Flower by Kenzo Summer 2008

My favorite flanker of original Flower. Even went an extra mile and bought a back up bottle when I realized that it is disappearing from the shelves. The original Flower was too much, this one is non-offensive yet has the recognizable Kenzo Flower signature.

A funny thing is happening......against all odds I started finding myself LIKING a Kenzo Flower! No love, just a like... The original Flower gave me a horrid headache - sweet, powdery violets on hyper-drive. This put me off wearing this Summer fragrance, until now....curiousity got the better of me. This version is much less intense, it is soft & velvety, powdery & sweet but toned down in comparison. At first I smell there is a strange sour-grassy smell which I often find with summer fragrances. Luckily this disappears after a while & the lychee & there is a scent-impression of a fuzzy peach & a glass of ginger beer - sweet, & juicy with a sour bite. The powdery violets are noticable, but not heady or cloying...there is still a wet, delicate fruitiness in this version. This is a summer scent, so my hopes of finding some dark, daring incense were dashed....but there is a good depth in this mid-weight fragrance which stops it from turning into a flighty fruity-floral. As it mellows it warms, deepens & opens into a rich, velvety rosey-red flower smoothed by musk. As soft as cat's paws, feminine, cute & sunny whilst managing to steer clear of being too girly-girly or twee. Good staying power & reasonable sillage. Dare I say it....this perfume is growing on me!

I love Kenzo's other smell,with that flower bottle shape.Than I tried this one,sutch a disapoining smell,realy not nice at all!

One of the worsts scents ever... sour sweat with a disgusting something. Where have those notes hidden? I really can't 'see' them. Summer.. ? Flower? Maybe 'dizzi nightmares' should be the name of this fragance if we can still call it so.

A warm scents, light version of kenzo flower a summer fragrance without alcohol in ingredients make this one is fresh, long lasting and not a dizzy type fragrance, if i have to choose, i love this than original one. i think i love the scents from first spray until last note, a fresh fruit notes but has flowery characteristic too make this fragrance is very feminine but not overpowering, there no need to wait, from ist second till hours all layers are lovable :))