Friday is here! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance by Kenzo, if you have one.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
I am wearing Kenzo Air. It's the only Kenzo I own in a full bottle since I gave away my bottle of Kenzo Amour Le Parfum.
Reminder: on 6/24, we're doing A House Divided — wear two fragrances from the same house, but don't layer (one on each wrist, or whatever). Suggested by Lisa D.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2016, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Finally! I made it. This week was the beginning of swim team in the morning and the rest of the day – chaos! I can’t wait for summer camp to begin. SOTD is a long neglected Christiane Celle Le Chevrefeulle. I wanted that lovely summery vibe. This was actually one of my earliest “niche” purchases right when I was falling down the rabbit hole in 2008, so it has a special place in my perfumista heart. I hope everyone has a great weekend!!
I had a sample of that once and had almost forgotten about it. But I was very fond of it–past time for more!
Gosh, I think I have a bottle of that which I have not touched in eons.
Cuir Ottoman Parfum D’Empire
Perfect.
you smell great! Love it!
Wonderful choice
You smell great! CO is yummy.
To my complete surprise I don’t have a single Kenzo: I had Tokyo and a set of five minis, but clearly I have given them all away. Instead I’m in a sample of Five O’Clock Au Gingembre, which is nice enough but honestly feels like Serge’s Greatest Hits, about six of his scents (primarily Rousse) averaged out and bottled.
Looking like Kenzo is not a big brand here!
No Kenzo in my collection either…
For today I finally finished the last of my Brigitte….this is my favorite of the Toccas for its spices (ginger, saffron), fruits (rhubarb, papaya) florals (Moroccan rose, iris) and woods (sandalwood) and the absolutely delicious Pannetone accord….I may have to get another bottle when I get a Sephora discount…
Hope y’all have a peaceful and easy Friday!
I like the Toccas…and wouldn’t turn down a bottle of Stella if it fell into my lap. Mmmmm, off to hunt down a bottle on the cheap! lol! Lead me not into temptation….too late!
Sorry for tempting you! I like the Toccas too…they are easy to wear, office friendly and a great price…my childhood friend who has been getting into perfume (no thanks to me!) just fell in love with Graciella (sp???) so I bought her a travel spray of it….
That would be Guillietta which smells divine on her!
This sounds heavenly. You smell lovely.
thank you! It is sweet and perfect for Friday!
I am also a Tocca fan – nothing wrong with being pretty and easy 😉 Florence is also nice – a super easy to wear, slightly green gardenia. I will have to check out Brigitte, as than pannetone accord sounds delicious.
Florence was my segue into the Toccas…..
and yes, the pannetone is truly scrumptious!
That sounds delicious!
it is…I have been sniffing my wrist all morning!
Not being the floral type I didn’t think I’d get on with these. Brigitte could be a starting point.
If you like sweet and spicy I think you might get on with this one…but definitely sample first! Even my super small local Sephora carried Brigitte and you can have them make you a tester of it….
I don’t know if I’ve tried that one. It sounds nice. I’ve considered a travel spray of Florence.
Tocca has quite a few offerings and many different sizes which I love…I wish other houses had smaller sizes! Florence is pretty…that was my first Tocca!
That sounds lovely! I’ve tried a few of the Toccas and something in them put me off — some type of musk-ness that rubs my nose the wrong way? — but I should give this one a sniff. Theorema is my go-to pannettone scent — so yummy!
Theorema is not so easy to come by, right? So this might be a good substitute as it is easily available at Sephora…..
Happy Friday beautiful people! I’m not participating in today’s community project. I’m too busy sampling from Providence Co
Rose Boheme today
Tea MF
I really like Rose Boheme. May join you on this one since I have it in my bag. How are you finding it?
You crack me up 🙂
Like Elisa I would love your take on it…and how is the longevity on all of them?
You know I just thought of another natural that I like which has really good longevity….1000 Flowers Narcotic Flowers which reminds me very much of the original Karl Lagerfeld Chloe from the late 1970s ( I still have the pure perfume of it hidden in my basement)….
I’m a rose lover, and it doesn’t disappoint. What are your thoughts on it?
I am enjoying it! It’s very lovely and long lasting so far
It’s hard for me to be too specific because I am suffering from some allergies and have a stuffy nose- but I can still smell it through all of that!
You smell great! I love Rose Boheme! It’s my favorite of Charna’s offerings. It is really similar to ELDO Rozy De Palma. Maybe a touch more earthy.
How did you like the ELDO?
The rose note in the opening is a bit strong but I lurve the dry down.
I only have two from Kenzo and I’m since I’m not in the mood to smell like briny seawater and iodine (I’m looking at you, Kenzo Pour Homme), it’s Parfum d’Ete (yea for vintage!) for me today. I think Kenzo, in general, has a lot of great perfumes to choose from….we’re gonna be a terrific smelling bunch of folks today! Enjoy!!!
Wearing remnants of Kenzo Amour from last night, but had an early dental appointment this morning, so didn’t reapply. Will probably go with Providence Perfume Co Rose Boheme. Happy Friday!
What do you think of that one, my almost scent twin?
I really like it: kind of earthy, a bit spicy, but doesn’t hang around for more than a few hours.
Fully intended to give one of my two Kenzo samples (Amour and Jungle L’Elephant) some attention today, but I discovered upon waking that a small bottle of Natori I’d placed on my glass bedside table had tipped over and spilled a bit, so I decided to sop up a bit of the puddle with my wrists and arms…elegant, I know. But still, couldn’t let it go to waste. So I smell good, but not of Kenzo.
