Kenzo pour Homme Kenzo for men

Kenzo PH really seems to divide opinion. This is one of my favourites but is also one of the oddest fragrances I own. It took a few tries before I got my head and nose around this.

It is very, very hard to describe. I think you have to smell it for yourself.
It does have a calone note and a seaweed-type tinge. I can see why some people below are mentioning "dirty plastic" but it's an interesting, pleasing note to me - nothing as acrid or unpleasant as dirty plastic implies. At times there is almost a fleeting petrol note as well but "petrol" doesn't quite say what I want to and I can't find the right description for most of the notes.

It is incredibly complex and balanced. I can pick out various notes on different wearings.

I personally think however much you read about this it will come down to your subjective opinion - people seem to get very different things from some of its notes. Not one for a blind buy.

My opinion - I love it. Not instantly accessible. It's like a piece of music that takes some effort to get into, but once you have you can't get enough of it.
I can't stop sniffing this when I have it on.
Good sillage and longevity.
Wonderful, interesting and different to any other fragrance I've encountered.

My brother uses this fragrance for years and I'm totally in love with it <3 very unique

I applied 6 heavy sprays from a bonafide black tester bottle at the duty free, London Gatwick

0 - 4 hours. 3-4 inch projection. I wont say what this smells like as I dont want to show bad taste

4 - 6 hours - 1-2 inch projection. I wont say what this smells like as I dont want to show bad taste

6-9 hours. Long lasting. More like the light air smell I was expecting but still I dont want to show bad taste

I can only think this reacted bad with my skin, but this is by far the most horrid smell I have ever come across, sorry if this has offended anyone but I have toned this down all the way, so I don't cheese anyone of. It has been commercially successful so I suppose it must logically be a bad reaction???

I think its one of the most classic, amazing, beautiful men fragrances. Its a must have. I am a woman and i'm dying smell a man wearing this. I often spray a paper sample and have it in my bag. Its sensuous and sexy!!!

The first time I wore this it was a lovely evening summer in Florence, many years ago.
After a wonderful day at the lake, four of us headed to our gay friend's home, to get ready for a meal in a rustic "trattoria" up on the hillside.
I was just a girl and was not used to carry with me make-up or perfume, so as my only beauty aid for the occasion I was given by him a sprinkle of Kenzo... and then and there I fell in love.
For the all evening my mind and soul were elsewhere, transported into a dreamy dimension made of sea, woods, sand.
One of my favourites, a dreamcatcher to me.

One of my all time favourites. Simple. yet sophisticated. It's like an attractive person, who doesn't force himself on you, but you want more...Pure serene joy.

Exotic, exotic. A refreshing and different fragrance.

Sillage: One of the best
Longevity: One of the best

Scent: just does not work for me. I got nothing but synthetic, dirty plastic with a kind of light ring of evergreen surrounding it.

Must be a body chemistry thing and my loss!

This perfume is really great, (I write only to those who I like)
I discovered several years ago, and then exchange it with Armani's Acqua di Gio, but as soon as I had the opportunity to spray a little on me, I realized that Armani has nothing to do.
This is more mysterious, dark and almost overwhelming at first because it has known avant-garde (for that time), the bamboo is one of them, but the rose is held well and then some balsamic notes that lead directly to the breeze marine and echo the resins and plants thousands of years ...
A fragrance that makes you dream, as when the enchanting Wizard of Oz is the rainbow, and the road to the castle is revealed ...
Only for dreamers.

I have been an avid fragrance collector for some few years now. From Cartier to Dior to Bulgari....and I would consider Kenzo to be in my top 5 list of classic fragrances. This cologne has truly wonderful scent applicable to day or night affairs..as one of the guys mentioned, the old bottle was dark blue with bamboo tree engraving. Now the look is new but it still has the sexy scent.

I'm a woman and in my opinion this is the best men frag ever!!! every time I smell it I just have to follow the scent...really seductive and sophisticated. GORGEOUS!

This perfume is the smell of water (sea, ocean, lake, something esoteric you name it) at fresh to cold temperature!
Actually, it goes beyond that, and if you apply it during summertime, it will literally cool you down!
(unfortunately, "Cool Water" is already taken, for this would be the proper name for this masterpiece!)
Like "Fahrenheit", it is such an ingenious composition (maybe a tad less sexy, if I may say so) that I can see it stay in the market forever.
What it does to a man's aura is almost tangible!

