Obsession Calvin Klein 1985 Eau de Parfum

Obsession (Eau de Parfum) by Calvin Klein

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Obsession (Eau de Parfum) (Calvin Klein)

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Obsession (Eau de Parfum) is a popular perfume by Calvin Klein for women and was released in 1985. The scent is oriental-spicy. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is being marketed by Coty.

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Perfumer

Jean Guichard

Fragrance Notes

Top Notes	Basil Bergamot Green notes Mandarin orange Peach Vanilla
Heart Notes	Exotic spices Jasmine Coriander Orange blossom Rose Sandalwood Cedar
Base Notes	Amber Oakmoss Musk Vanilla Vetiver Frankincense Civet

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Scent

7.8470 Ratings

Longevity

8.8356 Ratings

Sillage

8.4345 Ratings

Bottle

6.2353 Ratings

Value for money

9.251 Ratings

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06/27/2021

9
Scent 10
Longevity 9
Sillage 8
Bottle 10
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Chanelle
1 Review

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Chanelle

Top Review 34

The circle closes

Obsession (women's version) was the first scent that excited me beyond measure. Shortly before my very first stay in the States, a friend of mine, who had apparently mysteriously already met him and was now completely obsessed, talked me into bringing him back for her. She swore that Mr. Klein had said in some magazine that he never intended to sell his wares in Germany because he had a problem with Germany. Whether that was what was said I could never verify, but it did not make me sympathetic to Mr. Klein. Then there was the matter of the money. If Jeanie (that was the obsessive's name, and is still her name) had put a few dollars in my hand to buy said fragrance, I wouldn't have gotten into trouble either. You see, as a youngster, I practically never had any money because I always left everything entirely in perfume stores and drugstores! Oops. Nothing has changed!
Well, I went in search of this ominous obsession towards the end of the trip. In the morning, at a drug store that looked ramshackle but was also reasonably priced, I quickly found it. First of all, curiosity had to be satisfied...I tested for myself.
Within seconds, I realized that not one, but two flacons had to be purchased, because Jeanie was right: this was the absolute hottest thing I had ever smelled! Instant Obsession.
That dry, yet creamy sweetness, that unoriental spiciness. And then only the soft, soft sandalwood!
At that time I was not yet able to smell out fragrance components even approximately, but since I call vintage Bunkerflacons my own, I can reconstruct my impressions at that time to some extent.
Now I could finally stop "stealing" my mother's Opium all the time, because Obsession was 100x better! And not so old-fashioned, I thought.
But I didn't buy right away, because first I had to be clear about the financing. So I didn't get back to the store until the evening, still smelling heavenly-soft-vanilla after not finding Obsession cheaper anywhere during the day, and for the 2nd or 3rd time inserted that newfangled little plastic card that you could use to pay without having any money.
Oh, brave new world! Hopefully a miracle will happen and money will find its way into my account before the card club claims theirs.
At the hotel, I tore open one of the packages and realized I was holding a pour bottle! And the 2nd one, for Jeanie, had to be one then too, I suppose. But never mind, the fine stuff in it will be used anyway, I knew that....Jeanie and I had our flacons empty in no time, as we literally bathed in obsession every day, which in turn brought us many compliments. Then, against all odds, when Mr. Klein and his specs made the move across the pond, Kate Moss kept staring at us hungrily on TV - as an ad for Obsession! - we both grew a little weary of the scent. It wasn't until the otherworldly Vallee des Rois hit us both right in the heart at the same time.
But when I recently found and bought up several of these hand-flattering vintage Obsession pouring flacons (concentration calls itself cologne amime-wise, but lasts what feels like 3 days), my love rekindled. Whether that has to do with Dua Lipa and that whole 80s craze, or myself going back to the roots, I don't know. But one thing is for sure: obsession! Better in vintage than new, but always a vanilla/sandelwood imbiber

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04/30/2021

8.5
Scent 9
Longevity 9
Sillage 8
Bottle

MonsieurTest

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MonsieurTest

Top Review 49

Some Day my Prince Will Come. ZigZag, Live

Now there was a break between the sets. Their mood was upbeat, the place was likeable. They had done well with the first 6 songs. The audience went along. Their musician buddies hung on Nika's lips and also a little on her neck. Because she COULD talk. And she smelled good. The drummer and the bass man wanted to know from Nika, their saxophonist, which perfume she was wearing today. Because they only too gladly wanted to be able to sniff their girlfriends also soon so deliciously, if they were after the tour again at home.

