L'Eau Kenzo Intense pour Femme

Review is for my own reference - I am pleasantly surprised by this scent! The other Kenzo scents I've tried are too floral for me, but this smell like fresh sweet (fruit vs. candy sweet) and peppery to me (not as good as PR Black XS though), and maybe a bit aquatic. The package says this is a Gourmand Floral, which I would agree with, Fragrantica has it as a fruity floral. I think this might be too cloying in the humid summer months, but great for daytime the rest of the year. I think this is a unisex crowd pleaser, a wide range of ages could wear this. Someone mentioned that it smells a bit like walking past a BBW, but in a non- cloying way and I would have to a agree. This would make a nice candle scent too. It is a stronger scent with a decent silage. straight from the sachet its fruity sweet. left on the skin for a bit it smells a bit more floral pepper. Unfortunately, the sample that I got was not in a mini spray bottle, but in a sachet like a moisturizer sample. I wish I could have a bottle to try multiple times. I'm assuming if you sprayed too much you would get a headache. The red apple smells nice in this scent, I wonder if there is a DKNY similar scent? I strongly disagree that this smells like La Vie Est Belle by Lancome. This is less intense and more fresh sweet, where as LVEB is richer and less fresh. It also does not smell Missoni Missoni EDT! I really like it, almost love. but there are other fragrances I want to buy. I would keep if gifted. The price is okay too at about $55 for 100ml on discount sites. I think this would have to be one of my favorite fresh fruity floral smells. Edit: as it's dried down for about an hour it smells a bit smoky and meaty. Maybe that's the earthiness? Not super gross, but not really pleasant for a femme perfume. I don't think I've had a perfume that changed that much on my skin before. Usually, complex scents will go from sickly sweet to a warm caramel sweet. but this went from sweet to smoked wood. Again this makes it lean more unisex. A bit disappointed by the end scent, I wish it stayed sweeter, but it does piqué my interest as a scent. A few more hours have gone by and it smells a bit sweeter and smokey. The smokiness of this scent reminds me of Dior Poison Girl.

This fragrance is kind of underrated in my opinion. It might not be the most refined and grown-up scent, but it's very fun and a bit unusual. I smell mainly patchouli and a sweet, juicy candy apple that makes it different from most other fruitchoulis. It's the kind of perfume I like to wear to fun events like a fair.

love love love! definitely a better update modern sexier versionh of Leau Par which u can still smell in it. the patchpuli gives it the deepness and sensuality. hot!

It smells pleasant and fruity-generic (aka boring) for the first half hour or so, but then it blooms, and smells so irresistibly pretty!! I couldn't stop sniffing myself after, and the scent stayed all day. The 'vibe' I get from this is a cross between Miss Dior Cherie 2005 and original L'eau Par Kenzo. It's sweet, warm and optimistic, but also clean, chic and very feminine. Definitely 'spring-y'! But I would wear it all year round. The patchouli here is clean, and it's not too sweet, so it could work in summer too (maybe not when it's really hot out). I personally didn't get apples right off the bat, just a rich, happiness-inducing fruity-floral with refreshing watery nuances to tame the sweetness...that L'eau Par Kenzo DNA in this scent stops it from veering towards sticky-syrupy territory. A youthful aroma, but not juvenile...for those over 25, yes, it's grown-up enough for the office or general everyday wear for sure. It doesn't really smell like any other fragrance out there, though it might remind you of a few. Sillage is alluring, and longevity is 7 hours +.

For me, this is for people that want Chanel Coco Mademoiselle or Dior Miss Dior to work for them, but can't get pass that sharp strong floral note. This has everything beautiful from the before mentioned, but the sometimes headache inducing sharp floral note is removed. Love it! This seems too heavy for me personally for Summer, but otherwise a year 'round beautiful scent. You really do have to love a designer take on patchouli with this one like Elie Saab La Parfum. And I do!