks the debut of White Amaryllis in the world of perfumes.

Top notes have Neroli and Papaya flower blossoms, the heart features White Amaryllis, Narcissus, and Water Lily, and base has Musk and Cashmere.

Here's the tvc featuring their new muse for Dolce, supermodel Kate King. Film was created by award- winning director Giuseppe Tornatore and score was by the genius Enrico Morricone, the same man behind the beautiful score of Cinema Paradiso. (You have to watch that film!)

Spent a pleasant afternoon with this fragrance and with Bloggers Vern, Verniece, Sabs, Patricia, Angela, and Aireen and Shir of Rustan's. :)

Dolce EDP by Dolce and Gabbana is now available in all Rustan's stores. Retails at the following prices:

30ml (PhP 3,950)

50ml (PhP 5,550)

75ml (PhP 6,650)

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