DKNY Red Delicious Men (2006)
by Donna Karan

This is excellent scent. It does the job it was intended to do very well.

Fresh and very aromatic filled with red-hot spiciness and interesting fiery resins as an undertone which reminds me of the way salmiac smells. Very compelling, shimmering scent.

Well done by Mr.Roucel; this scent doesn’t smell nearly as artificial as so many other scents of this kind. In fact, this is very suave and fairly masculine blend.

Makes me think of red (fairytale-like) forest filled with trees full of ripe transparent fruits.

Very stable scent and it lasts for a long time.


Red delicious!

I get a blast of rum/ booze at first, and lowers down on my skin to apples and grapefruit, i also get a bit of either brown sugar or cinnamon. It doesnt really have a lot going on at once, but it is complex, which is nice. It is a scent which probably will not get mistaken for another (besides regular be delicious of course) It stays horribly low on the skin, yet is thick. It has a 'sticky' aspect to it, kinda like a kid slapped your arm with a lollipop. I remember this really wowed me when i first tried it in store, and i bought it a few years later after it disappeared in stores.
zztopp is right, you must overdose on this. by overdose, i mean 5-6 sprays instead of the usual 2-3. too little sprays and your like wth, its hardly there. go for 5-6 and you've got yourself a nice thick fragrance which doesnt project itself really far. I like this fragrance, but it has its problems. the booze notes are not my thing, as i do not want to get mistaken for an alcoholic. I feel like im spreading honey or some thick juice on my body whenever i wear this, but it is only appealing to me when i go overboard. This scent has an afterscent. When closeby you smell the rum and some fruits, but the further you get from it, the more the apple note sticks in your nose. I guess its just too much for my nose to handle. due to its thickness, it should be a great winter fruity scent-- not many fruity scents can survive in the dead cold of winter, but I think this is the contender for that fight. I got this last summer and 2-3 sprays would give me a headache on a hot day. its pleasant but it can become overbearing. I personally prefer fragrances that 'power up' as my body heats up, and like i just said, this one only gets overbearing as your body heat intensifies.

complex, but it can be a great scent. Ill be testing it out again in the winter time. I can envision it mixing great with the light crisp winter air. summertime = too much.

Sweet and spicy, this fragrance reminds me very much of the smell of warm apple cider on a cool fall day, with a warm and inviting cinnamony apple accord at its heart. There is coffee lurking in the background here, but used in a very subtle fashion (you would miss it if it were gone though). Due to the scent association I have with this fragrance it is to me firmly a cool weather affair and not terribly appropriate for the dog days of summer, though I could see it working in the warmer months as well on a night with a nice cool breeze.

It actually smells okay (and not too synthetic) but smelling like a Brae Burn is not my idea of fun…

[Original submission date: 01 July 2008]

I've decided to try this over again to try to make something positive out of it, but it still smells very tacky and generic. The whole scent seems to ride on synthetics. Disappointing for something that had pretty positive hype.

gourmand or oriental with a note or 2 of sweetness but not overly done.very masculine cognac and rum that runs circles around spark which uses the same 2 notes.i don't detect much vanilla but the coffee and patchouli work very well in the drydown. casual or a night out scent with good longevity!!!