L’Eau Par Kenzo Eau Indigo are new flankers to Kenzo’s L’Eau Par Kenzo Pour Femme & Pour Homme:

As night falls, L’eau par Kenzo becomes Eau Indigo, a pair of sensual fragrances for him and her inspired by the seductive dance of color and scent as dusk sets on water.

It is customary when reviewing a flanker to compare it to the original pillar scent, but I’m operating in the dark here: I tried the original L’Eau Par Kenzo fragrances (Femme & Homme) a very long time ago, and only on paper. I did take notes, but they’re cryptic at best: about all I can say is that I didn’t feel the need to own either one. If memory serves, both were lighter fragrances than the new Eau Indigo duo, with a considerably greater emphasis on aquatic notes. Maybe we’ll get lucky and someone who has tried the originals and the flankers will comment.

L’Eau Par Kenzo Eau Indigo Pour Femme was developed by perfumer Christine Nagel (the notes: bergamot, mandarin, jasmine, orange blossom, ylang ylang, tonka bean and amber). Eau Indigo Pour Femme is described as a sensual floral, and while it starts out soapy-clean, it does get arguably “sensual” near the end…

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