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Light Blue
Reissuing a famous fragrance at a higher concentration changes how it wears rather than how it smells, and Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue Eau de Parfum is a clean demonstration of that.
Three materials, and the simplicity is deliberate. Lemon is the opening and it is cold and sherbet like, all peel oil and no juice, which is the signature of the whole family. Frangipani is the flower in the middle, heavy and waxy and sweet, the smell of a white petal in full sun, and it gives this version more body than the toilette strengths carry. Amberwood closes it, dry and faintly mineral with a salty edge, and it is the part that keeps the lemon from vanishing after twenty minutes.
What the concentration buys you is time. The shape is the same bright citrus idea, but it stays legible for hours instead of needing a lunchtime reapplication, and it sits a little closer to the skin as it goes. Two sprays is enough, and three is more than the composition needs.
Dated 2021 and aimed at women, it is as comfortable in summer as the original while holding up better in cooler weather, which makes it the more practical of the two for anyone who wants one bottle rather than several. There is no long development to follow here, and with three materials there was never going to be.
Behind it is an Italian fashion house established in 1985 by Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who are still its creative source. The beauty business is licensed out, not run internally, and Shiseido has held the exclusive worldwide licence for fragrance, makeup and skincare since October 2016, directing it from Paris. Eyewear is the only other category treated this way.
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