Calvin Klein Shock

Calvin Klein Shock goes in the opposite direction from the calmer Calvin Klein scents: it is built to feel louder, more saturated, and more obviously styled. By our assessment, that makes it a better fit for people who want a perfume with a sharper personality and do not mind a scent that announces itself early. The trade-off is that this sort of fragrance can be less subtle in close spaces, and the opening can feel more assertive than the dry-down. In practice, it is the kind of scent people either like for its punch or pass by because it does not sit politely in the background. It lives in the same mainstream designer world as the rest of the brand, but with more edge than the safer clean fragrances. Calvin Klein Shock is not trying to be quiet, and that is exactly the point of it.