I always get obsessed by a particular brand when they have a major release coming soon. Monday we had the WWD article about the new Kenzo Amour, yet this time I became intrigued with Kenzo Jungle before this announcement.
When Kenzo Jungle came out in 1997 I bought a bottle on the spot after the first sniff, but on the same day gave it to a very good friend. It was also a period when I had sort of a break of perfume collecting, so it wasn't really a sacrifice not to be able to add Kenzo Jungle to my collection. I just forgot about it.
Kenzo Jungle became quite popular here in Belgium and France.
Then, earlier this year I sampled Chinatown from Bond N°9. I kept thinking: "I know this scent, I have smelled it in the past...in the 90s. But what is it?". After about 20 minutes, my light bulb went on... it was Kenzo Jungle. Now, I'm not going to say that Bond N°9 copied yet again an other perfume, though there is no doubt that the 2 fragrances are strangely similar. Chinatown is maybe a bit more floral.
Since making the connection every time I go to the department store I have to take a sniff Kenzo Jungle.
What a weird if beautiful fragrance. It's described as a gourmand, but in my mind "Gourmand" equals vanilla-ish, chocolaty and sometimes fruity cake-like scents. Kenzo Jungle is none of those things. It's dry, spicy and powdery. Yes, it contains many gustative elements like: cardamon, clove, mango, licorice and vanilla. But this is more about South East Asian cuisine than french patisserie. Kenzo Jungle is a spice market somewhere in Thailand or Vietnam. A true "far-away-places"scent.
One of the only other scents that gives me this feeling of Asian Cuisine, yet in a completely different composition, is the marvelous Bois Farine by L'Artisan with it's distinctive stay peanut sauce accord.
Kenzo Jungle also contains masses of patchouli, which is one of my fetish ingrediants.
I lloooooovvve Kenzo Jungle, yet I'm still undecided if I like it more as a smell than as a real perfume...
Oh, and did I tell it is long-lasting... it's lasts, and lasts, and lasts. I sprayed a bit on my wrists yesterday at the department store and today my sweater sleeves still smell strongly.
When Kenzo Jungle came out in 1997 I bought a bottle on the spot after the first sniff, but on the same day gave it to a very good friend. It was also a period when I had sort of a break of perfume collecting, so it wasn't really a sacrifice not to be able to add Kenzo Jungle to my collection. I just forgot about it.
Kenzo Jungle became quite popular here in Belgium and France.
Then, earlier this year I sampled Chinatown from Bond N°9. I kept thinking: "I know this scent, I have smelled it in the past...in the 90s. But what is it?". After about 20 minutes, my light bulb went on... it was Kenzo Jungle. Now, I'm not going to say that Bond N°9 copied yet again an other perfume, though there is no doubt that the 2 fragrances are strangely similar. Chinatown is maybe a bit more floral.
Since making the connection every time I go to the department store I have to take a sniff Kenzo Jungle.
What a weird if beautiful fragrance. It's described as a gourmand, but in my mind "Gourmand" equals vanilla-ish, chocolaty and sometimes fruity cake-like scents. Kenzo Jungle is none of those things. It's dry, spicy and powdery. Yes, it contains many gustative elements like: cardamon, clove, mango, licorice and vanilla. But this is more about South East Asian cuisine than french patisserie. Kenzo Jungle is a spice market somewhere in Thailand or Vietnam. A true "far-away-places"scent.
One of the only other scents that gives me this feeling of Asian Cuisine, yet in a completely different composition, is the marvelous Bois Farine by L'Artisan with it's distinctive stay peanut sauce accord.
Kenzo Jungle also contains masses of patchouli, which is one of my fetish ingrediants.
I lloooooovvve Kenzo Jungle, yet I'm still undecided if I like it more as a smell than as a real perfume...
Oh, and did I tell it is long-lasting... it's lasts, and lasts, and lasts. I sprayed a bit on my wrists yesterday at the department store and today my sweater sleeves still smell strongly.
