Encens Lumière Kenzo 2023

In my humble opinion, this is niche quality in a designer bottle. Kenzo and Gucci are one of my favorite designer houses because they ever more than often tend to think outside the box and actually come up with something of their own instead of just copy pasting what other designer houses are doing.

It's gorgeous and has so much more going on. The notes pyramid does not do it justice. It is a bit light but totally persistent, unique but also very likable. Sensual and warm, has an earthy undertone with the florals backing it up just beautifully. Smoky and leathery with slight animalistic nuances just to make it interesting enough to keep sniffing it, it's an addictive type of scent. Semi-sweet with a little freshness. The smoke is just done very right here, just the right amount. It's balanced and of good quality. Performance is decent.

To make it even more interesting, I had women test it and they all said it is on the masculine side but when I had the guys test it almost all of them told me that it leans more feminine. Which makes this fragrance completely UNISEX just based on the reaction I've seen so far.

Brilliant release by the house of Kenzo, bravo.