But on the topic of Kenzo, I remember a friend of mine wearing Kenzo Tokyo years ago, shortly before I got into perfume, and I think I remember loving it. Anyone remember that one?
You smell great. Your room smells great :-). .
Thanks dear!
Ack, good thing the table was glass and not wood!
Exactly! Though now I’m wondering what Natori with some extra wood notes might smell like….
Probably quite good!
I haven’t smelled Natori, but I imagine a woodier version might smell like Feminite du Bois … am I totally off base here? Natori is on my to try list I just haven’t gotten my hands on any yet 🙂
I think it’d be close, but perhaps a bit sweeter and…I don’t want to say ditzier, but kind of more cheerful where FdB is all about sultriness.
Also, re: Natori – I’ve got tons -happy to send some along if you want!
Oh my goodness! That would be great 🙂 My email is ben mellein (one word) at gmail … or I can email you.
and rose pepper once you do try it and like it , natori sells for a song online!
I had a bottle of Tokyo at some point and swapped it almost as soon as I got it if I recall correctly. I think I liked the bottle but not the juice?
Substance over form, ihadanidea.
Your SOTD is gorgeous! It was your description of it that convinced me to blind buy a mini of it.
I intended to wear Summer by Kenzo because it’s a delightful mimosa scent, but I forgot (located in a different room and I was rushing this morning).
so today I’m in Houbigant Oranger en Fleurs (love love love)
anyone tried Creed Iris Tubereuse? I understand there’s virtually no iris, mostly white floral/tuberose (which is fine by me). thoughts?
You smell just lovely! Houbigant Oranger en Fleurs is a beautiful orange blossom.
Tried the Iris Tubereuse from a tester at N-M, and really liked it. I’m a tuberose person, so its dominance was fine by me…it’s not irisy. Promptly forgot about it, since the only purchase option is a HUGE bottle.
Gorgeous! I love OeF.
SOTD: Eau de Fleur de Prunier
Simple, delicate plum fragrance.
I wish they’d done more with that series.
Me too. I prefer the older Kenzo fragrances. They were easy, chic and had more of a “signature” in a way I feel.
Kenzo Flower. I have a carded sample which is my only Kenzo. It isn’t in my usual repertoire of scent families, if it is in one at all, but I am having fun with the cosmetic floral powdery scent. I hadn’t realized how many fragrances were in the line, which is admittededly ” different” and seems a bit shunned. I’m looking forward to reading about what the NST collectors have tried. In any case, at least the bottles are entertaining and look attainable at reasonable cost!
Happy Friday everyone!
I think part of the issue, at least in the US, is very poor distribution. It is not easy to find much other than Flower & a few of its flankers.
This must be it. I went looking for Amour yesterday and couldn’t find any. Kenzo is much easier to find in Europe. The parfumeries in my husband’s backwater hometown in Germany have pretty much all of them.
There were quite a few on Fragrancenet, some of which are mentioned here. I was surprised to see that many were developed by very distinguished perfumers.
I hadn’t explored Kenzo fragrances because the fashion house seems so outre. On the other hand, many of the houses with great fragrances are, but the perfumes are more approachable (?) like Comme des Garçons. Or as you said, better distributed or perhaps marketed.
I actually own four Kenzos, one of which I don’t wear, one of which I only wear in winter, one of which I feel kind of meh about, and finally Ca Sent Beau, which is my favorite Kenzo so far. And which I’m wearing.
This one is lovely. I forgot that I actually own a bottle and went with another Kenzo today.
I did not even know about this perfume!
It’s a little reminiscent of Gaultier’s Classique, but with more tangerine in the opening, less powder and less musk. It really does smell beautiful, so forgive the truly heinous bottle.
Ok I’m feeling brave, so I’m wearing Jungle l’Elephant which is the only Kenzo in my collection. I absolutely love it, too, but have always thought of it as a winter perfume – it smells marvelous left on a wool scarf – it’s already climbing into the 80s and I have a ton of shopping to do this afternoon so we’ll see how that divine licorice note smells by the end of the day 🙂
I almost wore this today, but I had to go to work…. I wasn’t that brave. I’m glad someone was
Scent twins, and for the same reason. At least the weather is cooperating here (cool and rainy).
I think you win!
Kenzo Elephant for me too!
Ha, just checking in – I have enjoyed being in the Jungle all day. So often my lighter, summery scents just evaporate after a few hours but this one has hung on all day, just like it does in cold weather. It smells sweeter? and less baroque. I’m glad I wore it, never would have without the Friday challenge!
Nope, no Kenzo to be found in my collection.
I stopped by Saks yesterday and tried the new Prada Olfactories scents — absolutely love the packaging, but wasn’t enthralled by any of the scents. Nevertheless, I did take home to samples one of which inspired me to dust off my Prada l’eau Ambree.
SOTD is l’eau Ambree! Great summer amber.
Happy Friday!!
You smell wonderful! I dug my bottle of l’Eau Ambree out a couple weeks ago, not sure if I wore it at all last summer. You’re right, it’s a great summer amber.
Love that one.
I only have one Kenzo, it is Flower and I didn’t feel like it. I am wearing AG Eau d’Hadrien, my summer staple. I have one week off next week so I am looking forward to that and having out of town guests the following week.
Flower is one of those scents that one has to really be in the mood to wear.
No Kenzo for me either. I went, then, with some vintage Lucien Lelong Sirroco, a Shalimar with Bois des Iles’ gingerbread heart and a sprinkle of oakmoss. Lovely if you’re into that sort of thing.
