Fragrance Notes
Jeu D'Amour
Seven materials and a 30ml bottle make Kenzo Jeu D'Amour Eau de Parfum 30ml a sensible way to try a floral that is rather better built than its size suggests.
Tea runs through the whole of it and is the reason it works. Dry, faintly bitter and a little astringent, closer to leaves steeping than to anything sweetened, it keeps the flowers from turning rich. Mandarin orange and pomegranate sit above it, the mandarin round and sweet without a bitter edge, the pomegranate tart and slightly chewy, and together they give the opening a fruit brightness that clears within twenty minutes.
Tuberose is the big flower in the middle, creamy and waxy and capable of dominating anything, and freesia beside it is thin and peppery by contrast. The tea holds both of them in check, which is the central trick of the composition and the thing that makes it wearable in company.
Sandalwood and musk finish it, the sandalwood smooth and milky, the musk soft and skin close, and the drydown is where the fragrance spends most of its time. At eau de parfum strength expect six to eight hours, with gentle projection after the first of them. At 30ml it is also the easiest size in the range to carry in a bag.
It reads feminine, it works in any season and is especially comfortable in spring, and it suits daytime, work and dinner equally. Daphné Bugey and Christophe Raynaud are credited with the composition, which is dated 2014. Kenzo was founded in Paris in 1970 by the Japanese designer Kenzo Takada, whose first boutique in the Galerie Vivienne was decorated as a jungle, and it belongs to LVMH, which lists Kenzo Parfums separately so that fragrance is made within the group.
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