Kenzo Amour Le Parfum by Kenzo
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Kenzo Amour Le Parfum 2008

8.1 / 10 198 Ratings
A popular limited perfume by Kenzo for women, released in 2008. The scent is oriental-powdery. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by LVMH.
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Main accords

Oriental
Powdery
Spicy
Sweet
Smoky

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
FrankincenseFrankincense RiceRice
Heart Notes Heart Notes
FrangipaniFrangipani PatchouliPatchouli
Base Notes Base Notes
AmberAmber BenzoinBenzoin VanillaVanilla

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.1198 Ratings
Longevity
8.2159 Ratings
Sillage
7.1139 Ratings
Bottle
7.9155 Ratings
Value for money
7.922 Ratings
Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 10/21/2024.

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Darkbeat

386 Reviews
Darkbeat
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Helpful Review 4  
A work of art, relegated to oblivion.
This perfume is a beauty. What a spectacular incense !!! an elegant, sensual, warm, cozy and voluptuous aroma, a feminine fragrance, that, even being a man, I could not resist to dress, and to my surprise, in my skin it loses that femininity and voluptuousness, and it shows me a more androgynous facet and unisex.

It could well have been an independent perfume and not a limited-edition flanker, which was a seen and not seen. Very bad for Kenzo, for showing it to us and then depriving us of it, while we continue to flood the perfume market clones of each other, and authentic works of art, like this one, are born to give it a limited life ... that is not done! !!

At the beginning, this perfume I tried it on my sister, and while, in it, it developed extremely feminine and charming, a vanilla incense with an outstanding note of rice, in me, the thing changed for the better. In my skin, it was a more linear aroma, a vanilla incense, something earthy, with a slight touch of patchouli, and very basic rice touch, but in my skin that female note cushioned very well, allowing me to dress without any problem . A smoky aroma, sweet, mysterious and magical, but above all sensual and placid. I've been wearing it for two full days, and it's been a while since a perfume did not make me feel so happy. A pity its descatalogación.

As for its performance, it is good, in my skin it remains for more than 8 hours, with a moderate wake, but with a very marked presence. A perfume of cool and temperate climates and preferably of nocturnal use, during the day I think I would lose that mysterious and sensual touch, that the night would amplify.

I have been particularly enamored with its aroma, and as quickly as I entered ecstasy upon knowing it, I fell into depression when I learned of its descatalogation and the barbarities that they ask for the few living specimens, a pity...

Sorry for my bad english.
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Cumulnimbus

119 Reviews
Cumulnimbus
Cumulnimbus
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Warm and feminine incensed oriental treasure
I tested this one a while ago when it was still easy to find, I liked it but was on a no buy, so I thought I would go for it in a different moment. After that all of a sudden and to my surprise, it completely disappeared from the perfume shops. I just stopped looking for it.

Today I found a 30ml bottle when I came into a shop looking to test something else and couldn't help myself. It is a beautiful dark but feminine oriental. I don't like the original Amour which I find more common and dispensable. Amour Le parfum on the other hand, is original and special. It is an incensed and ambered benzoin bomb on me, darkened by the patchouli and transformed into a feminine scent by the addition of vanilla and rice notes. With a great longevity and a nice evolution, getting richer as time goes by.

It makes me think of Goutal's beautiful Ambre Fetiche only without the leather so sweeter, more ladylike and easier to wear.

I'm in heaven.
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Turandot

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Top Review 39  
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I confess, during my time at Müller, I didn't pay much attention to this fragrance. After Kenzo Amour and already after the flood of Kenzo Flowers, I simply couldn't take the flankers seriously anymore. With what felt like 800 women's fragrances on the shelf, you eventually have your repertoire together, and for everything else, it’s "not worth mentioning." That’s how I felt about Kenzo Amour Le Parfum.

Now, with some distance from mainstream fragrances, I see it more objectively, and from a Parfumo perspective rather than a sales perspective, entirely different standards are applied, even though that’s actually nonsensical. But even if our customers can't imagine it, there simply wasn't the time or the opportunity to acquire the necessary background knowledge for every fragrance and truly store it in one's scent memory. The assortment was just too fast-moving for that.

In hindsight, Kenzo Amour Le Parfum doesn't really deserve that, as it is a sensual, yet subtle and warm fragrance, whose rather heavy heart note is pleasantly kept in check by the velvety incense note. The base harmoniously follows, and I can hardly imagine any other notes in the dry down for this fragrance. Despite amber and vanilla, Le Parfum never becomes truly sweet. Daphné Bugey has found the right balance with these often inflationarily used notes.

