Reviews of Crave (2002)
by Calvin Klein

I really love this one, I get lots of compliments about this scent when I wear it. It reminds me of my holiday in Spain.
It's still fully available here in the Netherlands by the way. I asked today at the perfumestore and bought a spare bottle to be sure anyway.

Fresh,sensual, but not spectacular.Anyway it is good for clubbin' during the summer.

A fragrance for young men should have a synthetic undertone, like ozone, electrifying. I was looking for a light scent for daytime / summer / after sports. Since I had CK Obsession for nighttime I tried Crave and liked it a lot. Not instantly, but after a few days. I am twice the age of the target group.
I could be mistaking, but for me it's a follow up after 'Monsieur Lanvin' and 'Agua de Gio'.

had no idea it was targeted for the younger genreation, i'm in my 30s so no big deal, but this took a while to grown on me and i have to say it's okay, i like it and would wear it, love all the components that make up this scent, they mesh well together.

Ah, the complexities of the post-post modern age, when you read a John Donne sonnett one moment and watch Spongebob in the next, and your bathroom shelfspace is shared peacefully, like lion and sheep in paradise, by a bottle of Creed Orange spice and Calvin Klein's Crave.
There are plenty of reasons for hating this fragrance as a cheap, synthetic, imitative hodgepodge lacking both substance and style. But if it were only that, should it not have been a huge success in today's perfume market? So why not read this against the grain and take it as a courageous artistic statement of early 21st century popculture. Starting with the plastic bottle that won't stand up. And from there, on to a non-apologetic tutti-fruitness-greeness with unabashed synthetic undertones, developing into brash metrosexual sweetness (forget the icon on the bottle, this is by no means masculine). It does what it does in an overblown matter, evidently too much so even for the 'undiscerning consumer' of this type of scent. Too bad, every technoclub from Manchester to Agia Napa should be reeking of this stuff. It makes me feel 23 and I'm way beyond that age bracket. Thumbs up for this heroic failure.

I really do love classic (and elaborated) scents and everything indicated that I would hate this fragrance, but... I LIKE IT! Crave is a nice fresh scent, It's in the same line of Azzaro Chrome, Davidoff Echo and CK One. It means It's a casual, safe and relaxing fragrance, made to be worn in those sunny hot days. Although It's fresh, I really notice a sweet accord surrounding the entire scent, maybe It's the tonka or the nutmeg, but I know for sure that It keeps me smelling my wrists all the time!

the top note is quite sweet, smells young and casual. Perfect for the target market. (15~25)

Funky bottle and thats about it. the green notes get up your nose its too sweet for a mans fragrance.

I just bought Crave yesterday and have already received many compliments on my new scent!! I think women really love the fresh/ clean smell! Calvin is so in tune with what is sexy!!