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By Dolce & Gabbana for Women The first time I bought this fragrance, I wanted to wear it with the iconic D&G leopard print corset dress. It was the middle of the summer and my best friend and I were going to be in Las Vegas for a girls weekend away. I tore the package open and tested it. I was almost knocked over by the licorice, so much so, that I couldn’t smell anything else. I sold the fragrance on EBay. I found it again, and thought I would try it one last time. I have learned that my skin wears fragrances with a musk base really well in the winter, however, since winters in Los Angeles aren’t usually very cold, I waited until the temperature dropped below 60. It turns out that this is absolutely the best time to wear this fragrance! The licorice note is now in the distant background while the coffee, musk, and sandalwood notes are center stage. The florals are so well blended, that I can’t pick any particular one out, but I do love how the orchid softens the heavy lily a bit. Now, I understand this scent. This is a cozy bombshell scent. Think of Bridget Bardot in her leopard print coat and you’ve got it. By reminds me of one of my favorite ways to drink coffee. In the winter, I like to grind up some anise seeds with my vanilla nut coffee and brew them together. It adds just a little intrigue and makes my regular morning coffee just a bit sexier. I would imagine that if I layered Lolita Lempicka Lolita Lempicka (for the licorice) over Dolce & Gabbana The One (for the musky florals), it would be similar in feel to this classic beauty. I would even go so far as to suggest that The One is the younger, more innocent sister of By, except without the licorice, and replacing the sandalwood with sweet vanilla. By is definitely a sexy winter scent for date nights. It’s voluptuous, along the lines of Gaultier Classique. It goes really well with my vintage leopard print coat, fitted black turtle neck sweater, black skinny pants and pumps. It would be perfect for New Years Eve in Las Vegas! I am so happy that this is back in my collection and that we finally understand each other!

By Dolce & Gabbana used to be my signature fragrance. Now I like so many fragrances that I can't have a signature one anymore, but I still like By very much and in a very special way. Far brom beinga fan og the tradicional Dolce & Gabbana fragrances, I was very surprise when I tried this one for the first time: I loved at the first snif, that brought to my skin the smell of wild violets (that's the way I felt it on my skin). The flower notes of this fragrance, specially the violet and lavender are very natural and airy and reminds me a lot of a the violets I used to found at my grandmother's house. After that, "the wild violet" note becomes spicy mixing with ginger... and I start to feel the comfort of the woody notes blended with vanilla bourbon in the exact same quantities, wich makes the perfume not too sweet or woody. Coffe and musk in homeopathic doses give the special ending. The perfume is intense and has a very good staying power. I consider it en evening fragrance. Wear this if you are looking for something really unique and stylish, and be ready to feel beautiful and draw compliments everywhere. By is a lascive invitation for glamour, but you can wear it easly feeling yourself and very comfortable. I am very sad it had been discontinued (as so many other amazing fragrances, like Organza Indescence) and I was surprised when I found out it was not in prodution anymore, because it is the best creation of Dolce & Gabbana house in my opinion and many people love it. By Dolce & Gabbana for Men is also amazing.

I absolutely loved this perfume when it was at it's most popular. I never stopped to think in those days they would discontinue it. If I had known I would have kept the empty bottle or just a little bit in the bottle to be able to appreciate it forever. Now they just churn out The One flankers an claim they are sexy but compared to this they are not. Dolce Gabbana have butchered their original one that came in the red velvet box they had to add marsh mellows of all things to it now it is just candy sweet fluff. I don't want them to bring back this one because it would be like in those horror films where someone is brought back to life but they are not the same anymore so the characters have to kill them again. This perfume if brought back would be butchered and I guarantee cupcakes or marsh mellows would find their way into it when it was so not that style of perfume. This would be done in a bid to please the younger generation only to be ignored by them and discontinued again. Horrifying for such a classic. What about us older people who remember these perfumes and want them left alone don't we matter at all? Our version of sexy is not cupcakes or too much vanilla or marsh mellow. Oh well that is progress. I guess I am just not on trend at times when it comes to some perfumes.

