CK One
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CK One is a citrus aromatic chypre unisex fragrance developed by Alberto Morillas{{cite news|url=https://www.refinery29.com/90s-perfume-fragrance-alberto-mollinas|title=Meet The Nose Behind All Your Favorite Perfumes|last1=Kilikita|first1=Jacqueline|date=June 5, 2018|work=Refinery29|accessdate=22 August 2018|language=en}} and Harry Fremont for Calvin Klein.
Composition and marketing
CK One's top notes include pineapple, mandarin orange, papaya, bergamot, cardamom and lemon. Its middle notes include nutmeg, violet, orris root, jasmine, lily-of-the-valley and rose. Its base notes include sandalwood, amber, musk, cedar and oakmoss.
The fragrance is considered to be a unisex fragrance,[https://www.fragrancex.com/products/_cid_cologne-am-lid_c-am-pid_104m__products.html CK One] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191107222632/https://www.fragrancex.com/products/_cid_cologne-am-lid_c-am-pid_104m__products.html |date=2019-11-07 }} fragrancex.com and was the first unisex fragrance to gain wide popularity in the US.[http://www.basenotes.net/ID26120368.html CK One] basenotes.net It has also been described as the first fragrance to be openly marketed as unisex.[https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/43918/1/ck-one-turns-25-calvin-klein-fragrance Remembering the first ‘one:’ CK One Turns 25]. Dazed. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
=CK One Essence=
CK One Essence, a "parfum intense" version of the original scent was released in August 2024. Calvin Klein claims that CK One Essence is twice as concentrated as the original.[https://www.calvinklein.co.uk/ck-one-essence-intense-unisex-50ml-9350179620mul CK One Essence Intense Unisex 50ml]. Calvin Klein. Retrieved 18 October 2024. It is marketed as celebrating the 30th anniversary of CK One with a "signature scent for men and women, for all occasions".[https://www.wallis.co.uk/product/calvin-klein-ck-one-essence-parfum-intense_ydd17264?colour=misc CK One Essence Parfum Intense]. Wallis. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
History and sales
CK One was launched in 1994.[https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Calvin-Klein/CK-One-276.html CK One] fragrantica.com It became a best-seller, making more than $5 million in its first 10 days.[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/14/style/ck-one-fragrance-cologne.html It Smelled Like Gen X Spirit]. The New York Times. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2023. It generated about $90 million (USD) annually in the mid-1990s.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/fashion/08CALVIN.html|title=Perfume-Cologne-Fragrances-Calvin Klein-Twenty Somethings|last1=Wilson|first1=Eric|date=March 8, 2007|work=The New York Times|accessdate=22 August 2018|language=en}} As of 2007, the scent's sales in the United States were still about $30 million annually.
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