Kenzo World

This is my first review here in Fragrantica as this time I felt that I really must share this with you fellow Fragranticans. :) Because... I need to tell you that I BLIND BOUGHT this eye fragrance! I’ve been laughing at myself whole morning thinking about this. This is kind of a long story but I think that there might be someone who enjoys this as much as I do. It all began a couple of weeks ago when I was at a perfume store and saw the new Kenzo World Eau de Toilette. I had seen the famous commercial before and it gave me a good laugh so I decided to test the cute looking pink edt. As I adored the powdery, innocent almond blossom note I bought the edt immediately. After that also the original Kenzo World began to interest me. I watched the video again realized that this story is exactly like my thoughts sometimes when I feel contradictory and couldn’t care less what others think about me. So somehow I knew that I will love this fragrance and ordered a full bottle from the internet. It arrived yesterday. I had some fun with myself, again, as I wanted also to “blind wear” this. That means that every time when I blind buy a fragrance I try it on skin before giving it a full wear but this morning after showering I sprayed Kenzo World for the first time full sprays to my all pulse points. And it was love at the first sniff. This fragrance is really like me. Or, actually, my World. The controversial commercial video describes perfectly the whole evolving of the perfume. The fragrance opens with a sophisticated accord that somehow reminds me of Tom Ford Velvet Orchid Lumiére (which I adore). It fits well to a gala night but there is a little sad, kind of a mourning like undertone. Slowly, as the overwhelming ambroxan note reveals itself, the fragrance begins to change more and more modern and even schizophrenic. It begins to bloom and shows it’s empowering heart that makes you feel very confident and free! There are moments when those super feminine floral tones come forward just to make you feel feminine but at the same time the darker tones remind you all the time that you are not only feminine but also a true power woman. The nose that blended this one must be a genius! The bottle was for me a pleasant surprise as it is made of nice frosted glass and in real life it looks much more beautiful than in the pictures. I also adore the symbolics of the name and the bottle. When you really think about the whole world and universe it makes you feel very small and meaningless but on the other hand you look at the world through your own eyes so that the world will be there for you, just reach for it by looking it eye to eye.

I think the people who call this perfume unoriginal are selling it a bit short... it's pretty rare to find such an unapologetically shallow perfume, I think. Vapid, even, or soulless. Those don't have to be bad things. This perfume is a vindication of shallowness. Almost lonely in how delicious yet insubstantial it is. So sweet and addictive yet disconnected from real life, head in the clouds. A lone girly girl. This is the perfume version of Red Bull for breakfast. I grow nose-blind to this very quickly, probably because the fragrance is so shallow and doesn't mutate much. So this tends to be something I will wear more to smell nice for strangers than for myself. It does have good staying power. It starts off more salty and punchy but it dries down to be more cozy and ambery. I agree with scentualmango: I sometimes do get a Barbie doll smell from this. But I like Barbie doll smell, and anyway I think it goes well with the perfume's whole persona. I feel ambivalently about this scent, if you can't tell. I started craving it soon after I took home a spray card, and somehow now I have a bottle. It's so addictive, but there is no depth to it. This is a perfume that will arouse your appetite but never satisfy it. Like Tantalus thirsting in Hades... like anyone in love, really... I love it. I have no choice.

This was a blind buy, and I am so happy I risked it. The deciding factor was someone said it was like My Burberry Black. To my nose, it must be the same jasmin that Kurkdjian uses in both to make it have that familiar yet mysterious scent..... Some sort of Kurkdjian magic! My Burberry Black is my favorite perfume of all time, and my perfume addiction is because of my pursuit of perfumes that give me the same feeling. If My Burberry Black is a beautiful woman in a black dess entering a wet forest while eating an overripe peach that drips down her hand as she transforms into a Burtonesque dark fairy with the sunlight streaming through the trees while the moss and the wet leaves crunch underneath her feet. ... Then, Kenzo World is the same beautiful woman leaving the wet forest, dressed in a see-through white dress, entering a field of flowers, and floating up into the clouds. This is special. I'm getting a backup bottle. If anyone can suggest other perfumes like this one, I would love to experience them.