Wowee! Oh Mama! It's rare that a perfume knocks me off my feet like By. Opening with a big anise and dry ginger bang, like an unsolicited slap on the bottom from a cute but sleazy guy who totally thinks he's 'all that.' Bright and hot with warm citrus and a fresh, sweet woody herbal note, probably from the lavender and cedar. The flowers in this are an erotic, milky, musky blend--tons of sap and audacity without being confusing or obnoxious. The drydown is just darn sexy--subtley sweet coffee in a soft ginger and sandalwood base. This phase reminds me a lot of a Revlon Fire & Ice flanker called Smoulder which is now sadly discontinued... only By is much stronger with more attitude. Yes, the woman who wears By will receive unsolicited slaps on the bottom, not because she's consciously asking for trouble, but because it makes men lose control seemingly tapping into their primal nature. He, however will certainly regret doing so because the By woman can certainly hold her own.

I am going to step out and say that Dolce Gabbana should like most celebrities, stick to what they are good at. That is these strong perfumes. The One is all the rage at the moment but it just doesn't hold a candle to these old favourites. The original Dolce and Gabbana is also beautiful along with Sicily but sadly people can't handle them and say they are too strong, old lady, etc. I wish they would bring By back and also create some flankers that really are sexy not all this wishy washy rose and vanilla Sh..t! I wear those when I am bumming around or shopping but I am always searching for a really strong, sexy perfume to add to my collection but it is getting more and more difficult these days they just don't seem to exist in the mainstream. I have been looking at some more niche perfumes at David Jones to try and find something because to me most of the major houses that used to be good seem to have lost the plot.

To me this one stands for my time in high school, fooling arround, first love... At that time this scent was very popular, you had the davidoff cool water type of girls, and the D&G By type of girls. Found myself a full 30 ml of this beauty and oh my yes throws me back in time! The first spritz masculine? The lavander is most upfront to my nose, it takes a few minutes to become one again. But yes the sandalwood kicks in and ahhh there is that smooth vanilla coffee smell I was so fond of. So special and so different from now days perfumes, complex and one of a kind. Last on my skin for 4-6 hours. Stays close to my skin. Maybe because I do not want to overspray and use my precious 30 ml in an hurry. My taste in perfumes has changed, CK Obsession now has my heart and Reminiscence Oud to, but By u are a special one to treasure if it's only to smell my youth and wild years at high school again!

"By" is one of a kind fragrance! As a fragrance addict (I have about 50 fragrance at home...;-)) this fragrance stands alone! Why? Because I have smelled nothing like it before! It is totally unique and special! A lot of fragrances smell a lot like other fragrance on the market; they do not differ much anymore...which I find very sad in a way. "By" is a "Wow" fragrance!....I must confess....I was not expecting being blown away by a fragrance! Is there something like "love at first sniff"?...hmm...maybe it is now! I am totally confused and smitten by this wonderful sent. It is like meeting the man of your dreams...your knees are getting weak, your heart is beating faster and you feel like something or someone just hit you over your head! Funny thing is – I cannot even describe to you how this fragrance smells....it is just wonderful..... What can I say – I'm in Love!

Oh my, I would almost kill to own this again, but it's so expensive now I'd feel guilty buying it. It's one of the few I ever used from start to finish. Reading the notes it would have never appealed to me, since I find lavender rather cold and antiseptic in most cases, but everything about this is sultry. Everything about it was divine. It was uninhibited sex in a bottle on me. If this scent was a person, she would be an goddess-like presence, dressed in a fetish-inspired, body hugging, catsuit. Her milky skin, glossy red lips, heavy lashes and a jet black asymmetrical bob would make you powerless to resist her commands. Powerful stuff!

Evidently, this got discontinued in 2004 and after reading the reviews on here and the note listing, it made me curious and intrigued to find it. I wasn't looking for the perfume but instead searched for any body care products. I did in fact find the body milk and promptly ordered it. All I can say is "Wow! This is some seriously sexy stuff!" I don't think it's loud at all. Very sexy with a little bit of masculinity, this is an "I'm going to take control of you, and you're going to like it" scent. LOL This was a blind purchase for me and I'm very happy. Can't wait for my hubby to get a whiff of this! ;)

Tuve este perfume gracias a un regalo y me encantó, duraba un montón y con un toque de spray aguantaba toda la noche. Muchas personas comentaron lo bien que olía. Tiene un olor muy característico que asociaba a las salidas en que lo utilizaba y durante un año y pico la usé muchísimo... pero con el tiempo acabé cansándome de él y regalándolo a un familiar. Ahora me gustan más las colonias frescas con menos aura. Pero es una fragancia de gran calidad, intrigante y seductora. Acorde con las notas mostradas, para mí: musk, café, sándalo, lavanda, violeta, madera-especias y un toquecillo de bergamota.

