Power by Kenzo Cologne. Kenzo

Kenzo's "Power Cologne" is labered as a softer version of the fantastic original "Power" from the japanese designer.
This time citruses, vetiver and a different masculine floral notes will melt nicely into a light woody base.
The result: a nice reformulation of its precesetor.
The fragrance comes in the same shaped bottle just like the last year's edition, although, this time is transparent.

Perfumer: Olivier Polge.

Include notes of bergamot, amalfi lemon, cardamom, lemon verbena, freesia, sichuan pepper, coriander, tolu balm, geranium, cedar and vetiver.

My first impression about this new launch is that, despite of a "cologne" label, the final result isn't light at all. In fact and in a nice way, it can be much louder than the original so far.


My favorite release of 2008 was Kenzo’s "Power" without the shadow of the doubt.
The first appealing aspect that loved about "Power" was the eyed-catching modern bottle. Then after a second apply, I just couldn't help fell inlove of the juice itself. So long to wait for the perfect "floral for the male" that would keep balance between masculinity, enigmaticy and modernity.

Now, "Power Cologne" is a clever step fot those who love its predecesor and want a slighter cleaner version for spring-summer time.


"Power Cologne" starts very fresh and zesty with hints of lemon, a gorgeous flowery verbena, radiances of dewy freesia and cardamom but the tolu note shows up quickly.
The verbena note in here is just sublime, hand by hand with the subtle freesia; soft floral notes in balance with "dewy candy lemony" undertones. The cardamom comes along as the necessary spiciness on the pyramid.

The heart arrives rapidly with a brand new geranium touch which is less metallic than usual, more green and floral at the same time and leans towards to a lavender note in a vintage, clasic way.
Pepper and coriander are in the background, subtle, while the geranium and the tolu blam melt together in a refined spicy and floral character.

The drydown is a mix of soft cedar, vetiver and tolu.


"Kenzo Power cologne" is a lovely version of its predecesor, a refined modern cologne, definitively more green and fresher than the ambery last version.
It's also brighter and clean and definitively It will be more versatile and easy to wear for much more men.
The longevity is fantastic for a cologne as still detectable after 5 hours of apply.
The projection is bigger than the original, but, also, tends to be close to skin after 3-4 hours.
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