cK be (1996)
by Calvin Klein

It is a nice clean scent. Reminds me of cotton. I'd consider it a night fragrance, something best meant for clubbing or bar hopping. I've never completely fallen for this one, finding it a fragrance for the right time or place, and not for everyday use.

30th January, 2012.

nice clean scent! not the best with projection....longevity is moderate ( 6-7 hours)! Just something to wear around the house or to get some coffee around the corner! Then again it will do well with watching a movie with the honey (at home or the theatre) The only unisex fragrance in my collection since i think it's more to the male side while ck one is more to the female side!
P.S. Nobody should pay full price for this since it's been in the bargain bins for years!

It gives me whiffs of lavender and a lasting musk which i like.

12nd December, 2011.

There is something incredibly relaxing and calm about this fragrance. It is comfortable and light while maintaining a certain presence that is both charming and ideal.

Unisex it certainly is. While the opening is rather masculine, and in some ways similar to Bvlgari Black, the drydown is quite floral and clean, but not at all feminine. CK Be is somewhere in between, something that would smell sexy on a man and pretty on a woman.

CK Be is mysterious but certainly not dark. There's an element of cheerfulness behind this fragrance and it is quite refreshing.

I sense a subtle rubbery note intermixed into the notes which gives this fragrance that little something. The rubber combined with smokey woods and sweet floral notes really makes this fragrance worthwhile.

The lasting power is quite good and the price is fantastic for such a quality scent. I recommend for both sexes.

5th June, 2011.

Calvin Klein's fragrances catch more than their fair share of critical flak for being too synthetic, too trite, too weak, and all kinds of other complaints. But one thing has always bothered me about these scents and the reactions toward them - even in the worst cases, any given scent from the line is 'almost' good, usually a sound (if safe) idea marred by one or two critical shortcomings. Ck Be smells good. Really good, in fact. If you've ever tried the men's version of Jovan's White Musk, this is the concentree. But in light of (and paradoxical toward) this assessment, it has absolutely no lasting power. Even on fabric the magic has come and gone before you know it. This is truly a shame, as I feel this, while still a moderate commercial success, could have been a real word-of-mouth contender and a sound addition to most collections. As it stands, Ck Be joins the ranks of other flash-in-the-pan beauties like Corduroy, Dirty English, and Calvin Klein's own Obsession Night. If I had disposable millions I would donate some to their R&D department just to prevent another 'Free' from further damaging their already tenuous reputation.

13rd April, 2011.

This smelled great on a tester and continued to smell great on the tester. This smelled terrible on me and continues to smell terrible on me. I tend to like CK so I tried it fast, but found I couldn't get it off of me fast ENOUGH!Started as a pretty good balanced Floral/ Musk, Immediatly dried down to a woody/ musk and stayed there for the remainder of 3hrs. It smells like cardboard on me. I liked Excape much better!

5th April, 2011.

This review is to talk about all of the Calvin Klein classics (one / be /obession / escape / eternity etc. etc.). A bunch of them were ok, a few of them even good, but a lot of them were just perfumed water for ironing with the CK monogram on the bottle. The problem, thou, it's not with the perfumes themselves but instead with the fact that in a certain period almost everybody was wearing a CK creation. I can say I never tried one of these scent personally but instead I passively suffered them all. I started to develope an allergy and grew it in the years. What I can say for sure is, sooo bad for me, they had an incredible commercial feedback. I will survive!

4th April, 2011.