One word. GAWWWJUS!!!! This stuff is absolutley beautiful and unique. It smells like aniseed/coffee kind of, but ultra sexy at he same time!! Imagine the mthe sexiest aniseed you can..this is it!! It's another one of the only perfumes that has made me stop someone in the street to ask what they were wearing. It's such a shame they discontinued this, I have the male version and it's in my top 5 scents ever. This scent is alluring, seductive and would suit a woman who likes something a bit more powerful. The bottle displaying leaopard print fits very well with the juice inside. :)

For anyone looking for By woman, perfumeParlour uk has a clone called First n Last For Women. I’d say 90% identical and should scratch that itch and bring back those memories, not to mention it smells so damn good. They don’t make them like this these days. Head sicilian clementine, bergamot, living muguet, purple cyclamen Heart living ginger lily needle, living tiger lily, pittosporum Base living vanilla orchard, vanilla bourbon, brazilian coffee, sandalwood, cedarwood, musk. I hope D&G re-releases this one.. it'd do very well as a unisex fragrance.

Love,love,love! The leopard print packaging suits this fragrance perfectly. It's a wild one! It's the only fragrance I've ever liked by Dolce&Gabbana so it gives me hope that they can launch another equally delicious. It's quite an intense, powerful cloud at first spray & then its true beauty unfolds to a more subtle, refined and extremely sophisticated scent. To me, it's what I would describe as the true opposite to light,fresh and crisp,it's velvet in a bottle. It smells like a vanilla latte with a shot of port topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon.

i love this perfume and it appears to love me, I get comments every time I wear it and my husband adores it on me :) I wear it any time of the day, any time of year and without fail it makes me feel very sensual. I am greatly disappointed that I can no longer purchace any in n.z, I'm down to my last quarter bottle :( and I don't like the price I would have to pay on eBay :/ I'm trying to find a new signature fragrance after wearing By since 2001, im finding it extremely difficult to replace such a unique and exquisite fragrance.

I cannot begin to comprehend why Dolce and Gabbana had to discontinue this masterpiece. It is sexy, charming, playful, and sensual without being sleazy. One of the best perfumes of the 1990s (maybe even the past century!) I wish there was something similar to it, I had to try many perfumes that were suggested as "similar", but nothing really resembles it. Please suggest your experience with other perfumes that have the same notes. DOLCE AND GABBANA IF YOU READ THIS, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GET THIS PERFUME BACK!

D&G need to bring this back! This was THE best scent around 2000, and I hate that I didn't appreciate it enough back then. Should've gotten another bottle when I had the chance :(.... A reviewer below has compared this to Coffee Break, my first kneejerk reaction was hell naw, but out of sheer curiosity (and nostalgia for By) I dug out my bottle and I kind of see where she's coming from. By is definitely the more outrageous sister, Coffee Break the goody-goody middle sister that doesn't stand out too much.

My sentiments exactly @ jenLauren. This was by far one of the most complemented scents I have ever owned. Just writing this brings back so many memories of a time where I thought I was invincible. I wore this perfume every day to work in a very male dominated environment, it gave me confidence, I felt sexy and woe betide anyone who got in my way. Ahh those were the days. The only scent that has come close to giving me the same bad ass attitude is stash by Sarah Jessica Parker, but it’s not By.😩

I am wondering why some people call BY generic. If it is so generic,why is it so impossible to find anything remotely alike?! By is one of the sexiest,seductive amazing fragrances and i have tried my fair share of scents just to maybe find something close,without any result unfortunatelly. I have found a similar vibe in the vintage red cap Extrait version,but that one is also gone. So you guys that say it s generic,please come out with those 'generic' fragrances that are similar to this.

Amazing, lavender, heavy flowers, cedar and coffee with a light powdery and creamy sandalwood base. A true modern woody floral, very sexy, night life fragrance with quality ingredients. If you like Black Orchid you will love this, it's androgynous enough that a guy can perfectly wear it. One of the few female - male fragrances duos that actually match in notes: lavender and sandalwood are heavy in both By. Dolce & Gabbana's answer to JPG Le Male and Classique. Veryyyy ahead of its time.

It's a shame By is so hard to find! It is a full-bodied fragrance which starts a bit spicy, with a kind of medicinal note in the very beginning but later on develops into a smooth, velvety coffee-sandalwood trail. It is warm and sensual and it reminds me Samsara by Guerlain in many respects, though the latter lasts longer on me. My skin seems to absorb By very easily and I need to reapply a couple of times during the day but otherwise it is indeed a well-crafted fragrance worth trying!