Comments on: Perfume Review: Gold by Donna Karan

By: mahanta

mahanta — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:09:05 +0000

Dear Ina,
yes, Gold is lily, but….doesn’t the very first note remind you of something familiar?? Do you recall Latvia in springtime, grass full of small, yellow circles… dandelions?? Lily comes later, the first sniff is golden dandelions!!! That’s what Gold is for me – spring in Latvia.

By: Trina

Trina — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:20:32 +0000

*scratches this one off her to-try list* I got enough lily to last me for years when I accidentally spilled Un Lys all over my right hand and arm while decanting a few months ago. It lingered in my house for days, and my mind even longer :~P

Thanks for the review!

By: greeneyes

greeneyes — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 22:36:26 +0000

A champagne made of lilies? I’m sold. I can’t resist champagne as it is, and I’m obviously weak when it comes to perfume. I must smell this. Hopeless.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:20:58 +0000

Hey, a new release from a biggish house that seems to fully justify its own existence! I’m not particularly keen on lily scents, but good lord this sounds simply mouthwateringly excellent. “If there was a champagne made of lilies, that’s how it’d smell.” Oooooh. Lovely! I must get to Nordies sometime next week!

By: chaya ruchama

chaya ruchama — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:20:10 +0000

So, angel-enablers all-

Where the f–k does a poor sod go, to smell these lilies?

Ain’t no Nordie’s hereabouts…
And if parfum has cistus and more incense, somebody had better empty my drool-cup [a la Python, my pets !]…

I DO love the lilies, but they are NOT for the fainting types….
No vaporous maidens need apply !

By: Patty

Patty — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:09:16 +0000

You guys are killing my. Nordstrom’s is clear across town, and I just am annoyed enough not to drive there.

Crap.

By: Cait

Cait — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:04:47 +0000

Dear Ina,
You are so sweet about my review. I’m really glad you liked Gold as much as I did. I just can’t wait to try the pure parfum because I understand it was designed to be one of those parfums that is really a distinctly different balance.

To Y’all –
Those of you who might not prefer the edp will possibly enjoy the parfum since it sounds different with incense, more cistus and vanilla.

Have a great day!

By: violetnoir

violetnoir — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:29:02 +0000

DK has always known how to put casablanca lilies, jasmine and amber to good use. Her original perfume, was it Donna Karan New York, was a testament to those notes with that touch of cashmere and leather. I used to wear it a lot some years ago and loved it. Her Cashmere Mist, also using some of those notes, is of the highest quality.

So why am I talking so much? I need to get over to Nordstrom!

Hugs!

By: Judith

Judith — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:22:28 +0000

Oh, my. . .That sounds very intriguing. I wonder what other stores carry it (we have pretty much everything BUT Nordstrom’s here). I have to say, though, that despite my nic, the closest I have ever come to a “lily” scent that I wear a lot is Passage d’Enfer. But still, that fatal P.S. . . . ..

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:21:51 +0000

You know ironically the indolic part immediately happens at the beginning for me then it immediately starts changing. All I can say is this is a gorgeous lily.