![]() ![]() ![]() Talk about a bargain! Two perfumes for the price of one (for the company anyway). ![]() This experiment surprised me: it’s almost as if the same juice is used in two “different” perfumes. I was so struck by the similarity, in mid-development, between Light Blue Living Stromboli and The One Sport I decided to wear them side by side. Light Blue Living Stromboli opens with citrusy aquatic notes (very similar to The One Sport with some added pepper), and in the long-lasting mid-development, there’s harshness - accent on a “mineral aquatic” accord. Light Blue Living Stromboli is classified as a “woody water” perfume, an “aquatic mineral” scent it includes fragrance notes of citrus, aquatics, pink pepper, geranium, “smoky” amber, patchouli and vetiver. ![]() Light Blue Living Stromboli is a flanker to 2007′s Light Blue Pour Homme. Of course, the lasting power and sillage are excellent! Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Living Stromboli It smells like D&G makes about $56 and $72 respectively on each bottle…truly, the juice smells dirt cheap. The One Sport Eau de Toilette costs $57 for 50 ml and $73 for 100 ml. Overall, The One Sport is static…and dreary. In the extreme dry-down, the perfume sweetens somewhat - I’ll give credit to the musk and Sequoia Forest accord. The One Sport begins with a harsh medicine-cabinet aroma mouthwash, toothpaste, bandages, dandruff shampoo and muscle rub came to mind as I smelled it (is this intentional?) The patchouli in The One Sport is menthol-y and floats on an ocean of those dull “watery notes” we’ve smelled for decades at department store perfume counters. Dolce & Gabbana The One Sportĭolce & Gabbana The One Sport is described as a “fresh aromatic” scent it features patchouli, ‘watery notes,’ cardamom, rosemary, musk and Sequoia Forest accord. I can enjoy an artificial-smelling, airy, ozone-flower-fruit perfume on a hot summer day, but CK One Summer 2012, though it’s downright complex compared to the scents reviewed below, doesn’t work for me (it feels aggressively “teen-y”).ĬK One Summer 2012 Eau de Toilette is a limited edition and has decent lasting power and sillage 100 ml ($48). I was hoping to really like this perfume since I want the green cracked-glass-effect bottle. CK One Summer turns all soft and faded in the base. After this pleasant (and blatantly artificial-smelling) opening, those of you who know original CK One may recognize an approximation of that perfume in CK One Summer's dry-down. Next up is a “nutty” dry note (driftwood?) that is joined by a sheer aquatic floral accord (probably the ‘water lotus’ combined with more melon and a “fresh” aquatic note). Calvin Klein CK One Summer 2012Ĭalvin Klein CK One Summer 2012 aims for “surfer chic” and “a splash of refreshment… at the beach.” CK One Summer’s fragrance notes include cucumber, mint, lime, bergamot, green apple, rosemary, aquatics, rum, sandalwood, driftwood, ‘sea moss’ and 'water' lotus (as opposed to 'land' lotus or 'tree' lotus? Who writes this stuff?)ĬK One Summer begins with sweet, minty cucumber (the usual “melon-like” character in these summer/beach/aquatic scenario-scents). So, it’s time to tackle some of the recent department store launches - two limited editions and another (unnecessary) “sport” fragrance. I own and wear mainstream scents (imagine!) Right now, among my 50 or so “summer” perfumes in rotation, fifteen are mainstream. I don’t mind being thought of as the “niche man” at Now Smell This but that doesn’t mean I avoid (or dismiss) mainstream releases. ![]()
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