I purchased this blindly and it has turned out to be the BEST blind buy of my life! I already had an idea of what it would smell like as I already have Kenzo World Intense and Kenzo World EDT. This beautiful deep scent lasts forever on my skin and I have received more compliments on this than any of my other 200 frags. Every time I wear it people are stopping me to ask what it is and where they can buy it. Tonight I sprayed about 4 sprays, did some housework and then went grocery shopping. About 2 hours into my shopping, the lady at the deli counter that was BEHIND the service line commented on it and had me write down the name. I bought mine at QVC because of the easy pay options, I LOVE Qvc. My signature scent is Chloe New EDP and this one is a very close runner up. It does not smell like Chloe but has the same kind of vibe and is the same qualify and long lasting scent. This is lovely but the intense is EVEN BETTER. If I could give this 10 stars I would.

I love Kenzo’s eyes, their personality and performance, this ones too. Funny in itself, I was looking for a watermelon / cucumber scent for the summer that would be absolutely smooth, watery and sweet, yet not being very youthful ... after a few failed attempts I gave up and ordered this berry scent, but ... No good Day! this was exactly what I was looking for! For me, this opening is mostly a fresh cucumber and the drying resembles a sweet cucumber or melon/berries on a maybe a bit milky and mostly kind "plastic" base, which I also smell in the intense version, and which I really like very much! On my skin, that milkiness dries slightly acidic (but not bitter at any point! ) and together with the wooden base, it balances the sweetness without any sharpness, which, for example, notes of tea / tobacco in fragrances of this style usually do. Pretty plain scent? maybe, but for me this Baby is full of unique.❤️

I love this, maybe because I love peony and this is a really interesting take on it. Kenzo World is really different to any other perfume that I own too. It's soapy and comforting, like a warm bath: it smells aquatic yet warm, floral yet soapy. I remember when I first tried it, I just kept smelling the card, I couldn't put it down and I ended up going back the next day to buy a 50ml bottle. I know the bottle gets a lot of hate, but I think it adds to the other-worldliness of the fragrance. I guess that the ambroxan also adds to that, as it's supposed to be very different on different people. For me, the scent in drydown is unisex, one spritz lasts all day and it does have some good projection. I love all of that too! I don't own anything else from Kenzo, it's not a house that I remember trying anything else from that I have ever liked, but I would really recommend giving this one a chance.

Best of all floral compositions ever. Kenzo World is a pure floral fragrance for women with the opening notes of red fruits, heart notes of floral notes and peony and Egyptian Jasmine while the dry down is simply ambroxan. Few notes that are well-blended which make it simple yet elegant. This fragrance is sweet, fresh and floral which is superbly pleasant and makes one feel happy, joyful and fresh. Mostly, I prefer wearing it in summer and spring or any other hot day as this brightens up my day along with making me feel fresh and lively. Btw it's safe for gifting and bling buy as it is light and easy to wear kind of fragrance. I love the amazing bottle and elephant on the sprayed cap. This lasts for a long time and silage is superb too. Decent and adorable beauty!

I found this gem in an airport. I was actually looking for the intense version but settled on this one. I wasn’t excited, but idk I guess it was an impulse thing. I swear it was fate, because this has quickly become one of my favorites. This perfume made me truly appreciate other floral perfumes! I’m not sure if it’s the base note (ambroxan - not super familiar with this one), but it levels out the floral beautifully to make it less overpowering. It is a really unique fragrance to my nose, reminds me of a resort! Edit: I realized I said floral, but I meant rose 😬 I still love this perfume, too! If anything, she has gotten even better over the past several months. I already bought a back up bottle since I know she’s technically discontinued