I went to the new Saks in Houston and found some new surpises! All the Hermessences save MP, some Guerlain extraits (as a lover of vintage, new Vol de Nuit parfum is close to vintage, with the top notes being most attenuated), some Serge Lutens, including three of the gold ones and worst of all! Finally tested Ostara. Now I’m upset with myself for not snapping up a bottle when they were on clearance!
Very nice surprises! Still haven’t seen SL in Saks here in NYC.
And the Hermessences never leave the stand alone Hermes stores — very cool!
I was surprised. Too bad the dedicated Hermes woman is verrrrrry pushy. I had to be quick with them.
Sirraco sounds wonderful. sigh…
It is! Makes me curious to layer Shalimar and Mitsouko, though I’m not that brave.
You might not want to know this, but Ostara is on sale online right now!
From Penhaligons?
If you are interested and live in the states, I can send you a large decant of Ostara. It was a blind buy fail for me! Email: laugsb at sbcglobal dot net
Oh, wonderful! I’ll send you an email. Thank you!
OOh… I haven’t been to the new Saks yet. I’m excited that they have SL and the Hermessences.
They only have maybe a third of the export SL’s, sadly. The Hermessences though are lovely, of course. Somehow we lost Frederic Malle, though, which hurts.
Ahhhh Robin, you are right there is always tomorrow.
I packed indochine only and sprayed liberally in my hotel room this morning.
🙂
I was going to go with L’Elephant, but my sample must have gone off – it was much too sweet and made the insides of my elbows turn red. Scrubbed and switched to Le Galion Iris, which seems to blend with the Pantone colors of the day pretty well.
You mean it gave you a rash? That’s awful.
Not quite a full-on rash – the redness faded pretty quickly once I had washed L’Elephant off. I do get rashes from perfumes occasionally – the worst was with OJ Orris Noir. That rash lasted nearly a week. Made me very sad, because Orris Noir is lovely.
I’m wearing Kenzo Air as well. I actually own four Kenzo fragrances: Kenzo Air, Kenzo Air Intense, Jungle L’Éléphant, and Jungle pour Homme. I thought it might be a bit hot out for the jungles….
I read this as *wearing* 4 Kenzos and nearly choked. 🙂
Hey twin!
Up until my vacation last month, I had no Kenzo in my collection, but duty free offered a set of minis in the cutest little bottles – replicas of the full sized ones.
So, I have L’eau Par Kenzo Eau de Toilette, Kenzo Amour Eau de Parfum, Kenzo Parfum d’Ete Eau de Parfum, Flower by Kenzo Eau de Parfum, and Kenzo Jungle Eau de Parfum.
I went with Flower EDP for today. A nice warmer weather scent.
Scent twins!
I had that exact duty-free set a few years ago, but none of the scents possessed me so I ended up giving them all away.
I dropped my decant of L’Elephant last year ( Ask me how long my bathroom smelled like cumin), and a friend sent me a flower decant, so I was thrilled to see the mini set. There was also a set of mini Aqua Allegorias and I didn’t have any of that selection. Duty free score all round.
No Kenzo since I finished L’Eau par Kenzo pour Homme eons ago, so I chose L’Occitane’s lovely Immortelle de Corse after reading Kevin’s review of Sables
Oh, I am thoroughly envious! You still have Immortelle de Corse left; I burnt through four bottles so quickly because I love it very much.
I have a mini of L’Elephant but wasn’t in the mood for it today. Instead I’m wearing Jacinthe et Rose by E. Coudray from a decant. Has anyone else tried this? It reminds me of Eau de Charlotte by Annick Goutal. Happy Friday!
Sounds beautiful.
Jacinthe et Rose is gorgeous. Pretty and comfortable.
No, I haven’t tried it, but I’ve got it on my to sample list. It sounds like something I would love.
Contemplating what to wear for the twelve-hour flight. Should I smother the whole cabin with sillage or discreetly wearing extrait… hmm
Sables, then!
Good call! Bond-T came in the mail, and I, of course, could not resist spraying it on myself yesterday; it’s curious, I realized it reminds me of the beloved Sables a little.
Really? I find it more towards Bornéo 1834 or even richer and more intense, but the problem is that it lacks the performance in terms of sillage and tenacity.
I never tried Borneo 1834. But I think maybe we are just talking of different aspects of the same scent 🙂 It is not the same as Sables, but Bond-T has some “dry grasses” aspect for me.
Now that you had mentioned it, I mulled hard over this. I think it must be the tobacco facet of the immortelle and the osmanthus in Sables and Bond-T, respectively.
I, funnily, do not quite know what osmanthus smells like. I need to try it either on its own, or in osmanthus-centered perfume
No sense risking getting yourself ejected.
After flying with my toddler screaming at the top of his lungs without break for the whole duration of the flight, I have a great confidence in the endurance of passengers in this country.
I usually apply a spray of something as potent as Sables and Portrait of A Lady two hours ahead of departure. No disturbance to fellow passengers!
I think your perfume choice will see you upgraded to first class
As a matter of fact, I was upgraded to the business class 😀 Well, because of the overbooking.
Kenzo Flower Le Parfum from that beautiful red bottle that’s been sitting on my dresser untouched for probably 4 or 5 years
I’m sure it smells great on you! How nice to have the little red bottle.
To support Kenzo Day, I am in Kenzo Summer.
The only Kenzo I own is Parfum d’Ete, and it’s way too chilly here to even consider. So, since I might be able to get away with it today, I’m wearing Absolue Pour le Soir.
You smell stunning! Did the Miyako ever take flight?
Thank you, Wendysue! I believe I might *have* stunned some folks at Whole Foods! Oh well! Off to the tofu aisle for y’all, I say.
