Calvin Klein · 2005 · Dominique Ropion

Euphoria

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

The houseFor women

VersionEau de Parfum

Pomegranate and persimmon with green freshness over lotus, champaca and black orchid, drying to creamy amber, violet and wood.

Calvin Klein says

You’ll smell pomegranate, persimmon, lush green, lotus blossom, champaca flower, black orchid, liquid amber, black violet, cream and mahogany.

More from Calvin Klein’s description

It also mentions Exotic fruits, Seductive florals and A rich, creamy signature.

The house’s page

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Euphoria’s scent picture, a draft: pomegranate, persimmon, lotus, champaca flower, orchid, amber drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Euphoria, top notes: Pomegranate, Persimmon, Lush green, Citral (lemon)

Heartas it settles

Euphoria, heart: Lotus, Champaca flower, Orchid, Isoeugenol (clove)

Dry-downwhat stays

Euphoria, dry-down: Amber, Violet, Milk, Mahogany, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

11 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 sweet1 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell15

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoateAvobenzone (a UV filter)Octinoxate (a UV filter)Octisalate (a UV filter)Ci 60730Ci 61570Ci 17200Ci 19140Acrylates/octylacrylamide copolymer, not in Ingredients yetHydrolyzed jojoba esters, not in Ingredients yetPropylene glycol, not in Ingredients yetTetrasodium edta, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Bright CrystalVersace · shares pomegranate, lotus and mahogany$138 for 90 ml · about the same as Euphoria’s $123
Bright Crystal AbsoluVersace · shares pomegranate, lotus and mahogany$158 for 90 ml
Reaction For HerKenneth Cole · shares orchid and violet (sweet violet)
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.