Defy Parfum
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- Authentic original perfume
- Try before the full bottle
- Travel-ready 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
- Long-lasting scent
Defy Parfum by Calvin Klein opens with a bright crack of pink pepper, warm rather than fiery. Lavender takes the middle, aromatic and calm, with a soft musky hum running underneath. The base is cacao, warm and lightly bitter rather than sweet like dessert. Launched in 2023, men tend to be the ones who pick it up, drawn to something spiced and grown-up rather than loud. Voters wear it across autumn and winter, into the evening and at night, and it holds its own at work. The longevity vote leans moderate, and the sillage vote reads clearly moderate, so it sits close to the skin rather than filling a room. A 3ml decant is enough to spend a week finding out if it is yours.
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The community verdict
Warm and softly spicy, Defy Parfum takes pink pepper through lavender to a cacao base. Moderate wear draws the largest share of votes, and most find its projection moderate. It suits autumn nights, with winter and evenings also working, for those who like aromatic notes with a sweet finish.
Summarised with AI from perfume-community reviews
- Topfirst impression
- Heartafter a few minutes
- Basewhat lingers
- Cacao
- Brand
- Calvin Klein
- Scent profile
- For men
- Launched
- 2023
- Decant sizes
- 3ml, 10ml, 30ml
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Calvin Klein Defy Parfum, hour by hour
How it opens, settles and lingers on skin.
Lavender fields fading into cacao and pepper after nightfall.
What you smell
First spray0–15 min
Heart15 min – 2 h
Dry-down2 h – 3–6 h
- Cacao
- Lasts
- 3–6 h
- Moderate
- Sillage
- Moderate, 2 of 4
What wearers say
Votes from fragrance communities, most-voted answers first.
Longevity154 votes
Most voted: 49%Moderate
26%Long lasting
Sillage143 votes
Most voted: 61%Moderate
22%Strong
Season154 votes
Most voted: 45%Autumn
35%Winter
Time of day154 votes
Most voted: 42%Night out
28%Evening
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Longevity154 votes
- Very weak6%10 votes
- Weak14%22 votes
- Moderate (Most voted)49%76 votes
- Long lasting26%40 votes
- Eternal4%6 votes
Sillage143 votes
- Intimate16%23 votes
- Moderate (Most voted)61%87 votes
- Strong22%31 votes
- Enormous1%2 votes
Season154 votes
- Spring15%23 votes
- Summer5%8 votes
- Autumn (Most voted)45%69 votes
- Winter35%54 votes
Time of day154 votes
- Daytime20%31 votes
- Office10%15 votes
- Evening28%43 votes
- Night out (Most voted)42%65 votes
Which size is right for you?
Every size is decanted from the same original bottle.
At 3 sprays a day.
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Why scent lovers try it with us before they buy the bottle.
Hand-decanted from the original bottle
Decanted by hand from authentic bottles, never diluted.
Wear it for days before you commit
Live with it at work, at night and at the weekend before you buy a full bottle.
Just like the full bottle
A fine-mist atomiser sprays like the original, so it opens, projects and lasts on your skin the way the full bottle does.
10ML vs a blind buy
What a decant gives you that a bottle bought unsmelled can’t.
Why 10ML?
Blind buy
Authentic original perfume
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Smell it on your skin before you buy
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Try several scents for one bottle’s price
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Travel-ready atomiser
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No full bottle wasted if it’s not for you
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The house
More from Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein started out in the United States in 1968, and its perfumes have a clean, pared-back attitude to match. The range here splits into two pairs. Euphoria is the darker of the women's scents, with pomegranate and persimmon over black orchid, amber and soft woods. My Euphoria, from 2023, takes that idea somewhere fruitier and lighter. On the men's side, Defy opens bright with bergamot and lavender, a crisp aromatic start. Defy Parfum keeps the lavender and warms it up with cacao and spice. Try both halves of one pair together and you will soon know which way you lean.
Frequently asked questions
What does Calvin Klein Defy Parfum smell like?
Calvin Klein Defy Parfum opens with Pink Pepper. The heart brings Lavender. It dries down to Cacao.
Is Calvin Klein Defy Parfum long lasting?
Shoppers on fragrance communities most often rate its longevity as moderate (49% of votes), and 30% rate it long lasting or eternal. They most often rate its sillage as moderate (61% of votes). How long it lasts on you also depends on your skin and how much you apply.
Is Calvin Klein Defy Parfum good for summer?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rate it mainly for autumn; summer takes only 5% of season votes.
Is Calvin Klein Defy Parfum good for winter?
Shoppers on fragrance communities favour other seasons, but winter still takes 35% of season votes.
Is Calvin Klein Defy Parfum for day or night?
Shoppers on fragrance communities mostly wear it after dark: 70% of time-of-day votes are for evenings and nights out, 30% for daytime or the office.
Can I wear Calvin Klein Defy Parfum to the office?
Shoppers on fragrance communities rarely pick it for the office: only 10% of time-of-day votes go to the office.
Who makes Calvin Klein Defy Parfum?
Defy Parfum is made by Calvin Klein. It was launched in 2023.
How many wears is a 10ml decant of Calvin Klein Defy Parfum?
A 10ml decant of Calvin Klein Defy Parfum holds about 200 sprays, roughly 67 days of wear at 3 sprays a day. The 3ml decant holds about 60 sprays, around 20 days. The 30ml decant holds about 600 sprays, around 200 days.
Which other Calvin Klein perfumes can I try?
Besides Calvin Klein Defy Parfum, 10ML has Euphoria, Defy and My Euphoria from Calvin Klein, each decanted from the original bottle.
Is this Calvin Klein Defy Parfum decant the original perfume?
Yes. Every Calvin Klein Defy Parfum decant is filled by hand from an original Calvin Klein bottle, with nothing added or diluted, so it opens, dries down and lasts on your skin the way the bottle does. We sell only authentic originals.
What is a decant?
A small amount of a perfume, taken from its original bottle and put into a travel atomiser. You get the real fragrance in a size that lets you live with it for days before you decide on the full bottle.
How does the money-back guarantee work?
If a scent isn’t right for you, get in touch within 30 days of it arriving and we’ll arrange a refund. Terms apply. See our refund policy.