Flower by Kenzo Essentielle

Well, I tried this one a year ago and it was all about Hawthorn all over me.. not nice at all. Now I have tried it again. Lovely Rose, Insence, Pepper, pink pepper, Jasmin, Musk and Vanilla mix. And its lovely! Less is more and 1 spray goes a long way. Very longlasting on me - 15+ hours. Day 2: I woke up this morning and Essentielle was still around. Soft, warm pepper/Insence/rose-mix was dancing on my skin. Impressed! Pepper on my skin is great. Pepper is fresh, warm and calms down the sweet flowernotes. I can't wear strong Citrusnotes - the almost always turn maleish on me, so I love pepper/pink pepper-notes they work perfectly on me =) Tja, jag provade denna för ett år sen och då skrek den Havtorn, inte alls trevlig. Nu testar jag den igen och den är ljuvlig. Ros, Rökelse, Peppar, rosa peppar, Jasmin, Musk och Vanilj i härlig mix. Helt underbar ju! Lite är lagom, 1 sprejning räcker länge, otroligt hållbar på mig, mer än 15 timmar. Dag 2: Vaknade i morse och Essentielle är fortfarande kvar. Mjuk, varm peppar/rökelse/ros-mix som fortfarande ångar från huden. Imponerad! Peppar på min hud är magiskt. Peppar blir fräsch, varm och dämpar de söta noterna från blomnoterna. Jag kan inte bära starka citrusnoter i parfymer - de blir nästan alltid manliga på mig, men peppar/rosa peppar älskar jag och de funkar utmärkt på mig utan att bli stickiga eller skarpa.

On my skin this one starts very dark and with a great punch of insence. Middlenote gives a licoriseheavy note blended with dark rose and pepper. I usually loves pepper, but I don't like licorise. This one is not for me. Looking at notes in this scent, maybe its the Hawthorn that makes me think of heavy, dark licorise. Hawthorn smells very heavy if you crush the berries, and Hawthorn is a smell I really dont like. After 3 hours when Hawthorn finally dissapeared the basenote is gorgeous, soft incense, rose and musk. Very classy and elegant mix. På min hud startar denna väldigt mörk och med en rejäl dos rökelse. Hjärtnoten ger en kraftig lakrits not blandad med djup, mörk ros och peppar. Jag älskar peppar i mina dofter, men jag tycker inte om lakrits. Denna är inte för mig. Dock en doft för karriärskvinnan i mitt tycke. När jag tittar på doftnoterna så ser jag Havtorn, kanske är det den som gör att jag känner lakrits. Havtorn har en tung och kraftig doft när man mosar bären och Havtorn är en doft jag verkligen inte gillar. Efter 3 timmar när äntligen Havtorn-noten försvann så blev basnoten helt underbar. Mjuk rökelse, ros och musk i en elegant och klassisk mix.

This is unexpected perfume for me. I got it as gift, and i didn't really notice the 'Essentielle' word because my eyes set to Kenzo Flower: the notorious floral perfume.My first encounter with Kenzo FLower was years ago, and it was dreadful. It was horrible, overwhelming flower bouquet that turned my intestines upside down. Having read 'essentielle', i don't hope that much either. Not a fan of floral perfume,never was.But i take my chance and give it a whiff. First impression : it is rose. a very delicate rose, light and intriguing because there is this comforting & powdery scent. but then again, there's incense [oh good lord i hate this ingredient]but on this one, it smells heavenly.I love the dry down part. It lingers for quite some time with this subtle neutral and jasmine-ish scent. It is absolutely beautiful. About the incense, it is deep but curiously 'buried' under the rose-jasmine duet, a bit soapy like Chanel Coco Mademoiselle, but Kenzo Flower Essentielle is more subtle, not as glamorous as Coco Mademoiselle, but still, a very beautiful fragrance. i love it so much!

I was disappointed when I had to swap away my Kenzo Flower bottle because I did like the scent but I couldn't cope with its nuclear strength that literally took my breath away. Fortunately in another swap I was surprised with a sample of Kenzo Flower Essentielle and it is what I wished the original to be. KFE is in no way as strong as KF - at least to me - and it is also less sweet. I can actually smell the flowers in here whereas KF was more sweet powder with just a hint of flowers to my nose. KFE is rather lovely; yes, it still packs a punch in the opening but that calms down relatively quickly and leaves me with a wonderful powdery/flowery trail with just a hint of sweetness that rescues it from becoming cold and unapproachable. Like this, however, it has a lovely comforting freshness and a nice nostalgic feel about (probably the rose in here) that makes it a joy to wear.

This is absolutely one of the most gorgeous perfumes I have ever smelled! Thanks again Anna for the sample! You've got wonderful taste in fragrances! :) This is a gorgeous floral fragrance on me. It's not too much about Incense & Vanilla on me as it is about Rose & Jasmine. A lovely, beautiful bouquet of these flowers, more powdery than it is smoky and just a soft hint of Vanilla which adds a very delicate sweetness to the composition. Or it is the hawthorn... I just read the odor profile for this note and this could be definitely the sweetness! Very elegant! I love it!! Longevity & sillage are excellent!! ♥♥♥♥♥