Twenty-five years after the first sky-blue bottle, Light Blue gets the evolution its devotees have been waiting for: for the very first time, Dolce & Gabbana's Mediterranean icon comes as a true Eau de Parfum. Sicilian lemon and frangipani for her, mandarin and seawater cypress for him — the 2026 duo has just landed at Olara.
1Light Blue, 25 years of Mediterranean summer
In 2001, perfumer Olivier Cresp — the nose also behind Thierry Mugler's legendary Angel — composed for Dolce & Gabbana a juice that would come to define the smell of summer: Light Blue, with its Sicilian lemon, Granny Smith apple and cedar, settled in for good among the world's best-selling women's fragrances. In 2007, Alberto Morillas — creator of CK One and Acqua di Giò — signed Light Blue Pour Homme, its fresh, woody counterpart built on grapefruit and rosemary. For the saga's 25th anniversary, the Italian house crosses a threshold: both pillars go Eau de Parfum for the first time, celebrated with a campaign shot in Capri by Gordon von Steiner, starring Italian top model Vittoria Ceretti and British actor Theo James — who rose to fame with Divergent and has been unforgettable since in The White Lotus. The full Dolce & Gabbana collection is at Olara.
2For her: Sicilian lemon and frangipani
The new Light Blue Eau de Parfum keeps the opening that made the legend — a sparkling Sicilian lemon — but its heart changes flower: enter frangipani, the creamy, sun-drenched white bloom of the shoreline, wrapped in a base of ambery woods that lends the trail a warmth it never had. The Light Blue spirit is intact, but the sillage gains depth and staying power: summer at high noon becomes summer at dusk.
Did you know?
Frangipani owes its name to an Italian nobleman: in the 16th century, the Marquis Frangipani devised an almond-scented perfume for the aristocracy's gloves. When botanists later discovered this tropical flower with a strikingly similar scent, they named it “frangipani” in his honour. An Italian flower at heart — hard to dream up a better fit for Dolce & Gabbana.
3For him: mandarin and seawater cypress
Light Blue Pour Homme Eau de Parfum follows the same course: a juicy yellow mandarin up top, then an original seawater cypress accord — picture cypress branches dipped in the Mediterranean — before a clean, elegant cedarwood base. The deep-blue bottle gets a glossy lacquered finish along the way. The result: a Mediterranean marine denser and longer-lasting than the Eau de Toilette, built to carry you from lunch on the terrace to dinner by the sea.
4Eau de Toilette or Eau de Parfum: which to choose?
The Eau de Toilette remains the benchmark for summer days: light, sparkling, made to be respritzed freely. The Eau de Parfum is more concentrated, lasts noticeably longer and unfolds warmer facets — frangipani and ambery woods for her, seawater cypress and cedar for him: the version for evenings and late season, and the two complement each other beautifully. Find them among our women's eaux de parfum, our men's eaux de parfum and our women's eaux de toilette — and explore the rest of our women's fragrances and men's fragrances.
Your questions, answered
What's the difference between Light Blue Eau de Toilette and Eau de Parfum?
The Eau de Toilette (2001) is the fresh, light version: Sicilian lemon, Granny Smith apple, cedar. The Eau de Parfum (2026) is more concentrated and more enveloping: the lemon stays, but frangipani and ambery woods — seawater cypress and cedar for him — extend the sillage and the staying power. Same DNA, two intensities.
Who created Light Blue?
The 2001 women's original is signed by Olivier Cresp, also the author of Thierry Mugler's legendary Angel; the 2007 men's version is the work of Alberto Morillas, creator of CK One and Acqua di Giò. The new 2026 Eaux de Parfum reinterpret their founding accords.
Who are the faces of the Light Blue campaign?
Italian top model Vittoria Ceretti and British actor Theo James, who rose to fame with Divergent and earned acclaim in The White Lotus. The campaign, directed by Gordon von Steiner, was shot in Capri — the island that has inspired the saga from the start.
Is Light Blue Eau de Parfum available at Olara?
Yes — both 2026 launches are available at Olara: the women's Eau de Parfum in three sizes (30, 50 and 100 ml) and the men's version in two sizes (50 and 100 ml), in limited stock.
