Reviews of Crave (2002)
by Calvin Klein

Nothing special here. Just a grassy chemical smell. I'd even tried to make myself wear and find merit in this but just couldn't. Better to avoid this one!

Terrible - no complexity AND it smells bad. Truly one of the worst I have ever owned. The bottle is atrocious as well. Do not buy under any circumstance - if you are interested in this type of scent, there are surely fragrances that are similar but far superior. A disaster from CK for sure.

Like most CK perfumes, it doesn't really last long. The bottle feels and is, extreemely cheap and completely plastic. It is only good for travelling. The fragrance itself is very synthetic, fresh and modern, but to me, not at all sexy. It's no surprise it has been discontinued.

Very synthetic, very boring, very "mod" (and I don't mean in a good way). Don't waste your hard-earned money.

How in the world a company that could have produced "Calvin" and "Obsession" could have dreamt up this schlock is more than I'll ever know.

A mish-mash of fresh fruity notes which go nowhere. Extremely synthetic smelling. Although some people might say that its a decent fragrance for its target audience (males 16-25), it would be more advisable for the target audience to try other fresh offerings from houses like Bulgari, YSL, Creed or Hermes. CK disappoints again !

hahaha no wonder it has been discountued....smells terrible. if u like the gernal scent i much recommend TOMMY by Tommy Hilfiger or BVLGARI POUR HOMME by Bulgari. much much better then this.

Ok... I'm not sure what Mr. Klein was thinking when he made this ridiculous fragrance but I'd be embarrassed if I was him. For as popular as his name is, I know he could've done so much better with his imagination with both the scent and the bottle design. This stuff smells like floor cleaner, dishwashing liquid, well most household cleaners with oranges in it! Nothing original, very artificial and smell very cheap, cloying and awful. I think this is bottom-of-the-barrel CK kiddies stuff! This fragrance is bad… bad… bad… and too… too… too… orange. The worst of all CK scents! Thank it was discontinued and don't purchase the remaining bottles at stores.

A good opening: Crave is fresh and sweet and its opening notes don’t have the excess of synthetics. There are a couple of notes in top that are actually quite interesting. But then the movement to the mid notes is non-spectacular, as are the midnotes themselves: they are a glob of undifferentiated accords with a strong dose of synthetics. These mid notes are, unfortunately, typical of the Calvin Klein fragrances I’ve known all these years! The dry down is quite weak. I’ve seen light woodnotes done well in several scents but they’re not done well here. I give up! I’ll just have to face the reality that there will be no more “Obsessions” from this perfumer.

Teenage sexiness?Hm...the scent is extremely 2002, very teeny and extremely metrosexual. Immature, excessively avant-garde(but way to off-beat), and strangely it reminds me of cherries, in
various ways. Cherry syrup, cherry essence,cherry
candy- not even genuine cherry, but some cheap, watered-down synthetic substitute.Maybe its because of the tonka beans, Hugo by Hugo Boss already showed how this essence can be misused.
All the other notes, so various as they might seem, are impercetible.

Put it on and then go to a party, children`s party

another unrefined scent by CK - smells very teeny - almost childish but not innocent still.

Same old, same old. smells no different from the rest of the CK range. unaspiring and just plain bloring. no wonder they discontinued this poor effort from CK.

Pathetic, A disgusting excuse to make money.

A roommate of mine had some testers of Crave that he didn't want, so I gave it a whirl. I'll have to agree with some of the other posters that it's disgusting. It's sweet in a sickly way, with an odd combination of freshness that is saccharine and nauseating. I think it even hurts my nose. I expected better.

Though i like the packaging (PLASTIC) and the smell is nice enough, i feel it's longievtity is quite low

Calvin's worst. A complete failure. Indifferent, tasteless and very common. I couldn't beleive Calvin Klein would ever create a fragrance that is not original, but would just follow what other houses have been doing lately. Unlike all the other CK fragrances, that each one -whether I like it or not- I must admit that has its own personality and actually was leading the industry, this one is something like Clinique Happy, but much worse. OK, I understand that they aimed at young people (so, maybe from this point of view, Crave may be successfull, because no other fragrance from this brand was for them), but for me it is a huge disappointment. And I've also realised that it doesn't last.

Guys, there's nothing to crave about this scent. It's so light and airy, that is has no real distinct fragrance of its own. And even if it did, this cologne had absolutely no staying power. What is Calvin Klein thinking about these days...he's sure not thinking about creating quick classics as in past years. Save your money for something worthwhile!