In the lively conversation droning of the charmingly furnished living room club, the ZigZag, yes, many thought of curves here too, constantly..., they did not understand the strange fragrance name of the never heard brand. Something with mermaid, which would be in strange stores to buy.
So Nika jumps up, curves to the next table but one, where she had noticed a fine fellow earlier, sometimes beaming sympathetically, sometimes looking melancholy. She asks him for a pen to scribble her band-boy 'Prodischiööh' on her Realbooks.

And so, as she leans down, she also catches a whiff of obsession on the charming guy's neck. And this casually dressed man around 50 was by no means wearing the somewhat more harmless Obsession for Men, but rather the Real Stuff: the EdP that requires a gun license.

Tall and lean he was, chatting so animatedly with his mate. His boyish laugh had caught her eye as she watched the audience from the edge of the stage during his colleagues' solos. When he narrated, he gestured almost southernly with his slender hands. That didn't really fit to such a graceful grey-blond curly hair; as little as this heavy obsession. But such quirkiness had always fascinated her: the blue notes of life.

She had continued to soak up his visual vibes from the musician's table, chatting with colleagues, squinting out of the corners of her eyes. His distinctive scent now too, now! Curious appearance the guy, almost jittery alive, extraordinary somehow, ageless. She liked that sort of thing, so fast in her head that some people couldn't quite keep up, and she hardly ever liked to sit still with her body either. Something was always bothering her. Him, too, apparently.
Her pulse quickened, a warm feeling spreading through her belly. Why on earth had he captivated her so quickly during their concert here?

His lively, shrewdly twinkling eyes now smile directly at her. He nods, hands her his pen (oh dear, a 707, taste he has too), pays her a witty compliment on her imaginative sax solos, praises her powerfully smoky tone - and turns back to his friend.

His Obsession does what it must, and gives her the rest: its sensual, ambery shades of vanilla, its deep, minimally-animalic spiciness make her shiver briefly. I hope the man doesn't notice. It was a little (or more?) about her: such a distinctive guy...- hadn't come her way in a long time.

The second set started, they get on stage and continue their Miles Davis homage. Now it's 'Some day my Prince will come'. The trumpeter plays her intro, then they together in unison the melody and this is followed, as always, by the piano solo. Fred is in a good mood today too. She listens to him absorbed, and her eyes roam over the audience. In a moment it's her turn with her 12 bars on the classic, which Chet Baker and of course Miles had modulated again and again, unforgettably - melancholic and at the same time hopefully driving forward. She starts, she gets going. She blows herself into a frenzy, stretching her solo to 36, eventually 48 bars, and narrating and narrating on her saxophone - in slow motion.

The hushed conversations in the ZigZag Club grow quieter. They finally fall silent altogether as one by one in the audience realizes something special is going on. Dionysus, the pithy Greek behind the bar who not only runs the club but is a passionate drummer, marvels more and more spellbound until tears of emotion roll from his dark eyes.
This guy has a big heart and gets what's being remembered, hoped and dreamed here right now from the saxophone of this stunningly vital, tall woman. Whose curves match those of her saxophone so well, and whose gaze alternates between inward, into memories, and dreamily into the audience. As she plays and plays.

Of course, the band colleagues also notice what a special evening this is about to become, and join in: after their own solos, into which sighing interjections from Nika's saxophone are allowed to flow again and again, they also do it differently than usual during the subsequent Screw Ball, the dialogic trading fours: drums, bass, piano and trumpet always play their four bars alternately to the always new, always different, cheekily varying tempo of Nika's four bars, who is apparently just telling her life.
The band seems to fly, the hall to float away; so many pensive (or: painful?) smiling faces. They've been playing the piece - or rather, with the piece and with their feelings - for 20 minutes now. Absolutely extraordinary it was. As the time went on, one after the other in the band and then in the audience had probably realised that this wasn't going to be their every-evening 10-minute version of 'Prince Come', but that today, here towards the fabulous three-quarters of an hour of Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' they were fantasising and pining, praying and improvising for life.

