Light Blue Dolce & Gabbana 2001 Eau de Toilette

This is so moodlifting, so light and fresh and just enough sweet, but not only that; it lasts 8-9 hours on the skin. It is as close to perfection as you can get when it comes to Summer scent . Although it´s a fragrance you smell on a lot of people since its release 2002, I could not resist any longer.
I purchased a 50ml and je ne regrette rien. I´m happy as a puppy. :)

Due to all the hype I was not really interested in trying it, also I find that citric fragrances do not last so long. When I had the opportunity to test it, I was rather positively surprised.
Light Blue starts with a burst of citrus under-laid by musk and cedar. It stays very linear with the citrus getting a bit weaker and lasts for about five hours, which is no bad for a humid rainy summer day. But if one owns ECLAT D'ARPEGE by LANVIN, it is not really necessary to own this one as well.

I realized a great fact. The problem of "designer fragrance headache" that I had been having for over 10 years has been partially solved. First of all, I can't stand Light Blue. I can't stand CKone either. Light Blue is like the king of citrus scents, but the synthetic musk that exists as a fixative in the background squeezes my head. Light Blue is a famous scent that appears in Japanese pop songs. It has a very clear and refreshing scent, and the name Light Blue is exactly what it sounds like: a sea-like fragrance made of synthetic fragrances. Citrus and musk. A very clear perfume scent.
Yes, that's why the scents of the 2000s don't suit me. I guess Hedione doesn't suit me either. That's why Flower by Kenzo gave me a slight headache. The note has nothing to do with it. It was a problem with the base fragrance. Of course, Baccarat Rouge and Cool Water don't suit me either.

----------I'll go into more detail below. If you get headaches, please read this.
One day I was told. "I guess Ambroxan doesn't suit you."
Ah, a synthetic fragrance. I thought I knew about it, so I looked it up. Actually, I didn't know. Hey...It was a compound fragrance made by Kao Corporation of Japan!(※This is unclear. It may be that a German company invented it, abandoned it, and Japan simply patented it. Unknown)
I couldn't believe it, so I looked it up. In fact, Kao had acquired the fragrance business of a German chemical manufacturer called Cognis! What's more, they even had research laboratories in Spain and France. Hey, I don't know why there are no perfumes made in Japan when they have expanded overseas so much. Still, I couldn't believe it, so I looked it up further. In the Japanese patent database, there was a manufacturing method for Ambroxan, Kao. They even had a patent for it...And they sold it both in Japan and overseas.
Anyway, the fragrance material that Kao has is "Ambroxan," and what triggered it to spread further was this D&G"Light Blue"...And it seems that Dior Sauvage uses a large amount of Ambroxan.
Yes, you could say that the movement of perfume that I don't like was created by Kao of Japan. As I wrote in the Sauvage statement, it's a scent I just can't stand. After all, Sauvage was the one that used a large amount of ambroxan, and along with Light Blue, it was the pioneer of the "ambroxan boom" in men's perfumes. The dots connected. That's right. I guess there are definitely commonalities between scents that people dislike.
It's ironic, isn't it? I can't stand a super major fragrance had by a Japanese manufacturer. Well, I wrote this review in the hope that it will be helpful to people with the same constitution.
Come to think of it, I don't use Kao products. I guess the scent probably doesn't suit me.

So...? Kao is saying that "Ambroxan" is our registered trademark, and even though its common name is "Ambroxide," there are cases where it is used as the name of a perfume scent or the common name of a chemical compound. We have discussed with our European base and are urging others to not use it in this way? ...? What are you talking about? Well, basically, ambroxan is patented and trademarked by the company. (So Kao is the one who invented it?) (Well, there's probably no other reason.) Don't use the name ambroxan casually. That's what they're trying to say. OK,I see. Everyone, from now on, please call ambroxide. (I have no affiliation whatsoever with Kao.)

Now that Dolce & Gabbana LIGHT BLUE has been exalted by The Curator as a masterpiece of olfactory art, I decided that I'd better give it another sniff. I have never owned a bottle, but apparently this fragrance is wildly popular, and its popularity is bound to surge once again, allowing it to rise like a marketing phoenix as a result of the current exhibition--coinciding, I might add, with high holiday shopping season--at the Museum of Arts and Design. Talk about an ingenious marketing scheme... Bravo to the masterminds at P&G!

I've seen several reviewers compare this composition to Bond no 9 SCENT OF PEACE, and I must say that in the opening seconds there is a definite overlap. However, once the bright and shiny SSRI opening has subsided, LIGHT BLUE--at least in its current formulation--dives immediately into a now tired iso-E-super plus ambroxan drydown in near ubiquity among men's colognes. So it is no longer original, if it once was. Was the trend begun by LIGHT BLUE? Or was LIGHT BLUE reformulated to conform with the trend? Qui peut savoir?

In the end, if this is what LIGHT BLUE once was, then I don't believe that I missed out on a great fragrance. If this is only what LIGHT BLUE has become, then I must say that it is misleading to vaunt this current version as a masterpiece of anything but marketing.

Yeah, right...Here comes another gimmick for those who never had the chance to smell the titanesses of the '80s and early '90s in all their might and splendour, D&G Red included.
Being one of the very few fragrances that I succeeded to reproduce to a tee, with even greater sillage and longevity, renders it no epitome of sophistication or complexity. And for me these two adjectives are conterminous but not undifferentiated. Having just a handful of notes and be sold by the millions, Light Blue is the perfect embodiment of what I despise the most when it comes to fragrances.
But you know what? Who cares? I LOVE the damn thing! I can't explain how or why, but I love it!
It's a happy cloud of carefreeness surrounding the visions of a much dreamt summer vacation, where one is slowly turning to a bronze statue under the Mediterranean sun.
It's a flirty mood carried by the wings of the seagulls following a ship heading for an Aegean island.
It's the liberating feelings of a woman standing over a seaside cliff, with her hair waving in the sea breeze, pondering over whether to succumb to the impulse of diving in the welcoming waves below, be cleansed from every mortal onerous strain and emerge a goddess.
After all, who needs a gazillion of notes to take her in a feelgood universe?
Who needs sophistication and complexity when a sandy beach and a shared apple are all that's needed to unravel the mysteries of falling in love?
Who needs high-priced and pretentious garments when an azure tattered pareo blends her with the sea and sky that gave birth to her?
Who needs to smell like any artsy exotic ingredient when she can smell like lemons?
My gothic heart may always long for perfumes reminiscing of thunderstorms and candle lit rooms during freezing winters, but never seems to learn by its mistakes. It's always beguiled by the thought that sprightliness under clear sunny skies is for fools. Its the second time that D&G has proven me wrong. It's time I reconsidered...