Donna Karan Black Cashmere, released in 2002, is discontinued and no longer in production. The closest scent matches you can still buy are below.
Donna Karan Black Cashmere: fresh spicy, woody and warm spicy, about 7h on skin, projection 7/10, sillage 6/10. The alternatives below are matched to that profile.
The five closest scent matches — the closest replacements for Donna Karan Black Cashmere we found, ranked by opening & dry-down similarity, with the ones still in production first:
Revisits the dense, woody core of Donna Karan Black Cashmere, highlighting deep, earthy notes with a similar resinous warmth.
It shares its woody, warm spicy and fresh spicy accords with Donna Karan Black Cashmere, lasts about 5h against 7h and carries 175 community ratings.
Shares the warm, spicy, and amber-heavy qualities found in Donna Karan Black Cashmere, wrapping the skin in a cozy blanket of resins and spices.
It shares its amber and warm spicy accords with Donna Karan Black Cashmere, lasts about 6h against 7h and carries 527 community ratings.
Captures the elusive spicy and woody nuances reminiscent of Donna Karan Black Cashmere, delivering an intimate and textured dry-down.
It shares its warm spicy, woody and amber accords with Donna Karan Black Cashmere, lasts about 5h against 7h and carries 117 community ratings.
Presents a similar balsamic and warm spicy structure to Donna Karan Black Cashmere, leaning into a familiar meditative resinous aura.
It shares its woody and warm spicy accords with Donna Karan Black Cashmere, lasts about 7h against 7h and carries 161 community ratings.
Evokes the resinous, woody, and spicy character of Donna Karan Black Cashmere, offering a similar dry-down centered around rich woods and aromatic resins.
It shares its woody, fresh spicy and amber accords with Donna Karan Black Cashmere, lasts about 6h against 7h and carries 2,726 community ratings. It is listed as discontinued, so availability varies.
Michal Szulc Sale Perfume 01, at about $35 for 100 ml (estimate) — around 20% less than Donna Karan Black Cashmere.
Donna Karan Chaos, at about 7h on skin, against about 7h for Donna Karan Black Cashmere.
Donna Karan Essence Wenge, at 88% overall scent match across the opening and the dry-down.
At 4 sprays a day — about 146 ml a year — Donna Karan Essence Wenge works out about the same as Donna Karan Black Cashmere over a year. Both priced at 100 ml; prices are estimates.
Across 2,358 originals, the median designer bottle is $120 and its closest match $30 — the Dupe Report 2026.
On an 8-hour day, none of the 5 last a full 8 hours. Donna Karan Chaos comes closest at 6.6h, so it needs one re-spray to cover the day.
Donna Karan Black Cashmere notes, performance and price
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Updated 2026-09-01.