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'Obsession' is a fragrance that, even after a good 30 years and a few reformulations, is still able to conjure up some of its seductively sensual qualities on the skin and in life. As was customary in the 1980s, it contains pretty much all the fruits and spices, woods and resins that make up an oriental-inspired erotic. And thereby was honked from full horns, but quite finely composed.

Vanilla is at the center. But here, like the simple Broadway melodies by the great jazz improvisers, she is modulated and played through in all possible keys. It sings its gently sweet melody sometimes mildly fruity (in the opening), sometimes sultry floral or dry cedar and sandalwood in the heart notes, and finally mossy, patchouli and vetivery bassy towards the end. Nuances of incense, musk and a passing civet cat add one or two more delightful choruses to this grandly orchestrated vanilla orgy, giving Obsession an animalic vivacity that is hard to resist.

From sweetly painful melancholic blues to growling free jazz outbursts, you can experience almost anything here, as in Archie Shepp's saxophone eruptions. Such a perfume sharpens the senses, makes you receptive to spices and envelops you in a warmly ambered sexiness that seems adult and indescribably sensual.

For hours, this modern classic projects its spellbinding vibes over two arm's lengths. Earlier was even more force and durability; the current, however, is quite enough for a long, elated or passionate evening.

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01/14/2021

7.5
Scent 8
Longevity 8
Sillage 6
Bottle 8
Pricing

Tradescantia

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Tradescantia

Top Review 10

Obsession - Hot Cold

Obsession, I haven't worn this one in a long time and I won't again. For me it is just extremely strong, but good. In winter, you can classify him between attracting and cozy. Obsession is such a thing for itself, he must very fit the wearer.
Me overwhelms this beautiful fragrance sometimes, because I find him on a Leise loud, although this volume also after about an hour flattens.
The spices are not all to be enumerated, there will be much in Obsession.
Vanilla can be heard, not an overly sweet one, more of a woody one.
Coriander, rose and orange blossom I personally hear.
Somehow a nice combination, which only shows itself in the course.
The incense note I like very much, as it has nothing sacred here.
Civet I can hardly make out, but that may differ from person to person.
Kate Moss as an advertising character seems to fit.
Find that she embodies the fragrance great.
For me, Obsession is more of a dry oriental.
I have used it quite happily, but will not repurchase.
Some things you can also just keep as a nice memory or impression

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01/11/2021

9.5
Scent 9
Longevity 9
Sillage 8
Bottle

Can777
6 Reviews

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Top Review 71

Follow me!

Oh yes, I am a very visual man. I am very observant and register a lot around me. My good powers of observation are only slightly surpassed by my sense of smell. It has always been that way! No matter where I am I take or take up the scent like an animal. Always following my nose! In the events of parties, events, events, and even in daily life you can smell a lot of things if you have the sensitivity to do so. Eroticism for example! A good example for a highly erotic scent we have here. In the middle of the 80's Calvin Klein brought his perfume Obsession on the market which has to stand as a prime example for erotic decadence. A perfume what unmistakably said what it wants. Follow me!

Obsession (Vintage)
One can probably rightly claim that Obsession spreads an almost hypnotic aura. A narcotic mix of very many animating notes was and is its secret. A light effervescence of tangerine and slightly sweetened peach opens the trail. Gently softened by bitter herbaceous coriander. Various spices rush in. Not easy to discern in detail. In the foremost front it is spicy-dry cinnamon that is discernible. Nutmeg and clove can also be detected in gentle chords. Floral notes spread out, from lush, waxy orange blossom and oily rose. All transitions are kept very soft-flowing and seem almost floating. There are few perfumes that are intoxicating in all three phases of development. Obsession is without question one of them. However, here too, the base is the real enticement. A heavy,very physical,sultry musk combined with smoky accords of incense,tart smoky oakmoss,powdery spicy vanilla and sweet,warm resinous amber beguile the senses. The sensual hunt is ultimately ignited even more by a not to be despised dose of lascivious-animalic civet. Almost impossible not to follow this perfume!

