CK One
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CK One(1994)

Calvin Klein · Alberto Morillas · Citrus

At a glance

Created by Alberto Morillas for Calvin Klein, CK One opens on bergamot, lemon, pineapple, and cardamom, moves through a heart of green tea, jasmine, and violet, and closes on musk, cedarwood, and amber. Marketed as a genderless fragrance meant to be shared by anyone, and fronted by a famously diverse, unisex advertising campaign, it became a defining cultural artifact of 1990s minimalist fashion and one of the most commercially successful and influential unisex fragrances ever released, helping popularize the entire modern shared-scent category.

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Did you know? This scent's jasmine note owes its richness to indole — the same compound found, in larger amounts, in feces. Read the full story →
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Launched
1994
Family
Citrus

CK One is a fragrance from Calvin Klein, released in 1994 and composed by Alberto Morillas. It sits in the Citrus family. It opens with Bergamot, Lemon, Pineapple, and Cardamom, moves into a heart of Green Tea, Jasmine, and Violet, and settles into a base of Musk, Cedarwood, and Amber.

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Top notes
BergamotLemonPineappleCardamom
Heart notes
Green TeaJasmineViolet
Base notes
MuskCedarwoodAmber
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