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Dolce & Gabbana

Light Blue

2001FreshEDTItaly

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Editorial notes

  1. 01

    A citrus-apple composition Dolce & Gabbana briefed Cresp to build as the olfactive equivalent of being in Sicily, a process that took over two years of development.

  2. 02

    The name evokes the colour of the Mediterranean sky and sea over Pantelleria, the volcanic Italian island the brand uses as a recurring visual reference.

  3. 03

    Included in the Museum of Arts and Design's The Art of Scent 1889-2012 exhibition in New York, one of only twelve fragrances chosen to represent a century of perfumery.

  4. 04

    Composed by Olivier Cresp in 2001 around Sicilian lemon and apple over a bamboo-jasmine-white rose heart with a cedar-amber-musk base.

Dossier

Edition · 000

Status · Active. Bestseller.

A citrus-apple fresh.

Composed by
Olivier Cresp
Founders
Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana
Country
Italy

The pyramid

Top
sicilian lemonapplecedarbellflower
Heart
bamboojasminewhite rose
Base
cedarambermusk

The brief

Dolce & Gabbana briefed Cresp to bottle the feeling of being in Sicily; development took over two years.

Name'Light Blue' evokes the colour of the Mediterranean sky and sea over Sicily.

The flacon

Transparent rectangular flacon with a pale-blue cap and minimalist white label.

Footnotes

  • Light Blue was included in the Museum of Arts and Design's 'The Art of Scent 1889-2012' exhibition in New York, one of only twelve fragrances chosen to represent a century of perfumery.

The Curator's Note

Two years to bottle Sicily, and they did.

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