Flower Cherry Poppy Kenzo 2025

Joyful, sweet fruits appear with the grace of the original composition, but now with a slightly more playful and lighthearted tone. It feels feminine, charming, and calmly balanced. Soft and intimate on the skin in a distinctly Japanese manner, yet it lingers quietly throughout the entire day. A beautiful scent and a truly deserving part of the Flower family.

Regardless of whether it's called "Sensual Blossom" or "Relaxing Vacation" or what have you, if a fabric softener comes in a pink colored bottle, it will smell pretty much like this perfume.

Cheap, synthetic. Kinda floral, maybe fruity, but nothing distinct. A bit powdery below in an oddly specific way that reminds me of 00's – if you're already familiar with Kenzo's white musk, that's exactly what you will get here as well.

That said, I don't hate it. There's something oddly comforting about the smell. I'm sleeping in someone else's house, but the owner is a kind and thoughtful person who actually gave me a blanket to cover myself with!

Soft sillage. Takes around ~30 minutes to settle close to skin. Smells like itself. Someone else's choice of fabric softener, perhaps a bit too much of it, and comfy clean sheets.

An hour passes. The pink stuff starts fizzling out, but the sheets? Well, those are starting to feel dirty. Something almost sweatlike appears underneath. A murky shadow at the edge of your nose's vision. Another hour. The weird odor becomes undeniable. No other place on my body smells like that. Just the part of my arm which I'm testing Cherry Poppy on. Sweaty, dirty.

The next ~4 hours feel like 4 months of slipping into deep depression and neglecting to change your bedsheets. The smell should be fading, but the sweaty note somehow becomes more and more prominent each time I go for a sniff.

I go take a shower to snap myself out of it.

...the best thing here is the bottle. I find the scent quite synthetic, childish. Why is it even called Cherry Poppy, when it reminds me of a Bilodeo that makes my throat scratch. I perceive something soapy, Traclemoon strawberry shower gel, and a lot of grape sugar. Well, those who like Burberry and Yara will love this scent. It doesn't get any better after 15 minutes in the dry down either. Artificial rose and this Yaramusk.