Escape

It took me a bit to 'understand' this one. My batch is from 2021, I have no idea if that means my bottle doesn't have calone since I read they apparently wound up removing it from the formula after it became too ubiquitous in other perfumes of the era. When it came out it was a novelty in Escape, and then it got tired, and so they removed it. Which sounds pretty stupid to me, but ok. This reformulation, god only knows what number in the line it would be, is not nearly as nuclear as some reviewers write. It does last long but not insanely so. Escape can be interpreted as this scene: you left your groceries in your hot car by accident. Such groceries consist of only a 5lbs of peaches and 2 vacuum sealed frozen tilapia filets. Alternatively, you can think of the dumpster pile in a verduleria or fruteria, where the bulk of it is rinds of watermelon and cantaloupe + it's November, so they have plenty of cempazuchil/marigolds around the place. Limp, chamomille bundles in one of the stands nearby. Someone here said that they enjoy it as a summer scent, and I imagine that was more or less the intention from CK too, from the name and promotional material. I've been putting it on this past few days where the mornings have been a crisp 12-20C. And later in the day we get 34-37C. I think this shines much better in the first half of the day. I find myself getting borderline nauseous with it in the peak of heat, and that's with just the remainder of the scent after what is around 12 hours, when it comes and goes in soft wafts. There's beautiful moments in Escape, where it smells kind of like skin, skin after drying on its own after a shower. Or after taking a swim in the ocean. There's a savoriness, and a "humanish" musk, and a soft jammy fruitiness balancing it out so it's not perceived just as "sweat". If you lick your skin right now, say, your forearm, provided it's clean, with no lotions or fragrances or whatever, that taste is exactly what Escape can smell like at times. As such it can be an intimate and comforting perfume. It did nothing for me when I pulled it out in the winter, so not the warm cozy blanket kind of comforting. It's kind of "motherly" (Yuck, that sounds unappealing, but I swear it's not). Don't know how to put it better. The main characters are cantaloupe, peach, marigold, carnation and clove + that fishy, or "crab meat-iness" that I want to say is calone from what I've read about it, but I think that surely 2021 is too late for my batch to contain it?? I may never know. I was on the fence about writing this down as a "like" or "love", and then I asked myself, would I buy another one when i'm done with it? And the answer is yes. Love it is! Unconventionally so.

Once a few years back now, the sales assistant at the chemist queried? "What perfume is that you are wearing'? "Well". "It's Escape by Calvin Klein". I answered. "Oh" She replied. "I always wondered what that one smelled like"? "It's nice on you." She said. That particular chemist does stock some hard to source fragrances. This one is away's on special there for around 25 Aussie dollars for 100 mills EDP. I recall paying well over 80. Dollars AUS, when this one was launched back in the early 90's and I was just into my third decade here on earth. I have three bottles of Escape, fear I might run out? One bottle I scored cheaply as a tester, no box or spray nozzle for 5 Aussie dollaroozies. A bargain. I have said nothing about it's aroma though. It is in my educated opinion . Yep thought I would throw that one in. I am a retired High School Arts teacher. "A CLASSIC". Needless to say that I also have 'Sunflowers and copious amounts of L'Eau D'Issey. These fragrances having similar notes and similars smelling aroma's on my skin. I'm MELON HEAD. Just like that episode on 'Friends' when Joey gets the turkey stuck on his head I envisage myself with my noggin stuck inside a melon. That's right Monica did too! This fragrance is still being manufactured that I am most truly grateful for. Thank you Mr Klein. Many reviewers here seem to hate the period in time known as the 90's and sadly belittle the decade for it's worthlessness. Mind you. The 90's are known to have been the most progressive artistic period in time, since we started caring and documenting our history. 'Escape' is a complicated and complex fragrance that is not for anyone it seems, it is or can be long lived and linear. The actual fragrance colour is quite deep and syrupy looking housed inside a round faceted flacon. 'Multifaceted'.I love this fragrance. I take breaks from it but I still love it. My affair with 'Escape' will never end. I can detect hints of carnation, chamomile, peach and ever so soft musk and cedar. I agree with many here 'Escape' is about carefree sunny day's with a disposition to match. Cheers T. Ps it can last well into the next day after application. The site logged me out.

