Kenzo Perfume
This Kenzo perfume is almost 20 years old (1991), the first perfume Kenzo created for men. Time flies faster than I care to remember. The first time I smelt this perfume was on a friend of mine, we were going to a Joe Jackson concert (was it 1992?), I knew Kenzo perfumes for women fairly well, ad I don’t know why I had always connected Kenzo to feminine perfumes and it never occurred to me there could be a Kenzo pour homme. Silly thought, of course, find me a perfume designer who only does perfumes for one half of the world. Anyway, that concert was great, and the Kenzo parfume pour homme smelt greatly on my friend from beginning to end.
Kenzo perfume
And, after all these years, my friend is still a friend of mine, but Kenzo pour homme is no longer his favorite perfume. Maybe I could give it to him as a Christmas present this year, or maybe I should wait for 2011…
One thing I have always loved of this perfume is the bamboo shaped perfume bottle, shaken by the wind. This theme is featured in many Kenzo perfumes (like Tokyo or Kenzo Flower Perfume), with different styles, but in Kenzo pour homme it remains unique in its simplicity and unpretentiousness (have I spelt it right?).
Ok enough rambling, let’s talk about the notes now. The opening is a mix of light and fresh floral, where salted water and seaweed are the dominant idea. The middle notes the sea water notes are still there but they are joined by a hint of light amber. It’s where you think this Kenzo perfume for men begins the transition to a woody perfume, going through a middle stage of resinous freshness.
Here and there, spices show up, maybe nutmeg and cinnamon, but they tend to merge with the woody notes, keeping the dominant watery side intact.
The base notes are surprise: if you thought the woody and resinous notes would stand out, well, you wee wrong. This Kenzo perfume for men is about sea water, which becomes more and more refined towards the end. It’s sage, a non-metallic and earthy sage, which adds a humid and musky note to the salt
As I said before, this Kenzo perfume for men is a classic, if you are between 25 and 50 years old, and you don’t look like a 70 year-old, you should have no problem wearing this perfume in any activity. This Kenzo pour homme can be an office perfume, an after work-out perfume, or a perfume for informal or semi-informal events. Maybe (maybe) the only time you should wear some other perfume is in a date. But hey, if you think your date likes the sailor type of man, then this Kenzo perfume pour homme will pay off. Guaranteed.
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