Miyako did not take flight, but I like it. I’m going to try it again over the weekend as it really does change quite a bit on my skin and I find that happens a lot with osmanthus. What’s your take on it?
I was surprised that Luca Turin loved it so much that he hunted down the identity of his unknown sample. Then again, my nose is embryonic compared to his. It’s ripe fruit and leather- probably better in cooler weather, but I do think it gets better with skin time.
Just have to tell you I love the phrase “my nose is embryonic compared to his.” That’s such great usage.
Just had to shout out THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF ENFLEURAGE!!!! Wow! had so much fun exploring the website and now I have another online essential oil store! Even if I never make it to NYC I can still order online…..they have some very interesting e.o.s and their enfleurages are so tempting too….especially the lilac one made in upstate NY…I bet they would be great to use in a solid perfume (the wheels are already turning in my perfume obsessed brain!)
Oh yay! They’re awesome! I did buy the lilac butter and was very disappointed by that one – I didn’t get any lilac out of it whatsoever. Coulda just been my nose. They took it back and gave me a full refund, though. Everything else I’ve gotten from them is very high quality.
I don’t know if you’ve read these yet, but this is the woman behind Enfleurage:
https://freebox.it.com/2010/07/20/trygve-harris-of-enfleurage-part-1-out-of-the-bottle/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
https://freebox.it.com/2010/07/21/trygve-harris-of-enfleurage-part-2-out-of-the-bottle/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Ok Thank you for the heads up on the lilac…I will look into the gardenia one though as I think Robin recommended it…
and thank you for those links! Really enjoyed reading them as I learn something new everyday!
very excited about giving enfleurage a try…I am sure that the store would be like heaven to me!
Absolue Pour le Soir is so wonderful – I wish he offered smaller bottles.
I do, too. I am still contemplating buying a bottle since it’s going to be (or is?) discontinued.
No, it isn’t discontinued, just limited distribution. You can order it online from the MFK shop in Paris.
Thanks, cazaubon! It’s still easy to find here, too. I just re-read Persolaise’s interview, so I’m relieved.
What’s Parfum d’Ete like? This is really a house which is underexplored for me. Although I do have 3 Kenzos.
Sorry, that was meant for Holly above
Got it! I really like Parfum d’Ete – it’s green but not too sharp, and gently floral with lotv being the most dominant to my nose and hyacinth a close second. It has that weird synthetic vibe like Summer does, but for some reason I enjoy that in both of them.
I don’t like Summer (it seems curdled to me), but I know what you mean about Parfum d’Ete having a slightly synthetic feel to it. I still think it’s nice, though I wind up spritzing my sheets with it rather than wearing it now.
I think my partner would have an absolute FIT if I spritzed our sheets with anything! But that would definitely be a great way to work down the perfume collection….
Ew, curdled? I like Summer quite a bit – it really does smell like summer to me. Hmm. Curdled. Gosh, I also discovered Smell Bent’s Prairie Nymph last week and was smitten, and our beloved hajusuuri commented this week that it smells like … was it rotten fish? Something equally revolting, and fish was mentioned for sure. I hate fish. I really love how different all of our experiences are, it’s such fun!
I don’t own any Kenzo scents, so I can’t participate in today’s project. We finally came home yesterday after being in Baltimore for a month – I currently smell like grass clippings (yum!), and after my shower I will be wearing Philosykos.
I like Philosykos, but I think I should have gotten Premier Figuier instead … Is Philosykos your favorite fig fragrance?
Philosykos is my favorite fig – Premier Figuer gets really coconutty on my skin.
Speaking of Kenzo: Has anyone else noticed that Amour seems to be harder to find these days, at least in the US? I went looking for it at Bloomingdale’s yesterday, to try it again, and they didn’t have it: Only Flower and its various flankers. They used to have it at Sephora too, but no more (though it is on their website). Was Amour not selling very well over here?
I actually went looking for it at Sephora and Nordstrom this week, and found no Kenzos at either store, which surprised me, since they both used to carry at least Flower
They seem to be more popular in Europe than the US. I saw a huge display, including a travel-flanker-edition called Kenzo Amour Make Me Fly that I rather liked, at the airport in Berlin.
Donatella forgive me. I found it on Fragrancenet the other day 😉
Is it one that you like?
I liked it when it first came out (ten years ago now, damn!). Haven’t tried it in a while.
I went in search of a replacement bottle about a year ago, since I was close to draining my first (. . . probably–hard to tell with the opaque plastic). At that time, the rumor was that it was reformulated when they switched to only using the fuchsia color for all three sizes. I found a gift set on ebay with the tangerine 75mL, a fuchsia mini, and a bottle of “body milk.” It smells the way it was “supposed” to, and I am happy I got it!
Reformulated? This too? 🙁
yes and the general consensus from what I read is the reform is not as good as the original which is why I haven’t bought it…loved the original but never got around to purchasing a full bottle…so many perfumes and so little time!
Yeah, I heard “more synthetic, not as cozy.” I don’t think I’ve seen it around recently enough to give the newer version a sniff of my own, though.
The reformulation thing really is a bummer.
The decant I got last year smelled very synthetic to me, but I can’t attest to its vintage.
I find it thinner and weaker now. So sad.
Do you know if the 50ml white bottles are the old formula? I also see a gold 50ml bottle which seems to be parfum extrait, wonder if this is the old formula as well. Anybody know?
My first bottle was a white one, so I would guess it’s the real deal.
Awesome, thanks!
Kenzo Amour for me today. It’s very creamy. I’m currently drinking earl grey and eating pan d’epices (honey spice cake). Trifecta of yumminess!
