DKNY My NY

I'm new here. This is my first post. I absolutely love this perfume. It takes me back to sharpening pencils in elementary school. I remember the pencil sharpener was positioned on the marble window sill of my old, non air conditioned school so when I would sharpen my pencils I could see my house directly across the street and zone out staring the window in a daze, daydreaming about what was going on at my house and wishing I was there, and sharpen my pencil down to a stump. When I spray this, I first get a gorgeous blast of fresh pencil shavings-nothing but those freshly shaved pencils for about 7 seconds, then the cool marble windowsill creeps up and settles in. This stuff is a shapeshifter. All day, each hour I catch another different, but equally warm, dry, and comforting. The fruit doesn't shine from my skin. It's completely woodsy on me and I love it. It's not one that my eyes roll back in ecstasy. It's a warm soft cashmere cuddle with leaves blowing round your feet on a dry sunny autumn day. I can wear this year round but it's best in the NorthEastern US fall. When it dries down on me, it's warm calm and inoffensive. Quiet and laid back. Stoned. After I get over the opening joy of pencil sharpening, it settles into a comfort. My cat's fur gets cross contaminated with this from me cuddling her and it smells so perfect on my fluffy white with tabby patches silly little cat. Yes. It's pencil shavings

My boyfriend got me this last summer (2014) for my birthday. Initially I wasn't too impressed as I was secretly wanting Coco Mademoiselle but surprisingly it became one of my all time favorites. At first it goes on very fruity....I thought it reminded me alot of the old raspberry body spray from BBW. But it mellows into a creamy vanilla berry scent and then fades to a creamy patchouli not a sharp dirty hippy patchouli though.... more like a soft, creamy subtle patchouli. I really loved it because my chemistry loves patchouli and so do I :) I went through the bottle and now regretting it because I can't find it anywhere now. It is definitely one of my all time favorites and had the potential to be my signature summer scent. If you love patchouli but don't like smelling like a dirty hippie I recommend this, that is if you can find it.

I had written a review that disappeared. I came back to this one on three separate excursions and it is now my go to end of summer/I am ready for fall scent. Office friendly, fruitchouli, but more. It is definitely balanced and I love patchouli, Midnight Poison is my "go to sleep" fragrance. It is really a step up for DKNY, I could never embrace the apple. This fragrance reminds me of a walk in the City, on one of those end of summer and you can feel the nip of autumn in the air afternoons. Heels clicking on pavement and you just want to light that praline/pumpkin/fall candle, but it is still August. The "nip" is the rasberry and the orris root and ambergris are such a nice foil. So, yep got the largest bottle and there feels like enough substance, that I may make it through it by the end of winter without boredom.

This has been discontinued and the prices are starting to climb... I was able to score a bottle on eBay for a decent price and I’m SO glad I did. Sweet, intoxicating, beast mode, has aged beautifully. A shameless, 2010’s fruitchouli (also a noticeable, creamy vanilla is present) that reminds me of my 20’s (I’ll be 38 this year). Great times in my apartment with my (still) best friend; pre-kids and husbands lol. I know fruitchoulis aren’t for everyone, but this millennial can’t help herself.

I bought my first bottle in 2015 and it was gone super fast (50 ml) And I bought my 100 ml in 2018 Still have about 30 ml left, this is a really good fragance, boring some may say, but lately I've been thinking this might be the key to stop this addiction - sticking to what I like, instead of trying to 'expand' my horizons.. It's not a philosophy I'd normally agree with, but I'm starting to realize that maybe for fragances, makeup and clothes, it makes sense