Dolce & Gabbana K Eau de Parfum 50ml

Dolce & Gabbana K is a 2020 woody spicy Eau de Parfum for men, created by Nathalie Lorson and Daphéné Bugey. The K name references the king motif — the counterpart to D&G Q’s queen-of-hearts concept — and the bottle draws on Tuscany’s landscape and architecture as visual reference. The composition is a well-structured woody spicy with a genuinely complex heart: the aromatic combination of geranium, clary sage and lavandin alongside the fig milk accord makes for an unusual mid-section that bridges a bright citrus opening and a dark, earthy base built around nagarmotha, patchouli and vetiver.

The Scent

The opening is blood orange, Sicilian lemon, juniper berries and cardamom — a bright, spiced citrus combination with the juniper adding a clean, slightly resinous edge and the cardamom introducing warmth without weight. The heart is where K distinguishes itself from more conventional woody spicies: geranium contributes a green, slightly rosy character; clary sage brings a herbal, slightly musky and almost wine-like quality; lavandin (a camphoraceous hybrid of lavender and spike lavender, sharper and more herbal than true lavender) adds the aromatic dimension; and the fig milk accord — evoking the green, creamy, slightly sap-like interior of a fig or its leaves rather than ripe fig fruit — adds an unexpected creaminess that gives the heart unusual softness. The base is dark and earthy: cedarwood and patchouli provide the woody and humic foundation; vetiver adds a smoky, dry grassiness; nagarmotha wood (cypriol, or nut grass — technically a sedge rather than a wood) contributes an earthy, smoky, dry-woody character that is distinctive and slightly different in register from vetiver despite some tonal similarity.

The Bottle

The K bottle is lacquered deep blue with a silver-patina cap — the blue and silver referencing the sky and stone of the Tuscan landscape that inspired the fragrance’s aesthetic. Distinctive on a shelf and well suited to gifting.

Questions Customers Ask

What is nagarmotha wood?
Nagarmotha (also known as cypriol or nut grass) is derived from Cyperus scariosus, a sedge plant native to India — despite the name, it is not technically a wood. In perfumery it has an earthy, smoky, dry character with a slightly vetiver-adjacent quality but a different and more distinctly dry-woody register. It is a relatively premium ingredient used in a number of contemporary woody masculine fragrances for the distinctive smoky-earthy depth it adds to a base.

What is fig milk in a fragrance?
Fig milk (or fig leaf accord) in perfumery refers to the green, creamy, slightly sap-like character of the interior of a fig or its leaves — not ripe fig fruit, which reads sweeter and more gourmand. The fig milk note is green, slightly woody and faintly creamy, with an almost lactonic quality at low concentrations. In the heart of D&G K it adds an unexpected softness between the aromatic herbs and the darker woody base — unusual in a men’s woody spicy and one of the more distinctive features of the composition.

How does D&G K compare to D&G Q?
Q (2023, women’s) is an aromatic fruity EDP centred on cherry, heliotrope and a clean cedarwood/musk base — lighter, brighter and more contemporary in register. K (2020, men’s) is a woody spicy EDP with a complex aromatic heart and a darker earthy base built on nagarmotha, patchouli and vetiver — heavier, earthier and more traditionally masculine in construction. The two fragrances share a royal naming convention but are compositionally quite different.

What is the delivery policy?
We offer free standard UK delivery on all orders over £50.

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