Air

What Kenzo Air definitely possesses is this aforementioned ozonic quality to it. However, it is not a static fragrance that settles down once you apply it and then just reveals its layers continually. Rather, I like to say it has to be in that constant swirl with your movements. You need to be active to really smell this scent real potential. Now, right after sharp yet quick angelica opening it almost instantly sets its soft velvety anise/caraway tone which is staying for long time present, accompanied by woody base and just a slight link of citrusy bergamot hints, those more so add a bravado of freshness to frail anise. Once anise weakens its presence, its character is transformed with licorice that protrudes to my nose mostly. Sweet licorice that resembles lacquered mahogany wood and well fits to minimalist urban chic aesthetics. Staying power is long enough, while projection is slightly ephemeral. One second it seems like you almost lost it and then in next moment it starts to gain its initial intensity back, though this time without any sign of angelica around. Best to apply during the day whilst it gets warmer in its character as hours pass. Approximately after six-seven hours it is still well detectable. There is no definite end to Kenzo Air if you ask on sillage, for every time you do a sudden movement it reappears. And just how refined is that comeback - even sharper, more complex, embedded and locked in your skin pH! Airy as proclaimed, spring breezy day or summer noon emitting subtle grey noise from swinging tree branches and birds flying high above is accurate to accessorize your being with Kenzo Air. Wind will bring this haziness right up to your nose. Gently.

This is a light and airy fragrance, maybe one of the best Kenzo's I've ever tried. It does bother me that it's gone after about 2 hours. It's projection also could've been better, but I suppose that would tear down the core concept of the fragrance; air. Like Taskphorce said, you can easily detect the Iso E Super. Considering this fragrances perfume is 48% Iso E Super and Encre Noir's is 45% Iso E Super, it's also not really a shock they have similarities. I found them close enough at times to vote for a reminder of the other fragrance, but only in their drydown. /edit: When smelling them side by side they seem more different than I had thought them to be. It's strange, because the first few times when I smelled Encre Noir it made me think of Air, but it had been nearly 8 years since I had smelled that. And when I recently put on Air again for the first time in those 8 years, it made me think of a lighter Encre Noir. Air has the added licorice and anise notes, which really complement each other and together with Iso E Super they form a great team. I guess they have the Iso E Super and vetiver in common, but that is pretty much it. Comparing them side by side after about 30 minutes, they share similarities but Air is a lot lighter than Encre Noir. I guess it's the Iso E Super that keeps popping up every once in a while. So in conclusion. Are they the same? No. Do they have similarities? Yes. In the end, I think Tom Ford's Grey Vetiver would be closer related to Encre Noir than Kenzo Air is. Grey Vetiver could be it's younger and lighter summertime brother, while Air is more of a nephew.

Alafrom is right, if ever you have the chance to layer Etro anice with Encre noire the result is unmistakably ----------> kenzoAIR! So remarkably similar when layered but both are so very unlike kenzoAIR on their own. I further agree that there is little or no difference in the original and intense variations. Intense has a slight blue tint to it where original is clear. Furthermore the intense versions box is identical to the original except it has a glaring sun on it. The intense versions bottle is not frosted but rather a clear plastic. Lastly, so far to my experience I have yet to buy a bottle that comes filled with more than 50-60% juice. They all say 90ml but the reality is you are getting around 60ml. It's may be due to leakage or evap or just manufacturing limitations. But with such a special scent I suspect it's discontinuation had more to do with packaging than anything else! **NOTE** never ship a bottle of kenzoAIR or its intense counterpart via airmail. There is a very very high likelyHood the bottle will burst under pressure and you will receive a cracked bottle or worse a leaky mess! 9/10. A staple of my collection!!!

Finally! I was lucky enough to find and grab a bottle for a good price! Here are my two cents. It is very sad to see nowadays boring releases from designer houses, stacking the shelves with "sport" versions and nonsense flankers, and then looking to all these great discontinued fragrances makes you want to go hunt them. This is one of those incredible fragrances. The concept of "Air" here is different, it is not that fresh and transparent feel, but rather a soft spicy, ozonic vibe. When first sprayed (about the first 10 seconds) it is a blast of anise and licorice, after a while the licorice becomes almost invisible, and vetiver and cedar take place. Truly one of the best and most interesting fragrances I've smelled. For those who haven't had the opportunity of smelling it, the most literal description I can make IMHO (so that you can imagine it) is that it is a merge between Au Masculin, Encre Noire and cedar, with that ozonic vibe I can't really explain, but that's what my nose gets. Longevity is good but sits close to the skin, which is not a problem at all since the scent itself will be a marvelous journey for your nose.

Yay! My 3rd Kenzo is finally here. Kenzo Air is not a very strong scent. I spritz it twice on my wrist and I have a hard time smelling it, perhaps my skin is too dry. For the scent, there is nothing fruity or floral here at all, but just woods. I only smell this wet woody vetiver with fresh cedar + licorice combo. The scent is wet and cold; like a wet forest or driftwood by the river bank or even a haystack. Somehow, I still find it fresh and quite unique. It's never too hard nor even appear to be herbal. In my opinion, this is not a very usual fragrance, and it's a must try, especially for those who are interested in an interesting woody scent, and the blocky bottle is quite a collectible item.