Conclusion
Whoever wears Obsession, should be aware of being noticed. No perfume with which one disappears in the masses. But Calvin Klein also wanted! Obsession is a true gem of erotic, self-confident decadence and sensuality. This isn't about contenance,romance or playfulness. This fragrance lays a trail of warm spicy physicality and lascivious eroticism for anyone who knows how to read it. I have always been able to read these traces and this one has always been the dearest of them all! A perfume which still knows how to seduce. Extremely sexy! Even in the reformulated version which is so much more "harmless". Obsession is a warm and spicy oriental fragrance that can also be worn by men. And who then follows whom, should it be so, is then here the question?

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08/23/2020

8
Scent 8
Longevity 8
Sillage 6
Bottle

Serres74

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Serres74

Very helpful Review 14

What must, must...

...I've been sneaking around this smell forever. I knew it from the old days when it was first released. I liked it already then, but somehow it never found its way to me...but now I had to strike...the price for a 100 ml bottle was really cheap. Now it is mine and I love it. Of course not exactly at 38 degrees...but the autumn is not far away and in this time of the year he fits in perfectly.
You don't need much of it, two or three squirts, and then it's good. It also lasts quite long, easily 5/6 hours. I smell vanilla and amber right away, followed by spices, not as harsh as opium, but present and in the finish it smells like sandalwood and incense The only thing that bothers me about the fragrance are these "green notes"...which you can thankfully only smell when you press your nose directly to your wrist, otherwise not. During "normal" activity the vanilla/amber combination envelops me like a delicate veil. After almost an hour this herbaceous "something" on my skin disappears and just smells deliciously vanilla, delicious to bite into.
So girls, if you have a date in the evening, make sure to spray on an hour before and let the scent unfold, otherwise it could be too much for the person opposite... don't say I didn't warn you ;-)

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08/07/2020

9.5
Scent 10
Longevity 9
Sillage 9
Bottle

Primel

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Primel

Top Review 26

Obsession killed the cat

It is of course the "Curiosity" that got the cat into trouble, a saying that warns against too much curiosity (and name of a band from the 80s).

I first tasted the fragrance in 1989 on a stone-rich and beautiful South American woman during a language stay in Worthing/England. Margherita, as she was called, told me radiantly: "Obsesssssion!" I was thrilled and from then on downright obsessed by this scent, by the way, you could have scented a whole gym with this extract!
Obsession is an oriental scent, but for me it is not "spicy" or even dark, but rather "golden", fruity, flowery and spicy and very sensual, wearable for both sexes equally and absolutely timeless. And what is most beautiful: Not an exploding civet stink bomb, but the fuse glows softly and extinguishes gradually...

Young and unattached as I was then, I then travelled to the South of France to learn a little French as well. Unfortunately "Obsession" became a little bit disliked there. The huge, black (and a bit threatening) tomcat of the host family went crazy and even came to see me in the bedroom at night :D After listening to the howling and howling for a while, I even thought that the animal pronounced my name! Was I going crazy? It was just creepy :O .........Oh Obsession!

That this scent has a pretty strong effect on cats, I read somewhere (maybe here?). In any case, I did not wear this scent anymore from then on.

After careful consideration I came to the conclusion that I had only imagined this whole thing.
:(

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02/29/2020

9
Scent 7
Longevity 6
Sillage 7
Bottle

Elysium
495 Reviews

Elysium

Ain't No More The Grandma's Best Cake

Do you remember when you were a kid? The memories of childhood are like the cover of Linus; each of us holds the most beautiful close trying to make them unforgettable over time. Imagine having a favorite cake that only your Grandma was able to make, a recipe wrote on waste paper consumed and handed down from generation to generation, Grandma's recipes were genuinely irreplaceable. My Grandma often made cakes when I was young. I forgot about those cakes until I came across them. So you went away for a while, you grew up, and when you came home, Grandma made you your favorite cake, but that cake isn't exactly what you remembered. Although it looks the same, the smell and taste are similar, but they are not what drove you crazy.

