I'm not usually a fan of the dozens of weak aquatics out there, so I was not really expecting much from Light Blue Intense. I was aiming at buying a fresh perfume for the gym, and decided to blindly buy this one. Usually I like the non fresh D&G perfumes and became disappointed when I offered my wife the regular Light Blue for women. It was to much on the light side. For that reason I always passed the regular man version of Light Blue for Men and its flankers.
Surprise! surprise! This intense version is intense!... for a citrus aquatic fragrance of course. It does fill up completely my needs.
I liked it at first smell. The fresh salty bitter opening accord is strong and has enough bitterness to balance out its sweet coolness nature with the right amount of citrus and marine notes to cut through a hot day or a gym sweaty session. Projection and longevity are good by my standards for a fresh scent. I also like its approach to a fresh drydown but with a light ambery and musky accord. It gives me a vibe of a lighter version of ADG Profumo. The downside is the recognizable synthetic aura that this fragrance presents.
Longevity keeps going for more than five hours easily and sillage is a bit more than one arm lenght.
Now the scoring for Light Blue Intense?
- Scent opening............7.0 (enjoyable citrus/marine opening but a bit synthetic)
- Scent Dry Down.........8.0 (nice fresh but also ambery and musky drydown)
- Longevity....................8.0 (up to 6 hours on my skin, with 3 initial sprays, above average for a fresh scent)
- Sillage..........................7.0 (sillage peak up to 4 feet; projection for 2 hours)
- Versatility....................6.5 (Just for hot weather)
- Usability......................9.0 (very good for the beach, office, daily use, open air activities and in places where you may sweat like the gym or by the seaside)
- Compliments..............7.5 (it will get you just a few compliments because you smell fresh)
- Uniqueness.................8.0 (I never try the original but many reviers claim it to be similar. It is somewhat different - but not a lot - from almost all the fresh marine fragrances I know although it can be easily mistaken with Aqva Amara)
- Quality.........................8.0 (enjoyable notes but a bit synthetic. Kudos for the performance)
- Presentation...............8.5 (beautiful flask with frosted glass, nice lettering, simple but effective)
- Price.............................7.5 (€42,50 for 100 ml non tester)
Average:......................7.73/10.00
between 7 and 8 = above average;
between 8 and 9 = recommended;
bigger than 9 = don't miss it;
Opinion on "Light Blue Intense for Men":
Nice fresh marine fragrance with an inviting drydown, and a bit above average performance for a fresh scent. If it fits either your needs or your scent preferences go ahead and buy it if you think the price is Ok.
Blind buy worthy? No!
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