Description
The all-seeing eye is a major imprint of the collection and alludes to the force of the third eye and to spiritual protection from above,” said Kenzo art-directors Humberto Leon and Carol Lim.
Its the first fragrance by the new art directors.
Kenzo entrusted the fragrance creation to Francis Kurkdjian. “It opens with a surge of flowers by the armful, from petals to bouquets, with bursts of sweetness… It’s a brilliant fragrance, with a lively sparkling trail, a crazy rock nectar with an intoxicating scent that titillates the nose. A shot of energy that benefits the soul.”
The key note of the fragrance is Ambroxan: “Ambroxan gives the flowers the enticing quality that we need to fogret them as such. It’s a bit like the sfumato in the paintings of Leonardo da Vinci, when you juxtapose power. It acts like the fog, when the mist blurs the contours of things all around, and we only recognize their hazy outline.”
Kenzo World was launched in 2016.
Ram40678 – :
I received a sample and I thought:”I already know it’s not good” because of the reviews I have read. Well, I was really surprised! I like it though…I feel like it’s suitable for nights out.
hqx273intitytek – :
Sorry to everyone but I’m loving the hate!
It means that the beautiful fruity musk that floats from my skin when I wear this perfume is special to me… well until the multitude of people that compliment me on this wrangle out of me what I’m wearing and go off to buy bottles for themselves (or their wives!) haha.
It’s an absolute love for me. Thanks MFK.
alex_52rus – :
Not yummy red fruits with not charming peony. On me it rather light. Not my type(
Bleliaappebra – :
Sobits described as musky and rosy on the main accords. Maybe the rose comes from the mahonial floral note; which I clearly see the calalillies in, but I also see light pink flower that do look kinda like light pink roses when I look close enough. But where does the musk come from? I thought ambroxan was a synthetic amber smell, and amber smells like nothing vut tree sap. That’s how amber is made. So is ambroxan also supposed to smell like musk? Musk just smell like chemicals to me. I wish I could smell real musk and see of its any similar to the musk notes they use today
Cnukep – :
I only went to test it out of curiosity for the unusual bottle, but I bought it for the scent. At first it is very strong fruity smell, not to sweet, but still delicious. After about 15 min I can smell the peony, which is one of my absolute favourites in perfume. I think it is very well done and balanced between the fruits and florals. I cant exactly explain it but it is seems to me very different form anything else I have tested and definitely unique. It is sweet and creamy, yet fresh.It does have a very very slight soapy note, it reminds me a bit of shower gel, but it is so faint I can only smell it when I bury my nose in my skin.
Great longevity 6-8 hours on my skin and good sillage-it can fill the room with more than 2 sprays. Love the unusual bottle design, but it is a bit awkward to hold and spray.
VVPPPVV – :
Fake fruits, fake flowers, and fake amber. An optimistic comparison would be a cheap Burberry black. And that’s being generous. I love Burberry black but this is Not a good perfume.
At wasko, the only soapy quality this has is like a children’s dollar store bubble bath
Seila – :
I purchased this blindly and it has turned out to be the BEST blind buy of my life! I already had an idea of what it would smell like as I already have Kenzo World Intense and Kenzo World EDT.
This beautiful deep scent lasts forever on my skin and I have received more compliments on this than any of my other 200 frags. Every time I wear it people are stopping me to ask what it is and where they can buy it. Tonight I sprayed about 4 sprays, did some housework and then went grocery shopping. About 2 hours into my shopping, the lady at the deli counter that was BEHIND the service line commented on it and had me write down the name. I bought mine at QVC because of the easy pay options, I LOVE Qvc.
My signature scent is Chloe New EDP and this one is a very close runner up. It does not smell like Chloe but has the same kind of vibe and is the same qualify and long lasting scent.
This is lovely but the intense is EVEN BETTER.
If I could give this 10 stars I would.
rzd66 – :
Does anyone know if this has any soapy note quality to it? I have found often perfumes with peony tend to have a soapy note.
kyrepa – :
The aroma is amazing, the fruit notes and flowers are felt, sweet, but not suffocating! Very cool! And persistent! The hair lasts no less than 12 hours! Clothes smell even on the next day. Registration is also happy! I recommend!
ranhome – :
Opens as green, fresh, floral, amber, with some citrus/fruit. I think of cut grass, bamboo, Rattan, white floral soap, light amber, lemon, and pineapple.