I didn't wear Obsession in the '80s, but I remember it very well. Likewise Thierry Mugler's Angel later, it was everywhere, and everyone seemed to be wearing one spray too much. A bottle of recent Obsession has been in my collection since last April 2019, and I've to say that I've wanted to test Obsession for the longest time and finally got around to it today. I bought a bottle online on the spot. I was expecting something big and aggressive like Obsession for Men and all the infamous '80s perfumes, so imagine my surprise when I got a cuddly cloud of woody-vanilla powder. If you had me smell this while blindfolded and told me it was a Shalimar flanker, I'd believe you. The Shalimar vanilla, dust, and incense are all there, wrapped in soft spices with a touch of citrus on top, and that's because I probably bought the reformulated version. In the '80s, Obsession was too much, and it filled the entire room. Fast forward 30+ years, you will notice its thinness, its lesser animals, and how much the sillage had reduced.

Nevertheless, I cherish Obsession on the initial spritz, the spiciness, and the vanillic accord. It's kind, charismatic, but sweet, just the right balance. The top notes of mandarin and orange blossom chime loud and clear, as does the coriander. In the early phase, where a bitter herbal-green edge laced with spices seems to linger longer than you'd expect it would or could. It smells very green in the top, then the spices start coming through but also that sweet vanilla with hints of cinnamon.

As it softens, the floral notes are rich but grounded by the amber, and the vanilla in the base is nicely dry in comparison to today's overbearing dessert-fests. But spend some time, and you'll notice notes within Obsession's heart not listed like sweet nutmeg, licorice brown sugar, spicy chili pepper, come through the strongest to my nose.

Then after a few hours, I keep getting whiffs of a manly scent, the sweetness has evaporated, and the healthy spices plus vetiver, oakmoss they turn the smell into something harsh and rough. Ain't a bad thing, but all too powerful, assertive, and spicy fragrances.

Applied heavily, Obsession lives up to every '80s power bombs: it's obnoxious, it's overpowering, it's as complicated as a jackhammer and as irritating to be around. But applied softly, and when viewed in the proper context, all bets are off. It is a plain excellent composition, to beat the band or anything a niche house has to offer.

Vastly underrated and unisex, given its musky profile and admirable lack of sweetness, fruity, or whatsoever. By creation a winter fragrance, it might bloom gorgeously in the summer heat, which ramps up the spice, darkens the musks, and turns the florals into neon versions of themselves. It's an Oriental with a capital O.

-Elysium

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11/26/2018

9.5
Scent 10
Longevity 8
Sillage 10
Bottle

Schwälbchen

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Schwälbchen

Top Review 39

Not the holy grail, but damn close

Vintage and current version - a comparison

A bottle of recent obsession has been in my collection for quite some time and I have to say that I really like this fragrance. The warm and flattering vanilla - omnipresent but not nose-filling - gives the current version a very attractive aura. The fragrance is warm, ambry and slightly spicy right from the start. I cannot grasp herbs or even green notes, rather the Eau de Parfum is underlaid with a fruity orange hint. The impression of a freshly peeled orange peel is tangible. Individual spices, on the other hand, do not want to be revealed to me. For example, I don't notice cinnamon at all on my skin, although I love it very much. It is rather this inviting, benevolent spiciness that makes obsession so irresistible. A very sensual pleasure and even if the reformulation cannot hold a candle to the original, I find both fragrances fascinating and see them as independent orientals in my collection.

The Vintage is even more sensual compared to the current version. Many stories entwine around this fragrance icon. And I also get the impression of eroticism when I sniff it for the first time. No, not subtle eroticism. This fragrance is a vamp, self-confident, radiant, refined seduction and ... yes, sex. No other fragrance is able to create such three-dimensional associations of hot and sweaty skin, damp sheets and (I completely agree with JUMI) wet hair. There's no flirting here. Facts are created here. To be able to wear a vintage obsession, a woman must give herself completely to her femininity. Pride and self-confident grace embody fragrance and wearer. For example, there is this angular, green-herbal start with a lot of incense. Animalic resonates and surrounds the wearer with a (by today's standards) wonderfully unadapted fragrance restaurant. Musk, civet and vanilla meet for a rendezvous of unimagined endurance. In overdose - and this is quickly reached here - he is able to take the breath away from his fellow men. Gently applied, it is a fragrance that has no equal.

