Kenzo will launch Eau de Fleur de Prunier (Plum), the fourth fragrance in the Eaux de Fleur collection, in July. The Eau de Fleur scents focus on floral notes from Japanese trees.
Eau de Fleur de Prunier was developed by perfumer Francis Kurkdjian (who also worked on Eau de Fleur de Magnolia), and is described as a powdery almond floral…
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…
Many thanks to Megan, who kindly shared her pictures of the field of “poppies” planted by Kenzo in Lyon last week:
According to Megan, staff were handing out promotional postcards sprayed with Kenzo Flower, but they weren’t selling the fragrance at the event. They started giving away the poppies in the evening…
Kenzo will “plant” 200,000 red paper poppies at the Place de la République in Lyon tomorrow, May 29, in honor of their poppy-inspired fragrance, Flower by Kenzo. The poppies will remain until the following day. Below, see a similar event in Moscow in 2002…
Kenzo is holding a Mother's Day contest on Twitter, today only, for US residents:
Entrants just simply follow @kenzousa and tweet the following: Enter to win a KenzoAmour Gift Set! Follow @kenzousa and retweet.
The contest ends at 12 noon today; five winners will get a KenzoAmour Gift Set. (via press release)