L'Eau par Kenzo

This is just beautiful, the most natural smelling aquatic that I've come across to date! L'eau par isn't widely available in the UK, actually other than Kenzo World and Flower, we don't get many of Kenzo's other offerings (at least, to my knowledge) so when I saw this circulating around on Fragrantica, read the notes list and fell in love with the really cool bottle, I went on a mission online to try and get a bottle. So, firstly I thought this was discontinued but its still on Kenzo parfums' website, and there are new flankers of it about on there too. Notino stock L'eau Par on their website and Allbeauty also stock the 50ml and 100ml bottles, so I'm glad I can repurchase this one when my currently 30ml runs out. If anyone looks at my wardrobe, I have a lot of summery, citrussy and aquatic fragrances, but I really wanted something that was different from L'eau D'issey (cold, wet flowers) and Davidoff Cool water (salty melon, juicy fruit gum) that was more grassy, fresh and maybe a little bit sporty, L'eau Par is all of those things! So, L'eau Par is fresh, its cold, super clean and very modern/city-like, the first spritz is a really strong citrussy hit which sort of veers into bathroom cleaner territory but it settles into an icy, slightly floral and grassy scent, but theres something in this which gives it a vodka/gin like nuance as well, not quite sure what note or combination of notes does that, but it really makes this feel like you're drinking either a fresh, iced gin and tonic or an iced glass of water. Silage is very good, being on lockdown, I'm around my parents a lot and they have noticed the refreshing breeze coming from me and have positively commented on it, the longevity is very good, I can get about 7 hours worth of wear from this with 5 sprays. I think this may actually become my signature scent, its so effortless and fresh, I'll be ordering a bigger bottle soon because I don't think my 30ml bottle will be full for very long!

With all the Kenzo's I've sampled I've come to realize all women's fragrances of this brand have a very distinct DNA that I'd describe as oriental poise. Given how delicate they generally are, this DNA often stands out the most, and each new one I try instantly seems familiar. But regarding L'Eau: it is good. Olivier Cresp knows his craft, especially if we talk his earlier works. Kenzo (and perhaps only Kenzo) knows how to deliver this kind of scent, the meaningful minimalism. It smells like water; not the tap kind but the element itself and our mental image of it - the stillness of it, not the calamity. L'Eau feels like a beautiful blend of nature's breath and coolness of urban futurism, what with the impeccable humanly cleanness it emanates alongside the gentle herbal freshness. In the 90s people still dreamt of progress and nature coexisting in harmony, and that harmony manifests itself in this fragrance. It might be popular because it is simple, but it is in fact very special, being the perfect olfactory interpretation of water as a part of nature, the bridge between scent and vision. A delicate timeless fougere that is linear but not in the way that gives you a migraine with its monotone presence. Reed is appropriately sweet for a distinctively herbal note, mint and pepper aren't overdone, the base is soft and perfectly womanly. No fruits for me - maybe the newer formula has been tweaked - but frankly I prefer it that way, a strong fruity accord would only simplify it, not refine. As for performance, in my experience Kenzo fragrances get stronger with time. Melody it reminds me of: Air - J'ai dormi sous l'eau.

I have vintage (oval shaped bottle) and rectangle shaped L'eau PAR-version of this. Vintage formula is softer. Opening is sweet herbal, like anise or fennel with hint of dry hay. After few hours it turns less sweet and waterlily comes out, dry hay note is still there, but less noticeable. After four hours I smell cedar and dry hay with hint of watery notes. This reminds me of Honore des Pres- Nu Green, very similar dry hay note. Longevity is better in vintage one, imo. Newer L'eau Par Kenzo: Opening is sharp, very aquatic and herbal at the same time. Strong mint leaf note (sweet and minty) I think mint leaf scent was the strange note that bothered me always. It's very noticeable if you overspray this. After an hour this turns out very nice aquatic fresh, I smell waterlily, lilac and hint of peach. And then it's gone. Weak hay scent with musk. So sad. I would like to try the newest L'eau Kenzo-version of this. I prefer vintage formula because it has good longevity and scent is close enough to newer formula.