After some wear, I sense green, amber, and some sweetness.
I find it unique, soft, and wearable. It makes me think of being outside on a sunny, fall day, with the smell of fallen leaves.
(Based on a Sephora sample)
YAMAXA – :
This one was put on my Dislike list after one hour of wearing it. I was eager to test as it’s marked here as an weirdo… On my skin it’s generic, synthetic and makes me a headache; I am very open to all genres of fragrances and I try to understand every scent, but this one is a big no. It’s all of berries and artificial flowery notes- maybe is this ambroxan, I’m not an expert as many of you. Definitely not appropriate scent to buy it blind or for unexpected gift.
SoulEvans3 – :
I wouldn’t want an eyelid sitting on my dresser but I do have to give them props for doing something a little different, though.
On to the fragrance…Where is it? I tested a couple sprays before leaving for church and I couldn’t smell anything all morning. It also would get completely overwhelmed by a lot of the other perfumes I smell around church. So,I tested a double spray on one elbow when I got home. For the first minute I got a floral pear smell, but now it just smells like baby wipes. To me, with some perfumes I sometimes I get the impression that more effort went into creating the artsy bottle than the perfume, and this is one of those times.
alex7219200 – :
Sickly-sweet.
Dried pineapple cubes! and coconut cubes + candied cherries syrup + strawberry syrup + extremely sweet, “wax-y” chocolate substitute (I agree: cheapest chocolate covered cherries!!!).
Edit: I’ve watched the ad 🙂 Hypoglycemic seizures?
Try it if you like Sun Moon Stars – it possessed the same syrupy sweetness (100% sugar in sugar). World is more fruity…
Sun Moon Stars World 😉
kupnu4b – :
This is my first review here in Fragrantica as this time I felt that I really must share this with you fellow Fragranticans. 🙂 Because… I need to tell you that I BLIND BOUGHT this eye fragrance! I’ve been laughing at myself whole morning thinking about this. This is kind of a long story but I think that there might be someone who enjoys this as much as I do.
It all began a couple of weeks ago when I was at a perfume store and saw the new Kenzo World Eau de Toilette. I had seen the famous commercial before and it gave me a good laugh so I decided to test the cute looking pink edt. As I adored the powdery, innocent almond blossom note I bought the edt immediately. After that also the original Kenzo World began to interest me. I watched the video again realized that this story is exactly like my thoughts sometimes when I feel contradictory and couldn’t care less what others think about me. So somehow I knew that I will love this fragrance and ordered a full bottle from the internet. It arrived yesterday. I had some fun with myself, again, as I wanted also to “blind wear” this. That means that every time when I blind buy a fragrance I try it on skin before giving it a full wear but this morning after showering I sprayed Kenzo World for the first time full sprays to my all pulse points. And it was love at the first sniff. This fragrance is really like me. Or, actually, my World.
The controversial commercial video describes perfectly the whole evolving of the perfume. The fragrance opens with a sophisticated accord that somehow reminds me of Tom Ford Velvet Orchid Lumiére (which I adore). It fits well to a gala night but there is a little sad, kind of a mourning like undertone. Slowly, as the overwhelming ambroxan note reveals itself, the fragrance begins to change more and more modern and even schizophrenic. It begins to bloom and shows it’s empowering heart that makes you feel very confident and free! There are moments when those super feminine floral tones come forward just to make you feel feminine but at the same time the darker tones remind you all the time that you are not only feminine but also a true power woman. The nose that blended this one must be a genious!
The bottle was for me a pleasant surprise as it is made of nice frosted glass and in real life it looks much more beautiful than in the pictures. I also adore the symbolics of the name and the bottle. When you really think about the whole world and universe it makes you feel very small and meaningless but on the other hand you look at the world through your own eyes so that the world will be there for you, just reach for it by looking it eye to eye.
lazebnik – :
Este perfume es dulce, como olor a fresas frescas. Tambien es floral pero muy suave nada pesado, me recuerda un olor veraniego. Tiene buena duración.
timmolodov – :
Este perfume es dulce, como olor a fresas frescas. Tambien es floral pero muy suave nada pesado, me recuerda un olor veraniego. Tiene buena duración.
xqqmgltjaf – :
Este perfume es dulce, como olor a fresas frescas. Tambien es floral pero muy suave nada pesado, me recuerda un olor veraniego. Tiene buena duración.