What kept me for years away from Kenzo World beauty, was the black rubbery cap in total contrast to the beautiful shade of light blue of the bottle, and the golden marble of its iris, a marvel to my eyes. Everything considering that I own Edt and had both Intense version and Power, so this thing is inexplicable. The scent is a maceration of leaves and fruit, which I don't want to understand, just exhibit proud 'cause in few we choose it, and for is a sublime cranberries aromatic macerate and there's nothing I can add. Love is blind, its sense of smell uncompromising, so much so that one day the fuse has been lit, and love blossomed although I thought that summer and heat were not suitable for it. Exquisite. Beautiful.

at first my mom bought this perfume for herself but i didn't like it that much. Than after 5-6 months, i got sick of my current perfume and i was looking for a unique perfume. i ordered sun by jil sander with very big hopes but hated it so so much and i was disappointed, then i wanted to try Kenzo World again just to smell something and boom! i fell in love with it omg! i can almost like eat it:) so juicy, young, sexy smell. loved the red berries. i now know one thing for sure; perfume is a very relative and subjective thing and your liking can drastically change even in 5 months. but if you're young i think you should give it a try:) highly recommended!

After purchase review: I love the frag, think it`s original (for the price). Yes I had to overcome the awful package, specially the black plastic cap and shiny ball. But unfortunately my skin is like glass to this frag, it evaporates in a minute or so and then it`s gone for good. So no one including me can feel it. I`m really sorry but will not re purchase. Note: I cannot smell any berries or red fruits... just this aroma that is not from nature and reminds me of rich people living their privileged lives in rich villas and exclusive restaurants....

I guess as with others perfumes, Kenzo World depends on how well it reacts with the wearer's skin. Personally, on my skin, this perfume develops beautifully. There is a small hint of synthetic note for the first ten minutes but it disappears leaving a gorgeous mix of peony and red fruits. It holds up quite well for four hours and smells sweet but not irritatingly so - not cloying at all, in my case. Dries down into a soft, powdery, incense-reminiscent smell. I love it. It is great for warmer seasons and perfect wear during the day.

Don ́t really understand all the hates here, this fresh, sweet and floral fragrance is super pleasant, can definitely foresee a success in markets like Asia, which the ladies prone to wear something fresher and brighter under the hot and humid weather. The flasco is a pure craft of art, mesmerizing. The scent simply gives me a very good mood and brighten the day up. I have to give this great launch its deserved justice!

This has been one of my main fragrances for a few years, and I am obsessed. It is smells like red berries and what I'm guessing is ambroxan out of the bottle, but also smells unidentifiably amazing. On my skin, it just gets better over time, and lasts for 4-5 hours, although I sometimes still smell it later on. This is not a safe blind buy from what I've seen in the reviews, but if you love it, you love it a lot.

Sorry to everyone but I'm loving the hate! It means that the beautiful fruity musk that floats from my skin when I wear this perfume is special to me... well until the multitude of people that compliment me on this wrangle out of me what I'm wearing and go off to buy bottles for themselves (or their wives!) haha. It's an absolute love for me. Thanks MFK.

It ́s heavy, it ́s sweet, it ́s wonderful. One of a kind on my shelf. I think it ́s the ambroxan that gives the sweet red fruits the longevity and weight. After watching the commercial I was a little hesitant....but the perfume is just as different from other perfumes as the commercial. The bottle is also a bit weird but I really recommend it!

I hated all kenzos before as for me they were so artificial, cheap and old. Kenzo done this one right! Beautiful combo of berries, peony and ambroxan. Sweet and sour, fresh and light, but present. Projection not great, silage is okay. Brilliant for summer. So familiar, yet so different. Love the bottle design!

I get the sample of this and trying this first time on the paper was a bit meh to me. It felt sweet but plasticky. But on my skin it gets warm and sugary like sweet skin scent. I find it very sexy to me. One of my favorites scents that make me feel very put together.

I never thought I would buy a bottle that is less appealing. .. tacky cap, tacky ball. .. but after all I buy a fragrance and that I must say I love it. It reveals the Master Nose behind it. Terrible packaging (and video) and wonderful perfume.

The first time I tried this I didn't like it at all, it was kind of salty and synthetic (maybe it's the ambroxan), but the second time I tried this I got addicted! It's still kind of salty but the red fruits are nice.