Fragrance Notes
Homme Intense
Anyone who already knows the Homme line will want to know how Kenzo Homme Intense Eau de Toilette differs from it, and the answer is in the fruit.
Fig is the material that sets it apart. It is a strange, excellent thing in perfumery, milky and green at the same time, with a soft fruitiness that never becomes sweet and a slightly bitter leaf quality behind it. Bamboo sits with it and sharpens that green edge, watery and stemmy and cool, so the first half hour reads crisp rather than juicy. Pink pepper is the lift, dry and prickling with a faintly rosy sharpness, and it keeps the top of the fragrance alive longer than a fig would manage alone. Sandalwood is the base and the comfort, creamy and smooth and softly sweet, and the move from green fruit to milky sandalwood over the first two hours is the shape of the whole thing.
Four materials, so this is a short composition rather than a complicated one, and at eau de toilette strength it runs five to six hours with a moderate trail. It reads masculine and leans unisex, it is comfortable in heat and good in spring and autumn, and it is well suited to daytime, work and warm evenings. Of the bottles in the Homme line this is the one that handles a hot afternoon best. Quentin Bisch is the perfumer credited, and the release is dated 2021.
The house is French and goes back to 1970, when the Japanese designer Kenzo Takada opened a Galerie Vivienne boutique in Paris got up as a jungle, and it is owned by LVMH today. The group records Kenzo Parfums separately from its fashion business, which means the perfume is developed in house rather than contracted to a licensee.
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