Reviews of DKNY Be Delicious (2004)
by Donna Karan

My husband picked this out for me for Christmas last year and bought it...
I absolutely love it and EVERY single time I wear it out, almost everyone I come in
contact with asks me what I am wearing. I haven't had this reaction to a perfulme since I first wore SUNG by Alfred Sung!

I feel like the perfumer didn't realize that the odor threshold of that cucumber-scent compound is several orders of magnitude less odor threshold than he expected! I can't smell anything else other than cucumber. It is not bad, but if you put on too much it will smell like gasoline.

It's not really a bad scent. It just doesn't suit me...

Perhaps because of the wateriness of cucumber, my initial impression was of a melon note. As the fragrance unfolded I imagined an apple composed of various flower buds and petals, which is essentially what this is all about. At no point in the experience do I really smell "apple" but the luscious, moist impression is made for sure. The opening is very fresh, aquatic, fruity, and floral and remains that way throughout to a degree; the sharper notes softening when the florals are revealed. In the end the rose is really prominent and serves to round out and give a more grounded body to the fragrance.

The opening notes reminded me incredibly of Calyx by Prescriptives (a fragrance I love) - grapefruit and green grass notes. However unlike Calyx it transforms into a boring (not tart) apple scent that transforms again into a fruity/floral blah scent. OK longevity and strong sillage.

I layer it with Burning Leaves by CBIHP and it's wonderful, though.

I found that the cucumber drowned out the apple.....I was expecting really fresh, acidic, apple-dominated topnotes, but it smells like wilted cucumber. The drydown is nice enough, though quite boring and generic. I sort of regret the purchase.

A very nice SA at Macy's provided me with samples of Be Delicious and I have to say I'm glad she did! I was considering buying it before, but now... it's not a bad scent, but as others have noted, kind of generic. Apple shampoo and Jolly Ranchers-- that's what it brings to mind. I don't really smell any of the other notes listed. I mean, at all. On the plus side, this scent got a LOT of positive comments from my male coworkers and friends.

Should have added carmel, vanilla and almond to the apple note (instead of all those flowers) ~ now THAT would Be Delicious!!!

cool bottle,very modern looking.
not that fussed about the fragrance. you can definetly smell the apple.
loads of my friends love it but it's just not warm enough for me. they say it stays on very well though

Cool crisp green apple meets a touch of floral and a satisfyingly woody drydown. Perfectly likable and agreeable though nothing mind-blowing and in danger of being more bland than anything else. I think this is a departure for Donna Karan's fragrance line; it's far more mainstream and understandable than anything that's come before, and in some ways I think that's a mistake even for the casual-but-trend-forward DKNY brand, which is supposed to be about an urban lifestyle. This is more of a "weekend in the woods" take on fragrance, something I'd picture wearing in a lodge. Of course, these days all the world seems to be doing wishy-washy fruit fragrances that lack strong points of view, so I guess the folks at DK are just trying to keep up with the crowd.

I have to say I didnt smell the magnolia, in fact I didnt really smell much of anything. Its a very light scent, pretty unassuming. Green apple with a light floral background, and the tiniest hint of gasoline somewhere in the back. Good for someone who wants a casual, conservative scent but doesnt like florals. Not for me though.