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DKNY Golden Delicious ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 25 June 2011 17 Comments

DKNY Golden Delicious

Donna Karan will launch DKNY Golden Delicious,* a new fragrance for women, in August. The apple-based scent is a flanker to 2004’s Be Delicious…

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Pure DKNY Verbena ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 3 June 2011 9 Comments

Pure DKNY Verbena

Donna Karan will launch Pure DKNY Verbena, the second in what will apparently be a series of fragrances focusing on different notes…

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DKNY Men Summer 2011, Armani Code Summer 2011 ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 14 April 2011 6 Comments

DKNY Men Summer 2011Armani Code Homme Summer 2011

Donna Karan has launched DKNY Men Summer 2011 (shown above left; see the women’s DKNY Summer here). The limited edition summer fragrance is described as “a bold contrast of freshness and woods”…

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In the cab, on the cab, on the street

Posted by Robin on 18 February 2011 17 Comments

Models Anja Rubik and Sasha Knezevic (who are apparently engaged in real life) for DKNY Fragrances (the latest is DKNY Women Energizing). Below the jump, le making of.

The music is a remix of Life in my Heart by Helena.

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Top 10 Winter Fragrances 2011

Posted by Robin on 4 February 2011 254 Comments

Zen berries

Fall? Bah, humbug. I’m a summer person. The best thing I can say about fall is that at least it isn’t winter yet.

That’s me a couple of years ago, opening the Top 10 of Fall by complaining that it wasn’t summer. Imagine how I feel now. There is nothing good I can say about winter except that at least it’s already part of the way over. So, let’s move on to the perfume, shall we?

Citrus. Angie recommends avoiding citrus in winter; instead, she says you should find a good tropical fragrance to psych yourself out of the winter doldrums. She’s right that citrus doesn’t really have the same effect when you’re wearing several layers of warm clothing, but it cheers me up all the same — some winters, I wear an awful lot of citrus. I’m including two in this category. Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Pamplemousse is cheerful, reasonably long-lasting, and it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. As an added bonus, it layers nicely with just about anything. Aftelier’s Candide costs more (and is perhaps more accurately termed a citrusy floral), but it’s so happy, it makes me smile just to think about it…

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