DKNY / Donna Karan
DKNY / Donna Karan
95 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The lemon cream top notes hit with zesty brightness, immediately softened by a buttery, almost creamy undertone that makes the citrus feel more dessert-like than fresh. Within moments, you're caught between sharpness and indulgence, a push-pull that's genuinely interesting.
The frangipani and freesia emerge with a candied, almost confectionery sweetness that feels almost playful rather than flowery. Passion flower adds a subtle tartness that cuts through the creaminess, preventing everything from collapsing into one-dimensional sweetness—there's an actual flavour complexity here.
Cedar and white amber take over, anchoring the sweetness with woody, peppery restraint and skin-close musk. The fragrance becomes softer, more intimate, settling into a gentle creamy-gourmand whisper that stays close to the skin for several hours.
Sweet Delicious Creamy Meringue announces itself with disarming candour—this is a fragrance that doesn't flirt with subtlety. The lemon cream top notes arrive with a sharp-edged brightness, immediately undercut by a buttery richness that softens the citrus bite into something almost gourmand from the opening spray. It's the olfactory equivalent of lemon curd folded into whipped cream: brightness tempered by indulgence.
The heart reveals where the composition truly earns its name. Frangipani and freesia provide a delicate floral scaffold, but they're rendered almost candied here, their typical ethereal quality sweetened and creamed into submission by the gourmand DNA of the fragrance. Passion flower adds a subtle tartness—a whisper of tropical fruit acidity that prevents the composition from cloying entirely. This is where the fragrance settles into its most compelling territory: a creamy, slightly tart floral that feels both approachable and genuinely indulgent.
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