This has been my everyday fragrance when I was a student in the university. Apart from the happy memories this is an excellent fragrance composed by one of the greats, Maurice Roucel. Basically it is a friendly, peppery-fresh vetiver, heavy on Iso-E Super and with anise on top. Surely synthetic but unlike other modern niche fragrances that are equally synthetic and rely on marketing, this actually hides inspiration in its composition. In other words, you can happen to buy it simply because it smells good and not because of the fanfare surrounding it. In two words joyful and unpretentious. For a modern update check L'Homme De Coeur by Divine.

I sniffed this for the first time yesterday my uncle has this fragrance. Let me tell you that this anise/vetiver scent is very nice and very very unqiue. It's very unfortunate that this has been discontinued. The vetiver reminds me of the dirty vetiver in encre noir. I will not pay 100 dollars for this scent. But a local discounter has many of these in stock for 40 dollars. Will be picking up a couple of bottles and wear it through out this coming summer. Scent: 8/10 Projection: 7/10 Longevity: 7/10 Compliment factor :8/10

The last flask I bought was in 2011, in a website I can ́t remember. It came to me from Israel. Before it arrives here in Brazil I already know it would be alterated in its scent, coz it was discontinuated long time ago. And was exactly that what happened. It had a terrible scent of tobaco/urine... what a pitty... Please, let ́s send Kenzo lots of mails asking them to return this masterpiece... I can ́t find kenzo ́s e-mail anywhere.. Somebody can help me?

There are few scents able to remind me the smell of our Mediterranean maquis...the sensation I feel when I cross a pine forest just before to match with the beach and the sea. Kenzo Air is one of them. Amazing scent, I have been lucky finding a a 50ml flanker at a good price. It's much more earthy than airy to my taste, but I love it. Someway it is close to Armani White, another amazing scent that has gone. Please bring such fragrance back!

To bad it was discontinued and the few left on ebay and amazon are jumping up in price.But there is hope, i actually found a dupe of kenzo air which is very very close to the real juice if not the same.Just search on google for: in the air vebelle.It ́s a german company and they are shipping to some european countries.Damn i can ́t stop sniffing my hand, this stuff is so good.Got a compliment on the first day of wearing.

This is a strong scent in my opinion, with a nice vetiver drydown. Even though it's versatile enough to be used in any season, Kenzoair makes a welcome change for me from the usual aquatics in summer. @ravjan: The blue colour inside the bottle is not that of the juice, but instead a (sneaky) blue plastic insert - I took my bottle apart (don't ask me why) - and the juice is simply a typically common yellowish colour.

I know it's quite late in the day, given that this is no longer produced but this was and probably remains my favourite scent to date and the one that made me interested, properly, in scent in the first place. The strong anise note just seemed to cling and cling and was like nothing else I've smelt since. Why, oh why, did Kenzo drop this amazing fragrance?!?!?!!

Hey I bought this one two days ago and I noticed this morning that the bottle was half full :s I love the scent and since I got it I can ́t stop spraying it on me every chance I get; but half bottle in two days it ́s just impossible. Can anybody who owns this please tell me if theirs came half full too?

IT ́S MY FRAGRANCE, I LOVE IT. THE ANIS IS SO INTENSE AT THE BEGGINING, AT THE MIDDLE IT BECAMES MORE BERGAMOTA AND AT LAST, IS LIKE SWEET-WARM-WATER FOR TEA, SO COMFORTABLY... .... p.s. Somebody can tell me if kenzoair was discontinued? I ́m having troubles to find this here in my country. :-(

Beautiful fragrance, it could easily become a signature scent for me. Nice vetiver brightened with anise, then has a nice soft drydown. To me, KenzoAir is the love child of Kenzo Homme Boisee (which is most of Air's opening) and L'Eau par Kenzo pour Homme (supplying Air's drydown)

Please bring this back! It is too good to be discontinued Anyone that misses this can enjoy Bello Rabelo by Les Liquides Imaginaires, at a much higher price but also at a very good quality. I find both to be very close to each other.

I love this perfume. The smell of anise is one of my favourites. Kenzo Air is fresh and woody at the same time, with anise and vetiver together through the dry down. So different and unique that everyone should try it!

Great Fragrance! It starts off as Anisette and quickly dries down into a just right, faint spicey licorice backed up by light citrus and cedar. Beautiful, really nice, very unique. Try it. You'll like it!

Somebody have kenzo paris e-mail adress? We have to send them one million e-mails for them to bring back this masterpiece. I never found kenzo contact in the websites... :-(

Take away the anise note and it's Roja Elysium cologne. Edit: 4hours on with REC and i get grapefruit. Dry down is different but i take Kenzo over Roja