Andrey84 – :
It´s heavy, it´s sweet, it´s wonderful. One of a kind on my shelf. I think it´s the ambroxan that gives the sweet red fruits the longevity and weight. After watching the commercial I was a little hesitant….but the perfume is just as different from other perfumes as the commercial. The bottle is also a bit weird but I really recommend it!
Hyligan – :
I appreciate Kenzo’s perfume in general. They are original. My ever favourite is Kenzo Flower, signature frag. since 2005. I was eager to try World. The bottle is peculiar and so is the perfume. I mean it: very peculiar perfume. I like the concept of the bottle but once holding it in my hand, it looks cheap. The pearl looks very plastic and so does the black top. Reminds me of a track wheel.
It smells synthetic to my nose to a degree that it’s unpleasant. I cannot put my finger on “what is” this perfume nor on “how it” is. I would describe it as a big “non-sense”. I cannot sense the pyramid. It’s an overwhelming mix of notes.
I am sure though, that it might work very well on some people with the right chemistry to bear this perfume.
I strongly recommend not to blind buy it.
kak2s – :
Really like it! Most original perfume I have smelt in ages!
To me it smells overwhelmingly of Matey bubble bath! Which is not such a bad thing! You can definitely smell the musk after a while though.
It’s rather interesting, because it smells fresh and fruity, yet musky and aquatic… once for those that want something different, but don’t want to stray too far from their usual scent group… seems to have something for everyone!
samsud – :
State of the art female fragrance. A pleasent fruity/flowery smell without surprises. Suits women who don’t dare (at least during daytime).
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Voron777 – :
I would have never describe this perfume with red fruits. Kenzo world has some sort of cold freshness to it. Almost fruity but I would say lemony and minty like an icy mojito maybe? I might be crazy, oh well 😀
Edit: Someone below said there is some artificial notes going on and I wouldnt agree more. That is what causes this icy freshness. I am sorry to offend anyone who likes it but both decadence eau so decadent and kenzo world are very very similar. They both remind me children perfumes slightly.
Is it necessarily bad? I think no. Whatever suits for you anyway.
tanf94 – :
I’m not sure I understand what they were trying to do with the packaging and message because it just smells like a bunch of fruit. It’s not bad, I do like it. But nothing special for sure.
vitalij941 – :
I liked it. I sprayed tester myself and this frag reminded me CK Euphoria in a more fruity less strong way and also a bit Carven Le Parfum.
To me, Kenzo World is like a mixture of both frag with a fruitiness. Actually, I also find it similar to Ysl Mon Paris too.
Normally, I don’t like fruity and sweet smells, and i don’t prefer to wear this type, but i liked this one.
I don’t get this much dislike though. Yes, there are many frags created before same type or similar smelling, very common, we smelled it before etc.. But this is not an awful smell anyway. Surprising for me this much dislikes.
timonik – :
I usually like Kenzo fragrances. I have 4 of them in my collection right now. But the weird ad and ugly bottle didn’t make me very curious for Kenzo World… The bad reviews did though. I needed to try something that gets so much hate 😀
I don’t really hate it, but I don’t really like it either.
The scent directly from the bottle is okay. It does remind me of My Burberry and My Burberry Black, also by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian. It has the same lush, thick texture.
But on my skin two other notes unfold that make Kenzo World much less enjoyable than the My Burberry line. One is a soapy, scratchy peony and the other is a sweet and sour berry background noise. Both come in and out. One moment I can smell them, the next moment I just get a nice sweet and dark fruit and amber perfume. And then they’re back again and make the scent messy and cheap smelling. Weird.
As the scent dries down after a few hours, it becomes weaker and sweeter in a sugary candy way without any distinctive notes.
I don’t know, it’s not as bad to me as to some reviewers, though it’s nothing I’d like to wear and Kenzo can do better. I have smelled worse perfumes, but It’s not elegant or sexy and doesn’t smell like they put much thought in it.
RexS – :
Have you ever seen those chocolate covered cherries you can get at CVS for $1.99? If not, they are chemically soaked marischino cherries, marinated in some viscous pink liquid and coated with a shell of shiny artificial chocolate. If you eat one, the sticky mess lingers on your fingers and the whole thing explodes into a gooey, artificial disaster un your tongue
. It resembles nothing delicious-chocolate or cherry or even a real confection.
