Fragrance Notes
Homme
Kenzo Homme is a 1991 composition with more than twenty materials in it, and it belongs to a school of men's perfumery that has largely disappeared.
Mahogany, sage, bergamot and lemon open it. Putting a dark wood at the very top is unusual and it works: the mahogany is dry and polished, and the citrus and sage lift it rather than dominating.
The heart is enormous. Pine and juniper berry give it a coniferous sharpness, carnation and nutmeg a dry spice, caraway an odd bready note, and rose, lily of the valley, jasmine, peach and orris fill it out underneath. Carnation and caraway together place it firmly in its decade, and they are much of why it smells so distinctive now.
Fir balsam, sandalwood, cedarwood, musk, oakmoss, vetiver, amber and labdanum finish it. Oakmoss supplies the damp bitterness of the period, labdanum a sticky sweetness, and the whole base is deep and slightly austere.
How Kenzo Homme wears
It lasts a long time and projects moderately. Autumn and winter suit it, and it reads as formal.
Kenzo Homme Eau de Toilette, launched in 1991 by Kenzo, the Paris house founded in 1970.
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