Eternity Intense

I wore this to bed last night, and whoa! Iris galore! But it's not sickly sweet, and it has an intense chocolate note along with lots of lovely orris root. I can't believe how good this is, and I think it's a pity that it was discontinued. I find it much more interesting than any other recent Calvin Klein scents that I can recall. It probably wasn't the best bedtime scent because it didn't seem to fade away, as I expected--it intensified over hours into a delectable iris-chocolate-rose-vanilla sandalwood concotion. It's a real trip, and it seems to behave nicely on my skin (which I prepped beforehand with unscented body lotion, contributing to the longevity, I'm sure). I will buy another, bigger bottle if the price is right. I wish they would just rerelease this under a different name since it smells nothing like Eternity or any other CK fragrance I can think of. As others have noticed, it has a pronounced makeup-powder scent, like old-timey luxury makeup, with an almost photorealistic "lipstick rose" effect, only it's suffused with iris. It reminds me a tiny bit of my beloved Misia because it's such a good makeup smell, but it's a lot weirder. I see why it's listed as being comparable to Alien--so many of my favorite scents are--but that one is all about the jasmine, and this one lets the iris dominate (along with the similar, more powdery orris). I don't think I have anything else in my collection that carries quite such a Golden Age Hollywood face powder vibe. Just to indulge in some mild anachronism here, I could imagine Rita Hayworth wearing this, but I could also imagine Jeanne Moreau or Simone Signoret wearing it. To me it smells glamorous and melancholy, like a rainy spring day in Paris. It smells like a deep violet dusk. Spectacular!

Am I the only one who thinks that this smells like baby powder (aka talc)? Not that that's bad, but I wish someone had mentioned that! I was looking for a Love, Chloe by Chloe - sort of powdery cosmetic scent... and to me, this just isn't it. This is much more demure, very innnocent powder, nothing womanly or sexy in this, to my nose. :/ Edit: After a few months of owning it.. it has definitely grown on me. I use it as a workplace scent, it makes me feel confident and fresh. This is a really hard scent to describe but on my skin I would say this is: very strong osmanthus opening but that goes away in 20 minutes and then I'm left with powdery human skin scent. It's bizarre! Edit2: I totally changed my mind about this perfume, I love it now! I wear it a a bedtime scent usually because I find it very comforting: it's an iris/orris and rose 🌹 powder cloud ☁️🤍😍 ! The 'aquatic' facet adds interest, makes the scent airy (so the powder doesn't become too heavy/ cloying, which is great.) I think it too me time to learn to appreciate this scent because it is so unusual. But yeah, definitely love it now! 🥰🤍🤍🤍

I picked up a 1oz at Marshalls for a good price, and I wish I would have bought the bigger bottle they had because I really like it! Its earthy and sweet. It is powdery, but in a good way. This is one I suggest smelling for yourself. My Husband and I liked this so much we wanted to get the Eternity Intense for Men, but when we smelled it we didn't prefer it. I think we should try it again, because we were sampling too many fragrances that day. This reminds me of the "invent your scent" collection The Body Shop had in the early 2000's. They had 8 different fragrances, and you picked two and sprayed them together to make up your own signature. What two it was is kind of moot, because they discontinued it, so hopefully CK doesn't do away with the Intense any time soon. Try it, hopefully it works for you. *****UPDATE 7/3/18****** Just got a bottle of Lacoste Natural and it smells like a sport version of CK Eternity Intense in the dry down. CK Eternity Intense has become one of my favorite fragrances, and my Husband also loves it! I think its pretty unique and I haven't smelled it on anyone else.

This is just such a lovely warm comforting fragrance to me. Not 'screechy' sharp or sickening sweet, it is definitely a skin scent with my body chemistry. Love the opening & it's transition to the heart & base notes is pretty swift...I wish the longevity was there & am disappointed about the misleading 'intense' sale pitch. It probably needs just one or two more notes/chemicals to bring it more to life & an intense level, but all the same, it is gorgeous & I just have to keep reapplying throughout the day to get my 'fix' of this scent. It is not in the slightest bit related to the original & they could have called it something else entirely new. Not as unique as REVEAL, but still something different than other current releases out there, especially for lovers of iris/violet powdery freshness with underlying creamy vanilla. All in all, a beautiful wearable scent, for all seasons, all times of the day.

It was a blind buy because I love powdery scents and I love iris. This caught my attention because of the make-up/make-up bag/lipstick scent comparison. I have been really into baby powder/sweet, soapy talc powder perfumes with iris being a prominent note in most of those, but recently I decided to explore iris in different forms and so I purchased this, as well as Prada Infusion d'Iris. With Eternity Intense, I can definitely see why some people mention that lipsticky/makeup scent in relation to that, I can definitely smell it. :) But it's also fruity (someone mentioned bananas/berries there and I can only agree with that). Very nice fragrance, not a typical drugstore floral, nor an entirely sweet smell. :) It also shares certain similarity with Infusion d'Iris (obviously becaue of that iris note that reminds me slightly of pencil shavings, too). Very affordable and good for daily wear.