Dolce and Gabbana Light Blue Italian Love review

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Dolce & Gabbana has announced the release of Light Blue Italian Love, a set of masculine and feminine fragrances. The new releases flank the original fragrances of the 2000s, adding a more modern twist on some of D&G’s most popular releases. 

Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Italian Love Pour Femme is a feminine release, bottled in the classic rectangular styling that we see in the original and subsequent flankers. The juice itself is a rather deep blue which contrasts the clear exterior quite nicely. At the top, the cap takes influence from the original release, this time, facelifted with a stark white paint job. 

Italian Love Pour Femme begins with a crisp Green Apple note amidst zesty Calabrian Lemon at the top. Down in the heart are two florals: Jasmine Sambac and an innocent, White Rose accord. Finally, it concludes with ravishing Amber, Virginia Cedar and White Musk. 

Light Blue Italian Love Pour Femme

In 2001, Dolce & Gabbana released the now infamous Light Blue. It blew away fragrance lovers, slowly becoming everyone’s go-to summer scent. At the top, the fragrance utilized the same top as Italian Love, adding Cedar and Bellflower. The original release has the same heart as the new flanker, with the addition of a unique Bamboo accord. Finally, the pair conclude with the same base.

More recently, Light Blue Intense made waves in the fragrance community. In comparison, Intense and Italian Love share the same top and base, replacing Rose with Marigold in the heart. 

Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Italian Love Pour Homme and Pour Femme are both available in 100ml bottle sizes. Pour Homme is offered in a 50ml as well, along with a 25ml Pour Femme. Italian Love Pour Homme retails for $80 USD for a 50ml and $106 USD for a 100ml. Pour Femme will run you around $66 USD for the 25ml and $131 USD for 100ml.

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Perfume longevity:2.77 out of5.

Perfume sillage:1.80 out of4.

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lillybethholmes12/07/22 05:43

I proper love this!
It's a lovely lemon meringue pie kinda smell. Not a gourmandy 'fun' lemon meringue pie like, maybe, 4160 Tuesday's Lemon Sherbet (which I'm not knocking, I love that too) or a TAKE ME SERIOUSLY citrus like Un Jardin sur le Nil (also a fave), but a true 'mom grating lemon zest to make the curd' citrus with some rounded savourysweet in the woods and amber. Not, like, PASTRY-pastry, but the essence of the balance of pastry against lemon and meringue. And, for me, not a trace of toilet cleaner. Can't stop sniffing myself. I can tell it's not got much longevity - already fading after a quick spritz, but I'd be happy to have a full bottle of this. Gorgeous stuff.

nikkibobbi7710/09/22 17:18

Mmmmm.... That's my reaction as I press my nose against my hand 15 minutes after spraying this. A beautiful citrus, that is right in line with the OG, but this is much more grounded and has more depth.

Such a clean, refreshing, classic beauty. I purchased this in the fall, but I'm sure it will be awesome in heat.

I think this is a legit flanker... Worth having in my collection. I can still smell this on my clothes the following day....for hours! It's not in your face, but it is definitely palpable.

Call me crazy, but Italian love’s drydown reminds me of Dahlia noir, the discontinued. If there is any nostalgics for it, try this one and give it a couple of hours’ time.

dglightblue10/04/22 23:10

I'm a die hard light blue fan
I have several Flanders

This one is a bit stronger than love love, less lemony than Italian lemon, less woody twist than original.

This lightens up and goes a touch more rounded, keeps its floral lemony feel

Opens up with a crisp citrus scent, but has creamy woodsy and a slightly floral dry down. I cannot get enough of the creamy dry down from the amber, sandalwood, and cedar but it disappears on the skin within 5 hours, and after 1-2 hours it is pretty much a skin scent.

frag_nostalgia08/27/22 20:16

The sandalwood in this lasts and lasts, and it's similar to the type of sandalwood as found in Le labo's Santal 33. It's basically the intense version of LB with Santal. I love it, I think it smells gorgeous. A summer scent that effortlessly carries over into fall. If you already have LB intense and Santal, no need to purchase -- just layer those.

