Kenzo Homme Sport Kenzo 2012

No experiments at Kenzo. Those familiar with the regular "Kenzo Homme" could roughly guess how the sport variant would turn out. After all, they had already transformed the once hospital-like cloud of the original scent into something resembling a water sportsman after several reformulations. And the combination of mint-vetiver-cedar had already appeared in a similar form in the flanker "Kenzo Homme Boisée." So aside from a hint more citrus in the top note, nothing really new is on the starting line.

The differences to the almost simultaneously released "L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme Sport" are equally minimal, which, unlike passive athletes like "Allure Homme Sport" or "Dior Homme Sport," directly addresses the heroes of butterfly and bench press.

It's all quite nice and doesn't offend the nose, but one wouldn't necessarily need a Francois Demachy for the grapefruit extension.

Issey scores better in direct comparison because it is more robust, dustier, and thus more distinctive.