Dark Obsession

AN EASY TO RESIST OBSESSION I love the original "Obsession" EDP for women and EDT for men. I actually own and use both the women's and men's editions. It is easy to sniff that same ambery DNA in this more recent "Dark Obsession for Men". However, this younger version offers only average performance. What I hoped to be a respectable dark compulsion due to the aggressive name, turned out to be an easy to like common skin scent most of the time. The opening is fresh but not zesty. There is a strong sweet note (probably guarana) tamed by some absinthe bitterness. It's not really the opening that will keep a promise of a dark scent. I can't say I don't like it but it is certainly a disapointing opening due to unfulfilled expectations. For half a minute I thought to have bought a beach perfume. The fragrance then evolves into more woody and balsamic notes while maintaining a vague herbaceous freshness. It becomes a skin scent very quickly. The dry down is pleasant and seems to enhance the natural odour of my skin (musk?). It is a little sweet, just a little dark and just a little sexy. If there is a classification for light and dark oriental fragrances, Dark Obsession is certainly a good example. Let's see what the mathematics tells us about this EDT: ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ - Opening: 7.0 (sweet and not showing what is about to develop; notes of green orange, guarana and absinthe make you wonder if the scent will be similar to a seaside cocktail; the heart and base development tell you otherwise) - Dryness: 8.0 (more pleasant than the opening; you now realize that the perfume is oriental and just a bit dark; vanilla, labdanum and smooth leather are the most proeminent notes) - Longevity: 7.0 (average for the existing notes) - Sillage: 7.0 (average for the existing notes) - Uniqueness: 7.0 (not unique; The fragrance heart and base reminds me of parts of Calvin Klein's "Obsession for Men" EDT, "CK One Shock for Him" and "L'Instant de Guerlain pour Homme") - Wearability: 8.0 (Winter, Fall, Spring, Night & Day) - Versatility: 8.0 (You are never going to stand out. Yes to socializing events, formal gatherings, night out, restaurants, meetings, office, at leisure, ...) - Compliments: 8.0 (as long as it has not yet become a skin scent, it will draw a fair attention) - Quality: 8.0 (better than average ingredients: sturdy bottle and good sprayer; Unfortunatelly the performance is just average) - Presentation: 8.0 (simple but effective, not tacky) - Price: 9.0 (125 ml tester for 19.50 Euros) ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ The overall rating for this fragrance: 7,72/10,00 MY OPINION: I can recommend it as a light, harmless, sweet, spicy resinous fragrance. It is quite inexpensive, but it is best to test it first. It is an oriental perfume that you can use without being intrusive to anyone. It is not near as dark as the name suggests. MUSIC: Sade - "Smooth Operator"

Great juice here, great nighttime and intimate scent. Glad to see CK coming out with a truly great scent again. It's been a little bit, but CK hit it out of the park on this one. Right from the start the vanilla bean with the Guarana notes are very intriguing. Then the slight seude notes come with the green mandarin and Labdanum, and this scent becomes a masterpiece that seems to be always evolving. 10/10 easily for me. Perfect scent for taking my girl home and having sex all night long, this scent screams sex, sex, sex, and more sex. CK Dark Obsession, Zirh Ikon, Tom Ford Black Orchid and Mandarina Duck Black all scream i'm sexier and smoother than you...... Scent:8.5 Longevity:6 Sillage:6 Unique/Industry First: 8 Great and unique use of ingredients Quality:8 Not sure how many CK haters there are out there, apparently there's a bunch, as they've succeeded at Dragging CK Dark Obsessions score down to a 3.85 on fragrantica.com on April 14, 2017. This scent is clearly well over a 4, don't let the CK haters sway you, they don't like the sexy marketing and hype around CK, but this scent smells so Damn sexy, it should be the official scent for male/female couples having sex for 2017. Soon as you smell this scent, you know it's great. And it's too bad for the 99% of people that love this truly great scent, that other people just hit the dislike box without even owning this product. Never in a million years is a product so good like this scent, and yet it rates less on Fragrantica.com than Zino Davidoff which is a horrendous mess of a scent.

I have been sad ever since this flanker was discontinued.🥺 I still remember picking out the Christmas set that had his first large bottle of Dark Obsession in it. Complete blind buy based off of how much I liked original Obsession for men. He put it on the first time the day after Christmas. It was like magic. Now, I have absolutely no idea how or why but on my man, and I am not joking, it smelled like fresh fried doughnuts on him. Almost like we had just dropped fresh dough on the edge of a forest during a light hike. It was incredible. It was by far his (and my) favorite scent. The sillage was just right and I actually enjoyed walking into the room after it was sprayed, where it clung gently in the air for a good couple of hours, and I welcomed it walking back into the door at night after its dry-down into a more Earthy scent, less doughnuts, more hike, still gorgeous. Two more bottles over 7 years swiftly came and went too. And then they discontinued it... Maybe for some $200+ for a scent isn't a huge deal, but that would be pretty significant for us, especially for a cologne that goes by a lot faster than my perfumes with a 20+ year shelf life. So, we've moved on. Obsession Night is nice, not amazing, just nice, and we all know that Obsession will still be around after our vampire overlords turn to dust, but still I'll always remember how they aren't Dark Obsession and be a little bit sad...

There is the OG which, is a legendary classic. Not because it is current with today’s ambroxan loaded sameness but, in invokes an exquisite journey down memory lane. I don’t wear it much but, when I do it’s for my own personal satisfaction of my younger days. Calvin Klein makes a bunch of fragrances that range from ok to some that boarder on niche quality. There are some in the Obsession line up that get damn near close to that level. And when CK does it right, they do it right. And this, Dark Obsession along with Obsessed Intense are two of those that get close. Smooth dark vibe with an incense & vanilla mid and drydown with a touch of a leathery suede that is sexy as hell. It leans more towards the over 25 crowd. Actually works quite well all year round except during the summer days or extreme high heat. But, fall, spring and winter and an occasional cool summer night, this does exceptionally well. Women find this super alluring and a close up scent. The Misses can’t get enough of this when I’m wearing it for a night out. Still has the original DNA but, it’s modernized a bit in a real good way. Exceptional fragrance from Calvin Klein that is actually worth looking for and hanging with anyone’s quality fragrance collection.....

This cologne literally drives me crazy when my boyfriend wears it! (In a good way!) I agree with most reviewers, it's very, very sweet for a masculine fragrance, which is probably why I love it so much! (I understand that might not be for everyone.) The vanilla is extremely smooth, velvety, and delectable in this. I also smell a dirty woodsy vibe in the background, it's completely hypnotizing to me. I'm not completely sure what guarana smells like on it's own, but I'm guessing that's what I'm smelling in Dark Obsession. It's an aphrodisiac actually. However, I think as you wear this one more and more it blends in with your own natural skin chemistry, it becomes more luscious and musky. It's divine! On my boyfriend the longevity is slightly above average, with moderate sillage. You probably won't knock any one out with this, but you can definitely smell it's seductive aura in a gentle non-offensive way. I really can't put into words how addicting this stuff is to me, the name "Dark Obsession" is spot on! Hands down, this is my favorite fragrance on my boyfriend! Give it a try, especially if you like sweet scents with an edge. <3 Scent: 10/10 for me! Longevity: 6 hours Sillage: Moderate (3 sprays)