Calvin Klein will launch Secret Obsession, a new fragrance for women fronted by Eva Mendes, this coming September.
The Secret Obsession fragrance is a floriental with no relationship to the original Calvin Klein Obsession scent other than the name and the steamy advertising (the television spot has apparently been nixed by network censors). According to a Coty representative…
The summer limited editions are starting to appear in force. Here are a few scents you can look forward to using (or not) in the heat of August:
First up, CK One Summer 2008 from Calvin Klein, a unisex fragrance developed by perfumer Harry Fremont and featuring notes of watermelon, watermint, hedione, cucumber, cardamom, moss, blonde woods and musk…
Calvin Klein will launch Euphoria Men Intense, a followup to 2006’s Euphoria Men fragrance, in early 2008.
The new scent includes notes of ginger pepper, hydroponic sage, oudh wood, vetiver, amber, myrrh and labdanum. The oriental amber is said to be richer and sweeter than the original Euphoria Men…
GQ has teamed up with Calvin Klein Fragrances to launch their newest fragrance, Calvin Klein MAN with a nationwide search. Five men will be chosen that best epitomize the Calvin Klein MAN: Sexy, Stylish, Sophisticated, Socially Aware and Smart. This first-ever nationwide search will be conducted in department stores nationwide and on-line. The five lucky winners will have their stories and photographs featured within a 2008 issue of GQ.
— You can apply at gqconnects; applicants will be accepted through 11/30. (via prnewswire)
Eternity and Obsession (in men’s and women’s versions), Escape (for women) and cK One are the six Calvin Klein fragrances I like. The Eternity, Obsession and cK One scents are all so “instantly recognizable” (and commercially successful) that I find them ‘difficult’ to wear.
Perfume People are an annoying bunch. We like fragrances with individuality, originality, and we like to smell different from the “masses.” We are drawn to exclusive scents. Any perfume that’s wildly popular, even if we like it, even if it stands out from the perfume pack, often does not get bought and worn by Perfume People because “Everybody’s wearing it!” I love Christian Dior Fahrenheit, but I rarely wear it because on the days I do, I am stopped in elevators, in line at the coffee shop, by the postman, and told: “You are wearing Fahrenheit.” Yes, I am — now leave me and Fahrenheit alone! I hate my perfume snobbery but can’t seem to overcome it…