Kenzo Power

Perfumist: Olivier Polge.
Notes of bergamot, coriander, cardamom, rose, jasmine, freesia, tolu balsam (Orris), labdanum, cedar wood.

Concerning about the previous fiasco launches from my favourite Japanese perfume branch, I was kind of a "scared soul" regarding of what I was going to get with this new perfume for the male, but I can only say now, after giving it a try, that could be easily, the male version of “Flower by Kenzo”, and I have a feeling that it will become quite successful in the market, as it has been the above mentioned version for the ladies.

We know that Kenzo always has been fond of flowers and that is why he has based his latest fragrance for men on their image.
He has envisioned the abstract flower: a wild tulip and the idea of how it could smell like, (something that he already tried with the poppy with "Flower" before).

"Power" doesn't actually smells massively flowery, (at start) as it just has the enough amount of a vague balanced dose of flowery smell that make it appealing.
It start candied citrus zest, spicy-aromatic with burst of coriander, cardamom and bergamot, but it quickly lays in pieces into a balsamic character yet delicously flowery; the freshness and the piquant heady notes remains in the background, while an softly-balsamic and a silghtly powdery sense comes along.
I could picture that imaginary flower in my mind, clean, sensual...

Jasmine reings melting with soft balsamic and ambery note.
Spices melt gloriously producing a grand smoky effect, like the smell of cigarettes smoke.. I can detect a soft effervescent cola-like note:(maybe is the freesia note blended with the cedar wood). Highly pleasant.

Deep and hypnotic with the presence of the tolu balm and jasmin, all is a reminiscent of a mineral-slightly powdery-ambery-floral scent.
Rather unusual for a male perfume. I like it.
Then a vivid velvety note, the labdanum. Also, I can detect on stages, the soft rose floating ghostly around in a shy background.

In the dry down the scent loses a little the powdery accords with the addiction of an ambery note, enjoyable, warm woody, with the cedar and labadnum, although the whole juice remains in a brilliant aromatic way, still.


I find the overall composition very appealing and cheerfully "conceptual" regarding other mainstream men's perfume releases.
A beautifully androgynous enigmatic floral fragrance, being rather spicy aromatic flowery than a clean wood scent that you could expect.

"Power" could be a long lasting deja vú of other "flower for the man" colognes, taking the best of some previous launches: strong resembles of the successful “Dior Homme”, the “L'eau Bleue” deep aromatic accents, the abstracticy flower notes of "Farhenheit 32"...

“Kenzo Power”, brings back the excitement of the old time house references, nostalgia of well blended previous peculiar scents like the original “Kenzo Homme” or “Jungle”, and, at the same time follows the new trend generation of floral for man.
Despiste the name, the whole fragrance has a subtle accent. It develops as a soft yet noticeable muted fragrance, with its own character.

The long lasting is terrific and it has a distinctive yet quiet projection.
A must have for ambery aromatic scents fans.
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