This fragrance seems to try to bridge between the Pour Femme and Pour Homme lines of Light Blue. Light Blue Love is Love– Love is Love is another Light Blue flanker that went for something a bit different, yet familiar, and ultimately kind of misses out on being a great scent. It’s got plenty of overlap with the original Light Blue Pour Homme, just in a much less likeable form.Īs I wrote in my review, “The progression of this scent is: citrus, citrus/spice, citrus/musk/spice, citrus/musk/woods.” It’s all okay, the opening is kind of annoying, but Zest is just a forgettable cologne. Some incense smokiness, Sichuan pepper, and a musky finish. There are the drier and spicier elements. Lemon is the lead early, with further contributions from the grapefruit and bergamot notes. I did easily like it more than Vulcano, but slightly below the next entry on the list. For me though, this is the spot to put it. Italian Zest– Italian Zest could be ranked a place or two higher on the list. It’s not completely terrible to me, but the combination of notes and trying to capture the spirit of this island, just never worked to my nose. Lavender, cedar, vetiver round things out with some ginger spice thrown in for good measure. It can be somewhat sour, dry, and it doesn’t really develop all that much. Vulcano came out in 2014 and is led by a massive use of cypress and an initial burst of lemon. I do give credit to D&G for trying something a bit different, but its appeal is pretty limited for most people. This list starts at my least favorite and concludes in order with what I consider to be the top Light Blue.ĭiscover Vulcano– At the bottom of the list, is the unique, but ultimately not very good Light Blue Discover Vulcano. It’s been discontinued for a long time and is getting difficult to find, anyway. By most accounts, it was middle of the pack, at best. I haven’t tried it to this point, didn’t want to spend money on a full bottle, in order to do so. Note: The list doesn’t include, an older release, Beauty of Capri. In this era of coronavirus, the time when we can once again mooch about on a sun-dappled terrace seems a long way off, but at least we can dress for the occasion.What are the Best D&G Light Blue Colognes (Ranked)? Look 30, missed by some, perhaps, amongst all the Hadids and Provençal skin on show, was super simple, and super-what you should be wearing when the warmer months eventually roll in. Top summer down-dressing, Armie.Īt his most recent show in Paris – Autumn/Winter 2020 – Simon Porte Jacquemus demonstrated that a pale blue shirt, worn scruffily, can be properly, fashionably cool, too. Hammer hammers home the potential of a pale blue with aplomb, wearing his creased, loose and open at the chest, with little shorts and a bicycle. And you must consider Armie Hammer in Call Me By Your Name (2017), which is still the best menswear-y film of the past few years. Both spend much of the movie wafting around the Italian Riviera in pale blue button-ups. See Matt Damon’s Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr Ripley (1999), and even Phillip Seymour Hoffman from the same film, playing Freddie Miles. Scruff is what you’re looking for when it comes to pale blue shirts, I’d say. Jacquemus’s A/W’20 show spotlighted the timeless of the pale blue shirt * And if you see a man with a strong jaw wearing one, don’t let him talk to you about business cards. They all wore pale-blue, white-collared ‘Winchester’ shirts with red ties and dark pinstripe suits. Look at yer men Gordon Gekko in Wall Street (1987), Marc Hanna (Matthew McConaughey) in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), or Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (2000). Of course, a blue shirt can offer power, too. As the Merriam-Webster says, “avoiding obvious emphasis or embellishment”. A word I use all the time, but one that perfectly illustrates how I want to dress. Super easy wearing, bookish – which is how we’d all like to be described, right? – and ‘understated’. My love is strongest for soft-collared, subtly textured, stripy blue shirts that you can wear stuffed under a scruffy blazer, or peeking out from a crew neck knit, or oversized, with pale denim, chunky black lace-ups and a baggy overcoat, so I look a bit like Chandler Bing. Ian has only ever had one carrier bag (A New Yorker tote, natch) and he eats meat occasionally, but only that which he buys from the local butcher.Ī pale blue shirt is the Ian of menswear. He gives blood on the reg, and flips his mattress twice a year. Ian rides a Brompton to work, but you wouldn’t know, because Ian gets changed downstairs and doesn’t waggle his steaming, lycra’d hips through the office. Like that guy at work that always buys the first round, with crisps, even though he can only stay for one drink. They’re really good blokes though, pale blue shirts. Patrick Bateman is a fan of two things: blue shirts, and Huey Lewis Lions Gate Films
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