Wow, what an interesting scent and what a twist. It starts fresh and watery with water lilly, mint and pepper, then something almost stinky comes in, I think it's reed, but after a minute or two boozy cedar and vanilla start to rise, and underneath there's floral fruit. I've been looking for a scent that smells like lilac for a long time and I think I can smell it, and it's a very accurate lilac scent. Rose, amaryllis and violet, you can feel every note. Everything comes together in a magic where the cedar and the sweetness of the vanilla kiss the freshness of the water lily and musk. I wasn't expecting this festival of scents. The star of this scent is definitely cedar. The sweet, boozy, fresh, piercing note keeps everything in balance, the other notes dance around. I like this work. Maybe I'm a little biased towards Mr. O. Cresp. L'Eau par Kenzo is underappreciated. Sillage is good and longevity is about 7 hours. Love this so much.

This fragrance is my favorite of all time (tied with Issey Miyake original EDT). It is a well kept secret. I own them all (literally). When I wear this, the balance of fresh, sweet, fruity and warm dry down to perfection - a perfect balance. I do wear it more in the Spring/Summer, but I would say that when people guess it is Chanel or Bylgari, I just smile because it is unique. I would say you need to wear this all day before you make a judgment, and wear it on a warmer day....and around both men and women. Even without their opinion, when you smell your wrist, it will be beautiful and surprising. Not too much...not too little...not too spicy....not too watery, not too innocent, and yes, very natural and comfortable. What seems like a fragrance of innocence is a colorful blend of emotion with nuances of real life.

This is what a fresh and clean perfume should smell like in my opinion. I have never found another scent that has such a lightly sweet, aquatic sillage. Spraying this on after a shower makes you feel clean all day. The opening smells a bit more interesting than a generic aquatic fresh scent, but the magic is in the middle notes. The sillage suddenly becomes much larger. You will be smelling the middle notes like a cloud around you for about three hours. The dry down still smells very clean, just a bit warmer. On skin it retains the aquatic notes a bit more, on clothes the vanilla is more noticeable. I feel like you can quickly overspray this EDT though, as the middle notes are so strong. It might be my skin chemistry, but one spray on my wrist is enough for me to notice it for a couple of hours.

It's soooo amaizing! Amaizing really! So fresh, oceanic, light and still charming! Is not a clean-nostrilas fragrance. Haven ́t found any perfume at this time that can take L'eau's place! Sadly (so sadly) it doesn't last long :( I mean I am not expecting the perfume to last 12 hours, but you have to spray on your clothes, arms, hair to feel it during the day. I think it is so light fragrance that if you are on an enviroment or room with other strong fragrances/smells, it just... let's say it just blends in... You probably will smell other's perfume than L'eau but at times you feel it's presence (Does that make sense...? O_o) That's the way I can describe it =)) Even tho I am not wearing it for other's people's pleasure lol, as long as I can feel it I'm ok. Love L'eau!!!

That's a freshness in a bottle. If water had smell, it would smell like Kenzo L'Eau (the house shortened it from original name L'Eau Par). Have never been into fresh scents but then I found this one and totally fell in love with it. Wearing it makes me feel like I've just came out of the cold shower. There's something very special and significant about Kenzo's L'eau fragrances (both the female and male version), it's not like any other fresh summer scent, this one gives you not just a refreshment, but the complete scent with idea and character. All the notes work great together. Lasts quite long on me considering it's EDT. Have been treasuring this during summer for years. An absolute gem. To me 9,5/10

This is lovely fresh aquatic scent and is one of my favourites. I am going to comment on it's silage - I used to think it was a very soft perfume and that most people couldn't smell it unless they were quite close, however, one of the ladies at work who also likes perfume and has asked what it is I'm wearing on a number of occasions, has commented that she can smell it walking past my office. Yesterday when she commented again on how I'm wearing her favourite perfume of mine as she walked past, she later told me (about 7 hours after applying it) that she now needed to put her head into my office before she could smell it. I sit about 10 feet from the office door, never knew it's silage was so good.

This fragrance is superb! The opening notes start with a smell that will immediately transport you to a rainforest with the smell of greenery and water (waterfalls to be specific). The drydown (still fresh smelling) is a completely different smell altogether where you can smell a bit of the peach, pepper, mint and lilacs which indeed smells divine! I just love it! This is one of the very few scents from the 90s that has survived to this day (in the midst of horrible sickly sweet gourmand/fruitchoulli scents) and I hope the house of Kenzo NEVER discontinues this gem of a fragrance as it is very original/unique, high in quality and fairly long lasting. Such a shame it is so hard to find these days!