*Edit* or even better yet, layer with Juliette has a gun "Sunny Side Up", which is also a creamy, LeLabo-esque Santal frag with a touch of coconut 🥥

twiztidladii08/12/22 20:35

Perfect for summer. Smells like a lemon tree.

I hate the original Light Blue w/ a passion. I think it is the bamboo note that I don't like in it. Now this Italian Love Flanker is really nice. Lemony, musky, softly floral, I love white rose in here. Ambrette musk is always a hit w/ me, I just love that vegetal musky smell of it. I don't find this overly woody, the sandalwood and cedar just round out the fragrance. This is an easy dumb reach for summer. Light, fun, crisp w/out being sharp. Musky w/out being heavy. Floral w/out being overpowering. Soft, light, casual, crisp, clean and on point. Perfect for hot weather. Fun in the sun. I might put this on my want list. I really like it.

bug.juice.18407/27/22 08:56

More musky and ambery, a bit lemony, this is just great for summer, nature, beach, and day and night out, very crisp, Mediterranean, airy, and a bit decadent, with decent 4-5 hours longevity, than become skin scent, but stays for 2-3 hours more, and on hair longer, until you wash it off. Better than current OG and Light Blue SUN, which is now my third favorite from LB line. The Intense is the best, if you like deeper and less feminine aspects of it, which I do, but Italian Love also serves me well, it's mood lifter.

I fell in love with this one. This is my first of the LB line and it was a pleasant surprise. The original LB is not my thing, very meh to me, but this one i feel it very crisp and joyful, with those notes very citrusy and then the dry down a very classy and subtle sandalwood. The best of all is that my husband also love it, highlighted in his skin different notes.
Very nice find.

Smells very similar to the original. It’s just a bit more ambery. It’s pleasant and elegant but overpriced, in my opinion. It’s nothing groundbreaking.

Very meh. Smells like a Bath and Body Works spray and lasts about as long. I really wanted to love it, I bought it blindly bc of the promise of lemon.

fragrance_girl07/06/22 22:33

Picture summer in the Mediterranean, gentle breeze from the sea and sun. I really enjoy this scent. It's similar to original Light Blue but it doesn't have this 'suffocating' quality as the original. This one is more woody, light and classy. Great citrus scent. Favorite one from the Light Blue collection. Love is Love is probably the 2nd.

Tried this today and I am absolutely obsessed. I'm a soleil blanc lover and love my summery scents. This is it. This is a citrusy fragrance but has a little bit of a coconut kick. My man loved it too. I love it a lot better than the original light blue but it's special in that it has the original light blue dna but with a smoother coconut kick and a aldehydic summery vibe. It's very gorgeous. Finally I found a cirtusy scent that I love because light blue smells a little too strong and of cleaning product to me. I know others love it but for me it was a bit too strong in citrus. This is just perfect and has the smoothness and although coconut isn't in the notes I smell something like it. So beautiful, citrusy, fresh and delicious. I am positive the good review will start rolling in. It should be a permanent I hope for Dolce! It must be the musk mallow with the lemon and apple, and the jasmine sambac and rose play with the sweetness with cedar (strongest base note and always sexy in my opinion) followed by amber, musk and then sandalwood for a woody sexy base. European holiday worthy! I can see someone enjoying the sun and summer in Italy, smelling fresh and looking healthy, gorgeous and sunkissed! A very happy, fresh but sexy and playful scent.

I know this one has been getting a lot of love lately; but personally I'm not a fan, mostly due to its obnoxious opening. I prefer something light and refreshing in the summer, but the fruity citrus in the opening comes off less sweet and more like overpowering tartness of pulp and rind. Almost like the inside of a bag filled with orange and lemon peels that has been left out in the sun for a day. After a few minutes the tartness settles down a bit and balances out with the woody musk a bit more, but still comes off as something that would be way too thick and overpowering on a hot and humid day.

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