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Italian Mandarin
Bourbon Vanilla
BenzoinEternity for Men Amber Essence
Amber is named in the title and amber is what you get: Calvin Klein Eternity for Men Amber Essence Eau de Parfum is a short, warm composition of four materials, put together by the perfumer Mathieu Nardin.
Italian mandarin opens it and does not last long, which is the way of citrus. For the first few minutes it is bright, sweet and slightly peely, and it reads as a lift rather than as a subject. Then amber takes over and stays. Amber here is the warm, resinous, slightly sticky heart of the fragrance, neither smoky nor sharp, the kind of material that smells like sun held in skin and sits very comfortably against cold weather. The base extends that rather than changing it. Bourbon vanilla brings a rounded, faintly boozy sweetness, nothing like the sugary sort, and benzoin adds its own balsamic warmth with a powdery, almost resinous edge to it. The three of them below the citrus make a scent with very little movement in it, which is a fair description rather than a criticism: this was meant to be a comfortable thing to wear, not a puzzle to follow through an afternoon.
At eau de parfum strength, and with a base this heavy, it lasts. It is an autumn and winter purchase, it works in the evening, and it is aimed at men though nothing in the composition insists on that. If you already know the Eternity men's line and want the warmest version of it, this is the one to reach for. An American brand founded in New York in 1968, Calvin Klein stretches across apparel, denim and underwear. PVH has run the company since 2003, and Coty handles the fragrances, Eternity among its best known names.
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