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Beauty
Three materials and nothing hidden: Calvin Klein Beauty Eau de Parfum is one of the barest compositions the house has ever put its name to, and it is far better than that description suggests. Ambrette opens it and sets the tone for everything that follows. It is the seed of a mallow plant, warm and soft with a faint sweetness and an unmistakable quality of clean skin, and using it at the top rather than the base is what gives the fragrance its intimacy from the first spray.
Jasmine is the only thing in the middle. Given that much room it comes across as full and slightly heady but not sharp, a white flower with real body to it, and because nothing else is competing you can follow it clearly for an hour or more. Virginia cedar then closes the fragrance on its own, dry and sharpened and faintly pencil like, which stops the flower from drifting into sweetness and gives the whole thing a firm finish. It behaves exactly as a short composition should. There is no development to follow, no late surprise, and what you smell in the first ten minutes is what you will be wearing all day in a slightly quieter form. Some buyers find that restful and others find it thin, and it is worth knowing which you are before you commit.
The eau de parfum strength keeps it near the skin and long lived rather than loud, so it suits offices, daytime and warm weather, and it reads feminine. Sophie Labbé composed it in 2010. Calvin Klein, the American fashion house, was founded in New York in 1968 and has belonged to PVH since 2003, covering underwear, jeans, clothing and fragrance. Coty runs the fragrance side and counts the brand among its prestige names, with Obsession, Eternity, Escape, CK One and Contradiction the scents it is best known for.
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