DKNY Be 100% Delicious

Pistacchio Pudding... This fluffy, floral vanilla scent opens with a burst of pear & pistachio with sweet, woody, powdery, fruity & citrus touches from mandarin & black-currant. The opening deepens into a magnolia, rose-water & orange-blossom heart, with velvety, powdery, aquatic, floral & green nuances, all resting on a tonka-woody base, with rich, powdery, nutty, vanilla & near-cherry facets. The magnolia & orange-blossom lend a fluffy, powdery, custard-like facet, and powdery tonka is more forward than the notes would suggest. The overall effect is more pistachio pudding than pistachio, as this isn't overly nutty, and it's odd to me that 'powdery' isn't listed in the main accords as I find this quite powdery, or fluffy from rose, orange-blossom & tonka. Overall: Beautiful, easy to wear, with average performance that improves with dark storage after first sprays. It's a love for me. Enjoy! Update 07/18/24: Sprayed this on the back of my hand after a shower today. There's a cool & creamy quality here with the pistacchio. It doesn't smell similar to other magnolia scents I've tried, but it does bring some creaminess. Like cold pistacchio pudding. So good.

This was $30 at Ross for the 100ml IMO amazing value. It's a little bit of this and a little bit of that- surprisingly very pleasant blend. Shampoo-ey at first but in the best way possible. I'm getting the slight nuttiness in the pistachio (one of my fave notes) , the pear is juicy, mandarin orange is my favorite citrus scent. This is just a love at first spritz. when I bought this I sprayed myself in the car. Hubs got in and immediately asked what I had on, what perfume is this. He said he loves the way this smells and that it's really mellow, smooth, and easy to be around. I once sampled Elysium Pour Femme on my arm once and he absolutely could not handle the scent of it - it was way too much for him. . And the price of that is $300+ ..I literally sprayed it once on the back of my hand.) I think he's sensitive to some smells but this DKNY one is easy for him-- and myself- to love. Sometimes I want a complex niche in your face perfume and then sometimes I just want something like this. I really love it and see this layering well with many of my other perfumes.. Particularly Amouages Guidance and/or Love Delight. Blind buy success 🙌

This smells pink, in a classy way. It's in the usual apple bottle, but it's not an apple scent. Oddly, about an hour after the opening I get a slight hint of watermelon 🍉 which is nowhere in the notes. For me it starts as semi-soapy florals like all the DKNY apple bottles, but I'm glad to say it calms down quickly into a soft, pink, floral fruity musk. White florals are primary, with that watermelon-esque center (I don't get any orange), and a vanilla that's clean, not sticky sweet--just enough to soften that floral edge. It's a pretty and safe spring/summer scent with respectable sillage and longevity. Overall a nice balance of floral and fruit with just a pinch of sweetness at the back. I would buy this again. *EDIT* I did buy this again, and it's grown on me so much that it's become a new spring go-to. The drydown on my skin develops into something beautiful that actually smells pricey and lingers softly, like an elegant but airy white musk with just the slightest hint of pink fruit. I'll keep buying as long as they keep making it. 🥰

The top notes of this perfume really remind me of the dearly departed "Leap!" by the Body Shop. That's a perfume I loved and wore in 1997. (Leap! is not in the Fragrantica database.) Something about this, perhaps the green pear laced with a touch of warmth from the pistachio, takes me right back there for a few minutes until it starts drying down. Lilith Fair, anyone? (If you know, you know....) This is warm and a little fruity at the same time without being super sweet, and I like that a lot. It's a little young for me, considering I'm old enough to remember Lilith Fair! It just so happens I'm looking forward to my order of L'Instant by Guerlain which this is compared to. (See the wonderful review below from Suzanne!). L'Instant may suit my age and station a little more, but I'll enjoy this pretty little apple and the memory of Leap! that it gives.

This fragrance is interesting at first, it's kind of soapy with a musk that really grounds the fruity notes, someone said it's like a shampoo smell and I totally agree. Unfortunately, after a couple hours on my skin it just smells vaguely sweet. Overall, for $20 it's a solid perfume. I can see it as being a good fragrance to layer as it's pretty subtle. Note that the atomizer kind of sucks 😭

light, fresh, airy and woody fruits. barely shares a resemblance to the original be delicious as there’s no apple or aquatic notes here. The pear and black currant are what are at the front with the white florals. It’s a simple inoffensive scent I find perfect for wearing to work, just feels like a pick me up. Lasts fairly long for me, 6-8 hrs but the sillage does die down as time passes.

