DKNY Stories 2018 Eau de Parfum

DKNY Stories (Eau de Parfum) by DKNY / Donna Karan
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DKNY Stories (Eau de Parfum) is a perfume by DKNY / Donna Karan for women and was released in 2018. The scent is sweet-floral. It is being marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Sweet
Floral
Fruity
Synthetic
Powdery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
Pink guavaPink guava Pink pepperPink pepper Black cardamomBlack cardamom
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Black irisBlack iris Jasmine sambacJasmine sambac White teaWhite tea
Base Notes Base Notes
AmbergrisAmbergris Indian sandalwoodIndian sandalwood VanillaVanilla

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6.164 Ratings
Longevity
6.353 Ratings
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6.251 Ratings
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6.866 Ratings
Value for money
6.220 Ratings
Submitted by Franfan20, last update on 08.11.2023.

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Minigolf

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Fair in dry and shrill
Colorful candy! And fruity guavas send their regards. But with pepper? And cardamom? Smell like a fair in late fall? Yes, for very young people, I'd say between 14 and 22.
Of course, older people can also wear this perfume, it's a matter of personal taste! And lots of dust-dry iris gives off its powders. Very fine powders! These create a hell of an "after-smell", then a scent in succession, similar to a mixture of hot chestnuts and roasted almonds. With quite a lot of vanilla.
Yes, the late fairground (or Christmas market ??) is very much in the air here. In dry, cold weather. A breeze of scent, like sandalwood incense sticks, then meets the nose. It then mingles with the scents of patchouli and spicy all sorts of things. A "freshly baked waffle" note also joins in.
A fragrance all sorts that may evoke memories of early youth. Not a direct "gourmand" - probably not too sweet either, but somehow also a little shrill. And slightly "abstract" ;-))
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KathrynA66

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Helpful Review 5  
A Mercurial Goldilocks
It's a bit difficult to review this perfume because, if I didn't know better, I'd swear it's tempermental and has a tendency to behave in an odd manner. On me, it is very weather sensitive and changeable, and I don't mean "changeable" as non-linear,although the fragrance is not linear.

Examples: (1) the first time I wore it, we were having cool, dry weather. Stories opened with a salty/sweet fruit accord and some spice, not too heavy or too light. It's very nice and IMO unisex. (2) In cool, humid weather, the opening is cloyingly sweet, making me feel as though I was being suffocated with cotton candy. (3) In hot, humid weather, it's very sweet, but it isn't nearly as sweet as it was in cool, humid weather, and the spice was more prevalent in the hot/humid than cool/humid. Still nice and unisex for men who like sweet scents. (4) When it was hot and dry (usually our summers are hot and very humid), I got the suffocating cotton candy cloud again. I haven't tried it in colder temperatures yet.

The drydown was nice, although nothing special, in both cool/dry and hot/humid weather and very, very sweet and vanillic in cool/humid and hot/dry weather.

So, for me, when Stories works, it works well, and when it doesn't work, it's pretty awful. I have fragrances that perform better in humid or dry weather and that perform better in heat or cold, but I've never had any fragrance that changes this much depending on the combination of temperature and humidity. Stories is like the tale of Goldilocks, everything has to be just right for her.

This isn't at all evocative of NYC for me. I'd associate it more with cities like Kansas City or San Diego, maybe LA. This doesn't really matter though, unless you want something that really is evocative of NYC.

In spite of the low price, I do not recommend blind buying, but that is based on my experience, which is, admittedly, rather strange.
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pudelbonzo

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Top Review 11  
Urban serenity
My girlfriend is from NY - and she keeps asking me to visit her, because she thinks I would fit in this city.

Everything that is colourful and shiny I would find there - and many curl shops with kitsch and frippery.
Of course, that sounds tempting.

And then there is the American serenity.

I introduced with the big apple rather hectically - but the girlfriend denied .
The American way of life is much more tranquil than the German.

And also the stories of DKNY speak a level-headed language.

The fragrance is modern, but is more for strolling than for rushing.
He's a good sport for a stroll.

The spices are separate - delicately overflowing with soothing tea.
Jasmine is gently powdered over with iris and the vanilla has a soft sweetish effect.
Sandalwood and ambergris nestle together confidentially.

The stories this fragrance tells speak of harmony and a happy ending.

Just what I want to read and smell.
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