Calvin Klein launched Eternity in August 1988, three years after Obsession. Sophia Grojsman, of IFF, composed its white floral bouquet, heightened with spicy, woody and green notes, which the house links to a wedding band engraved “Eternity” given by Calvin Klein to his wife. Christy Turlington, photographed by Bruce Weber, was its first face.
For the house, Eternity is a white floral bouquet, heightened with spicy, woody and green notes. Its current description, supplied to perfumeries, opens on white lily and bergamot, moves to white rose and violet, and settles on sandalwood and a golden amber.
The notes published at the launch formed a longer list: freesia, green accord, mandarin, sage, narcissus and lily in the top; rose, violet, lily of the valley, carnation, marigold, apricot and peach in the heart; patchouli, sandalwood, heliotrope and musk in the base.
A peppery, soapy rose
Elena Vosnaki, of Perfume Shrine, reads in it above all a peppery heart evoking carnation, powdered with heliotrope and musk, brightened by citrus, greens and lily of the valley, over an intensely soapy rose. She notes 11.7% Iso E Super in the 1988 formula.
What stays out
Current descriptions diverge: one reduces the fragrance to six materials, another still cites citrus, freesia, sage, lily of the valley, jasmine, lily, carnation and musk. The apricot, peach and marigold of 1988 no longer appear in the house’s descriptions.
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