Reviews of Tokyo (2007)
by Kenzo

Smells like the paper they used to give you in elementary school to remind you of what smoke smells like when there's a fire. Sweet, smoky, and woody. I have no idea where the tea notes are in Tokyo, nonexistent from what I can tell. Cant give this a thumbs up.

As Luca Turin put it, this a milky woodsy composition. It smells like it coulda been one of the Guccis. It smells like lotioning up with Lubriderm in a lumberyard. There's a lotta cedar at play here. It's basically Jungle minus the sweet-sugary-honey stickiness, replaced with a milky smoothness. If you like Gucci (esp. Rush), this is for you. Certainly unorignial, but it's an original take on a boring, repetitive, stale fragrance idea. Loved the box and bottle big time.

I don't know what I bought this stuff for, really. Its not terrible, its just not good either. It smells very strongly of ginger and fruit at first. A little bit of pepper, also. Ends gingery and not great. It smells muffled and kind of off for its entire duration. Laaaater Tokyo.

My new favorite fragrance. At first it was a bit overwhelming: very spicy and and herbal--as the middle tones, perhaps more like moss or pine. However, after you wear it for an hour or so, you can tell the light notes (citrusy but with herbal spice), and the best is the woodsy lower tone. This stays on all day and it smells better as the day wears on. very good for my body chemistry. Love the mix of highs and lows. Don't be put off by the inital strength of church-like smells.

I have mixed feelings about this one, though It sort of smells nice and has a unique smell to it its way to strong and busy.

Upon further review, I don't like it as much. It smells too busy, nothing stands out. It really is like Tokyo--crowded and noisy.

I like it, but I'm going neutral on this just so I don't steer somebody wrong. This scent needs to be right for you, or else it will be a waste of money. The first time I tried it, I laughed. Kenzo Air? More like Kenzo Vacuum. Like, where's the beef? But when I went back in the store with my son, to show him just how much of a joke it was, it suddenly smelled great, and I "got" it. It opens like fresh fruit, goes to something fruity/woody and very interesting, and then dies down quickly to a faint wood. And Mokkie is right - ginger is always there. I like ginger, and I could drink ginger ale all day and I not even notice it, so I think that's why the other stuff comes through very interesting and I'm not put off by ginger notes.

My recommendation is to spray skin absolutely wet with the stuff to test it, and to spray strongly on skin if you buy it. In just a couple of minutes, you're OK for a crowded elevator. But if you baby this scent onto clothing, it's gone in 60 seconds.

All i get is ginger...then ginger....then it ends with ginger...smells cheap, bottling looks cheap...it has been sitting there since day 1, used it when i go downstair for a smoke...That its purpose, no go zone. And oh, i use it when i need to "freshen" the toilet temporarily.

Starts out fresh and sweet but not cloying due to the ginger, grapefruit but the orange is prominenet very soon. Drydown is a bit woody, no nutmeg really and still sweetish. To me doesn't resemble Azzaro Visit at all but is the third triplet of Davidoff Coolwater Deep and Chanel Allure Homme Sport Cologne. Take your pick. I love Kenzo clothes but the fragrances I'm not so sure about.

Hints at something nice but never fully develops, then *poof* - it's gone. Waste of money.

very nice fragrance, def. in my top 5 it could be much stronger though

I thought I'd add a quick summary until the more experienced Basenoters take over and add their own comments. Overall summary = sweet. But not as cloying as some. Difficult to describe, as nothing 'jumps out', which is probably a bad thing - maybe too many ingredients are fighting for attention. It's hard for me to differentiate all the notes. Initially, pretty similar to Yves Rocher Nature Millenaire (the coppery bottle; not the green bottle), until compared side by side - then Tokyo is less harsh after a while. Pretty fleeting, and stays close to the skin, so reapplication is necessary. The idea behind the juice is interesting (each ingredient = a colour = an aspect of Tokyo), and the 'speeding car lights' bottle graphics ditto. The most boring of the Kenzos I have, which are: Air - liquorice and hay with hint of lemon, in square 'window' bottle; Jungle, punk zebra-fin bottle and hard-to-describe lemon mix; L'Eau Par - lemony boring; and Original Pour Homme - medicinal, eucalyptus, distinctive, less fleeting than the others, in the dark blue-black curved 'bamboo' bottle, on which shape the Tokyo bottle is also based.

Interesting. Kenzo Tokyo is, to this nose, a layered combination of Kenzo Jungle and Kenzoair. The initial notes are more Jungle. The later, basenotes are more like Kenzoair, so much so that the drydown is virtually indistinguishable from Kenzoair. I have always admired Kenzo for its unmistakable accord apparently across all its offerings. However, one expects that each new addition to a house's line will be somewhat original. Although Tokyo is pleasant (and definitely a Kenzo product) it is totally lacking in originality.

very very nice fragrance, I scent some similar to GPH II, but lighter

Quite linear and shy!.
Prominent notes of fruity ginger fresh slices with pink pepper and guaiac wood.
It's very pleasant, dries down in a sweet light woody fragance, doesn't proyect at all and stays in your skin fairly ebough to be noticed, only for yourself really.
I expected something more in the lineof kenzo. This one, def. has not the mark of the company, could be another's fragance.
Pity.

I find it quite interesting as it is green, urban and woddy...but I was expecting something more evocative of tokio, containing something of it´s ancient history....a more meditative athmosphere blended with city jams....
Apart from the green notes it smells very similar to Azzaro Visit.

Hm, I just loved this new fragrance by Kenzo! Very sharp and citrus. Very good! Hope to purchase one bottle for me soon!

TOKYO...excellent name, excellent frag house...frag not so great. Why? it is a 'redo' or 'this is what Azzaro Visit would smell like if Kenzo did it'.

I love Azzaro Visit...spicy icy, but very one dimensional, then a lot of nutmeg in the dry down. If you like the basic concept of Visit, but can't get down with the 'too much nutmeg' deal, most def get yourself a bottle of Tokyo. It starts out fresh and clean but with a tinge of spice (ginger) then adds depth by evolving into a dull but strong wholesomeness, dimension and sheer luxury shows up with the cedar contrasting with green tea and the now muted citrus...all before the nutmeg comes in.

It's like Mr. Kenzo woke up in the morning and walked thru the city of Tokyo taking in the sites and sounds, smells and eats and by the end of the day his shirt smells like 'Tokyo'.

Not awesome enough to substitute Visit, unless you can't stand visit, but outstanding enough to have it alongside Visit.