Obsessed with Obsession (Revised) (Calvin Klein: Obsession, Eau de Parfum)

Member Name: xxfoxyredxx

Product:	Calvin Klein: Obsession, Eau de Parfum
Date:	14/11/07 (151 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Well priced for a touch of class.

Disadvantages: Overpowering to some people!

This is one of my must haves on my dressing table and as soon as I get to half full (or half empty depending on how you look at life lol) of my bottle I rush out and purchase another one asap! It's a real firm favourite of mine and speaks volumes about who I am in my opinion.

I had my first bottle bought for me in 1985 when the fragrance first came out, I do love my Mummy lol! It's changed very little in design bottle wise over the years and the fragrance hasn't been touched or changed since to the best of my knowledge.

The smell isn't for the faint hearted, I do warn you of that and is very, very rich indeed!

It really is a fragrance that screams I'm here, and great for clubbing as the hotter you get the more the fragrance kicks in lol!

A lot of people nowadays will actually say are you wearing Obsession?? lol It's very popular but I'd never call it 'common' at the same time and you find people love it or hate and are not afraid as to be so bold to actually tell you this! It's like if you wear this strong fragrance you can take the truth or something lol

The Packaging:

Comes in a cream, cardboard box, nothing special about it at all and in fact it's a little masculine to be honest.

The bottle is kind of domed shaped, clear glass and the colour of the perfume is a rich honey colour and it's got a push on brown lid over a gold pump action sprayer. Again nothing really special but it's the contents that counts but the packaging is nice enough and in keeping with the smell type of thing.

The Fragrance:

It's a blend of Vanilla, Amber, Orange Blossom, Oakmoss and other Oriental Spices.

Verdict:

To me the smell is very rich, quite heavy, spicy and sweet but well blended and very smooth. It's deep and very well layered, intoxicating when you put it on and incredibly long lasting on the skin. It's quite a mysterious fragrance too. Every time you smell it you get a different top note i.e sometimes you'll think it's Oriental in fragrance and other times you'll be convinced it's more Vanilla based. It's a bit of a chameleon and a total charmer in my opinion.

You don't need to use loads of it to get the smell of this on the skin, a spritz is just fine! You don't want to go mad with it as you can over do it believe me and it doesn't 'calm down' as such either as it stays heavy on the skin for hours and hours. It's great if you have an evening out planned cos you can leave the bottle at home as you won't need to 'top' this up a all.

Therefore this perfume lasts ages (in the bottle as well as on the skin) and I've worn it on a night out, woke up and rather than smelling of smoke (back in the day) I still smelt of my perfume!Clothes really smell of it afterwards but I must add, wash your clothes on a 40c with decent washing products and the smell does come out fine! Also if you do get this on your clothes it doesn't stain them with a greasy film although it is a dark liquid!

I'd say anyone could wear this fragrance, my Mum uses it, I use it and so does my Step Dad (men's version of course lol),. It spans right across the ages it just depends of course on what you like fragrance wise.

I'd say it's a middle aged fragrance in the main though. Even though you can pick it up cheapish now it's still not the most popular of fragrances so it's a little bit unique cos people have moved on from using this cos of the huge choice we have now! I don't mind being unique though it must be said lol.

Watch out for men though they don't half get the horn with this one I have literally had men chucking themselves at me when I've worn his lol. If you want to seduce someone this should be your weapon of choice. Not only does it smell sexy as hell I find it makes me feel that way too! It's just really uplifting and sexy.

You can now purchase other 'Obsessions' such as Obsession Night and Obsession Sheer, the Obsession 'Original' (I'm reviewing here) and it's available for men and women and the Obsession for Night also is available for men and women.

Shower gel, moisturising lotion and deodorants are available for this particular fragrance as well so you can layer the scent if you desire but do be careful not to over do it.

Eau De Parfum Spray For Women .... (Around about the prices you should expect to pay):

30ml £22.00
50ml £25.00
100ml £45.00

Aftershave For Men:

125ml £19.99

Eau de toilette for men....

30ml £21.00
125ml £40.00

These prices are from Boots and taken from the Boots website.

Boots also have some great Obsession gifts sets as well that are really worth taking a look at as you can make such good savings (particularly at Christmas).

Finally....

It's a must have for night time use and a really economical fragrance, you must at least sniff it in your lifetime and I bet you love it!

This review can also be seen on Ciao under this name.

Summary: Strong , bold and I'm here, you cant ignore me now!