Calvin Klein · 1994 · Alberto Morillas and Harry Fremont

CK One

Mid-range$$, 2 of 5

100 ml	$84

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.

What’s inside it

What Calvin Klein names

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

Citrus2

Herbs & lavender1

Florals2

Sweet1

Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices1

Isoeugenol

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

Not for the smell6

Alcohol Water BHT (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

Wearers say

Smells like it

For about the same

Touch for MenBurberry · Some of its own wearers say it smells like CK One

“This stuff reminds me of CK One. Exaggerated baby powder smell but for grown ups.”
Reddit comment, r/Colognes, 2023

What wearers say, set beside the price each house asks. Noses differ.

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Detour NoirAl Haramain · shares bergamot, cardamom, jasmine, violet (sweet violet) and 2 more

Club de Nuit Intense ManArmaf · shares bergamot, pineapple, jasmine, rose and 1 more

Club de Nuit SillageArmaf · shares bergamot, jasmine, violet (sweet violet), rose and 1 more