Blackberries are in this season (DKNY: Delicious Night, Eau de Parfum)

Member Name: lillamarta

Product:	DKNY: Delicious Night, Eau de Parfum
Date:	30/01/08 (453 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Well - blended, interesting fruity and oriental notes

Disadvantages: Average, one of a dozen oriental, doesn't last long

Launched: 2007
Olfactive group: Oriental floral

Delicious Night is the third installment in the 'apple bottle' series following Be Delicious (2004) and the limited edition Delicious Red (2006). I like Delicious Red for its fresh crispness and so tend to use it in summer. Adding an evening version to my Red intrigued me. Or is it going to be just a misplaced namesake again?

The packaging

Like its other siblings Delicious Night is packed in a black, dark purple box that has DKNY and the white-dotted skyline of New York printed across it. The contains the same apple-shaped bottle this time entirely in solid deep purple colour and has the familiar 'apple' lable on its top half - justl like the apples in the supermarket except the fact they don't come in royal purple!

The Fragrance

Top notes: pomelo, ginger, blackberry

There is a cool, fruity opening of blackberry notes and a very distinct citrus - melon scent that lasts well into an hour. This sounds interesting so far bar the fact that Ribena (blackberry, blackcurrant) scented colognes have inundated the fragrance shelves lately including Gucci II, Anna Sui Dolly Girl Bonjour L'Amour, Diesel Fuel For Life, Christina Aguilera, just to mention a few). That aside, it's fresh and exotic, and does give you a rich oriental kick-start into the night.

Middle notes: pink freesia, orchid, jasmine, iris

About an hour later, the chilly fruity notes are replaced by spicy jasmine and sweet iris and the smell becomes very similar to the heart of Cartier Le Baiser du Dragon, one of my favourite fragrances.

It is floral, but slightly woody at the same time with lots of spice around (I can detect the peppery ginger at this point) and a light dose of forest fruit still lingering on.

Base notes: amber, patchouli, frankinsence, myrrh, vetiver

What I first recognise in the dry-down is the patchouli, this earthy, composting-leaves odour that I love so much about our English gardens.

The spicy amber make this otherwise quite woody composition rounded, and to my disappointment, almost drowned and so soft that it never loses its baby powderness and innocence. The two most powerful notes of patchouli and amber drown out the delicate woody notes of frankinsence and myrrh which is a shame as it would certainly make the fragrance a lot more memorable and distinct.

Despite being an eau de parfum, it last no longer than 6 hours which is a shame for an eau de parfum. I wore it on Saturday night and I felt good about it only to realise that by the end of dinner (we haven't even started drinking yet) it was all gone! I don't think it would even stand a chance if I went clubbing!

Conclusion

This is a well-blended soft oriental floral fragrance that would appeal to women and even girls who aren't drawn to heavy, oriental type of perfumes, but would like to try something lighter, girlier that you can still call an oriental fragrance.

DKNY have already created a handful of interesting fragrances so I expected to see more than an average, yet another patchouli - type evening perfume (!) with astonishingly poor staying power. The perfume just evaporates into nothing. Luckily I stocked up on samples but whenever I open up a 2 ml blister, use 1 ml of it then put it back into the little box to keep, it will have completely evaporated the next day.

Your skin chemistry does affect the staying power of the perfume though so make sure you wear it for a day before buying.

Additional rating

Composition: 3 / 5
Originality: 3 / 5
Staying power: 2 / 5
Overall value: 3 / 5

Price / where to buy
Boots

£27 / 30 ml Eau de Toilette
£35 / 50 ml Eau de Toilette
£50 / 100 ml Eau de Toilette

Also from Boots:

£22 / 150 ml Delicious Night Body Lotion

Thanks for reading my review.

Lilla

©Powered by lillybee

Summary: A deliciously fruity oriental scent with poor staying power