Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein
112 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Bitter orange and mandarin explode with an almost jarring acidity, immediately muddied by angelica's herbal, slightly green undertone. The citrus here isn't radiant—it's sharp, slightly austere, like perfume viewed through frosted glass.
Gardenia swells into the composition with waxy, almost suffocating intensity, whilst jasmine adds a spiced, slightly intoxicating dimension that feels distinctly nocturnal. Lily of the valley provides a cool, soapy contrast that prevents the florals from becoming entirely overwrought, though the arrangement remains dense and deliberately uncompromising.
Cashmere wood and sandalwood emerge with quiet authority, grounding the floral restlessness whilst tonka bean adds a subtle warmth. The fragrance settles into something warmer and more wearable, though it retains a faintly unsettling, shadowed quality throughout.
Obsession Night arrives as a deliberately darkened riff on its daytime predecessor, trading crystalline brightness for something altogether more voluptuous and shadowed. The opening assault of bergamot and mandarin orange—those cheerful citrus notes—arrives with an almost aggressive bite, undercut immediately by angelica's herbal, slightly metallic character that feels deliberately destabilising. This is no cheerful spritz; it's citrus rendered strange, almost medicinal, before the florals begin their insistent creep.
The heart reveals the fragrance's true agenda: a dense, somewhat murky floral accord where gardenia and jasmine dominate with an almost sepulchral intensity, whilst lily of the valley offers a slightly green, soap-like counterpoint that prevents the composition from becoming purely hedonistic. There's a peculiar tension here—the florals smell simultaneously lush and slightly chemical, as if viewed through a slightly smudged lens. Rose adds a peppery, slightly astringent quality that keeps the sweetness from becoming cloying, though the gardenia threatens to tip everything into opulent excess.
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