Spritz the spirit of NYC

If you’re looking for a fragrance full of fizz and energy then DKNY’s Women Limited Edition is as fresh and exhilarating as the city itself.  Sparkling notes of grapefruit and juicy pear delivers a fruity burst along with the elegant bouquet of white magnolia and water lily. Young and flirtatious, spritz with summer abandonment and reach for, if not the stars, then the skyscrapers.

DKNY Women Limited Edition, £38 is available exclusively at Superdrug and online from this month.

A bite of the DKNY apple

Scrolling through Instagram the other day I came across Iman’s - aka model, entrepreneur, philanthropist and of course Mrs Bowie, snow covered roof top at her Manhattan apartment. It had a row of planters and I thought how amazing it would be to sit up there in the summer enjoying that elite space right in the middle of Downtown. So it was life imitating if not art, then a social snap when the new Be Delicious City Blossom fragrance collection from DKNY landed on my desk with the inspiration being urban rooftop gardens.

The scented trio includes Rooftop Peony with top notes of mandarin, bergamot and cassis, Urban Violet with blackberry, raspberry and Empire Apple that features the classic Be Delicious fragrance of American Apple extract. The difference being it's bottled in collectable limited edition botanical inspired packaging. Whichever one you go for, each fragrance conjurers up an olfactory escapism from the hustle and bustle of modern city life to the bloom filled roof top terrace you dream of one day relaxing in. You could always make Iman your new BFF (best fragrant friend!)

DKNY Be Delicious Limited Edition City Blossom costs £37.

Available nationwide this month.   

Where scent meets art

THE BE DELICIOUS KEITH HARING COLLECTION

When art meets fragrance (or Donna meets Keith)  what do you get? DKNY’s new limited edition Be Delicious Keith Haring Collection. This really is a fabulous collaboration where two New York brands have collided to celebrate this pool of high energy, all-happening city.

DKNY ART WOMAN AND MEN

Keith Haring, although born in Pennsylvania, was inspired by New York street culture and graffiti artists when he moved to the big apple in the eighties.  Haring’s influencers were Dr Seuss and Walt Disney, and you can see he took up on their simplistic cartoonic qualities, but put a fresh spin on his own designs, making them fresher and edgier. But why the collaboration? Donna Karan has said that she admired the artist upon first seeing his works appear in a metro station in New York, and could relate to not only the visuals but his messages via his art. Haring’s designs communicated birth, death, sex and war messages that clearly portrayed an urban, youthful and original spirit.

Sadly, Haring died at just 31 in 1990, but his art is just as relevant and socially conscious today. Be Delicious. Be Artsy!

The DKNY Art Woman and Men launches today at £34.

The DKNY trilogy of Be Delicious Art Collection of Fresh Blossom, Golden Delicious and Be Delicious launch in April priced at £36.

DKNY's scents of purpose

DKNY are putting the TLC into their new fragrance collection. Simply called pureDKNY they aim to raise awareness of global poverty through its partnership with CARE’s Access Africa programme.

Their very essence is feel-good and do-good. Pure and simple in their delivery, a drop of Vanilla celebrates that moment of peace once you have escaped from everyday worries – your growing to-do list is spritzed away! A drop of Verbena, although a herb, fizzes with a lemon like quality, helping to strengthen your inner resolve, ready to face the world. The bottle is inspired by a raindrop and all packaging is 100 percent recyclable. This is one beautiful fragrance buy.

The pureDKNY collection is available nationwide from £37 for 30ml