If you compare the two fragrances, I would say that the current version with its balsamic feel-good character is definitely suitable for the office but always for daily use. Well-made designer quality with high durability at a top price are combined here.

The VINTAGE, on the other hand, with its irrevocable influence on the limbic system of apparently civilized forms of life and their predatory behavioral changes as a result, is ZWINGEND subject to a weapon licence.

Well then: Waidmanns Heil und Namaste,
your Schwälbchen

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09/19/2018

Pinkdawn

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Top Review 23

Noble mix for drama queens

If there is a reason to look forward to the cold days in late autumn, then it is - obsession! Because for me this heavy, velvety soft, warming, sweet, oriental perfume is a typical winter scent.
My first obsession was a gift. At first I wasn't too enthusiastic about the massive scent bomb - probably I got it in summer. Meanwhile I appreciate the fragrance so much that I just bought the EdT - Obsession is only available as EdT - in order to meet cool times in a stylish and fragrant way.

I like oriental scents very much. I love Shalimar from 1925, whose powdery sweetness reflects the extravagance of the late 1920s. A similarly opulent fragrance experience lets us experience Calvin Klein with his obsession. However, this fragrance is less playful than Shalimar, for example. It is much too earthy, spicy, passionate and sensual. The manufacturer speaks of a warm base of ambergris and musk. I would even call them fiery.

The most famous protagonist for this fragrance from the eighties was probably not by chance Kate Moss in 1993, who is known for her excessive, excessive lifestyle. At that time she was, of course, a 17-year-old, malnourished model.

For me, Obsession is a fragrance for very feminine women who appreciate and wear the sensuality of Zibet and the sweetness of vanilla. It is sweet, heavy, intense and guarantees a great performance. Therefore one should dose extremely sparingly.

Obsession by CK comes in a simple, egg-shaped bottle made of heavy, thick lead crystal that fits well in the hand and radiates noble simplicity. The perfume has a bright brownish, clear colour reminiscent of amber.

After spraying on Obsession starts very sweet. Vanilla is immediately present and pushes bergamot, peach, mandarin and basil into the background, where these chords do not ebb away, but give the vanilla a refined and harmonious background.

It's hard to believe. But in the second act it gets even sweeter. Jasmine, rose and sandalwood are combined to create a strong appearance, to which the spice of coriander adds depth.
Finally, vanilla comes back into play, lots of vanilla. Plus musk and civet. Frankincense brings a touch of mysticism, while vetiver ensures that not everything sinks into dark red plush - metaphorically speaking. A noble mixture for drama queens.

For me, the characteristic aroma of obsession vanilla - velvety, sweet, heavy vanilla notes - is and remains. Especially they make the fragrance so sensual and beguiling. I would say that he guarantees a great performance and many compliments, especially from the masters of creation, who do not always make subtle decisions about women's fragrances, but often, so to speak, from the gut. And of course the passion and eroticism of obsession scores points. The name does not mean "obsession" by chance. So the fragrance seems to be quite appealing to male primordial instincts. That sounds good, but it also has a downside. If applied too much, what happens here easily, the scent can be a bit vulgar and intrusive for some women.

What I particularly like about Obsession, however, is its silage and durability. With most perfumes I am annoyed about their short shelf life. Obsession, on the other hand, has an exceptionally strong "fragrance tail" and lasts all day long. The scent can still be found everywhere for days - in scarves, sweaters, bed linen, hair, handbags, gloves - without losing any of its powdery sweetness.

No wonder obsession is a fragrance you won't soon forget. It is very intensive and has a high recognition value. In the meantime, perfume has long since become - and rightly - a classic that has won many fans.

