Encens Lumière

Fantastic experience! So simple, yes sophisticated, this scent enchants with its down-to-earthiness and presence. Quiet and charming, it envelopes you in warming saffron at first. As it develops, leather, skin and animalic notes become more present while keeping it minimal.

The best in the range in my opinion. Unique and wearable at the same time. It's light but mysterious. The freesia note gives it a freshness and sweetness but overall woody and smoky. Beautiful fragrance overall.

In my humble opinion, this is niche quality in a designer bottle. Kenzo and gucci are one of my favorite designer houses because they ever more than often tend to think out side the box and actually come up with something of their own instead of just copy pasting what other designer houses are doing. It's gorgeous and has so much more going on. The notes pyramid does not do it justice. It is bit light but totally presistant, unique but also very likeable. Sensual and warm, Has an earthy undertone with the florals backing it up just beautifully. Smokey and leathery with slight animalistic nuances just to make it interesting enough to keep sniffing it, it's an addictive type of scent. Semi sweet with a little freshness. The smoke is just done very right here, just the right amount. It's balanced and of good quality. Performance is decent. To make it even more interesting, i had women test it and they all said it is on the masculine side but when i had the guys test it almost all of them told me that it leans more feminine. Which makes this fragrance completely UNISEX just based on the reaction i've seen so far. Brilliant release by the house of kenzo, bravo 👏🏼

Memori Encens Lumière is a pleasant fragrance, that’s true, but... It does smell of incense, though one that is greatly softened by freesia. It’s slightly smoky, but above all floral. Although I did enjoy it (once again, it’s pretty), I find that it lacks something to feel fully complete. The freesia may sweeten the composition a little too much for my taste; I would have liked a more sensual edge, with more incense taking center stage rather than remaining a subtle background note. In short, something stronger and more daring. Still, it does live up to its name: it’s bright and luminous, without a doubt. That being said, I tend to prefer intense fragrances with real character. It all comes down to personal taste. If you enjoy discreet, delicate perfumes, then this one will likely be perfect for you. Overall, it’s a floral-amber fragrance with a light touch of incense. Decent longevity, but the sillage is rather weak.

Very interesting fragrance, very niche and not so easy to understand, compared to the rest of the Kenzo range. I smell something very powdery suede on top and then the fragrance changes completely into a warm spicy and dark patchouli. It reminds me of a Balenciaga for men from the 90’s. Very sexy on a man :)