A large portion of users who have tested the perfume perceive Amour Le Parfum as oriental. I only partially agree, as I can't detect any Arabic spices. Nevertheless, the fragrance reminds me of gardens I experienced in Singapore. Tropical but not cloying, and equipped with an impenetrable airline smile, the perfume brings back carefree days from my last major trip.

I think I will take off my blinders and occasionally test one of the fragrances that are available everywhere and therefore often unjustly overlooked. Who knows what I might discover.
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Confusion

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Top Review 15  
I finally bought it. Not caught. Saturday rain would be nice.
I’m an eBay junkie. I buy my perfumes on eBay, almost exclusively so far, meaning I don’t just buy them, I hunt for them. Until I find one that I can bid on at a price acceptable to me. For my original packaged and sealed Prada Intense, I paid about a third of the MSRP.

This one isn’t available on eBay. It’s almost as expensive there as in regular retail. No chance, or rather, I’ve somehow always missed the few chances to get it cheaply. I found it wonderful during the first test, exactly my style.

On the test strip, it seems very patchouli-heavy, but on the skin, it is much softer. Woody, smoky, powdery, warm, spicy, not too sweet. Dark-golden, like the bottle.

Frangipani only adds a bit of sweetness, making the heart note softer, which is spicy and smoky. The base doesn’t really come through step by step, but rather slowly glides in. I’m reminded of the comparison of a pixel to a vector graphic, so stepwise to smooth transition. It gradually becomes softer, powderier, sweeter. I totally love benzoin in perfumes, I realize, I’ve encountered it more often lately. Patchouli is not dominant, that would make the scent too loud, too screaming. These are overtones in perfume form.

Kenzo Amour Le Parfum has been on my wish list for a long time. Today I burned my voucher and still spent more money on it than I have ever paid for another fragrance. 30 ml isn’t enough, no, more, please!

And I hope there will be a few rainy days. Then I’ll have the opportunity to wear it. It’s not a summer scent, not for sunshine and heat.
It doesn’t have to rain tomorrow, as I’m planning a treasure hunt for the kids in the holiday care. Rain would be a hindrance for their "hunt." But Saturday, it should rain, please.
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Chrisantiss

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Top Review 8  
Race with Amour
I was faced with the choice of Kenzo Amour or Le Parfum. After reading the comments here, I was ready to buy Le Parfum blind, but someone was kind enough to send me a sample first.
Now I have Amour on the left and Le Parfum on the right.

The top note of Le Parfum repelled me. Very oriental-spicy and with a strong incense note.
I calmed down, as I had already bought Amour and thought I had made the right choice.

Amour is much softer and cozier, without the harsh notes in it.

But... after 5 minutes, Le Parfum caught up and entered a race with Amour.
The harsh notes faded a bit into the background, and a delicate floral note with a wonderfully soft rice note came to the forefront.
Now the scent became warm and snuggly.
A hint of incense and woods (which I don't particularly like) is still present, but no longer bothersome, rather fitting to the overall composition.

Vanilla later mixes in, and the scent becomes even more beautiful with a creamy touch. It remains gently sweet and very warm. The spicy notes cannot be suppressed, but they stay in full harmony with the other notes.

Both Kenzos are beautiful. Le Parfum is stronger in the scent aura, while Amour is cozier and softer.
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Rice powder, incense and vanilla, a beautiful mix, completely unisex, if you find a bottle, do not let it escape.
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Smoky incensy rice makes this stand out. A masterpiece.
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Bali instead of the Orient. Steam from rice with delicate tropical flowers. Velvety incense from the temple next door. Light sweetness from resins. Sensual + warm.
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Watch out! White powder temptress.
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6 years ago
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Vanilla, rice + one of the most beautiful incense notes I know... finally got it back! Sweet, enchanting, soft, elegant; with great longevity + sillage.
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Kenzo Amour is
deep-dark-sensual!
Resinous-sweet-powdery-smoky oriental!
Even for incense skeptics ...
sadly discontinued :(
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Soft incense drifts dreamily into winter flowers, enveloped in an enticing veil of subtle sweetness.
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Milky-vanilla rice steam and delicate hints of incense - the rest is irrelevant. A dreamy scent with great presence and longevity.
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It's warm, seductive, sexy, sweet & alluring. The mix of vanilla & rice pudding is a perfect component in the dry down! Powerful yet subtle.
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Noble scent, spicy Kenzo Amour, with incense and patchouli. Lasts well.
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