That DOES sound perfectly delicious!
Hey twin! Also in Kenzo Amour this morning, from the cutest little red mini. It kind of looks like a nail polish bottle with a flourish. I hadn’t given this much of a chance before, but it really is very nice.
It is an adorable bottle!
What a great start to the day.
You are making me hungry…you smell delicious!
Me too! Got a compliment from the bank teller this morning.
No Kenzo to wear today since I don’t own one. My choice fell on Shalimar and I am loving it.
Scent twins (sort of – my Shalimar fell off somewhere along the day) :^)
Hey all — happy Friday! It’s been a busy week and I’ve missed posting here for some days; hope everyone’s well. I don’t own any Kenzo scents, so today I plan on wearing a hearty dose of Apres l’Ondee to gentle me through what promises to be a long, sleepy day.
Always a good choice!
Yum!
My no Kenzo, random week continues with the completely random Womanity.
You smell great! I love Womanity! Although I don’t know if I would wear it to work, it does turn kind of suggestive…but then again, if you’re easily suggestible, everything can remind you of anything 🙂
Ha. Now I shall have a knowing look about me at my son’s orthodontist appointment this morning!
Oakland, you twisted soul. Natalya, the use of the word “suggestive” is perfect as a perfume reference. Funny we haven’t seen it before. Very 50s indirect!
With my limited English, I am totally missing out. I hope I said something inappropriate there.
🙂
Why thank you! 😉
P.s. Finish The Girl With All The Gifts….disturbing to the final period. And with great relief have begun Lab Girl. Thanks again y’all for the great reading suggestions last weekend.
Lab Girl sounds good. Will add it to my list, too. I re-read my Kathleen Jamie book yesterday, inspired by your Scottish connection. I lived in the west end of Glasgow for a while. Great place.
Ah. You must be talking about Inverness, or the other Inverness in my case. Which has the added twist of recently being anointed (or accused of being?) “the other Martha’s Vineyard.” But when I was a girl, I was told that Martha’s Vineyard was the other Nantucket. And Nantucket, for as many decades as I have visited, has always been described as, “not what it used to be like.” !!
I, too, am Kenzo-less. Instead, I’m sampling AC Oolang infini. It doesn’t smell like oolong tea (to my nose, anyway) but it is interesting, and challenging to describe — delicate, warm, lots of gaiac, a little floral, a little tangy.
Happy Friday to all!
I will have to revisit that one again…I have the sampler coffret of 30 samples and that is one of them….
actually…thank you…I now know what I will be wearing all of next week….each a day a different Atelier on each arm for the challenge “A House Divided”…..
When I visited the Atelier Cologne boutique for the first time in January 2013, I smelled through the range and I could barely detect Oolanf Infini. Not one for giving up, I ended up buying the soap instead (I was able to detect the fragrance from the soap).
That would be Oolang…
I do not have any Kenzo Fragrances. I woke up wishing I was going to the shore instead of work, so today I chose Soleil Blanc, a Tom Ford Fragrance. It just is so beachy, a more refined Bronze Goddess. I just wish it had a little more sillage, every once in a while I get wifts, but can’t really smell it…hope others can, because it’s really lovely. Good for the office, and beach dreaming.
I love Soleil Blanc. It lasted all day on me (although I sprayed some of the body oil on me first, which could have helped).
Well, I seem to be alone in wearing Eau de Fleur de Magnolia.
I haven’t worn it in quite a bit, but I find that I have used up almost half my bottle.
It is surprisingly lost lasting for such a light scent and has a bit of spicy warmth to my nose.
Have a Happy Friday, everyone!!
That was another good one.
Scent twin today. This is my first and only FB of a Kenzo fragrance, which I recently blind bought for a good price on eBay. I love it! Bright, light, and perfect for very hot days. I think this one is very underrated. I’ve been wearing it a lot lately.
I do have minis of Amour (like) and Amour Indian Holi (also like, but too similar to Amour and disappointingly, no saffron, pepper, or other spicy notes that it’s name promised) and Flower (which I don’t really care for, but shamelessly keep for the adorable mini bottle).
I’m wearing Kenzo Flower L’elixir, witch is a very nice smokey, woodsy and sweet oriental with much presence and depth.
It reminds a lot of the discontinued and lovely Flower Oriental, but has more sweetness and a big dose of syrupy raspberries.
There is so little Kenzo today, I almost feel obligated to wear some Amour to keep the project alive! I am scentless at the moment, however. I usually wear Amour in the evening, as it feels cozy and clean after a shower. I own a mini of Jungle L’Elephant and I NEVER reach for it. I suspect that today will not break that trend.
Today is (sort of) the start of my summer vacation, yay! I will need to return to school in a couple of weeks to move into my new classroom (I get a window!!!), but that won’t be too painful. I definitely want to have that done early rather than putting it off until August. It will feel good to know it’s all set up and waiting for me when I’m rested and refreshed.
Teaching, with no windows! You’re a strong woman.
Ohmygosh. It was a long, dark winter! I feel very thankful I only had that cave for a year.
I know, right. Who needs a room of one’s own; but a window now, that is something for living.
😀
There was a period in the 70’s (when a lot of schools were built, it seems) that they thought natural light and windows were a distraction to the learning environment. Ya’ gotta wonder what were they thinking?!
I went to those schools! I don’t know what the thought process was. I was still distracted even without windows. There were also a lot of shared classroom spaces without walls, which was chaotic for 4th grade classes. I’m a teacher, and I dearly love my 4 windows.
I was going to wear Jungle Le Tigre, but I can’t find it. A whole mini bottle gone, vanished, AWOL. The tiger has escaped!????
