Light Blue Forever pour Homme

While not being a huge fan of the Light Blue line, I've been obsessed with this flanker ever since it appeared on store shelves, and I'm just glad I got myself a bottle before they discontinued it. When I tried this for the first time this was so uniquely fresh and original and still is! With the initial spray you're getting a blast of a grapefruit that you've never smelt before. Citrus bitterness that is so absurdly ultra-realistic for perfumery that it almost feels like a fragrance from far future. Grapefruit is at the same time the most difficult and the easiest citrus for a perfumer. You can't put grapefruit oil in a formula and expect it to smell nice, realistic and long-lasting because of its chemical nature. The oil degrades quite fast, and steam distillation simply cannot capture many nuances. You'll have greater success smelling like grapefruit by just rubbing the peel on your skin. Then why is it the easiest note? Well, we've long had access to different aroma-molecules that smell quite convincingly of grapefruit, and we've been lucky enough to have vetiver, which has grapefruity nuances and provides a fresh-woody scent that lasts for ages in the base. No other citrus oil can be extended as much as grapefruit. Before looking at the Light Blue Forever GC/MS analysis, I was ready to expect anything – captive molecules and even unknown citrus bases. But when I analyzed it, I was simply stunned by the mastery of Shyamala Maisondieu. I didn't stumble across some over-complicated accord or captives, there’s even no Methyl Pamplemousse. All this time it was grapefruit oil (probably white one), vetiver, Magnolan and a touch of Rhubofix. But most importantly, its unique freshness is built upon ingredients that I myself would never consider using for a grapefruit fragrance. I already knew that the ozonic note probably comes from Floralozone and the violet leaf nuance from Undecavertol, but I wasn't ready to see such an amount of Aldehyde C12 MNA and Rose Oxide. Suddenly everything fell into place. The latter molecule is actually a clever decision to boost the sharp freshness of grapefruit alongside Rhubofix. And I'd assume that C12 MNA slightly moderates the aggressiveness of Floralozone and its chlorine nuance. There's one thing I still don't understand – why did they discontinue it? There's no prohibited lily-of-the-valley molecules as far as I know and why would there be? The fragrance was launched long after IFRA bans. The formula isn't expensive at all, there's only 3% Ambroxan and 2% vetiver. The only logical explanation would be that it didn't sell very well. In that case, I guess most people are really just more interested in an inferior creations by Alberto Morillas than in a truly original composition. Light Blue Forever deserves its place in the niche world. Bravo, Shyamala Maisondieu.

I like this juice, but I don't think I understand it. I bought it impulsively at the airport duty free (sometimes you can really find good deals there, even better than discounters!) based on spraying it on the tester strip and a spritz on my forearm - I loved the strong, zesty, bitter grapefruit opening too much to pass on it; it's almost salty, it sparkles on your skin. But... that's all. That's all the scent for me. Just grapefruit, a photorealistic, unsweetened, tangy grapefruit lasting 3 hours on my skin, on a good day. I'm digging it, I like it a lot, at some point, 20 mins on maybe, I get some sweeter musks coming up. It is somehow elegant despite the strenght of the grapefruit accord in the opening. I don't get any vetiver and I can barely detect violet leaf or something green after half an hour, and for me the scent dies still on its (now sweetened) grapefruit note it opened with, and I'm happy it does instead of going into another synthetic woody base that smells like nothing and everything at the same time. This scent is a summer on a boat, spent most of the time swimming in the sea; it's a Sicilian warm summer night refreshed by salty sea breeze. It's an elegant seaside dinner date, fresh seafood, tanned skin, light coloured garments. The jingling of glasses while toasting with some mineral, aromatic white wine. Lovely teal bottle colour with matching cap, with details in gold. Not tacky, quite understated for being a D&G. Batch code 1075DM from March 2021. Strong love. If it's worth the price, you must decide it yourself. For me it is still one of the best summer scents of the last few years. If only it lasted a few more hours... Due update: I wore this beauty yesterday in mildly warm weather with average humidity, and it lasted from 9-ish till around 3.30pm when I could still get sniffs of it while walking. That around 6.30 hour, so it might be very sensitive to temperature/humidity, at least on my skin. That, or my nose finally started working again :D

Top Tier Masculine Ultra Summer Designer B.O. ...if you recoiled at that, then Forever is not what you're looking for. Some would say it's pungent, I'd say it's assertive. Forever smells like summer...in the 80s...if you had a muscle car and were constantly handing out tickets to the gun show in your sleeveless tees. It's a confident scent and won't please everyone who tries it out. A lot of summer scents are breezy, chill and aquatic with sweet citrus notes. Forever is heavy, green and dirty with a grapefruit citrus bomb chugging out of its tail pipe. But because it's Dolce & Gabbana, a designer fragrance, it errs on the side of sexy and approachable. This isn't a wild niche fragrance adventure, it's simply a bold, masculine designer scent made in the 2020s. The kind of novelty that gets me excited for where this decade could go. My summer scent of 2022 and I'm already nostalgic every time I take a quick whiff. Can't wait til the temperatures rise and this lad comes off the shelf. Have several new frags I'm getting for summer 2023, but this dirty grapefruit wonder is still the scent I'm most excited for. From a dark-horse to one of my favorite scents of all time. BOTTOM LINE: Confident, masculine green grapefruit and musk combo. Can be worn from young-to-old, but your individual confidence is key. The scent is both bold and strong, yet pleasant and sexy. Comes alive in very hot temperatures. An instant (and early) designer classic of the 2020s...though it'll probably end up as more of a cult classic.

I went to buy the Mrs a fragrance for Christmas at a fancy department store and wandered around looking for any bargains for me. Nada. Just about to pay and I thought to check the D & G counter. They had a tester for LB Forever Pour Homme!!! I couldn't believe it. I'd read a lot of good things about this fragrance but it was out of stock everywhere I checked. I couldn't even try it out to see if it was as good as so many made it out to be. I grabbed a paper strip and sprayed...My soul was transported to a world of grapefruit - the sun is pink, shaped like a grapefruit and the grass meadows smell of grapefruit. Grapefruit is my favourite citrus so even though I knew that the grapefruit opening would eventually pass, the logical part of my brain shut down and the squirrel part took over. "Mine"!!! And then the Sun went down on my grapefruit dream. They had no bottles in stock. I was so desperate that I offered to buy the tester. The staff refused saying it wasn't possible. I got the supervisor's number and sent a message asking to buy the tester. Again not possible but a subsequent check with the supplier revealed ONE bottle of grapefruit heaven left in store. I jumped at it. If you like/love grapefruit then this is your scent. Smells beautiful drying down to sweetened musk and performs better in warmer conditions. I'm looking forward to the summer to properly rock this.

This was my first blind buy, in fact, my first ever perfume I've bought, and I'm glad that I went through multiple reviews before getting a full bottle of this (glad that it's a 2021 flanker and I still manage to get one from an online seller!). I love citrus and have been finding something that delivers that kind of punchiness you get from a citrus fruit. This is very, very nice. I loved the sample of Fresh Hesperides Grapefruit (so realistic!) but wanted something that lasted longer, and (after looking into a Reddit recommendation) Light Blue Forever delivered it. In fact, this has even more complexity in a good way, injecting a muskiness that turned the grapefruit scent into something zestier and with more harmonious layers. However, if you dislike citrus bitterness, you may not like it as much. The top notes may go away in less than an hour, but the lingering musk is lovely and goes on for about a few hours until it turns into a skin scent. My mom loved it when she had a whiff after I decanted some of the perfume into a travel bottle.