Calvin Klein · 1996

CK Be

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Toilette

Bergamot, juniper, mint and lavender over magnolia, white peach and light spice, settling onto soft opoponax resin, tonka and musk.

Calvin Klein says

You’ll smell bergamot, juniper berry, mandarin, mint, lavender, light spices, magnolia, white peach, opoponax and tonka bean.

More from Calvin Klein’s description

It also mentions Tonic musk.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

CK Be’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, juniper, mandarin, mint, lavender, light spices drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

CK Be, top notes: Bergamot, Juniper, Mandarin, Mint, Lavender

Heartas it settles

CK Be, heart: Light spices, Magnolia, Peach

Dry-downwhat stays

CK Be, dry-down: Opoponax, Tonka (coumarin), Tonic musk

What’s inside it

What the label names

9 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 sweet

6 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBHT (keeps it fresh)Acrylates/octylacrylamide copolymer, not in Ingredients yetHydrolyzed jojoba esters, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Hawas ElixirRasasi · shares bergamot, mint, lavender, tonka and 1 more
Odyssey MegaArmaf · shares bergamot, juniper, mint, tonka and 1 more$45 for 100 ml
No1 FeminineClive Christian · shares bergamot, mandarin, peach, tonka and 1 moreabout $858 for 50 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.