CK one and CK be will be available from next month in limited edition 100ml collector’s edition flacons which are boxed alongside a portable speaker. The bottle is decorated with the “we are one” slogan. The font is designed to look handwritten and the message appears in a number of languages.

The detachable speaker represents the universal language of music and in this spirit, is compatible with most standard MP3 players. The product will appear in white and silver/grey for CK one and white and black for CK be and the fragrance and speaker. Also available is a matching 250ml body spray.

CK one / CK be ‘we are one’ is available from February 2009.

AAlberto Morillas was the winner of the Prix François Coty in 2003.

After 2 years at the school of Beaux Arts of Geneva, he joined Firmenich in 1970 as a young perfumer. Mostly self-trained, Alberto developed his own style from the very beginning. In his mind, he pictures scents as colors and forms he can manipulate freely. His creations are spontaneous and numerous and do not follow any set of given rules. Alberto has no limits either in the generous ways he uses raw materials or in the amount of time he devotes to his passion. His strong signature is always recognized by the fragrance amateur.

When he is not creating scents, he spends his time contemplating in the family garden or indulging in luxurious pleasures. Alberto also has his own high-end candle series Mizensir. All of his candles have awesome and uncompromising scents he created (of course) and are available at Colette in Paris.

Bvlgari Ominia Crystalline

Omnia got its first flanker in 2005, with Omnia Crystalline. Like other flanker scents — Calvin Klein Euphoria Blossom, Prada Tendre, among others — it was designed for the Asian market, where lighter, fresher fragrances are the thing. And it did very well, apparently “reaching number one in Japan and South Korea”.

Omnia Crystalline is also by Alberto Morillas, and is a fresh musky woody fragrance with notes of bamboo, nashi pear, lotus flower, and balsa wood. On first smell, it would seem to have little in common with its parent scent: it is notably more aquatic, paler (in keeping with its name) and blander.

Omnia Crystalline is fresh and light, as you’d expect, and it is blander than the original, but it isn’t without personality. The pear, happily, is subdued in the opening, and not at all sweet: it doesn’t smell like a fruity floral or like something geared towards teenagers. Once the fruitiness fades, Omnia Crystalline is mostly musky woods, with very subtle green notes and something that smells rather like white tea. And while its overall character remains fresh and clean and crisp, the wood notes smell darker and deeper than you’d expect from balsa wood alone; according to PerfumeWorld, both Omnia and Omnia Crystalline also have guaiac wood.

Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline is an Eau de Toilette. The lasting power is excellent (easily 6 hours or more), but we should note that as with the original Omnia, we’ve seen numerous reports about its poor staying power. It can be found in 25, 40 and 65 ml. Bargain shoppers can find Omnia Crystalline at discount

Bvlgari Omnia Amethyste

Omnia Amethyste opens on peppery-earthy citrus, with, as promised, a fair amount of greenery. It moves on to a lightly powdery blend of floral notes with vanillic undertones. The rose is subtle, the iris is recognizable mostly in the peppery-earthy part of the opening. Morillas has said that nature print technology was used to capture the smell of iris blossoms for Omnia Amethyste, and that may account for the fact that the florals in the heart notes smell like such a blur.

It is a summery fragrance, and like the other Omnias, more sheer than not. The dry down is light musky woods, and after a few hours most of the floral notes are gone and then it isn’t altogether different from Crystalline, although some could call it cleaner, paler, less deep. Traces of scent linger on for at least 6-8 hours. Morillas describes Amethyste as “a fresh, precious and sophisticated fragrance that brings to mind a nicely manicured garden”.

Blvgari Omnia Amethyste is an Eau de Toilette, and is available in 25, 40 and 65 ml. It is available at discount, but not as widely as Omnia Crystalline.

Bvlgari Omnia

Omnia has a light, peppery-citrus top note over sheer woods and spices. The chocolate and almond are subdued, but do give this a gourmand feel for a short time. It dries down to a very pretty, very soft sandalwood with dusty spices. The saffron and cardamom are the most apparent, but every so often one can smell a bit of ginger or clove.

Despite the abundance of what are usually heavy spice notes, it stays sheer and transparent throughout, and it is only lightly sweet. It wears well in almost any but the very hottest weather.

The bottle is glass inside a plastic over-casing representing two interlocking rings. CPC Packaging selected this as one of the best fragrance bottles of 2003.

Bvlgari Omnia is available at department stores and at many of the online discounters.