cassis

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Packaged in DKNY's iconic silver-topped bottle, this floral-fruity scent is a blend of grapefruit, cassis, apricot, muguet, petal rose, jasmine, and blonde woods.

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  • Slightly all over the place with banana peel, cassis, dusty oak and a little gluey note. —  Shiraz
  • It has complex aromas of black fruits, cassis, sage, violets, roasted meat and the palate is elegant and powerful, with well-integrated oak and supple well structured tannins which beautifully support the succulent fruit on the palate.
  • Sweet liquorice, cassis, cherry confit and dusty minerals. —  Decanter News
  • Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of mulberry and cassis - dark and inviting. —  Vinography: A Wine Blog
  • Primary flavors of cassis, blackberry and black plum fruit dominate, and the wine feels long, linear and smooth going down. —  Vinography: A Wine Blog
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  1. French, from Latin cassia, a kind of plant; see cassia.
 

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