Q Elixir: Dolce & Gabbana replaces cherry with leather and rum — a deliberate shift or a risky break? Four versions in three years — Q EDP 2023 (cherry-citrus), Q EDP Intense 2024 (cherry-heliotrope), Q Parfum 2025 (candied cherry-sambac jasmine-vanilla), Q Elixir 2026. The Q line by Dolce & Gabbana, built on a cherry-fruity-feminine DNA signed Daphné Bugey since its inception, undergoes with Q Elixir a radical compositional break: bergamot-cardamom-black pepper in the top notes, leather-rum-rose in the heart, amber-patchouli-vanilla in the base. A leathery woody oriental, marketed as unisex, in a crowned red lacquered bottle. Not a trace of cherry left. Creative courage, or a confounding change of direction for the line?