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CK One(1994)
Calvin Klein ยท Alberto Morillas ยท 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.
Did you know?
This scent's violet note exists because of ionone, synthesized in 1893 to replace violet-flower oil โ once one of the most expensive materials in perfumery.
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