Reveal
Calvin Klein (2014)

Sadly, Reveal is discontinued now, but it can still be found for a reasonable price every now and again.
The main thing my nose gets is cantaloupe and honeydew. Just a basket of freshly sliced melon, as well as a touch of aqua, and a smidge of warm spice and woods. A good few healthy spritz projects for around 4-5 hours, and the scent’s longevity is a little over half a day for me.
Reveal is a very sweet and fresh one! I do quite like it, and I think it’s good for fall and winter seasons, but should do just fine in a little mild heat. It’s not a sock knocker-offer, but I’d suggest adding it to your collection if you like fruitiness, and can find a bottle new in the box for less than $28.
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Um, it's supposed to have salt and pepper? I'm not getting any. What I'm getting the most is sweetness and sugar. In the start it's a well-blended perfumey non-descript feminine floral on my skin that is sweet, very sweet, sugary sweet - but not overpowering. After 2 hours I am punched by a sudden blast of patchouli, and sweetness meets the sourness of patchouli. When it finally dries down, I MIGHT get a faint marine/salty note, but maybe I'm just imagining it.
It's not a bad perfume per se, it has many fans and maybe even rightfully so as it's probably nicely peppery and salty and unique on someone else, but it's really just a nondescript sugar coated patchouli on my skin.

I have a unique relationship with this house, because the marine and musk components they repeatedly use to telegraph that it's Calvin Klein go nuclear with my chemistry. So I always get quite a result with a Calvin Klein frag, but this can be a good or a bad thing! I've read reviews of Reveal where people get no sillage or longevity and can barely smell it, though I have the opposite - the salt (marine) note blooms on my skin to the point where I can't escape it and it smells like the bilge on a sailboat and makes me feel sick. Not only that, but a little of the spray got on a shirt sleeve I'd been wearing, and the scent lasted through the wash. Twice. This can't be good for a person.

So I gave it a neutral as I think it could have a certain sophisticated, minimalist subtlety IF you don't have a problem with the CK marine note. Just please don't wear it around me!

A somewhat bland pepper & salt opening blast, followed by a rather synthetic iris and a woodsy musk drydown. It is quite generic overall, with moderate sillage, adequate projection and four hours of longevity. In summary - mediocre. 2/5