As some of you may or may not know we’ve lost Kenzo takada on October 4th 2020.
Asian-French designer, he enchanted us over the years with his fashion and fragrances
creations which we’re going to highlight here in this GIMME5 from Kenzo.
We're here to honor
and share the passion and love that he had through his Creations in today's video.
He was born
on February 27th 1939 and left us on October 4th 2020 sadly.
Let’s celebrate Kenzo through
his creations in this GIMME 5 from Kenzo fragrances guys.
If you want to check them out come
with me let's check them out.
A quick background on the house of Kenzo which
is mainly a French-Asian, French Japanese
designer fashion house that started into the fragrance World in 1987 and started their
journey
with their first creation called Kenzo Woman in 1988.
But with many different successful
accolades and releases one of the most predominant and most talked-about is of course a
woman's creations Flower introduced in 2000 and the rest is history.
Currently Kenzo has over 130 fragrance in their portfolio and we're going to talk about
the 5 that
I absolutely love from the brand.
Starting with the first one here probably the first one here for men that is a 1991
creation called
Kenzo Homme or Kenzo Pour Homme,which is essentially woody aromatic with a tinge of an
aquatic feel.
We all know that in the nineties aquatics were very popular, very popular releases
Acqua di Gio came very shortly after but this one here is actually a really different take
on this genre.
It gives you some spices, some really different components.
There's also mahogany wood here
which makes this a standout fragrance, almost gives us like a bitterness, a woody bitterness
to
the fragrance.
There's a cult following for this fragrance, granted that it’s been reformulated
today, but if you manage to find an older bottle like this one, you're going to fall
in love with it because again, it's a woody that is a different
take on a woody aromatic genre, that mahogany
wood just makes this very intriguing.
I think there’s also bamboo flower in here and of course
the aquatic with some spices.
A great release from 1991, I think one that's quite underrated and
also deserves some attention from the fragrance community.
I think this is a trendsetter
fragrance and MR.
Kenzo with all his creations had a floral mid or floral heart.
It’s also the case
here, you’re going to have some floral components in here as you get into the heart into the
dry
down.
But all in all, a great woody aromatic type of a scent.
This is a fragrance that can go toe to toe with any woody aquatic releases in that era
and I think
I'll go as far as saying that, again another underrated gem.
This next one here is Kenzo L'eau Parwith a little bit of a violet tinge the fragrance
and this
pretty much is a fruity woody aquatic scent.
Think of this way: combined Acqua di Gio from
Armani had an affair with CK one from Calvin Klein, this would be their offspring.
Needless to
say aquatic, fruity, clean, refreshing, just a great scent.
In fact this will be my scent of the day
today.
It’s very fruity, very aquatic, very inviting.
If I would break this down into how I would perceive this fragrance, I would say this
is green,
fresh, and it's aquatic.
If you like Acqua di Gio, if you like CK One, this would definitely be one
that you should look out for.
I don't know if it's been discontinued, if you can still find this, L’eau
Par Pour Homme from Kenzo Parfum.
Now, if you want to talk about unique scents, I think this is pretty much where the brand
made
a turn for the better, leaving the woody-aquatic genre and moving into the woody-spicy
compositions, the more intriguing and complex facets fragrances.
This one here is a very
underrated fragrance called Kenzo Jungle Pour Homme released in 1998.
I absolutely love this fragrance and what this is, it opens up with a citrus, cinnamon,
cardamom
combination which is quite unique, intriguing and mysterious.
As the fragrance progresses,
you’re going to get some really amazing woods that come to the forefront, stuff like
sandalwood
stuff like oakmoss.
It is just an amazing fragrances from beginning to end.
The three things I
love about this fragrance that to me makes it a standout scent is the spices that you
get here
along with the vetiver base, you guys know that I’m a huge fan of vetiver.
You also have yerba
mate in the heart which makes it very intriguing and unique.
I don't think there's many fragrances out there with yerba mate, but this one here is
done quite
well.
So if you want something unique, elegant, sophisticated, perhaps a little bit more mature
check out Kenzo Jungle you're going to love it.
This next one here from 2003 I don't have the bottle anymore it’s gone, I couldn't
find out
another one, I think it's been discontinued, and know it’s fetching a pretty penny, it's
called
Kenzo Air.
And what this is, it’s a soft, spicy vetiver base scent, and what I mean by that is that
it’s going to be a very wearable fragrance.
I became orfã of this fragrance, but I was lucky
enough to find a good substitute, an alternative to this fragrance on Vetiver Blue from Cartier.
So if you guys were a fã of that fragrance and you miss it dearly like myself, be sure
to check
out Cartier Vetiver Blue, you’re going to love it because it's very similar to that
fragrance, very
soft, spicy vetiver type of a scent with a woody base guys.
Amazing Kenzo Air from 2003.
Last but not least my favorite fragrance from Kenzo Parfums, one that if you follow this
channel
for any length of time has made my top spring fragrances for many many years, I want to
say
This particular fragrance is Kenzo Power released in 2008. it's been a little over 10 years,
12
years now.
This is a masterpiece in my opinion, for a woody aromatic fragrance.
Maybe I should have sprayed this on today but, I absolutely
love this one.
The reason why I don't feature this as much anymore and I wear this very gingerly
and dearly to my heart is because I think it has
been discontinued, but if you can find a bottle which I don't think many people are talking
about
them, you most likely will be able to get a bottle of this and get it, you should because
if you like
floral aromatic fragrances for a masculine type of a scent, this is unbeatable guys,
in
masterpiece.
Think of Givenchy incense, think of fragrances in that same genre and
classifications, it’s a masterpiece right here from Kenzo.
Kudos to Kenzo, for all theses
amazing creations throughout the years.
He will be dearly missed as he was a great genius
when it came to the fashion and his creations.