Our take
What does Kenzo Amour smell like?
Daphné Bugey and Olivier Cresp composed Kenzo Amour in 2006. The opening is a surprise: the steam of cooked rice, milky and a little starchy, over a very light white tea. The heart drifts toward white flowers. Frangipani brings creamy sweetness, cherry blossom a rosy touch and heliotrope a powdery almond. Then it all sinks into warm vanilla spiked with incense. That contrast between sugar and smoke is the whole appeal. Thanaka wood, the bark that women in Myanmar grind into a paste for their faces, adds a dry woody note. Musk ties it together. Its smoky vanilla is still more original than most of the gourmands that came after it, which tend to bet everything on sugar.
When to wear it
Autumn through spring, day or night. Three sprays, and the vanilla clings well to clothes.
It belongs to the Floral, Woody, Musky family. Kenzo Amour is one of 24 creations by Kenzo in our encyclopedia.
