Cheap & Chic I Love Love

I absolutely adore this fragrance!! It was my first perfume ever as a high schooler, and now that I'm an adult, I can very much see why. Yeah, I can see why probably it would be considered juvenline.. or COULD be... but I don't know, I don't know that I actually agree. It's just extremely fun, and playful! Truly, it just smells so wonderful... every time I spray this fragrance it lifts my spirits and brings me joy! I will re-purchase this perfume until the day I die. Unpopular opinion, but I never really perceived it to be (overly) citrusy... I've always just perceived it as fruity! I am not a citrus person, so I'm a little surprised seeing the other reviews and realizing that I am very much unique in that not being the primary vibe I'm getting from the fragrance. Worth noting, though! A little surprised as in it's citrusy, and I still like it. Wanted to note that I own Light Blue and I Love Love.... Some say that I Love Love is a dupe/clone for Light Blue, but I don't really agree with that. Similar vibes sure, but definitely not the same. Personally, I think that I Love Love smells a lot better. I enjoy Light Blue, but I can't even remember the last time that I reached for it. I fully recommend this fragrance! Great first fragrance for a younger person as well, but I don't think there's any age limit on it. To clarify, this very much gives perfume. Yes, it is well suited for a younger audience (again though, not exclusively), but it is NOT giving body spray and personally I really appreciate that!! No shade at body spray, but that's not what I'm looking for when I purchase a perfume.

Oh... :) I've thought about this one a lot over the years. It was my childhood signature and everything from the bottle design to the scent itself brought a smile to my face! Recently I got an official sample which I was SO excited to get in the mail--I never see this one out for sale in person anymore and I didn't want to blind buy just to be disappointed. Well, it's here, it's on my skin, annnnddddd... it's just as wonderful as I remember! An unabashedly fizzy orange soda fragrance that surprisingly retains its fizziness for several hours. There's a pinch of white florals floating in the background but nothing overly prominent, and near the end it reads vaguely orange creamsicle-like (I'm surprised there's no vanilla listed in the notes?). BTW, I have NEVER understood the comparisons to Light Blue. That one is nice enough on other people but any time I test it on my own skin there's something piercing and screechy that gives me an instant headache (I suspect it's the bamboo note as a few others I've tried with that note produce the same result). Moreover Light Blue to me is quite clean with "fresh out the shower" vibes and I guess "grown up", whereas I Love Love isn't juvenile necessarily but definitely a fun, carefree type of fragrance. I'm sad to hear it's being discontinued after all these years, with that news in mind I may commit to the biggest bottle just for the nostalgia!

MISTY Suspended Orange! Signed by perfumer Olivier Cresp (Light Blue D&G, Light Blue Eau Intense D&G), this beauty opens with a burst of zesty citrus evocative of mandarin, and continues into a fresh, sweet floral heart with airy, vegetal & misty nuances all resting on a musky cedar base. As is dries down, it takes on a misty, sweet & sparkling quality that elevates the citrus - like the mist liberated to the air by peeling an orange. Projects like crazy - well above average performance. Contrast to Light Blue Eau Intense Dolce&Gabbana: These is a similar misty citrus vibe, but I Love Love is more mandarin forward and more sparkling than the cold citrus in LBEI. I Love Love has roughly equivalent performance. Contrast to Light Blue (OG): These share a similar vibe, but I Love Love is more zesty, misty orange than the floaty/fluffy-citrus of Light Blue (OG). I Love Love has superior performance. Contrast to Mandarine & Cardamom 4711 Acqua Colonia: There is a similar vibe here with sparkling mandarin. I Love Love doesn't have the cardamom, but has superior performance. Overall: Unisex leaning feminine, well above average performance with amazing projection, and a beautiful scent profile. This is the perfect scent to wear to feel your liberation. It's a love for me. Enjoy!

Oh the nostalgia. This was my very first fragrance love even though I never actually smelled the real deal until my late 20s. My perfume pipe dream. I remember seeing the 2 page ad for this in like Seventeen magazine. A perfume ad had never captured my attention like this and I dont know what itnwas about it that caused such a fixation.A little while later I was able to come by a paper sample in another magazine edition and I became obsessed. I needed to find this perfume There aren't many department stores in our area and nothing high end like Bloomingdales or even Nordstrom. I remember going to the counter at Macys with my sister and the sales associate had no idea what I was talking about and told me to check Target. A year or so later we were on a trip and my sister asked at a different department store. The associate was much more helpful and told us while they didn't carry it she knew it was very similar to DG Light Blue which my sister then gifted me for my birthday and it became my signature for my final high school years. Nearly a decade later I found a bottle of I Love Love at TJMaxx and didn't hesitate to pick it up. My adolescent mission finally complete

One of my favorites! Cheap, but good quality if you buy the vintage bottle. The new version, I'm not much of a fan of. They removed the wonderful waterlily notes and added a whopping dose of sugar alongside amping up the LOTV. The newest stuff gives me a headache and smells extremely generic. The watery, summery feel of the original was so refreshing in the summer. Adore the bulrushes note, though! As a kid we took long walks by a lake and there were always abundant bulrushes and cattails lining the paths. It has a very specific, almost fougere scent. Fern-y, but more aquatic. And saying it is like papyrus or cyrpriol isn't quite accurate. They're related as they are sedge varieties, but bulrushes have a less dry effect and smell fresher; more green. I'm hoarding my last millilitre of the original. It's THAT good! Such a unique creation and nothing out there like it, before or since. Comparing it to Jardin Sur le Nil is more accurate with the newest formula, but JSLN is far more synthetic and has WAY more LOTV. I see the similarities with Light Blue, but this is still better as it is less synthetic and is less likely to choke those nearby.