Calvin Klein - Escape for Men (1993)

"a fresh fruity fragrance with some greenness.."

Here we have CK's fragrance a little bit left behind from the more popular and known models. But it's still a good fragrance. Has many good points that I'll be explaining in the review. Escape classified as a green aromatic but acts as a fresh fruity type cologne. It was launched in 1993 two years later from its women's version, and the nose behind it is Steve Demarcado, not a potent creator so far, most creating regular fashion and celebrity fragrances. Actually Escape is his one of the best creations. 

Escape for Men's blend consist of: 

top notes: eucalyptus, melon, juniper, grapefruit, mango, bergamot

middle notes: rosemary, cypress, fir, sage, birch, sea notes

base notes: sandalwood, amber, patchouli, oak moss, vetiver

Just look at this list. How nice looking those notes are. Lot's  of nice fruits on the top, bold green aromatics, and very classical fougerish base note arrangements. Except sage note, I mostly hate it, I know, but I can not help about it. Unlike lot's of negative basenotes comments I still think escape is one of the better quality CK fragrances, and worked faithfully on it to create a good fragrance. I can feel it after using hundreds of fragrances. Of course I'm not saying its Creed or even Gucci quality or something like that, but its clearly better, more natural, well blended than most newer CK scents. The blend is very smooth, fresher side, fruity, soft, light, unisex and well behaved. kinda like a nice companion, comes with you wherever you go.

Yes, I know when you look at the blend , especially the middle notes it's suits perfectly as a green aromatic. But in realty the scent character is very different. This is a typical fresh fruity scent. You can forget about the notes I've written above. Escape is mostly a melon & mango combination. Yea some notes like sea notes makes it nearly feel like a aquatic fruity, but it's % 90 melon and mango. And this is good. Not boring, very gentle and adaptable. You will get the aromatic notes least. There are not much well made fruity fragrance out on the market, but to me Escape is one of the best. Not a plain dull fruit combination but cleverly riched with eucalyptus and sea notes, and just a tad spiced with aromatic woodiness. So in summary its a fresh fruity fragrance with some greenness. I think more people need to know about escape. Its being crushed under fragrances like eternity and ck one series. I can easily say most of those are under escape quality feel-wise.

In summary it's one of those fragrances you can spray and go. Summer, winter, in, out, day, night, doesn't care. Perfectly versatile. You like fruity scents? You need to try this. A well made satisfactory scent.

I would suggest escape to younger people than 30. After that it can feel a bit too simple and light for the experienced and aged user. Like pouring a freshly made, unripe wine to a well aged smoky oak barrel. you get what I mean? It can be ant time in a year and day, but would suit spring and summer best, as it doesn't smell so special I would suggest as an outdoor fragrance rather than an indoor one.

Olfactory group: Aromatic

Scent: good  7/10

Silage: average to above average  5,5/10

Longevity: average 5/10

Quality feel: above average  6/10

Recommended: Yes,I would suggest this to anyone, but mostly to lovers of fruity fragrance lovers