So, Samsara instead– rich sandalwood and flowers. If I can’t find the tiger burning bright, I’ll settle for the forests of the night.
Ha, love the “Tiger, tiger” reference! :^)
Ditto!
Hee! 🙂 I sure wish I could find that mini bottle, though. I’m usually quite organized about my stash, but this one escapes me.
I was surprised that I had 5 Kenzo’s in my collection. Today I am wearing the original Kenzo Flower (the bottle is so pretty). The perfume has not turned even a bit (which also surprised me). I should wear it more often as it is really a nice scent.
My only Kenzo is Flower Oriental so that’s what I’m wearing
Also, to my NY fumie friends — I’ll be in town on Tues 6/28 if anyone wants to get together, after work hours (could also do lunchtime on Wed 6/29 I suppose). My screen name is my yahoo address
Oh! You smell good today. I can’t understand why It’s discontinued, it’s such a good scent.
My final and favourite Diptyque for this week; Eau d’Elide, easily the weirdest lavender I own. I bought it blind years ago, when ebay was still a good place for bargains, and fell in love instantly.
You smell very good Robin, Kenzo Air is a great Vetiver.
Why thank you, and so do you.
I was going to wear Jungle l’Elephant today, but I can still smell traces of Bvlgari Omnia Coral on me from last night. These two scents definitely don’t mix well together. I reapplied Omnia Coral for today.
Sniff off! On the right is Kenzo Flower Oriental, on the left DC Oriental Lounge. KFO has KO’d the lounge, which I now can’t even smell. It’s been a while since I’ve done a sniff-off, and maybe had already paired these two…
Kenzo: don’t have one, and with still around 300 samples rattling around I don’t want one this year, thanks. So this week has been a week of Guerlains:
Mon: Jicky – nice but not really me
Tue: L’Homme Idéal – very good, maybe a bit short-lived
Wed: Heritage – fabulous! I will likely get at least a decant of this.
Thu: Eau de Guerlain – meh
SOTD today was “Shalimar” (or “Shah Limar” – I enjoyed that!) but after an 05:00 start I managed to leave my decant at home after spraying very lightly, as I wasn’t sure how it would work on my skin. I liked what I smelled but it didn’t survive a stressful Eurostar journey to London for a tricky meeting, and I haven’t been able to re-test. I’m on the return train back to Paris now and not a trace of Shalimar left except the smooth skin scent of the late dry down.
As I work through my samples, I mark them as ‘No’ (usually) or ‘longlist’ or ‘shortlist’. Every now and again I mark one for re-test and Shalimar falls into that camp.
I love Heritage.
And rightly so! :^)
Are Mitsouko and Habit Rouge on your test list? I’d be interested to hear what you think of them–HR, for example, since it’s a mutated form of ‘Shah Limar’…
I’ve tried both earlier in the year. I liked Habit Rouge but didn’t love it – it didn’t stand out enough from other things I was testing at the time. I think I tried Mitsouko for Chypre week? Good, but more interesting than enjoyable and could have lasted longer. I also tried the current L’Heure Bleu at the airport and enjoyed it.
Interesting, thanks. LHB is heavenly!
Don’t own a full bottle of Kenzo and no samples either. The only thing I’ve ever smelled is Flower and some flankers, none of which I liked. I’m wearing a mystery scent which I *think* is from Neiman Marcus. It’s an unlabeled sample… I’m normally pretty fastidious about labeling a sample if unmarked and putting it in glass if it’s in plastic if I’m not going to use it right away, but I found this lil straggler at the bottom of my purse. I think it might be Profumi del Forte. Alas, I’m awaiting anagnorisis.
I hope you do experience it, or that you mildly disliked the mystery sample.
Kenzo-less also. Sorry, folks. Wearing Bronze Goddess body cream, trying to ease myself into packing up the hotel room (10 months’ worth!). The house is still not a sure thing – electrical issues + a possible fuel oil tank underground. So we will soon be homeless. Hubby’s answer? Another hotel!
Vintage (1990s) Parfum d’Ete for me today.
Packing for Colorado Springs (we’re dropping Gaze off for his week at the Air Force Academy) and Hawai’i! mwah to all. Taking Tommy Girl, Vamp a NY, and Smell Bent FLorist’s Fridge with me – partly because they’re small bottles/decants, and partly because they work in the heat.
Have a wonderful time, mals! Has Gaze ever seen the Rockies before?
Scent twins! I really do enjoy this one! You smell fantastic!
I don’t have anything by Kenzo. Last year I bought Amour, but returned it after I wore it while I had pneumonia. An unfortunate forever bad association. I am wearing Tendre Poison today. The weather isn’t agreeing with it, but my mood is. Absolutely love this scent. Thanks again C.H for reconnecting me with it.
I meant to wear the dregs of my sample of Kenzo Kashaya, but it’s evaporated, so instead I’m sampling Atelier des Ors Lune Feline. My this is a nice spicy / smoky / ambergris vanilla. And I don’t usually like vanillas. If only it weren’t so pricey, and such a big bottle too….
I rather liked Lune Féline, and I’m not usually a vanilla fan, but at the price it didn’t even make it on to my list of “possibly maybe consider” 🙂
Continuing my Diptyque week. Layering Vetyverio with Eau Rose. So nice!
My only Kenzo is Flower, so I’m wearing that today. I think I had a small decant of L’Elephant at one time, but I think I used it up. I had a travel spray of Amour but gave it away because I didn’t wear it much. I occasionally regret that, but I’m sure I could replace it if I really cared that much.