If Kenzo World perfume was food, that’s what it would be. The “red fruits” are purely artificial and chemical smelling, like the marischino cherry. There is a sparkle to it, but not a pleasant fizzy one like champagne-it’s more like an overly sweet sugar-free carbonated fruit punch, like the gluey mess surrounding the cherry. And the dry down is no different than if you’d scrubbed your tiles and left some AJAX on. It is capped off in this ugly bottle, like the chemical cherry trapped in plastic chocolate. It is, frankly, awful. And while some fragrances smell beautiful on some people and not on others, I believe this one might be universally unflattering.
In short, the fragrance is as ugly as the advertisement announcing it. Who wants to see a pretty girl in a strange dress make weird faces and dance like she has a seizure disorder? There is nothing real, or pretty, about this fragrance or anything surrounding it. Another one for the ten dollar perfume rack at TJ Maxx.
walkman88 – :
Fresh, sweet red fruits. And it lasts all day on me! When I wear it I just can’t stop smelling myself. I’m glad I took a chance on this one.
win777 – :
This is the kind of fragrance that makes you thinking the perfume-world could go on and ignore it without any doubt.
Uanej81 – :
On my skin sweet pineapple ! Paradox 🙂 ! My new love !
pantera777 – :
I am a bit confused. I want to like it, cause I sense some incense myrrh thing going on, but I get lost when a cherry (?) note hits me. Still, I’m intrigued.
hyundai-z.ru – :
A huge disappointment for sure. The bottle looks interesting, but the scent is not even mildly good.
At least it’s not strong. Smells just disappointing, that’s the best word for it.
Only some synthetic floral notes and berries.
alexmesh – :
Kenzo is one of my favourite houses but I can’t even like this. This smells like a bunch of chemicals put together at random. It does smell like a household cleaner, and not a very nice one at that. I do not smell any flowers whatsoever.
Yars_007 – :
Usually I like Kenzo offerings but had the misfortune of smelling a sample of this in Paris recently. It is awful, plain and simple. A synthetic disaster that smells like a household cleaner. SMH. What were they thinking? If you want to try modern and edgy take a few lessons from CDG.
unduslysmoose – :
One day I love this, one day I hate this. I don’t understand what’s going on, I’ve smelled it multiple times at different branches of the same perfume store but it changes every time I smell it.
TORENTINO – :
Top notes:Ethyl-Maltol
Heart: Ethyl-Maltol
Base:Ethyl-Maltol
Vile!
freedaredevil – :
Boring fruity floral. What am I even smelling?? This smells like something from Avon. I’m not exaggerating, this literally smells just like Avon’s Rouge. Just add a little amber in there and it’s the same thing. Francis Kurkdjian, wtf are you doing??? It’s not interesting enough to dislike but guys, if you like this save your money and buy Rouge.
tyomich – :
It opens with sharp fruits, then it starts to fluctuate between sweetness, a slight medicinal undertone and a powdery note.
The fruit notes are generic, sort of syrupy.
i don’t smell much jasmine.
If you can bare the whole thing until the drydown, then you are up for a surprise. Finally, right in the end, we get the magic of Francis K. The drydown is sublime, addictive, sexy, subtle and irresistible. The bad news is that at this point it’s barely perceptible.
IgorC – :
I got a trial size of this from Sephora. I thought it smelled alright when I sprayed it on the card, but spraying it on myself was a completely different experience. It reminds me of a Britney Spears “Believe” perfume I had in high school, only much worse. Ten minutes into my work day and I already attempted to scrub it off with Dawn, but it’s still sticking around. I’m not looking forward to wearing this all day. I
Dj_V1nT – :
Hahaha at the review from Bad_Girl_Bex! “Golden Wonder Prawn Cocktail crisps”! – I just sniffed my wrist and actually, properly laughed out loud. That is such an accurate description of this perfume. Eight hours later, I’m getting bubble gum and the sort of powder smell that dog poo bags have.
I felt like this was a sillage monster on me, so apologies to the person next to me – and probably three rows back – in the cinema tonight, three and a half hours after I sprayed this on myself.
All in all, a fail from me. The bottle design is as naff as too, with the little dangly eye thingy getting all caught up in the monstrous, ungainly cap. Even if this was a great fragrance, I wouldn’t want to look at that bottle every day.
