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!! ♥♥♥♥♥

I tried this long ago but never got around to own it. I remember thinking that the dryDown was similar to Cristobal. Now I got an impulse to just buy it, and no regrets here! It is a classic 3 stage perfume, with a wonderful Rose Jasmin and a bit peppery top note, followed by a short lasting middle that is powdery and pleasant, and with a wonderful long lasting sweet powdery and a bit incensy vanilla dryDown. Really such a pleasant trip, it never ceases being super feminine, elegant yet cozy at the same time! Great lasting power too, with moderate to strong sillage. Love it!

This smells quite similar to the original Flower but with an extra zesty kick in the opening and a bit less powder in the drydown. It is sweet but in no way smells like something edible. Flower Essentielle is sophisticated and comforting, and if the original flower didn't quite do it for you, try this one. Also, the bottle is gorgeous and surprisingly tall. My 0.84oz bottle stands at 10 inches or so and towers above the rest of my collection! Doesn't hide in the crowd, that's for sure.

I just got this today and it smelled exactly how I thought it would. Original flower with pepper. I was worried about the lack of the notes in the original and the added pepper. But here's the thing ladies, spices are at the top of the pyramid. The pepper dries down. It becones even more like the original. And as for the lack of orange, violet, and opponax; you really dont notice its absence. Its somehow still very powdery in a high quality way. Successful blind buy!

Love jasmine!! Is my "signature" note and never fails me. Although, is a very dangerous ingredient that mixed with something stronger can be really a tragedy. Pepper has this effect in Kenzo, it has happened to me that people asks me if I don't get dizzy with it because they do! Others have told me it's beautiful and they love it. It's strong and I recommend to put it once and never retouch. Is for any occasion and suits every season of the year.

I love this fragrance. The weird part is that it's drydown reminds me a little the drydown of Infusion d'Iris on me - probably this is the incense that makes it's appearance. Very nicely blended and feminine... I was gifted a 25 ml bottle and I can already see that it's not going to last long :)

It was my favorite perfume for a really long time. Before it went out, it was also my mother's favorite. When I first smelled it, it felt like soap. After try it for servel times, I really loved it. It was rosey, soft clean. The bottle was interesting, just like a flower~

Very powdery yet floral at the same time. Powdery yet lively. Soft. Verging on gourmand with its vanilla. I can feel hawthorn, jasmin and rose. I think I like it more than Flower but they are very similar. It feels warm and I love it for winter.

It's so floral , hot , generous, cheerful <3 I don't know in what extend it's connected with the 2000 "Flower by Kenzo" because i have never smelled it , or if i did , i don't remember it.

So unique that you cannot possibly mistake it for something else. However, its very powdery, so if you are not in to it, the dry-down will disappoint you sorely.

I don't like rose at all but this one is very unique, powdery and vanilla floral fragrance. It smells very comforting on me. Its so nice and I love it .

A very unique smell and very soft. Love this fragrance alot. !! =)

Very good scent. Much better than original Flower, less powdery. The pepper and incense notes sooths the fragrance and turns it into a much more interesting perfume. Very good sillage, pretty good longevity, it's a uplifting perfume, makes me feel comfortable, calm and comfy at the same time. Too good to my coworkers when I wear this, I get a much better person to work with! Jasmine shows up in a non-indolic smooth way. The rose in this frag is not the overwhelming rose of Agent Provocateur (and I do love Agent Provcateur) nor the superfresh rose of Eau de Quatre Reines by L'Occitane. It's a soft but intensive rose. I feel like the rose on this is the one Very Irresistible was aiming to, but got somewhere else instead - they reached a lovely rose, but not a irresistible one. Nice powdery clean musk, not too powdery, and a good use of hawthorn, too. As usual, the Kenzo Vanilla Signature (I like it very very much) wanders throughout. Almost as lovely spiced as Kenzo Flower Le Parfum. If you couldn't reach Le Parfum, try this one. It's indeed a different smell, but them both share some character.

I liked this perfume a lot while I had it. It starts with this oily, pencil like note, quickly developing into peppery goodness. It's similar to the original Flower, but so different at the same time. The pepper gives the scent the playfulness, and sharpness. The incense it's so briliant here, just the right amount to make it smokey and misterious, something so very femme-fatale like. I love the development of this perfume, starting with oily woodiness, "cooking" into earthy jasmine with hint of incense and blast of pepper. This does not smell soapy on me, it's quite balmy, which I do not understand looking into the notes. I'd say try before you buy. I do not detect vanilla, I think it just blends into the other ingredients and makes them darker and richer, without adding sweetness. Kenzo knows how to deal with vanilla, so I think what they did here is excelent. Great projection, great development, overall I'd say it's absolutely 100% oriental perfume, on me at least. Bravo Kenzo, you did fantastic with Essentielle!

I was searching for a small bottle of perfume for travelling time I had tested FLOWER by Kenzo before and I liked it (no love ofcourse) so when I saw a 25 ml of flower in a perfume shop I did not notice the word "essential" on the box and I thought it was the same perfume. After unboxing I just realized they are different :) At first I got disappointed I got lots of rose, jasmine, powder and a little of smoke:) I wore it at work and I got complements from 3 people so I decided to change my attitude, it is also a high quality perfume. It does not smell artificial and stays for hours. It is very feminine, powdery,unique,complex,quiet,longlasting,it has its own charm and young men seem to like it.

Comprei este perfume sem conhecê-lo e foi uma decepção. Primeiro é muito gostoso e suave. Depois fica muito ruim, só cheiro de incenso e nada de flores. Por fim surge o cheiro de jasmim, mas então o cheiro acaba, pois a fixação dele é péssima. Gostaria que alguém me informasse como faço para adicionar os perfumes que possuo, amo, gosto, etc, no meu profile do site fragrantica. Só consigo incluir o perfume de assinatura e os preferidos.