I have a few Kenzos: a FB of Jungle Elephant (which I love but not in the summer), decants of Indian Holi and Amour, and today’s winner, the nearly forgotten Eau de Fleur de Thé. Weren’t they going to release a new Eau every year? Anyway, this is quite nice in the Bvlgari tea sort of way.
Oh I had forgotten about Indian Holi! That was a nice one too but I never got around to purchasing it 🙁
I’m glad someone mentioned Indian Holi. I never sprung for a bottle, but it’s always been my favorite Kenzo.
Happy Friday everyone! No Kenzo in my collection, so I’m wearing Ikat Jasmine again from Aerin Lauder.
I was given a bottle of Kenzo fragrance as a leaving present back in the early 90s when I moved to a new job. It was an uneven rounded shape of bottle, with a large stopper shaped like a rose or blossom of some kind if memory serves. Eau d’Ete springs to mind, but the bottle advertised these days isn’t the same, so perhaps I have the name wrong. It smelled lovely though, I do remember that.
No fragrance today, didn’t even apply moisturiser to my face before our supermarket run! It’s our first full day at home after 2 weeks with friends in The Woodlands, Texas – long overnight flight home on Wednesday, with a ‘recliner’ in front of me for the whole flight (as there was on our outbound journey!) & disruptive seat-kicking children behind us, so no sleep at all – gave up at 10:30pm last night & we both slept for around 11 hours! Chilly, windy & wet here at home in Aberdeen, Scotland. Have worn Penhaligon’s Bluebell every day of the holiday, very much appreciated (as I have mentioned on here before) by the male half of our hosts!
Before I forget,
PSA: DSH sale 15% off now through midnight, July 5th, code lovejune16 (case sensitive).
You’re a bad girl, Holly :-). I dread navigating the website.
The only Kenzo I have is Amour, and there’s no way I’m wearing that in 99 degrees.
Instead I am sampling Hermes Muguet Porcelaine. It’s beautiful!
Did you get your Muguet Porcelaine sample from a Hermes store? When I was there, they didn’t have any samples, and I want to try it some more.
I got mine from Surrender to Chance; looks like you can also buy samples on eBay now… No Hermes store near me!
Good afternoon my lovely-smelling NST friends,
I don’t have any Kenzo (just gave away l’elephant for freebie meet which I wouldn’t have worn today anyway because (A) it’s too hot out and (B) I don’t like it that much as it turns out, too strong, to cinnamon, just too too.
Today I’m wearing a little ganesh pendant carved out of a ruby that a friend made for me and a rudraksha mala from the mala guy in front of the Ramana ashram in Tiruvannamalai, India. So naturally my SOTD is a sandalwood bomb: pure mysore sandalwood oil layered with VdP Chillum
Ahhhhh, intoxicating, elevating, enlightening sandalwood. I like to think that good feelings and wise thoughts always accompany sandalwood. You smell great.
Thanks for the good feelings and wise thoughts, tiffany (that sandalwood is already working)!
YOU SMELL AMAZING
nothing like pure mysore…I have a tiny vial of mysore which I cherish…..
I wear the mala beads my yoga teacher gifted me one year for my birthday around my wrist as a bracelet 24/7……..she told me that they are made of red sandalwood which will facilitate good health….at my age that is important 🙂 !!
I remember being able to buy statues and trinkets carved out of sandalwood in India in the early 90’s. They were very common and inexpensive. Now a tiny bit of the oil (3mls or so) goes for around $80 if you can get it at all. When I was there in January I couldn’t find any kind of sandalwood oil for sale (the mala guy had a plastic bag under his table with loose beads in it and he strung together a sandalwood mala for me while I waited.) I guess there is a ban on it because the trees have become scarce because of over use. What is sold as ‘mysore’ sandalwood these days comes from trees grown in Indonesia. There is also sandalwood from Australia which smells a little more fruity/sweet but is still divine.
So hang onto your tiny vial of mysore!
SotD is yet again Geisha Vanilla Hinoki. At this point it’s almost an obsession.
No Kenzo here at home for me. I have some retail therapy on my weekend to do list, so I will stop by a perfume counter and sniff sniff sniff the Flowers.
I have both Flower and Jungle l’Elephant; I wore Flower yesterday and today just the tiniest bit of Jungle. This is usually a favorite wintertime evening scent for me so it’s a bit much on a hot summer day.
I haven’t been participating or posting for a couple of weeks… very little perfume. This past weekend I had 24 hours of Music Together training, and have assisted in a preschool classroom, taught a music class, planned music for Vacation Bible School and helped with a ukelele camp for 5-7 year olds over the past couple of weeks. In the fall I will start teaching preschool music classes at the school my son attended. Coming from IT this is a big career change and I am both energized and exhausted! I don’t have a professional background in early childhood or music (although I am a very active amateur musician) so I have a busy summer ahead getting ready.
That is quite a turnaround and it sounds exciting and like a “brand new” life, MMK. I’m working on a “change is good” plan for myself. It almost always brings greater self awareness.
Good luck to you and have a great summer.
Me, too! I was in IT years ago, and now I’m a music teacher for preschool through grade 6. Congratulations on your new adventure.
Unfortunately, I don’t have any Kenzo fragrances. So I took one for the team and went with a spritz of my bottle of 31 Rue Cambon that was just delivered. I had to test it to make sure it was alright, didn’t I? ????
Have a great Friday, everyone!
But of course!!
Gotta do some QC! ????
Nice! BTW, I took the plunge and bought ebooks of The Rook and the Stiletto sequel. Although I currently have The Rook from the library, I only have it for two weeks and may not have time to finish it as I am working more hours these days. These will be my vacation reading. Thanks for the recommendation. I think The Rook is being adapted to a TV series – woot!