It reminds me a bit of Zadig & Voltaire “This is Her”, a similar sweet, sticky perfume, although that does have a slightly cleaner smelling dry down than the Kenzo.
nnn44 – :
it is fruity sweet doesn’t stand out at all , sillage is minimal is just very bland and honestly a bit generic , no one will ask what you are wearing it smells like a ton of other perfumes
bobs21 – :
To me it is very close with My Burberry eau de toilette. I tested both on my skin and nobody could tell the difference.
unlagotug – :
Cannot believe the sales assistant at the airport sprayed me with this and told me ‘It is far far better, even nicer than Chanel’. All I got was sickeningly sweet fruity floral (according to her it is peony and hyacinth) which lasted on me all day throughout the flight. The card that I placed in my bag is still smelling strong after 5 weeks – nooo!! Think about those cheap chemical like celebrity perfumes multiplied by strength 100X.
razochok – :
All I get throughout is sugar water and artificial cranberries. That’s a nah from me.
denus31 – :
Mmmh nope, I don’t really like this one, and I completely agree with xoxomyke – this is a chemical mess. I don’t know, maybe I’m anosmic to some ingredient, but this seriously smells like softener or detergent. To me it really smells quite bad, I don’t want to offend its creator and his work, nor those who like it, maybe it is just me, who knows…
A scrubber, unfortunately.
werr222 – :
The bottle is really awful- super tacky, cheap and just ugly looking. It could have been done much much better- it really is so cheap to look at in person. The scent is heated warm sticky fruits- it smells really horrible on my skin. I don’t get any fresh or musky scents from this at all. It was a miss for me. I tested this on a boiling hot day – it might be different in the colder months when my skin has zero perspiration. I will test again and update.
dostal – :
This is too fruity
Agito2 – :
I dont understand why so many negative reviews about this one. I haven’t seen such low score on any fragrance here. This is a lighter version of Carven Le Parfum, which I love. I wouldn’t buy this, since I prefer Carven, but if someone gave me this I’d be happy. It’s a nice floral, amber with a hint of fruit scent.
yasa777 – :
Bursting with a rumbling roar of chemical harshness, Kenzo World is truly a chaotic mix of sweet deep red fruits and laundry softener.
The opening is where the deep colored red fruits and florals mix. I say “red colored fruits” as that is the level of chemical harshness I feel from these fruit notes. It’s like “wildberry” scented kitchen cleaner. The laundry-esque florals whirl in the background like a hurricane subduing the shrilling deep red fruit notes. The ambroxan note only further enhances the “laundry” vibe of Kenzo World, giving it a super “clean” feel.
Eventually, the jarring chemical nature of Kenzo World subsides and we’re left with an acceptable form of red fruits, fabric-softener florals, and ambroxan. It’s so soft and tame and no longer wailing like a sea siren amidst a Mediterranean hurricane.
The drydown is where World turns “unisex” in my opinion. The ambroxan really reigns in the fruit and floral aspect.
World is not initially likable, but given some time with it, I do enjoy it. The throw and sillage makes me nervous that I will trigger someone’s sinuses or cause an allergic reaction. Definitely not something for regular wear and something that I would wear when I know I’ll be outdoors when the weather is cool – definitely late fall or very early spring type of scent.
SPV-67-78 – :
This doesnt quite match up to the brilliance of the other kenzo perfumes. It smells quite masculine to me. It not that I dislike this but I wouldnt personally wear it. I dont get any floral notes from this but coconut oil mixed with spice. The dry down reminds me of divine decadence in its sharpness. Quite interesting. I think on the right person it may smell really good.
masterandryU – :
I actually really like this! I guess it’s a skin chemistry thing. I have searched high and low for a fresh floral that doesn’t go all screechy on my skin, I think it’s the jasmine note, on me in many other perfumes it overtakes and becomes very loud and will turn a perfume into a scrubber. Finally I have found something fresh and floral… that actually lasts too. This, to me, is what I wanted the original Light Blue to be like. That one turned into a screechy mess on me, but so many other people can get on with it.
