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DKNY Be Delicious(2004)

Donna Karan · Maurice Roucel

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Created by Maurice Roucel for DKNY, Be Delicious opens on cucumber, grapefruit, and magnolia, moves through a heart of green apple, lily of the valley, tuberose, and rose, and closes on woodsy notes, sandalwood, and amber. Its apple-shaped bottle and crisp, juicy green-floral structure became one of the most commercially successful feminine fragrances of the 2000s, spawning an extensive flanker franchise for Donna Karan's diffusion line.

Did you know? This scent's violet note exists because of ionone, synthesized in 1893 to replace violet-flower oil — once one of the most expensive materials in perfumery. Read the full story →
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2004

DKNY Be Delicious is a fragrance from Donna Karan, released in 2004 and composed by Maurice Roucel. It opens with Cucumber, Grapefruit, and Magnolia, moves into a heart of Green Apple, Lily of the Valley, Tuberose, Violet, and Rose, and settles into a base of Woods, Sandalwood, and Amber.

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Top notes
CucumberGrapefruitMagnolia
Heart notes
Green AppleLily of the ValleyTuberoseVioletRose
Base notes
WoodsSandalwoodAmber
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