DKNY Be Delicious Rio

i received samples of all 4 of the be delicious "city" perfumes, so i am reviewing them all: this is the one out of the 4 that smells the best on my skin i kindof thought that it would be similar to the escada perfumes, like the rocking rio, but not at all! in the beginning <3 rio is very overpowering, but after a minute the alcohol dries down and the scent begins to develop. its a fruity scent, but not candy-fruity, more of a balmy-fruity...after a few more minutes of drying down i get a powdery vanilla scent that isnt listed as an accord....i think the powdery vanilla combines nicely with the balmy-fruity accord because it gives it depth and makes it unique...i think this scent would be perfect for those days toward the end of winter where youre stuck inside working or studying and want to have just a little reminder that summer is coming - not here yet- but coming...maybe its because carnival is in february, but it reminds me of carnival, but not of summer

I'm as honest in my faves as in my dislikes. It's boring... it smells like cheap bodyspray with a syhthetic fruity apple smell. It's nothing special really.

I received this as a lovely gift from a fellow fragrantican. While I kinda like it it falls flat. It opens in a vvery similar way to the original green fragrance. Biting sharp...and perfumer apple. This has a more refreshing aquatic feel to it though. So..it's slightly less harsh than the original. That one was whoaaaaa. This opening is lovely in hot weather. It's quite simple..sharp apple and aquatic. Then, most of the power gets ZAPPED!! This changes drastically and quickly.. The sweet tones from the benzoin come out and it seems that most other notes are lost. This fades into a semi sweet...slightly, vanillic.... non descript..wisp. The lasting power unfortunately on me is less than two hours. I had to reapply many many MANY times! :(

The fourth and final entry in the DKNY city series, Rio, smells predictably like a tweaked version of the apple-esque fruity-floral in the other three versions. This one seems a bit more fruity and also a bit more sweet, so I like it even less than the others. It does not have the same clean feeling of the abstract florals, the NYC and the London. Rio is pretty much a standard fruity-floral like a zillion others these days. In fact, in reminds me of some celebrity scents. None of these city scents has anything to do with its name, which could therefore be exchanged with no loss in meaning (since there was never any to begin with). These are fragrances for everywhere and nowhere. Not for me.

I just received a sample of this over the weekend..this was my honey's pick..he said he really loved the smell of it on my skin. Ge took me out for a night on the town and made a request that I wore this perfume and my lil black dress that he loves...I put the perfume on at 8 and I believe by 11 it had wore off...So its good for a short period if time.