The opening is a fresh clean floral, on the website berries are not really mentioned as a note, only that “the Peony is sublimated to accompany the “red berry” facets of Egyptian Jasmine.” I agree with that, I don’t get outright berries, but there is a fresh berry quality to the Jasmine. I love peony in perfumes, it’s just a note that agrees with me every time. This is a nice fresh floral perfume, that lasts and I think the sillage is good too. I wanted something that would make me smell shower fresh later on in the day and this does that, with a nod to girly florals. The ambroxan turns up very late in the dry down, I think it’s main role is to sustain the floral notes and prolong it. It’s not overly complex, if you are looking for a simple but lasting fresh floral I’d recommend trying it, on your skin, not a test strip, this doesn’t do well on paper.
Euronna – :
I would like to smell this because it is said to have a ‘Fresh’ category and it is Kenzo. The bottle looks absolutely hideous-MY GOSH! Why would a good name like Kenzo agree with releasing a bottle like this???
kingistar – :
This fragrance is like your ever returning nightmare: it just reminds you of so many others, it hurts. I can name at least 5 perfumes Kenzo World is similar (if not identical) to: say, Marc Jacobs Decadence, My Burberry etc… As many below mentioned, it is plain boring, with this familiar fresh-fruity-slightly woody at the dry down scent and overwhelmingly intensive red fruits note that seems to be the only one that lingers for as long as this perfume lasts and overpowers all the other (although complexity is definitely not what this fragrance could be proud of).
rachaddams – :
Top notes are harsh, but later it is better, fruity floral. The bottle’s cap is so ugly that even if it smelled like heaven, I don’t know if I would buy it.
nikolanestero – :
Too ordinary and not even pleasant perfume that reminds me a little of Carven le parfum added by rotten berries notes and smell of rubber as if coming from the rubber cap with an eye. There is a gap between the advertising concept of this perfume and the fragrance itself.
freedom1796 – :
At school some girls used to wear the original Parfum d’été and Ça sent beau in the early 90’s. These compositions were so cute it gave them a fresh and romantic aura. More than 20 years after I’m still thrilled and I would even like to have a vintage Parfum d’été.
This one, on the other hand, goes in the same fruity/floral direction but if I liked it (which I don’t) I would just have to go to the supermarket and grab a bottle of fruity shampoo from Garnier for 3 euros as an alternative. Very unworthy of past achievements from Kenzo. I’m very grateful World did not exist when I was at school!
Ariana_fromAD – :
Horrid.
One of the most interesting bottles in the last times, which seems to have been conceived for a Salvador Dalí or Elsa Schiaparelli’s perfume, holds one of the most vile, disgusting, nauseating scents (so called) in the world; hence the name, I suppose. Along with Miss Dior 2017, a serious candidate to the title of Most Stinky Perfume of 2017. Kenzo World does not smell boring, unoriginal, already seen, weird… No, it just does smell bad. Foul. Like rotten fruit, melted cheap chocolates and some sort of industrial disinfectant. Instant scrubber, and I had to take eventualy a shower to purify myself from this filth: I suppose that its brutal sillage and lasting power could be something good for the fans of this perfume: for me they are just a Biblical curse. Headache and eye irritations in a bottle: I guess that the famous eye of the bottle alludes to that.
And pay no attention to the advertising signed by Spike Jonze. Besides of being absolutely nonsensical and moronic is a shameless remake of his own videoclip Weapon of Choice.
IsabeLeanor – :
Sorry i can’t talk about the perfume. unfortunately i do not have the chance of smelling it. But it seems perfume’s universe include visual issues too.
I wanna say 2 things about the bottle: not so original (see Eclix by La Perla) launched in 2000 based on fragrantica. I know ins’t the same bottle, but has simmilar vibes.
2nd: i dislike the bottle cap. It seems like rubber or cheap plastic. it’s ok with cheap stuff but with a reason. and kenzo is not poor to save money in bottles caps.
I thought Kenzo tried to be so cool with a “novel” esthetic for a perfume adv, but no. TV Advertisement is too long with its tryin’ of “surprising” and be too cool. Ugly green dress. Ugly too tall girl shoes…
Perfumery got bored?
well, sincerity could be a good way to walk on.
@Bad_Girl_Bex “advert is ridiculously irritating. Grr…”
Yes!!! that’s what i’m tryin’ to say.
voin005 – :
Best ever ad for a perfume!!! I have never seen one I liked so much. Thank you so very much for not being boring! When you get to my advanced age you’re tearful with gratitude to people who- and things that- are not boring.
