Golden Delicious (Eau de Parfum) by DKNY

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Golden Delicious DKNY 2011 Eau de Parfum

6.7 / 10 135 Ratings

A perfume by DKNY for women, released in 2011. The scent is fruity-floral. It was last marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Fruity

Floral

Sweet

Fresh

Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Golden Delicious apple

Mirabelle plum

Orange blossom

Heart Notes

Lily of the valley

Vanilla orchid

Casablanca lily

White rose

Base Notes

Musk

Sandalwood

Teakwood

Ratings

Scent

6.7135 Ratings

Longevity

6.4103 Ratings

Sillage

5.896 Ratings

Bottle

7.0102 Ratings

Value for money

7.727 Ratings

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Reviews

13 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/25/2013

4Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Flavorite
240 Reviews

Flavorite

Helpful Review 4

The Kind of Apples used to Make iPhones

I never seem to learn with this line! I keep thinking that the next version is going to smell like real apples and other organic biological entities. Especially every Autumn with the rich abundant harvest all around me, tables at the market laden with at least 10 different varieties of juicy, crunchy, sweet, tart, yellow, red, green and everything in between. Fruit flies are freaking out, people who don't normally bake are dreaming of hot molten apple pie slathered with yummy vanilla bean ice cream. Cider is being fresh pressed by the road side (suspicious, but we're throwing caution to the Fall wind, like fiery orange maple leaves floating off the trees!). As I contemplate apple picking and children are riding through corn mazes on the back of tractors while collecting pumpkins and I just want to be apart of it! So what better way to get into the season than to find a juicy succulent full-bodied Apple fragrance to layer with my Gingery witches brew by Serge Lutens "Five O'clock aux Gingembre"? Any apple with a good distinctive true scent that is not cloying will do, I'm no snob and though I tend towards niche...I can't wait around for another 2 months until my winter fragrance budget materializes."Ain't nobody got time for that!"...it will be time for Marzipan and Sugar Cookie Scents soon enough. So I tried the Golden Delicious, Delicious Rio, Delicious London, Delicious Paris and Delicious NYC. Ugh! I love the concept, I like the bottle design, but these are all based on such a synthetic loud smelling linear apple accord. Golden has a touch of aquatic underneath, another problem for me- it's out of synch in this composition and season. Each of the other iterations goes slightly into different base notes...but there is only one version of the apple note, apparently and it last and last in such an obnoxious cloud that I had to immediately leave my shopping spree and wash myself and hand wash my silk blouse as well(now, you know that's a bad omen). "Enchanted Apple by Victoria's Secret" is about the same quality at a 1/5 the price. And anyway, there's an awesome little sweet toffee apple fragrance called "Nina L'Elixir" by Nina Ricci and a delightful not-so-sweet niche apple, tulip, tobacco and leather affair called L'Artisan Parfumeur Traversee Du Bosphore by L'Artisan- same price range, FYI. I'd check these along side Golden Delicious, before choosing this one because...to be honest, Golden Delicious smells like plastic computer parts sprayed with apple scented air freshener by glade, IMHO. Yep, I said it.

07/22/2012

8Scent 7.5Longevity 5Sillage

Missk
1357 Reviews

Missk

1

My favourite apple scent

This is in my book, apple perfection. The original DKNY Be Delicious, was for me, too sharp and green and the Red Delicious, while I loved it, turned all berry jam and shampoo on my skin. DKNY Golden Delicious is different, it's more believable, a much less synthetic interpretation of a crisp apple.

The apple note smells like the real thing. A yellow apple picked straight from the tree. Juicy, crisp and refreshing. Floral notes have been intermixed into this composition, with orange blossom, lily of the valley and rose creating a soft and clean finish.

I can easily wear this fragrance and not feel nauseated. I don't usually wear fruity scents, so for me to like DKNY Golden Delicious is a huge thing. It has a slight pear accord as well, that makes me adore this fragrance even more.

This is not necessarily a teen fragrance, I find elements of it somewhat mature, and I mean that in a good way. It would wear well all year 'round, perhaps even being versatile enough to be worn formally. It's wonderfully inoffensive and incredibly lasting on the skin. Really, what more could you want?

