Be Delicious Eau de Parfum 100ml

For a fragrance people wear daily, the big bottle is usually the right decision, and Donna Karan Be Delicious Eau de Parfum 100ml is the size this one sells best in for that reason.

What you get is a tart green apple over cool cucumber, which in 2004 was a genuinely odd thing to put at the top of a women's perfume and is now a signature. Grapefruit gives the opening bite and magnolia a clean lemony lift. The heart is unapologetically floral, tuberose dense and buttery, lily of the valley dewy and green, rose soft and violet faintly powdery, and that combination is why the fruit never reads as a shampoo. Sandalwood, white amber and musk close it, dry and skin warm, carrying the apple down into something you can wear to dinner. The concentration gives it weight without ever shouting about it. Four to six hours of clear wear is normal, longer on fabric, and the first spray is brighter than the fourth hour by some distance. Maurice Roucel composed it, which explains the structure: there is nothing accidental about the way the cucumber cools the fruit, or the way the musk stops the white flowers turning soapy.

It crosses seasons better than most fruit florals. The green opening is a relief in July and the sandalwood base gives it enough body for a cold evening. It is worn widely by women of every age, which is unusual and part of the reason the apple bottle has stayed in production for two decades.

The house was founded in New York in 1984 by Donna Karan, previously of Anne Klein, and became known for neutral palettes, soft tailoring and the bodysuit. DKNY followed as the lower priced line, and the perfumes, made by licensees, have reached far more people than the clothes ever did.