I have not had a whiff yet, but am looking forward to it! Already love the Kenzo Aesthetic.
wxnpkhdu – :
Kitschy cool bottle, but I feel like I need Google Maps for the fragrance because I don’t know where it’s trying to lead me exactly. This kind of feels like a Frankenstein’s monster mashup of notes that have been done before (and better) and in more well-balanced ways. I do look forward to trying the newest edition, but I don’t have my hopes set too high after experiencing this fragrance dissonance.
Arrixrilk – :
I was very curious what is was like, as most of the reviews are negative, so I wanted to find out what I make of it myself. When you look at the bottle you expect something special. But honestly, I have to agree with the majority, it is really not. I can’t say it smells cheap, and I quite like the dry down, kind of fruity-powdery. But overall something went wrong along the way. The middle note – sweet-fruity-flowery – is all over the place; the opening though not bad, kind of zesty-orangy in my nose. Definetly not a masterpiece, but it lasts quite long and is pleasant enough to wear it on a late summer day, when it is not too hot. It definetly smells nicer when your skin is cool.
Ak47 vsem vsem – :
No! I don’t like this one. The red fruits in the opening are nice but once I’ve walked in that door I want to get out. The peony is strong and I personaly don’t like this note. The ambroxan doesn’t fit well and the jasmin is way too thick and sensual in the context of this perfume. I can’t even imagine this scent being nice on someone else. I hope it will find happy owners. The bottle is pretty cool and the commercial is genius.
11122010 – :
i tested this while on holiday recently & even in the heat (on me) it lasted until the next day! the staying power is something else. scent itself is gorgeous, i found it to be unusual but in a really good way. it’s fruity but not in a cheap way & it’s slightly floral but done well. i really enjoy this scent despite all the hate it gets. i’m now excited to try KENZO world intense.
kornelievich – :
I don’t know, man, I just don’t know. There’s something sharp and zesty about it, yet at the center is some kind of overripe fruit note. I can’t place any specific note properly, but it just feels like there is too much going on. I can’t imagine wearing this all day. It’s like someone was trying for achievement in “composition”!! without giving thought to how wearable it should be.
Аскербий – :
I love this! I don’t own the actual perfume, just the moisturizing body mist, but the scent is so much fun. True, it’s another fruity perfume that borders on ordinary, but for some reason I just adore it. The mist is moderately scented with the perfume, but is so moisturizing. I’m keeping it in my handbag for fragrance touch ups and for days that I forget lotion (which admittedly happens more often than not) and I’ll be buying the actual perfume as soon as I finish a couple more bottles.
OdinDoma_777 – :
I’m very disappointed with this fragrance. To me it seems to be a copy or a sister of Armani Si. It is a fruity floral and stays really long on clothes. I wouldn’t buy it though.
79200476211 – :
The top notes are nice, kind of bright and floral and aquatic. But the mid and basenotes remind me of modern men’s fragrances like Sauvage and L’Homme Libre. I don’t think this smells terribly feminine at all!
hbyfn163 – :
I can’t get the ‘this perfume reminds me of’ thing to add Marc Jacobs Decadence to it – can someone else try and add it, because both of them have that same grotesquely confused, clashing, chemical fug thing going on.
cvx255Bessinepome – :
Vile, cheap smelling garbage. Reminds me of Fruictus hair gel. A gooey, tangy fruit compote mixed with some ghastly chemical jasmine and aquatic calone. It should be discontinued.
Icoxychoorm – :
Where im from, Kenzo is a neighborhood where alot of druggies and trashy houses and people. Hahaha never smelled this, just thought it was funny to hear kenzo in a frag
ordidotandivy – :
Gross.
I was in Boots today briefly and saw a bottle of this out as a tester. Not being one to ignore the opportunity to test new smells, I gave a good three squirts on the back of my hand, walked out the door into the street and the smell hit me, full-on. I was like “WHAT’S THAT SMELL? I KNOW THAT SMELL! GAH…WHAT IS IT?” And then I realised…it smells just like Marc Jacobs – Decadence (only without the underlying note on Avon Far Away that makes Decadence even more confusing.)!
“NO! I JUST GOT RID OF THIS!”
And it being so potent (and me having lashed three long squirts of it on me) I had to walk around smelling of the exact smell I’d recently been super excited to send off to a more suitable recipient. Lol. Such is life, huh?<br /