I have a bottle of L'eau par Kenzo from 2012 that I just finished. ADORE that one. Beautiful scent that reminds me of outside, but very aquatic - can't even describe it, but it gets prettier as it dries down on my skin. I just ordered a bottle of "l'eau Kenzo" (without the "par") and OMG, something in this (the opening, anyway) makes me want to straight up vomit. :( It's being returned. I truly hope that if I order a bottle of l'eau par from eBay, that it will smell identical to my first bottle from 2012, and that these are two VERY DIFFERENT separate scents. Someone else here said they smell the same. I do not agree. If anyone has further thoughts/details/info on this, please share!

Vanilla1975 got it right. This must be tested on the skin (and waited out) to be truly be appreciated. Upon inital spray I was ready to run to scrub it off. It opens very strong, piercing and sharp. After a few minutes, while distracted doing something else, I kept getting this waft of loveliness, fresh, vibrant and crisp. It is definately aquatic but not in the usual marine way. I must admit, occassionaly something off-putting(proably the cedar) rears its head but almost immediately the other lovelies push it back down into obscurity and I'm happy again. It is exotic, like an amazonian waterfall with beautiful flowers floating in the calm at the bottom.

Wow, for a clean aquatic fragrance this is pretty powerful! And I mean it in the best possible way because usually the majority of aquatics are very etheral and volatile and you do have to use them with a heavy hand. On the other hand, L'Eau par can get cloying if oversprayed. Very beautiful composition, romantic and even elegant. I love to use my aquatics for sports, and I must admit that after trying so many of them I still find L'Eau par Kenzo very unique. I wears very nice even in cold weather as it has some warmth to it due to vanilla, peaches and pepper. Outstanding sillage and longevity. A keeper for sure.

I didn ́t know L'eau pour Femme before but I got it as a birthday gift this year. Composed of pepper and peach, my top favorite notes, and created in 1996. The best and the most nostalgic gift for my 30's that instantly takes me to the times of Spice Girls, Friends and latin telenovelas of that era.❤️🙏🏻 Unfortunately, the silage and longevity are very, very weak. Tommy Girl by Tommy Hilfiger, also created in 1996, is one of my signature scents since very early on. However, if I had discovered L'eau by Kenzo instead of Tommy Girl, definitely it would have been my signature.

This is a beautiful, unique, fresh floral aquatic. This is a real standalone beauty. I say this because in the 90s when this was released there were dozens of other aquatics that were released but unfortunately a lot of them are too heavy on the lotus!/melon for my taste. This is something else. This is incredibly well balanced and calming. It has a definitive top, middle and dry down. It starts off quite green with a tea vibe, then the lilacs come out and in the end you can smell the water lily and vanilla. Such a genius creation. Keep this in production forever kenzo!

I had a bottle of this in the 90's when I was a teenager. Then the bottle was of a different design, which I prefer to the new one. Found a bottle on discount a couple of years ago and decided to treat myself, albeit wary of whether I would still find it as adorable as I did then. I was not disappointed. It's the same crisp, clean scent that I remembered. It's inoffensive yet complicated. I prefer using it in the winter time, somehow it reminds me of snow. I think this is a perfume that either you love or hate. It's definately not for everybody.

The first time I ever sprayed it on my wrist I went out into a cold and crisp morning of Siberian winter, and it smelled DIVINE. Like a fresh white snow sparkling in the sun. Citrucy, fresh, crisp, light, and i loved it! The perfect cold-wintery smell which is amazing all year around. Unfortunately, Kenzo seemed to change the formula a bit, because now it is much sweeter than it was back then. IDK, may be different manufacturers? Even though, the smell is still amazing- one downside only- sillage and longevity are very weak. (at least on me :( )

I'm reviewing L'Eau Kenzo not L'Eau par Kenzo here coz I don't know what's the difference but L'Eau Kenzo is really nice fresh clean smelling scent, Oliver Cresp is a master in making Clean scents, it's great for hot sunny summers, so refreshing smell, I only wished it lasted longer coz I love the smell, price point is good overall 9/10👍 Edit: After wearing this for a few days I'm lovin it so much 💗 it's my favorite clean scent now 10/10 I even purchased L'Eau par Kenzo to see the difference, I find them quite the same smell

This is the only refreshing perfume I can't forget. I really wish I had it with me everywhere. I guess it's not very easy to find anymore. As far as I can remember, it was the only scent I ever smelled that felt like cucumber freshness. If you're looking for a scent that's safe, clean, and makes you feel like you're jumping into an icy pool in the scorching heat, this is definitely the one to have on hand. I haven't tried their other flankers, but the information I've provided is based on experience.

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