DKNY Delicious Night

I haven't tried any of the other DKNY "apples". The marketing appears to be targeted at a younger consumer, for which reason they simply haven't appealed to me. Having read Delicious Night's notes, I decided to blind buy based on reviews - and won a 100ml partially used bottle on eBay for just under £18 GBP (including P&P) from a private seller. To me, that's not a lot of money to lose if it's a disaster. I have no idea how old this bottle is, but I can guarantee it hasn't turned; the fragrance is gorgeous. To describe it as a "fruitchouli" would be doing it the gravest disservice. I am not sure why blackberry has been voted as the most dominant note; it certainly isn't in the bottle I have. Every year, my husband picks pounds and pounds of wild blackberries (we call them brambles in the UK) and makes the best bramble jam I have ever tasted. I know what blackberries smell like, both fresh and cooked - and they are NOT the most prominent smell in DN; there is the slightest hint of natural sweetness to the fragrance. Edit: The first time I tested this was in the summer when it was hot and humid; I couldn't get the smell of blackberries lots of people had highlighted as being the most intensive note. It's now November and it has become very chilly very quickly in the south-east of England and I have the window open and the radiator off overnight in my bedroom. I sprayed this fragrance on the dress I was intending to wear the next day. Weirdly, I COULD smell blackberries very strongly when I smelled my clothing in the morning, before getting dressed. Very odd - as a top note I would have expected it to fade a lot some eight hours or so after spraying. The other thing is that a colleague commented on how lovely the scent was - she thought it smelled quite masculine on me - so maybe this could be worn by a man. I still love it. The prominent notes on my skin are rich woody/floral - warm, woody spices from the ginger, myrrh, amber, vetiver and incense. These are intermingled with freesia and creamy jasmine (one of my favourites) and slightly powdery notes from the iris. The patchouli is not a "hippy" one, but soft and subtle. This is definitely not a young girl's scent (in my opinion) and smells nothing like the currently fashionable perfumes. This is a beautifully blended, timeless, expensive-smelling and classy fragrance. I love it, despite the ugly bottle with its nasty plastic top. It is definitely a dark, "purple" scent. The sillage is initially heavy, but moderates within 30 minutes. I'll update on the longevity later, but I suspect it's going to be very long on clothing. Edit: I have Donna Karan's Black Cashmere which is sadly discontinued, now expensive and hard to source (in the UK, at least), which has base notes of patchouli and amber - I have just tried layering this with DN and the two together take the fragrance into the sublime. Update: Longevity is very good - easily 12+ hours on clothing and 7 hours on skin (although it is very much a skin scent by then).

this was a blind buy,sort of.I had never smelled it before,and it has a lot of notes that I like in it.Plus,I really like the DKNY apples,and Be Delicious is my signature.so,I decided to add to the apple family,and this seemed like a natural choice for me. It is definitely a night time scent,great for a date,or a girl's night out.I wore it on one of my overnight shifts at work.I really love this scent.It's definitely not something I would normally wear,it's very dark,and heady. Upon application,I got a heavy blast of blackberry and ginger,almost like a dessert,but mingled in was the incense,giving it a very smoky quality.It was very strong,almost too strong,was a little nervous it would be too much.it did calm down by the time I got to work,becoming a slightly swet,yet smoky incense smell,that seemed to envelop me. I really enjoyed wearing this,I felt sexy,and powerful,like a seductress out to find her next victim lol. It is truly sexy,and seductive.Bold,assertive,and very alluring.Sillage is phenomenal,I felt like I was filling the room,yet I didn't care.I want people to smell my perfume,and hopefully enjoy it as much as I do.Longevity is amazing as well,a good 12 hours,with the last two being close to skin,but still smoky sexy incense. Before this scent,I wasn't too sure about insense in my perfumes,afraid I'd smell like a head shop,but that was not the case.It is just a very sexy scent,ideal for a date,or maybe an evening in,with that special someone.A scent made for seduction!highly recommend this,for anyone wanting to feel sexy or powerful,with that certain vampy vibe!

I'm trying out my mini of this fragrance today. The ginger in DKNY Delicious Night truly stands out on my skin, or at least it stands out to my nose. So much so that it immediately reminded me of Versace Crystal Noir, whose ginger zing delights me no end. I'm not sure if the ginger is simply prominent in both fragrances, or if it just stands out to me or on my skin in particular. I'm really loving it in both fragrances. It makes them both wearable even in the daytime for me. It also makes them bright perfumes for a lively evening. To my nose the two fragrances smell very similar, except that in Delicious Night, the ginger rests on a bed of fruity blackberry instead of the toasted coconut note I get from Crystal Noir. It makes Delicious Night a little juicier and perhaps a tad lighter. I was disappointed that I could hardly detect the incense, however, which was one of the things that really drew me to try this perfume. I was expecting for it to stand out, especially seeing it so high in the prominent notes list and seeing it mentioned a lot in the earlier reviews. I don't know if I used too little or if the ginger just really overwhelms everything else for me. I'm still trying to inhale the fragrance right now, but I still couldn't find the incense, or even the patchouli. Nevertheless, I'm liking Delicious Night very much, and it may even turn out to be a love. Crystal Noir is among my favorite perfumes, so it's no surprise that I'm enjoying this one too. Out of the few Delicious flankers I've tried, this is by far my favorite.

Sometime toward the end of last year, I was in a beauty store / pharmacy with my mother when she picked this fragrance up from a specials bin. As they didn't have a tester I jumped onto this site and quickly via my phone and read some information and reviews on it, then I decided I'd just buy it and give it a shot. As soon as I left the store I opened the box and sprayed some on my wrist. At first I was a little unsure and slightly turned my nose up, ready to pass it onto Mum. The first thing I thought of was those perfumes that catch the back of your throat as someone walks by and you can't understand why someone would want to wear something so harsh. I think my nose was too quick to judge and instantly picked up the incense and dismissed everything else. But not long after, something about it began to warm to me. I fell in love with the ginger notes, it's warm (yet it also has a real crisp kind of vodka/gin zestiness) and spicy with just a hint of smokiness. The bottle itself is so inviting as I'm drawn to all things purple... Yesterday morning when I put this on I thought to myself how I should really look for another bottle to have as a backup supply. That afternoon, I walked into another one of those stores just to buy a bottle of water, the perfume was not even on my mind at the time, and as I lined up, to my surprise, directly in front of me I spotted this fragrance on special, there was just one box sitting there, waving at me! ;) It was clearly meant to be, given the thought I had that morning!

Delicious Night is a fruit of sin that grows on the vine of temptation a dark and indolic beauty a femme fatale a bad girl definitely not a scent for the average girl next door virgin, no This spells S.E.X across the front of the fruit shape like flacon the opening is fruity of frozen pomelo tangy and fun then succulent black current starts steeping through your senses like an inner Terra of earth brings an primal spirit in this scent. The Innocence of freesia falls discreetly and dries the top note with a bit of sweetness Jasmine with it's elusive delicateness opens the middle note gives it a green-tea like aroma that is meditative the leafy and intoxicating note of dark orchard sprays an scent of inhibited animalistic properties. then delicious night turns woody with dry ginger turns warm with amber Dark incense and ancient myrrh adds to the esoteric mystery of the scent which makes it unique. Delicious night conjures the inner sin of us all like a room of crushed violet wallpaper with black roses growing on thorny black vines in a black veiled bed with candles side to side of the color of off white with Myrrh burning in the celling dancing with an inimical elegance and an pale woman with black hair eyes long hair finger peaking out out from the veil with her long jet black finger nails crawling across her bed like an evil delight in her black leather cat suit this scent is sin for sin's sake.