03/02/2022

Olablanc
11 Reviews

Olablanc

1

Classy and fresh

I love this perfume! It used to be my signature because it was so classy, pleasant and fresh I could wear it anywhere anytime. I don't seem to get tired of it and since nobody I know has used it and I have never smelled it on anyone before - perfect. I haven't smelled a perfume quite like it before, it's also my favorite out of the DKNY apple perfumes or any apple perfumes to be honest. I have almost finished the bottle I got left and it's hard to find it anywhere to buy more since it's been discontinued I guess. I have seen many reviews of it not being special and smelling like shampoo but I don't know I kinda like to smell like I'm fresh outta shower! It lasts all day without being too strong and overpowering and I have gotten many compliments! Doesn't cause me migraines which is a huge plus.

05/28/2015

8Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Elendis
22 Reviews

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Elendis

Top Review 10

Soft and Playful Apple Tease

Often tested, long desired, finally bought!

The bottle is really pretty. I have the 30 ml version and it is a small, round delight to hold. The design with the "Big Apple" idea is charming - I loooooove apples! :) In my opinion, it's unfortunately a tiny bit impractical for spraying... but the cool design definitely makes up for it!

The scent is warm and cozy, reminding me of a late summer evening by the campfire, when the air is still heated by the sun and filled with the fragrance of blossoms and fruits. Delicious! Upon the first spray, the apple and mirabelle shout "WHOOPS, HERE I AM!!!", but they quickly fade away after about 20 minutes, giving way to the base note (I have the feeling that the heart note is simply skipped for me ._.). No matter, I love musk and teak! Once again, I am grateful that the vanilla orchid and lily of the valley hardly make an appearance on me - those who know my previous comments will understand that I find nothing in perfumes as terrible as overpowering vanilla or lily of the valley *brrrr*. The sillage is quite small, which I prefer; I don't want to walk around like a scent cloud that can be smelled from three meters away on two legs. The fragrance is very soft and not at all intrusive; I always feel like I am wrapped in a cozy cashmere blanket when I wear it. I also find it nice that it strikes a wonderful balance between youthful and mature, as it is somewhat sweeter but not too sweet - very important for me! It lasts about 3-4 hours, after which you need to reapply.

All in all, a really nice scent for summer evenings :3 The only thing I would have wished for is that the Golden Delicious apple comes through more - as I said, I love apples! Other than that, it is a really lovely overall package :)

For those who belong to the sweeter faction, I warmly recommend this soft and playful perfume! :)

11/23/2011

5Scent 2.5Longevity

Rebelle
6 Reviews

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Rebelle

Very helpful Review 13

Relic from the Pre-Parfumo Era

Yes, dear people, there was a time - not too long ago - when there was no Parfumo for me. A terrible thought, I know. Some of you may not even remember your own gray past. A time when a perfumery offered so many options that one wondered: “Oh my God, where should I even start testing?”. So, one took the most beautiful bottle in hand, sprayed it, and was greeted by a horror in pink or other dreadful ideas. Help. So, there wasn’t much choice but to ask the nice perfume saleswoman for advice, who was able to divert one from these atrocities and present an acceptable scent.

Now, I will conclude my time travel and return to the essence: Golden Delicious by DKNY. Well, you can almost imagine it - a helpful perfume saleswoman recommended this scent to me when I asked her for an autumn fragrance during my pre-Parfumo time. Admittedly, it wasn’t the most original idea. However, I would also like to emphasize that it wasn’t the worst either. Sure, this scent is not a masterpiece of perfumery art. Still, it doesn’t seem as disturbing to me as it is sometimes portrayed here. It’s just a nice scent that will hardly cause headaches or nausea in the average person.
After spraying, the alcohol is very strong and biting - but it dissipates quickly, and I smell a lovely, ripe Golden Delicious apple. Not a fresh, crunchy one, but one that has been stored for a while to later produce apple juice. Autumn mood indeed. It’s a sweet apple, you can tell - but not because of excessive sugar addition (thankfully, they saved on that), but simply because it is. Then everything happens very quickly: first, it becomes subtly floral. Then even more subtly floral. And then it’s already gone. No, the longevity is really not good.

Well, as a conclusion, I can say from my perspective that Golden Delicious is not a disaster (I bought it, wear it, and have not yet been legally pursued because people left the building through the window on the third floor in my presence). However, I wouldn’t buy it today. There are truly more beautiful scents out there.

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