DKNY Be Delicious
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DKNY Be Delicious(2004)

Donna Karan · Maurice Roucel

At a glance

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…

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Launched
2004

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.

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Top notes
CucumberGrapefruitMagnolia
Heart notes
Green AppleLily-Of-The-Valley (Muguet)TuberoseVioletRose
Base notes
WoodsSandalwoodAmber
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