As a young teen, I was gifted this perfume, along with Eternity and Obsession. I loved Eternity. Would have broke the bottle and dumped it on my head to smell like it from head to toe. Obsession was a dislike, and Escape was a major dislike. It was pungent, sour, and plain headache inducing to me. Fast forward 30 years later. I decided to revisit fragrances from my past. At the mall I went to the fragrance counter and tried Eternity. Clearly it has been reformulated, and I couldn’t believe how boring it was. It didn’t even smell like the same perfume that I remembered. Even though I wanted to, I couldn’t smell an Escape tester there because they stopped carrying it at department stores a long time ago. No big loss, I didn’t like it anyway, right? I ended up buying Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden from a discount perfume retailer. I liked it when it first came out, but having not smelled it in over 3 decades, was surprised by how good I thought it was...1993 in a bottle, but damn if it didn’t remind me of Escape a little bit. How could I love one and not the other? I had to smell Escape again! I found a bottle that was ridiculously cheap online, so I thought, “What the hell, let’s give it a try.” Got it today, and checked the batch code first, like I always do when I buy perfume. It’s a newer batch, about a year and a half old, by Coty. The bottle is beautiful, I must confess, with its classic design and dark liquid color. Let me just say that with that first spray, my eyeballs almost popped out of my head! It. Is. GORGEOUS!!! What in the world?! It definitely smells the same as I remembered it all those years ago, so what changed it for me?! I have no idea! But I’m glad it did! This is why perfume is so wonderful! Was the change something chemical in the perfume, physical with my body chemistry, or spiritual because I am not the same person I was back then??? Why does it smell like the same fragrance I remember, but to others it smells completely different? Why did I dislike it so, but will now cherish it? Who knows. All I know is that I’m in love💜💜💜

Surfer's Dream of Misty Melon with Herbal-Spicy Accents... This classic Floral Aquatic scent by Claude Dir came out in 1991, a year which also saw the release of Point Break, the surfing film starring Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze & Lori Petty. The mood & tone of the film represent both the women's & men's Escape well, and I could imagine a scene from the film smelling like this, or Lori or Keanu wearing it on set. It reminds me of surfers getting up at dawn when it's still misty, to catch the best waves - has a misty, overcast & cooling vibe. There's a lot going on in the notes, but this is how I experience them: opens with a burst of melon accented by a blend of chamomile-tea & oakmoss. As it transitions to the heart, the melon gets elaborated with soft peachy tones, while the oakmoss becomes a spicy rose-oakmoss blend and then a spicy carnation. Overall there's a soft melon fruitiness accented by herbal-spicy notes, but taking a step back, the whole composition could also be an abstract cherry-blossom depending on your point of view. Alongside all of this there's also an aquatic freshness that fits with the theme & name Escape. My sister wore this back in the day, but I've always loved it too. Has amazing performance for a freshie, and a single spray will last me all day. It's a longtime love for me. 10/10 for an aquatic scent. Enjoy! Update 05/23/24: Sprayed this on my wrist this afternoon. It's strong until the spray dries, but then there's such a beautiful fresh, herbal sillage with something near-minty & near-honey I hadn't noticed before. Slightly bracing at the opening but then a gorgeous oceanic, refreshing, herbal escape that last for quite awhile. Still a love.

This is coming from from someone who doesn't like floral or fruity perfumes. I got a free sample of this with a purchase. Mildly curious, I tried it without looking at the notes. I'm glad I didn't look at the notes. If I had, I probably wouldn't have given this a chance. The first thing I get is aquatics, which I utterly love. Then, I immediately recognized hyacinth, my favorite flower, which has a very distinct, very strong smell. It smelled like a synthetic hyacinth, but still close enough that I immediately recognized it. And I don't usually have a problem with perfumes smelling synthetic, as long as they're done well. The other florals came in after that, but I don't know enough about them to pick out individual notes. It just blends together in this gorgeous, aquatic bouquet. The woody notes at the bottom, combined with amber and musk, really give this scent so much body, depth, and fullness. And every once in awhile, as I'm going through my day, I catch just the tiniest hint of vanilla. Because I haven't really attuned my nose to florals, they all smell sort of the same to me. White florals are great, I'm obsessed with jasmine, but straight floral perfumes, I just can't get into, and I can't tell the difference between them. But this is amazing. Definitely leaning toward unisex, but still romantic and lovely. Obsession is "meh," Eternity is pleasant, but this is amazing. I've already purchased a full bottle. Go figure, I completely love a floral perfume. I never, ever thought I'd love a floral perfume.