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BirchEnergizing
Six materials make up Donna Karan Energizing Eau de Parfum and that is the whole of it. It is a short composition and reads like one, which is worth knowing before you buy because there is no long development to wait for.
Vodka and violet leaf open it, and the pairing sets the tone. Vodka is cold, clear and faintly sharp rather than alcoholic, and violet leaf is the crushed green leaf smell, watery and stalky, with a cool bitterness to it. Nothing in the first few minutes is sweet, and nothing softens the edges either.
Lotus, daffodil and orchid make the middle. Lotus is a clean, pale, slightly watery flower, daffodil keeps a green sap running underneath, and orchid adds a quiet creaminess that is the nearest this gets to being soft. Birch alone closes it, dry and a little sharp, which means the finish stays as pale as the opening rather than warming up. What you smell in the first ten minutes is broadly what you get for the rest of the wear. Some people much prefer that, because there is nothing to manage and nothing that turns unexpectedly in the afternoon. Others will find it plain. As an eau de parfum it has enough oil to hold the delicate green materials in place for several hours, sitting close rather than projecting hard. It is a warm weather and daytime fragrance, and it reads clean rather than perfumed, which makes it an easy office wear.
Behind the name is a New York house founded in 1984 by Donna Karan, previously of Anne Klein, known for mixing soft fabrics in neutral tones and for the bodysuit. DKNY was added as a less expensive second line, and the perfume is licensed out.
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