Flowers, fruits remain the favorite notes in new fragrances

For long-lasting effect layer a fragrance over all your body, from the feet to the shoulders.

By Samantha Critchell ~ The Associated Press

NEW YORK -- The newest crop of fragrances focuses on flowery notes, ranging from the ever popular jasmine to rare orchids, and fruit smells, including grapefruit and apple.

But if you're hungry for a change, Carolina Herrera's 212 Sexy has a cotton candy note and DKNY's Be Delicious has a touch of cucumber essence. Max Mara does the the sweet-and-spicy thing -- with hints of ginger and sugar-cane.

Prada Fragrance comes in a box adorned with the company's fabric fashion label and YSL's Cinema mimics an Oscar with its shapely gold flacon.

Here's a sampling of the fall fragrances:

Blush by Marc Jacobs reinterprets the scent of jasmine by using a rare form of the flower called star jasmine. Jacobs says he was inspired by a flower in his Paris garden.

Prada Fragrance is an amber fragrance with four different "dimensions." "Pure" is represented by sandalwood, "Addictive" is embodiedin patchouli, "Precious" is labdanum resin (a warm scent from cistus species plants from the Mediterranean) and "Profound" is benzoin (a tree resin with a vanillalike scent).

DKNY's Be Delicious is an apple-infused floral fragrance that, like all Donna Karan products, aims to celebrate New York City. The scent mixes cucumber, grapefruit, magnolia, tuberose, white muguet (what the French call lily of the valley), rose and violet, with a base of blonde woods and white amber.

Cinema comes in a sculpted metal flacon with a subtle pattern of letters -- almost like a code -- that spells out Yves Saint Laurent. The fragrance inside is dominated by almond tree blossom, amaryllis and amber.

Max Mara made its reputation in fashion with a style described as "practical glamour." It looks to do the same with its first fragrance, which opens with the scents of ginger, sap and lemon, has a heart of orchid, white lily and magnolia, and a base of musk, exotic woods and sugar cane.

Christian Dior Parfums introduces Pure Poison, an updated version of its classic white-flower scent. The top notes include orange and bergamot, middle notes of orange flower, jasmine and gardenia and a base of sandalwood, white amber and musk.

Oscar de la Renta's Rosamor is a blend of Spanish words that mean rose and love. It has a mix of florals and fruits, a heart of ylang ylang flowers and a base that includes vanilla.

Carolina Herrera's 212 Sexy boasts cotton candy as the "fun" element of the perfume's heart. The top of the fragrance is mandarin, bergamot and rose pepper, and the base is sandalwood, white musk and vanilla.

Lulu Guinness put a romantic, floral perfume into a smaller version of her signature fan-shaped clutch purses decorated with pearls. The quirky accessories designer calls it Put On Your Pearls Girls perfume.

GF Ferre Lei falls into the olfactive family of "floral fruity." It includes magnolia and lily of the valley, and amyris and cedarwood. A complementary men's scent, GF Ferre Lui, is categorized as a "woody spicy aromatic," with a base that include coriander, nutmeg and heliotrope.

Pur Jil Sander touts itself as a "scent for everyday," with its blend of jasmine, cyclamen, green sap, white musk and ambrette seed.

Paco Rabanne Pour Elle is a sensual floral, with top notes of white pepper, mandarin and white freesia; middle notes of jasmine, absolute rose, and karo karounde; and base notes of amber, peach and massoia wood.

Celine Dion Parfum Notes, with a heart of orchid, mimosa, heliotrope and peony, is a more romantic, floral version of the singer's first perfume.

Sarawak is a limited edition fragrance from Crabtree & Evelyn with the scents of grapefruit, lime and green bamboo blended with rice flower, grounding ginger and ginseng.

Jo Malone's Living Colognes, available in basil-verbena and grapefruit-rosemary combinations, can either be worn on the skin or sprayed in the air to scent the home.

For men, woody scents dominate the choices but there are some florals, too, including rose and muguet:

Burberry Brit for Men is a woody fragrance with a top-note combination of green mandarin and bergamot, together with ginger and cardamom. The heart features rose, nutmeg and cedarwood with a base of oriental woods, gray musk and tonka bean.

Kenzo Air is supposed to have a slight sense of familiarity -- as though it's arousing memories from childhood. The scent is a composition of star anise, vetiver and amber woods.

Lauder Beyond Paradise Men features several accords developed as part of the Eden Project, a facility in Cornwall, England, that replicates species of plants and flowers and their native growing conditions. Some of the scents include "Eden's mist," a fresh, humid scent typically found in the air in Amazonia, West Africa and Malaysia, and "golden melaleuca bark," which is indigenous to Indonesia and has a the smell of suede.

Kenneth Cole's Reaction clothing collection is inspired by technology, music and pop culture, and the new fragrance of the same name follows that formula. The top is a note of lime and green apple, and the middle notes include muguet and watermelon. The dry down features patchouli, musk and sandalwood.

Salvatore Ferragamo's Incanto pour Homme has an Italian bent -- the notes include Sicilian bigarade (which has an orangelike scent) and Tuscan cypress. Other notes that develop the woody fragrance include bamboo leaf, cedarwood and vetiver.

Donald Trump, The Fragrance has a formula that aims to leave three impressions -- confidence, success and character. Confidence is expressed through citrus and mint notes, success with green and peppery notes, and character through exotic woody smells.

Davidoff Cool Water Deeper is a woodier version than the original Davidoff Cool Water. Cactus sap provides a subtle aquatic overtone with a heart that features clary sage and cedar needles.

Hummer gets is fresh accord through a blend of peppercorn, cardamom and green foliage notes, while its warm accord comes from the scents of leather, patchouli, amber and sandalwood.

The Art of Shaving launches the aromatherapy-based Sandalwood Eau de Toilette. The top note is eucalyptus, the heart is jasmine and fir needle, and the base is sandalwood, myrrh, patchouli and vanilla.