If any alien who happened to land on our little blue planet ever asked me what it is, a perfume like the one people use, I would keep obsession under his hopefully existing nose. I think he'd understand right away. Without long explanations.

For me, obsession is exactly what you imagine perfume to be: It smells good, is sweet, striking, intense and - seductive.

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09/18/2018

7.5
Scent 9
Longevity 8
Sillage 6
Bottle

DonJuanDeCat

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DonJuanDeCat

Top Review 19

For the possessed!!

Today I describe a fragrance that should certainly no longer be an unknown fragrance. But I think that its name is a perfect match for you perfumes. "Obsession." Because you're all obsessed with scents. Who among you is not happy when she (or he) gets a little bag full of scent samples? You get a bag of mixed sweets just like a little child... and I have to admit that this "mixed bag", as you used to get it from kiosk traders, was one of the biggest things in life back then :D Well, now it's just a mixed fragrance bag. And this brings a smile to your faces, doesn't it? It just goes to show that you guys are crazy about scent! Obsessed! Especially if you can't go to bed at night without taking another look in the souk :DD

Great,... and now my mouth watering when I think of all the marshmallows, jelly bears, gold thalers, clams, sour apples and cucumbers, liquorice snakes, smurfs, Haribo sharks, gum earthworms and and and :D

But I prefer to come to the smell, before I start drooling here again. It's a good thing that it's almost autumn, because the cooler air makes jogging more pleasant when you've stuffed too much into yourself again and want to do some sport :D
Oh and autumnal is also this fragrance here!

The Scent:

The fragrance begins sweetish, but then you smell green and spicy notes. There is some basil, but it will soon disappear. Then I smell some peach, which soon disappears again.
Then the sweet and spicy notes become stronger again. You smell the amber quite well, as well as the vanilla, then general spices (generally because you can hardly determine what you actually smell there), something resinous like incense, a little oakmoss, and finally you can still smell animal notes like Zibet, which already smells stronger than most other fragrances here.
A little later it actually continues to smell as described, only the intensity of individual fragrances changes. Zibet becomes weaker (but still smells pretty good) while the resinous and vanilla fragrances become stronger, oakmoss and amber remain the same and cedar wood is added. In general, the fragrance is now slightly softer and less scratchy.
Even later, the fragrance becomes even smoother. Because the vanilla is now stronger, which also makes the fragrance more powdery. The animal notes, on the other hand, are now clearly losing strength. Also the oakmoss is now in the background in the base. The scent remains sweet, but also soft and spicy, whereby everything harmonizes beautifully with each other.

Sillage and durability:

The Sillage is quite strong, so strong that one could already speak of room-filling here. Because the charisma remains on a strong level for longer, so that it should always smell good on one for a good while. The shelf life seems to be eternal, because I could smell the scent sprayed on in the morning until late at night.

The flacon:

The bottle is roundish-oval and bulbous. The last third of the bottle is darker in colour and represents the cap. There is no label, the name of the fragrance is directly on the bottle.
The scent liquid is amber, which gives it a nice appearance (but you might wonder if the scent liquid leaves stains on light-coloured clothes...). Looks okay.

Hmm... Obsession is one of those fragrances where you have to think of the scents of the 80s/90s right from the first sniff. Strong, sweet, ripe and classically fragrant with oakmoss etc.... but it does not smell bad, but might not go down too well with the younger ones.

Otherwise the fragrance is no longer a hit, but it certainly has its loyal fans, for whom this fragrance is the greatest. It smells quite okay and is particularly suitable for an evening or evening fragrance, especially in autumn and winter. So you can test it!

...
Sooo... as indicated yesterday:
This was my last comment here!
Before all of you now weeping and sobbing screaming "Nooooo!!!", this is of course only temporary. I'll only be gone for about two weeks! :D

On the other hand, some really disappointing faces have already come up here, so I decided to put some commis on my mobile phone, and maybe write here every few days depending on the time, even though it might do you a lot of good to miss me here for a while, who seems to live on perfumo anyway, every day as I normally am here :D

Well, you'll see if I get to publish something from time to time, otherwise see you soon :)

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