Obsessed for Men

So this is not like OG Obsession for Men, Night or Dark Obsession. This is its own thing. Add a little spice to Y EDP, Dylan Blue with CK Eternity and CK One DNA hidden down under. It's a wonderful scent I truly think it's an all year scent. Clean, fresh some blue but not flat like BDC or super Ambroxan like Sauvage EDT or EDP, it's very nice!! I got a 4 oz bottle lightly used for $40 after browsing and putting in offers. For a Calvin Klein collector like myself thats a good deal because this is discontinued. OG formula Obsession for Men will always have a place special to me with the cinnamon, amber, spice, creme brulee and so much more. Dark Obsession is so alluring and unique and wonderfully chocolate/vanilla with oddly some nods to the original obsession for men. Obsession Night is alone a calm scent heavy Pear, not blue, not green, just relaxing and unique. There are 2 you love or hate, Obsession for Men, Obsession Night for Men. Dark Obsession and this Obsessed for Men are 2 that are more universally accepted as anywhere from ok to fantastic. Anyway if you like Dylan Blue, Oxford Blue by English Laundry, BDC EDT, Y EDP and small amount of Ck One and CK Eternity you will like this. Won't blow your hair back but it's very nice. Sits close to skin like a lot of CK products, spray a lot, spray your clothes. I don't agree that this is some kind of winter or fall scent or super spicy. Trust me on the comparisons. Don't pay attention to the list above.

Calvin Klein obsessed takes the same route as Montblanc legend night. Sweet and vanilliac with a citrus spine. In this case, the citrus coming from pineapple - which makes a really interesting mixture. With a close sniff, it gives it a pungent twist - which I think is good! Overall I would consider this to be 70% similar to legend night - and I would say they are both on the same level in terms of overall smell. I’m surprised this one gets so much dislike - but hey, more of me wearing it and less of you! I’m very pleased with this scent - and I can see this one being grabbed often for all occasions. 6/10

I find the 'reminds me of' section to be very interesting. I, personally, would never have thought of some of the listed fragrances but I guess with a very determined nose...? The association can be seen. Not exactly a leap, but not at all obvious. The scent itself is perfectly lovely. I'm really glad I bought this. It's definitely very synthetic and vanilla driven, like a lighter and less scratchy Stronger With You. Sort of. Medium strength, 7-ish hours of longevity. Does what it says, more or less. Watch out, though. Can be a tiny bit sweet.

Very interesting scent, it is clean, sweet and quite feminine in a way, feeling like pleasantly spiced clean laundry. The pure magic with Obsessed is when you get a whiff in the air, and it really garners compliments. I thought it does not perform well, but I got compliments by the end of the day after around 6-8h of applying 3 sprays.

I have to say I really like this after testing a couple of time. It doesn't blow me away but there something about it. It gets better in the summer heat, the grapefruit comes through better. Nice vanilla in the background, not too much. Youthful and loveable. Balancing between masculine and feminine, making it unisex smelling.

I wasn't expecting much from this, but it took me by surprise. In no means is it a masterpiece, but it's a good scent overall. Simplistic. It reminds me of a CK from the 90s or early 2000s. I like the touch of vanilla. It is definitely a skin scent.

I love this one on the opening it's very citrus and very creamy and pleasant, but then it dries down to a Dior Sauvage kind of vibe, although it doesn't smell the same as Sauvage I still get the pepper smell like sauvage... I like it

This is incredibly underrated, everybody's crazy about the intense version but this is to me a better scent, I have the first batch from 2017, 125ml and I'm selling as i have 2, so send me a message via profile if interested.