Yay! (I think it’s perfect summer reading.) I’ll have to get the Stiletto e-book, too, because otherwise I’d go nuts waiting for the paperback. Oh, it would be such a fun TV show!
I have 5 Kenzos: Flower, Amour, Winter (in Russian Matryoshka doll), Summer and Jungle. I don’t wear most of them! Today, in honor of Robin’s schedule, I sprayed Flower and Amour on the top of my hands, Summer and Winter on my wrists. I will spray Jungle in the kitty bathroom.
Amour smells so good with its rice-y smoothness. Summer has a beachy/windy ozone-y mimosa scent that works so well in summer. Winter has a bit of woodiness that announces the “flower” scent is for winter, not spring. Jungle has that spicy cardamom goodness that I can only enjoy in the air, not on my person.
Of them all, the winner is Amour or Summer, for me.
I forgot to add Kenzo Flower – doesn’t work for me at all but I remember a time, long ago, when it might have seemed pretty and a bit odd. Maybe in the late 60s…
Wearing Kenzo Air, and this is the only Kenzo I own in a full bottle, and I bought it blind following Robin’s recommendation. It is a fun one which I always appreciate in my fragrances!
Wearing Kenzo Tokyo…pale ginger and green tea. I bought it from the reduced to clear table a couple of years ago when I had a thing for perfumes with geographical place names…mostly CdG as it turned out.
The last time I was in Paris I spotted Kenzo on the Pont Neuf. He was extremely stylish in navy and brown. It was a strange day, travelling with a NZ friend who was tracking down the birth place of his ancestors ( which turned out to be the ugliest town in all of France…a bit sad). The day I saw Kenzo was the day I began to suspect I might be pregnant…totally unrelated to the fashion designer ( probably don’t need to add that ). Given my complete absence of maternal instinct it was a bit of a shock.
Certainly a day to remember!
I am impressed by the fact that you knew what Kenzo looked like. I had to google him.
He used to have (may still have) very distinctive hair and glasses – plus a higher profile in magazines than he does now.
Kenzo UFO. It’s spicy and metallic, and actually just perfect for today. Wish I had a jug of this 🙁
Wearing Kelly Caleche today and loving it! I want to thank those of you who offered advice a while back about this one. It DOES smell like Rose Ikebana to me, but with more heft. I would still love to get Rose Ikebana at some point, but KC is quelling my desires for now.
Also, I have been forever trying to find something to replace perhaps my favorite fragrance of all time, the original Kors Michael Kors from 2003. I have yet to find something to match its “wine & roses”, but I found a tip online that Queen by Queen Latifa was worth considering if you miss Kors Michael Kors. I picked it up for a song recently and while not an exact dupe by any means, it is quite lovely. I don’t think I had ever tested that fragrance before despite my frequent drugstore wanderings, so it was a pleasant surprise.
Ugh. In my excitement about KC I didn’t read the entire question for this post.
I have one Kenzo but not wearing today (obviously): Amour.
So sorry about that!
A bunch of us got Queen and Queen of Hearts on the cheap from Marshall’s, TJMax and the like!
Another with no Kenzos, and I’m not even sure if I’ve tried any. I’ll remedy that today, as I’ve seen Flower in local shops.
This morning, I can still smell SL Bois et Fruits from a little dab last night. It’s lovely, but I don’t think I can justify a FB, because it is quite similar to Bois de Violette and I already have a back-up bottle of that (and keep thinking I might need a back-up to the back-up).
Farmers is usually a good place for cheap Kenzo perfumes. Have a happy weekend!
My 2 kenzo’s are Flower & l’Elephant, I love both, but only in certain moods/ weather/seasons.
I’m doing a Rose week. wearing Rossy de Palma today, one of many gorgeous rose samples sent to me by the lovely and very generous AnnE.
It’s gorgeous, I think I would be seriously tempted to buy a bottle if it was a tad stronger, projection slightly better. Love the incense & geranium in it tho, and really love the opening notes. Really liked Paul smiths Rose which I sampled yesterday, a really pretty, summery rose.
Looking forward to sampling FM’s Une Rose tomorrow, which has been on my list for ages.
No Kenzos here, either in bottle or sample form. I tried Flower a while ago, and it did not work for me.
So instead my SOTD = ELdO’s Like This, which had the most true-to-life ginger note I have ever smelled in a fragrance. I also made the annoying discovery that the sample set of ELdO that I got from Sephora seems to be evaporating at a rapid clip. 🙁
Thanks for the heads up. There were a few things I wanted to try again.
SOTD = Chanel No.19 EDP
5 days in a row – I think it’s a record for me! I *** cough cough *** don’t have any Kenzo *** cough cough ***
Sighted in NYC – it could rival the worst of the Don’t Wear This TV segments or magazine articles- petite woman carrying an oversized Louis Vuitton tote with the brown picnic squares pattern wearing an A-line Black on top, Tie-diyed on the bottom dress, black & gray & see-through argyle-patterned tights and keds with cheetah markings. I think mismatched patterns can work but this combo, not by a long shot.
Eek! It sounds like your description is a polite way of avoiding saying, “It made my eyeballs want to throw up!” ????
I found a sample of Kenzo Le Monde est Beau, which I think is discontinued, so that’s my SOTD. Quite nice, citrusy, herbal, reminds me a little of 4711, but has stuck around (quietly) all day. I don’t get the berries that reviews mention, but my sample is of the dab variety, so that might make the difference. I like it, but will not desperately hunt for a remaining bottle.