Calvin Klein · 1994 · Alberto Morillas and Harry Fremont

CK One

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Toilette

Bright bergamot, cardamom and pineapple over jasmine, violet and rose with green tea, drying down to clean musk and amber.

Calvin Klein says

You’ll smell bergamot, cardamom, pineapple, papaya, jasmine, violet, rose, nutmeg, musk and amber.

More from Calvin Klein’s description

It also mentions Green tea.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

CK One’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, cardamom, pineapple, jasmine, violet, rose drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

CK One, top notes: Bergamot, Cardamom, Pineapple, Papaya

Heartas it settles

CK One, heart: Jasmine, Violet, Rose, Nutmeg

Dry-downwhat stays

CK One, dry-down: Musk, Amber, Tea, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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 & lavender2 florals1 sweet1 spices

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

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterBHT (keeps it fresh)Tetrasodium edta, not in Ingredients yetAcrylates/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

Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares bergamot, cardamom, jasmine, violet (sweet violet) and 2 more$66.67 for 100 ml
Club de Nuit Intense ManArmaf · shares bergamot, pineapple, jasmine, rose and 1 more$50 for 105 ml · about half of CK One’s $84
Aventus for HerCreed · shares bergamot, pineapple, violet (sweet violet), rose and 1 more$460 for 75 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.