Nice fresh ambroxan scent that is very much unisex as well, one of the better offerings from CK in a while, very modern scent from the house, i really like this one the more i am wearing it the more i'm loving it.

perfect combo of freshness and little sweetness. Amazing mainstream juice. 8+/10. This juice smells like good wok from calvin Klein house, very pleasant, comfortable and sexy, that's all my folks

Mocked abit when released.. Always liked this one, but now rare?? Glad I bought a few bottles when they were about $30 full size.... Nice to see a market for obscure scents 👍👍 Ciao ambroxan 👋👋

Smells absolutely amazing at night. Dry down is very sweet and youthful. Longevity is terrible though since it is very intense so you can’t spray very much but what you do spray radiates.

A more well-crafted scent in the line of the Calvin Klein's...Has a nice intense bouquet and medium strength and longevity...scent 8.2/10 strength 7.0/10

I like smelling like this. I like the Amber, it is quite subtle and out there at the same time. But it definitely is worth for the money.

I have a sensitive nose and taste, but the vanilla is so sweet and calming in this. Love it!

Calvin Klein Obsessed For Men EDT opens with a moderate projection of very sweet, spices, and fruity accords. The opening is aromatic, dense, and very pleasant. The vanilla is a base note but it comes up as soon as the fragrance is sprayed creating a sweet and aromatic note; the grapefruit, lemon, and pineapple are opening aromatic citrus and fruity notes, the pineapple is more prominent than the lemon and grapefruit; the pepper and cardamom add a spicy touch, similarly, the lavender adds a soft floral touch. The leather that initially was a whiff starts developing, nothing bold, but projecting and aromatic; similarly, the cedar and labdanum join with fragrance with fresh woody and sweet, ambery accords respectively; the ambroxan also joins the blend with its ambery and powdery projecting note but not as strong as the vanilla; the cinnamon joins the vanilla with a sweet-spicy touch. The patchouli and geranium are support faint notes. The most noticeable opening to dry-down changes in this fragrance is the very fruity and citrusy opening, these notes are at the top closely followed by the spices; as the fragrance dries down, these fruity notes significantly dissipate, and in their place, the fragrance brings the sweet resinous touches of the labdanum and cinnamon, projected by the leather, vanilla, and ambroxan. Once Calvin Klein Obsessed has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a very sweet, resinous, and leathery fragrance with woody, spicy, soft floral, and fruity accords. The fragrance feels casual, comforting, delectable, dense, gourmand, inviting, mature, mild, inviting, masculine, modern, leathery, resinous, rich, sweet, syrupy, warm, woody and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 8/10. A very pleasant, sweet, vanilla, leather, spicy, and woody fragrance. DISLIKE RATING: 1/10. The leather is a soft projecting leather note. UNIQUENESS: 7/10. The combination of notes creates a pleasant fragrance. MASS APPEAL: 9/10. This is a fragrance that most people will enjoy. PROJECTION: 3/10. Moderate to low, about 3 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 4 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 4/10. About 4 hours, it projects well for about 2 hours. SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, casual, holidays, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 7/10. A versatile fragrance for the cold or mild days of the year. GENDER: Masculine, the leather is soft but leans the fragrance to the masculine side. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Calvin Klein Obsessed For Men EDT is a very affordable fragrance that delivers a pleasant scent, ideal for colder weather, this is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: Yes but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Animale “Animale” Men EDT is an affordable sweet, woody, and fruity fragrance; Azzaro Pour Homme Intense EDP contains warm spicy, woody, and mild brandy delectable notes; Cartier Pasha De Cartier Men Parfum is a great woody, spicy, and ambery fragrance, but it contains a particular note; Carolina Herrera - 212 Men EDT is nice citrus, green, warm spicy and woody fragrance; Hugo Boss - Boss Bottled Private Accord EDP contains warm spicy, cacao, sweet notes, and coffee; Paco Rabanne Black XS EDP is a close relative and it features citrus, warm spicy, balsamic, and woody accords; Parfums de Marly Oajan contains delicious spicy, cinnamon, and honey tones; Thierry Mugler - A*Men Angel Men Pure Tonka is another great semi-gourmand fragrance featuring spicy, sweet, cacao, and balsamic tones; Tom Ford Noir Extreme EDP is another close relative and it contains spicy, cardamom, nutmeg, and vanilla delicious tones; Calvin Klein Obsessed is a great and affordable, very sweet, resinous, and leathery fragrance. SUMMARY: A very sweet, resinous, and leathery fragrance with woody, spicy, soft floral, and fruity accords. The fragrance feels casual, comforting, delectable, dense, gourmand, inviting, mature, mild, inviting, masculine, modern, leathery, resinous, rich, sweet, syrupy, warm, woody and very pleasant.

