Kenzo Power (2008)
by Kenzo

Powdery pseudo-floral with more than a hint of the exotic, boasting decent sillage and longevity. This is a fine creation from Olivier Polge, one that will find fans among both men and women. More power to Kenzo!

Spice, florals, and woody oriental notes; this hits all the major fragrance groups popular in contemporary unisex fragrances. A bit powdery in the heart and consistently spicy almost throughout, its woody oriental character doesn't fully emerge for a while. It never really loses that pervasive spicy edge. The first time I tried it, I didn't much care for it, but it came to grow on me with successive trials. I suspect for many it may be an acquired taste, with its slightly metallic edge and sharp coriander-cardamom persistence. The dry down ican be a bit screechy if overapplied, so beware. On the whole, substantially satisfying for a sufficiently acclimatized nose.

Very nice scent with some surprising twists in the development; I find this to be a quite complex scent.

It doesn’t matter that the smell doesn’t match the official concept at all in my opinion (this suppose to be some kind of “graphical flower” scent for men, but I don’t get the floral theme basically at all…).
To my nose this is well made contemporary woody oriental fragrance. Really, no flower-y smell dominates here at any part of the duration.

It starts off by smelling very aromatic and spicy fresh. Very full-bodied straight from the beginning.

Tolu balm is obviously a key player in this scent, creation that rich, warm and a bit of a medicinal cough syrupy smell. It really smells sort of glimmeringly compelling when the dry down gets going.
At some point I get very strong resemblance to Opium Pour Homme (that one is heavy on tolu balm also). Aside from tolu, I get samekind of fruity blackcurrant tone that is very detectible especially in Opium PH:s EdT version.
As the hours go by the similarities to Opium PH gets a more distant but, I am surprised that no one has mentioned that YSL scent at any point.

Excellent dry down keeps actually getting better and better, and although the ingredients are quite limited, it is amazing how much I am able to find different kind of nuances from this.

Kenzo Power is a good casual fragrance that is fresh and warmly resinous, fruity and sweet. It could easily be worn by women too, and do I even need to tell you that the bottle is magnificent...


Btw, there is a Kenzo Power site in the web where O.Polge tells about the creation process of this fragrance. Its very interesting video interview and the man seem to be extremely likeable person. Check it out: http://www.kenzopower.com/EN/KENZO-POWER.html

It has the Kenzo creamy lemon note in it that is found in L'eau par Kenzo and Kenzo Homme Fresh and that is a very good thing. Its a floral which already sits well with me, it smells so beautiful. I like the concept of the "imaginary flower" - this is just what I'd think it would smell like. Not many masculine florals have come out in recent years and this one really caught my attention. It doesn't seem masculine at first but there is a certain sharp green note in the background that prevents it from being feminine. Absolutely perfect for summertime and it has a cool looking canister bottle. The only problem is the name, "Power" isn't really fitting for a light floral :P

Great stuff!!!

There´s not a lot I can add to the other reviews. If you like floral scents - try it. If you are looking for an alternative to Dior Homme ( Colgne) for daytime - try it. And please, try it on your skin...

I´m really glad I eventually found this.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

The note descriptions for this appealed to me, dispite it being marketed to men, and I was anxious to try it. My reaction upon smelling it was that it was pleasant, but disturbingly familiar. I finally realized that it reminds me of an Avon fragrance I used to have as a shower gel (Imari). That had something of a fantasy flower as well, in that the closest it came to including anything from a flower was the imagination of the perfumer. But I must have some pleasant associations with the scent, because I'm very drawn to Power.

It also has a very faint suggestion of mentholated Tocade to me.