Donna Karan Gold (for women)
Designer: Donna Karan Olfactive Group: Oriental Floral
!According to Donna Karan, gold has always attracted her by its passion and power, and as a designer, she has always liked combinations of gold and black colour. She finally succeeded in creating a fragrance to reflect its warmth, power and attractiveness.
The fragrance is built of two main elements, which carry a scent of gold: lily from Casablanca and amber. Lily is intoxicating and sparkling, it attracts and seduces, while amber is warm, as a touch of gold.
This complicated and powerful, but also gentle and feminine fragrance includes the following notes: lily, amber, acacia, white cloves, gold balm, golden pollen and patchouli from East Asia.
A whole team of perfumers worked on this perfume: Yann Vasnier, Rodrigo Flores-Roux and Calice Asancheyev-Becker. The perfume was created in 2006.
The bottle with perfume water is in the photo (above), while edt bottle is translucent.
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Something about this perfume reminds me a lot of Clinique Happy. Except it is a bit warmer, which i like. The lily jasmine and cloves come out strongest. It is very smooth smelling. I could almost describe it as being creamy, but it still keeps it light and fresh with the floral notes. This perfume, to me, feels like a sweet breeze of lily, jasmine, and amber!
I am very partial to strong florals. Some may find it too strongly smelling of flowers. I could definitely see how it could give some people headaches.
I also can see why some may say it is better suited for the more mature woman, but i am 19 and i really like this fragrance!
Being young though i would probably wear it on nights out, while i think it would be nice on a more mature woman all day long... I am slightly jealous as i say that! :P
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I am very partial to strong florals. Some may find it too strongly smelling of flowers. I could definitely see how it could give some people headaches.
I also can see why some may say it is better suited for the more mature woman, but i am 19 and i really like this fragrance!
Being young though i would probably wear it on nights out, while i think it would be nice on a more mature woman all day long... I am slightly jealous as i say that! :P
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06/25/09 10:41:10
When I put this on, I instantly smelled No.2 wooden pencils. Very shocking! I expected it to be some sort of opulent floral, but all I got was wood shavings.
05/28/09 09:54:34
so utterly gorgeous - i fell in love with this fragrance immediately, and it always attracts compliments from all and sundry when I wear it. It's delicious, fresh, feminine. My favourite DK fragrance!!
05/27/09 12:40:51
I am relieved that I gave this scent a third chance after disliking it at first try. When initially sampled this I swore I smelled banana and I scrubbed.
I was so wrong ,and I had disobeyed my cardinal rule of never going by opening notes!
At my third attempt I let it go to heart and base notes and am I ever glad I did, it was lilies , lilies and more lilies and it did something that Lutens Un Lys does not do - it stayed lily and did not turn into a sweet vanilla concoction ( I love Un Lys , but I do get depressed when the lilies fade).
I was so wrong ,and I had disobeyed my cardinal rule of never going by opening notes!
At my third attempt I let it go to heart and base notes and am I ever glad I did, it was lilies , lilies and more lilies and it did something that Lutens Un Lys does not do - it stayed lily and did not turn into a sweet vanilla concoction ( I love Un Lys , but I do get depressed when the lilies fade).
05/01/09 11:01:04
It is one of the most elegant and well-balanced “golden” scents I’ve ever tried. Very gentle oriental floral. It doesn’t scream: Gold, but just means it. The white lily which I normally don’t like is quite agreeable to my taste here and amber doesn’t show off in general chorus.
It is interesting to compare relatively new “golden” scents and to detect the difference in perception. From my point of view 8 88 by Comme des Garcons is associated with strength of character and intellectual side of the capital. 1 million by Paco Rabanne reflects noveau riche features to me. Gold by Donna Karan definitely seems to be old money that makes you expect good breeding and refined manners to be attached.
It is interesting to compare relatively new “golden” scents and to detect the difference in perception. From my point of view 8 88 by Comme des Garcons is associated with strength of character and intellectual side of the capital. 1 million by Paco Rabanne reflects noveau riche features to me. Gold by Donna Karan definitely seems to be old money that makes you expect good breeding and refined manners to be attached.
04/14/09 00:25:06
Casablanca lilies.. I just adore lily, but most lily in perfumes is rather light. They don't capture the strength and sexiness of the flower like in Gold. It's am impressive blend. The lily, balsam and amber... Simple, but everything compliments and builds into something grand. It's completely elegant. Just because it's got white florals, don't count it out as being heavy. It lingers on skin, but is not overwhelming.
03/26/09 16:09:54
Many patchouli at start (adore it), wet earth, warm ditch-water of rain-forest, and then....drydown remind me Chanel 5, but not so dry, more vital and feminine.
03/08/09 00:25:59
I fell in love with it the moment i tried it - i couldn't think of any other fragrance to compare it with. It is beautiful and unique, i think i won't forget this scent ever. And i agree with some other comments here - it smells expensive, i'm wearing it only for some special occasions, when i'm fully dressed up!
However, i should mention that almost none of my friends like this perfume, they say it's too weird. Well i agree this scent won't appeal to everybody.
However, i should mention that almost none of my friends like this perfume, they say it's too weird. Well i agree this scent won't appeal to everybody.
01/23/09 11:42:54
I just bought it yesterday, and already had 2 remarks that I smell like flowers, nice, but maybe I have to spray a little bit less tomorrow!
01/21/09 11:16:11
The perfect scent for special occasions - it smells really glamorous and expensive. The combination of white flowers and intensive amber is very well balanced and the staying power is exceptional. A great signature frangrance - you cannot mistake it for any other.
12/22/08 04:33:01
Oriental with suffocating white floral overtones. Way way too much for me.
12/14/08 13:19:21
When I first encountered this scent drifting atop a magazine tear-out I was struck by how much it reminded me of Chanel No. 22 -- a plush, spicy, floral. Subsequent testings of Gold have obliterated the No. 22 references to a certain extent, but what I initially found so exciting and alluring is really just a competent floriental, neither ordinary enough to completely overlook, nor extraordinary enough to lust after.
11/23/08 12:13:15
Very Lily.Very cloying.At first - a big flowerbed of floxes.Lily doesn`t come to mind right away... but then it dominates, and quite agressively too.Gave me a headache.After a while became very similar to Eau de Lalique, only heavier.
Unlike in Lalique, there`s no freshness, no breeze from the lake and the amber does not make it any easier on the nose.
Unlike in Lalique, there`s no freshness, no breeze from the lake and the amber does not make it any easier on the nose.
11/23/08 10:32:40
It's a cool, elegant and long lasting fragrance. It is perfect for going to cinema or theatre, and wedding party.
10/16/08 11:38:39
It reminds me of Pur desir de Lys of Yves Rocher. It's just a bit darker and not that one-sided.
04/01/08 12:37:18
It is truly a scent of a woman going for a glamorous glittery event, somehow it evokes gold, therefore the name is very apt. It would suit a rather self-confident mature, not necessarily older woman. I can smell green plants, strong iris tones and flowers from swampy areas. An interesting scent but it doesn't match anyone.
03/21/08 16:41:37
Remind me of L'instant by Guerlain, but less sickening.
Suitable for mature women at gala dinner. It bring the aura of independent succesfull woman.
Suitable for mature women at gala dinner. It bring the aura of independent succesfull woman.
01/18/08 01:15:02
This is a very beautiful perfume with to dominants: lily and amber. It is heady, intensive, very rich, out of modern trends...
I smell white lily with greenness in the very heart, with gold amber, which is so intensive especially after three-four hours.
I smell white lily with greenness in the very heart, with gold amber, which is so intensive especially after three-four hours.
01/05/08 16:12:46
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