Everyone is so quick to slag off Abroxan but I think it's a very interesting base and can be put to great use in these modern scents. After wearing it became apparent this is fragrance of three distinct phases. Obsessed is a strange one really because it opens very nicely with much of the Calvin Klein freshness and the intriguing charm of things like Crave or CK2. Unfamiliar, fresh spicy notes of kumquat or starfish or some crap like that but never the less very nice. Then it becomes abundantly clear that it might just be one of these confused, messy generic fragrances, a dud of little significance and quickly dismissed like many others and I don't think this is entirely down to the ambroxan. Anyway....Thankfully and quite inexplicably that subsides and Obsessed has a 'third act' so to speak which adds another twist to the tale, in the form of a creamy vanilla type warmth and maybe just maybe... the Labdanum listed in the notes? If you read my reviews you might know that I'm huge fan of that resin and although I can't place it in here as such, the base does have a nice cosy drydown so I'm not dismissing the possibility. Now normally the fresh, unusual, hard to place, top notes, coupled with a crowd pleasing generic heart and a warm (or 'sensual' as they will market it as) vanilla/synth amber drydown sounds like my idea of a horrible frgrance trying to be all things to all people and doing none of them right. However, I quite like Obsessed. I kinda wish CK had the bravery to make a pungent, masculine call back to the original Obsession, now that would've peaked my interest. I'll have to wear this again but the opening was very pleasant, I have no issue with abroxan and the boring aspects weren't too boring and the creamy drydown is nice....so it's a like from me.

I got this fragrance for almost a year and what I can say about it is this: It's not a Sauvage clone (way far from it) although, I can get the smell of ambrox and pepper. The vibes of leather and vanilla are also prominent, but the citrusy from the opening is, somewhat, faint. What bugs me is that most people say there's a pinneapple note on it when there's none. I recommend this fragrance on a warm weather during the day or afternoons. About longevity, this one last about 7 hours on my skin( given or taken) and the projection is no more than an arm's length. Obsessed is a nice and plesant fragrance, easy to wear on casual dates, office or daily basis, but if comparing a Sauvage edt with this CK fragrance I'd say that Obsessed is a firecraker, but worth buying it Note: I've recently layered Obsessed with Molecule 01, and it was the kick that really need it. Iso E Super was the note that was missing, haha

This one is very sweet on me. I know the pineapple note is rather far down in the main notes list but I get a big blast of it when I put this on and that pineapple note sticks around for a good while. That's not a bad thing at all but was surprising. On my skin this stays sweet for the whole duration (@ 6 hours) and ends up a nice vanilla. I'm aware that's probably not the results others may be getting but that's how it behaves on me. Overall I really like this one but it's possible some may think it's kinda boring. That may be so but at least it's a good smelling boring! I had trouble with Dark Obsession containing a note that went very floral on me (I don't like florals) and it made me wary of this one but Obsessed doesn't have that issue, thankfully.

Very pleasant warm spicy scent with some freshness from the dominant ambroxan. It feals like a cousin of the mighty Dior Sauvage. It could be a flanker of it. Dominant notes are ambroxan, mild vanilla, pepper, citruses (mainly grageftuit), smooth & mild cardamom, lavender. Performance is very good for a CK scent. Moderate sillage/projection and moderate to long lasting longevity (somewhere between 5,5-6,5 hours). Very good versatility, a mass appealling spring/fall daytime fragrance. If you feel that Dior Sauvage is too much or harsh for you, this is an alternative. Well done CK.