Obsession for Men (1986)
by Calvin Klein

WOWWW. THIS SCENT IS PERFECT.. I LOVE IT... THE AMBER AND VANILLA DRYDOWN IS UNIQUE..... IS A STRONG SCENT... BUT IS NOT OFFENSIVE AT ALL..... I LIKE VERY MUCH TO WEAR THIS.... IS A TRULY CLASSIC.... EVERYONE SHOULD TRY AND WEAR THIS PERFECT SCENT..... PERFECT........

My first experience with Obsession for Men was when I smelled the sample which was placed in between the pages of one British music magazine (Q). I was at the library then, and although I wasn`t into perfumes that time at all, I remember the situation very well and consider it perhaps the breakthrough beginnig of my intrest in fragrances.

I am always stunned if someone says this is cheap smelling or boring. I think it`s ridicilous, although it could be that it has been re-formulated. I haven`t smelled this anywhere else but from my bottles which are quite old.

Astonishing drydown where vanillic benzoin melts in with cinnamon, engaged together with healthy amount of civet and insence-y amber.

Intoxicating Oriental in a most beautiful bottle.

To me its a fruity spicy sweet scent not bad but not a strong or deep like night
totally different version.
medium lasting inoffensive but that's the wrong with most CK to me
yeah every scent has different signature on the air but most of CK(Emporio too)
are nice inoffensive acceptable for the most tastes but nothing more like
french and Italian doing.I m a french house fan I can say,the only two CK scents
I like and probably own is Obsession night and Euphoria Intense.

Overtly spicy and sweet. I don't loathe this fragrance, but I get tired of smelling it on someone an entire evening.

I like this frag !!! I've read the reviews of the detractors....and that's cool. Everything isn't for everybody, but I enjoy robust scents and this one is a winner to me.

It fits in extremely well with the 80's power-scent arsenal. It's sweet enough but not overtly so and I especially enjoy the drydown. Thumbs up for OBFM.

Spicy, spicy, spicy.

This is one of the loudest, boldest, and attention-seeking fragrances I have ever tested/owned. It is very sensual, very sexy, and warm beyond belief. I feel like if it were not so masterfully crafted with precious ingredients, it could have turned into an extremely cheap smelling monstrosity, but Obsession for Men is just wicked. It is like a witch's brew.

I love spicy scents, and this one is at the top of the pantheon of anything olfactory-spicy. Granted, this is a true legend of a scent, but its success is in no way overrated. The most attractive side of this amber-y masterpiece is the fact that this scents metamorphoses into something completely different on different people. It remains to feel very personal: like a chameleon of a scent.

The spiciness of the juice hits you in the face with the extravagant opening. In a way, so rich, that it numbs your nose for a while. Coriander, lavender, mandarin, grapefruit and bergamot promise a very citrus-y progression, but it is not quite like that. That is because the heart notes are very exotic and luminous, that it creates a heady and heavy aura rather than a fresh one. Carnation, nutmeg, jasmine, sage grass, myrrh balsam, rosewood and pine do create a very stormy almost, and contradicting equation. It is very exotic, very Eastern, very woodsy and spicy, that it feels how the rooms of Harems of the East would smell back in the days of Alexander the Great, or the Indian maharajahs.

It is ostentatious, because it combines ingredients that most fragrances don't, or did not use to back when this was released. The pine and myrrh combination is divine, and even though you don't smell jasmine and carnation as clearly, you feel their luminous presence. That is why it feels very very warm. Obsession for Men is in no way an 'energetic' nor fresh scent. It is incredibly sensual, very sexy: I feel there is a strong connection to another legend: Opium.

Obsession ends its journey with a very amber-y, musky base with patchouli, vetiver, a touch of vanilla, and a dry note of wood. (sandalwood perhaps...) This base is quite dry and still warm, and quite famous. In fact, I think it is the very base that creates the legendary Obsession 'obsession' among the scent's admirers.

Obsession is very amber-y, and yes, it feels a little decadent today. I feel like this is a scent for the night, which offers an intriguing adventure. I really admire this scent, and what it accomplishes mainly because of its bravado, soul and genuine beauty. The only sad thing is that everyone's father or something has used this scent so much back in the 80s, some people have not-so-fond memories of it thinking it smells old. Carnation and amber combo tends to do that, but I think it is truly timeless, and does wonders on the skin of a young and confident man.