I picked this up at Nordstrom rack on a blind buy. This is a light airy floral perfume. This is something nice for bedtime or even working out. It’s not going to overwhelm your senses. I got about 4 hours on my skin. It’s not offensive and it’s very easy-going. A perfect scent when you want to wear something light.

Light and fresh/green without smelling like grass or herbs. The floral notes are delicate. I agree that this is a great office scent.

i love magnolia notes. this is very pretty.

I got this sample by mistake, I wanted to try the original Be Delicious as I'm on the hunt for apple scents. For days I didn't realise I got the wrong sample, I could not smell apple at all while everyone claimed they did, it was so frustrating to me, that today I decided to spray again and try to understand what am I smelling. And it was so different to me, I started analysing the little cardboard leaflet attached to it, completely disregarding the ’100%’ in tiny letters next to the name thinking this is some advertising thing indicating this smells like 100% fruit juice, because it wasn't even placed in the title, it was hovering above it. For some reason there were 4 bottles in the picture, 2 of them were the original Be Delicious which just reassured me I have the correct thing. I started reading the description, and the notes seemed a bit off. I opened fragrantica and compared them, only one note matched. So then I assumed maybe I got some reformulation and the scent was changed, or maybe fragrantica has the wrong notes. I then googled Be Delicious notes together with the ones listed in the leaflet, and I finally see there is actually a fragrance named Be 100% Delicious. 🤦🏼🤦🏼🤦🏼 So yes, it was my mistake and the Ebay sample shop mistake, but my God, the way they marketed this thing, it's super easy to make it. Anyway, now that mystery has been solved, what I am smelling makes total sense. No apple, but pear, blackcurrant and some flowers. I don't think the notes go too well together, it's sour and floral which smells a bit screechy. But getting whiffs here and there in the air are quite nice and fruity. Me and pear don't get along unfortunately, so I'll have to pass on this, but I can see how this would be appealing to others, it's bright, inoffensive, and juicy.

I'm personally not really a fan of this one, I prefer more energetic and fresh fragrances, to my nose it smells like an overall sweet and vague mix of the ingredients that is almost powdery, with a quality of musk.

Shampoo city. I think I'm getting a lot of magnolia maybe? A little bit of fruit, perhaps the pear, maybe currents, I don't know. It would probably smell great on someone but I don't think it's for me.

Cant detect what it smells about, cant figure out none of notes that were listed.. More like a mix of unknown fruits on the sharp musk. Musk is not listed here..but it is kind of present here. In the dry down there is a little bit something sweet, but not enough for me. There is nothing unique here, neither sexy..but ..but..still can be part of a collection if you collect those apples.

Very light and clean. Easy everyday perfume that fits any occasion; school, work, shopping, working out, lounging... You can really sense that there's not rose, but rose water. The pistachio is more prominent than expected. It's just a little bit of everything. A little clean, a little woody, a little bit floral, a little bit sweet and a little bit powdery and warm. It sits very close to the skin and it doesn't have the best longevity. Would use it if it was gifted to me, but I won't buy it.

I don’t know what it is with these DKNY bottles, but be warned: they don’t spray, they squirt. It’s basically a squirt gun. If you’re fine with that, you’ll get a pleasant daily scent — fresh, but sweet. It’s not similar to Be Delicious, so if you’re looking for green freshness, this goes in a different direction. I wouldn’t call it woody either; it's more floral with a fruity touch. Pretty, but not particularly distinct. Just something comfy and easy for everyday wear.

Very pleasant girly fruity scent, very early 2000s vibe, it starts off with fresh floral fruity scent, with touch of sweetness, the dry down was so beautiful, similar to Prada Candy, lasts long on me, the whole day if I sprayed it on my clothes , very pretty carefree happy scent !

Its tooooo weak Started nice with hardly any noticeable notes then suddenly developed to a "Stuffed Vine Leaves" like scent. DKNY what happened to you???!!! Bring back the delicious Candy Apple collection

I don’t know where you guys are getting pistachio from I don’t smell that at all. Maybe I need to let the perfume develop a bit but all I smell. It’s apple shampoo.

Too delicate and simple. It was my first job scent, so many memories associated with this one already. It's a perfect every-day scent!

I really love the dry down on this but at first it kind of gives dirty diaper :(