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It’s really very subjective to review a perfume as each person’s preference will differ from the next so all I’m going to do is talk about this particular perfume from my point of view.

I picked up DKNY’s Be Delicious eau de parfum at the Estee Lauder Staff Sales in July. At first I was a bit hesitant to buy it; not because I didn’t like the fragrance, but because the box and bottle appearance was different from what I remembered. As it turns out, this was a limited edition bottle design but the fragrance contents were the same. Keeping the same shape as the normal Be Delicious perfume, the only difference is that the lower glass half of the sphere is “wrapped” in designer art. My only gripe about this is that due to the limited edition art, I can’t see how much (or how little) of the perfume is left in the bottle.

As for the fragrance, it is refreshingly light and decidedly fruity, so if you don’t fancy smelling like fresh fruits I wouldn’t suggest that you pick this perfume. I was first attracted to this scent in a shopping mall because it smelled like apples! I have a decidedly low tolerance for strong/heavy scents so this is light enough for me. A single spritz of Be Delicious and I can smell it (for a minimum of 8 hours) all day long! I’m not too sure if others can smell it, but hey, perfume is a personal thing in my humble opinion. So for a light user like me, perfumes are very cost saving because they can last almost forever.

I would like very much to find a signature fragrance that represents “me” and for me, as nice as it is, Be Delicious is not IT for me. It is a nice weekend or pick-me-up fragrance though.

Recommended retail price : MYR 220.00

Read other blogger reviews on DKNY Be Delicious :
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Note: This post is back-dated to 23 August 2008.

When I’d first heard of this warehouse sales, my first thought was that of dismay as it was a 1 day only sale. I had a scheduling conflict in terms of an exam scheduled for that very day at 10:00am, which happened to be the time that the warehouse sales began. I figured that all the good stuff would be snapped up before I could even possibly hope to get there. Luckily, I was proven wrong.

After insanely rushing through my exam in record time (I wonder what the results will be like?) I drove over to the Parkroyal Hotel, which was where the warehouse sales was being held. Saw a number of people evidently leaving the sales with plastic bags of stuff, and my heart sank. The lack of any queue as I headed up to the first floor was even more discouraging! Apparently the organizers only opened the doors every 20 – 30 minutes or so, and I arrived with perfect timing to get in without even having to wait. Yay!

My colleague was a bit disappointed because she’d asked me to get her Ralph Lauren Romance perfume, but there was only Ralph Lauren Rocks available then. The Biotherm stocks rapidly dwindled too, but there was plenty of Lancome skincare around. Pity that my favorite Lancome mascara was not available in black, but only in odd party/funky colors. Still, I got my hands on some Lancome lipsticks and grabbed a couple of Lancome skincare items for mom and myself, plus a Biotherm moisturiser.

It was a far better set-up than the previous warehouse sale I’d attended just a week earlier and I was pretty happy with what I got. Definitely one of the warehouse sales to put on my list for next time!

I’m such a sucker for sales, especially warehouse sales. Haha. So when I heard about this warehouse sale of branded fragrances and cosmetics happening in the area near my office, of course I had to go and check it out. No pictures of the sale though, as I didn’t bring my camera along.

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Like the flyer says, brands on sale are : Givenchy, Ferrari, Paul & Joe, Esprit, Loewe, David Beckham, MNG, Versace and others. I targeted to check out Givenchy and Paul & Joe as I wasn’t too interested in the other brands.

Even though I was there at 12.00pm on the first day of the sales, already some brands had sold out. Givenchy makeup was available in limited quantity only, as was Paul & Joe and some of the better shades available were finished. The more well known brands of perfume were selling out fast but there was still ample stock of lesser known branded perfumes (I can’t remember any of the names, that’s how unknown some of the brands were).

I was there only out of curiousity but I still ended up getting something anyway. Here’s a shot of my stash below – I Loewe You perfume (50ml) and Paul & Joe eyeshadow in a pale nude-y pink (09).

I’ve been to other warehouse sales held at Corus Hotel before and I have to comment that the organizers could have put more thought into the whole setup. Firstly, instead of having the entrance immediately as you come up the stairs, they made that the exit instead. Inside the ballroom, the setup was very spacious and quite well segregated. I would like to suggest that the organizers make coffee beans available as after less than 5 minutes in the area, I couldn’t really tell the difference between perfumes – they all smelled the same! However, the cashier queue area sucked. There were three cashiers but the processing took too much time and the queue snaked its way into the browsing area. It is not very fun to try to see what products are available because the payment queue is blocking your path.

If you don’t mind the selection of brands available, this is a good sale as far as the price goes. But if you’re picky about the brands you use, you may as well skip the sale and save your time.