Kenzo pour homme is one of the few fragrances i instantly recognize if worn by somebody else. It’s one of a kind, no other fragrance captures this amount of saltiness, sweetness and freshness in a bottle. For me not for every day but certainly a classic that i will continue to use.

I feel lucky today cause I found a Ryoko flacon of this wonder (it was a limited edition) and I can´t wait 2 go out of work to buy it!! I think that Kenzo pour homme is one of the most delicious and complex fragrances of all times!!! Two thumbs up!!

Up until I encountered this, Polo Sport was the fragrance that captured the ocean for me. That all changed! This one makes you feel like your right on the beach. You get the sand, seaweed, seawater, and everything else in between. It's amazing and quite unique! I also pick up lightly on the florals and fruits, however, the amber and musk are the biggest contributors. How they got it to smell like the ocean with all those notes is beyond me but damn I'm impressed!

I liked it but truly could not comprehend the idea behind it. Think of it this way. When you're on the beach, this fragrance would be ideal for daily wear, but how would the scent translate into the professional or average joe world? I can't possibly smell like the ocean when I'm at school or work. Still, this fragrance is really well done and lasted a quite some time on me.

This has to be one of the boldest and most creative scents out on the market. Sorry kiddies, this one isn't for you. You have to have an open mind and understand the art of perfumery to appreciate it. Again, versatility and season are very limited but other than that, I have to tip my hat to Kenzo Homme.

Best fresh scent I ever had... Nothing comapares to Kenzo PH. I feel, like I was born with it... Highly recommneded by... me :)

You can't confuse Kenzo pour Homme with any other perfume. It has a very unique scent. Gentle, summery. I wore it long ago. Maybe it's time to buy it again, after 15 or 20 years. The bottle design has slightly changed (the original one was darker, dark navy blue with leaves carved on the glass). Hope it has not been reformulated since then.

This is an acquatic... I don't like them. They feel synthetic, well, most of them: this smells like the seaside, any seaside, you get the concept, the smell of sea, which happens to be the smell of algae. So, yes, acquatics smells synthetic but this smells like algae. Thus, I can't blame Kenzo pour Homme for being synthetic.

Yet, "natural" it is not: as per the card holding the sample, Kenzo has calone, an aromachemical invented by Pfizer, which has a melon like smell. It also has algenone, an aromachemical that, well, a statement of the obvious, smells like algae. And iodine, that element abundant in sea water. The rest of the notes are more common like: cedar, oakmoss and pine.

As Afraafra said, unusual, meaning in my case it is difficult to come by when you are used to a classic approach to perfume blending. Well, Kenzo has been in the market since 1991 and still enjoys great succes, so we cannot say it is not traditional.

Kenzo Homme finally seduced me in its originality, I have to admit. A little bit loud in its top notes, enticing in the mid and basenotes. Even to an aficionado, it is obvious that Christian Mathieu paved the way for a myriad of other scents on the same vein.

How much it costs? 15U$, 50U$, 200U$??
I don't care about its price, no matter how much it will cost, I'll always buy it... ALWAYS!

different styles, identical sensation.

fahrenheit while the alien is the world of fragrances, KPH is the alien aquatic

top notes smell of plastic buoys at sea for children to play steeped in strident floral notes mixed with lemon and a drop of bergamot.
summarizing the output: floral oceanic plastic strange.

Amid the KPH gains balance with floral accords and nutmeg, interesting phase of the aroma, but the "blessed" plastic is still there!
but at this point, the smell of plastic and no longer bothers to create both an elegant atmosphere with vetiver.

ambery embalmed with wood finishes, the plastic is gone ... end of magic?!

Silage great!
great longevity!
intriguing fragrance!
Unusual smell!

For the oddness deserves to be remembered, as well as Fahrenheit.

compared with Gio
Davidoff coll
ALURE sport
KPH seems much more complex and different.

I think I would not buy it, win it would be great!
maybe one day?

Thumbs up for the alien aquatic Kenzo.

I really wanted to love this one but I have to pass on this for my wardrobe. Rather unique, but not aquatic or salty for me, which is OK because I am not searching for that. Lasts about 4 hours for me and average silage. A not too strong masculine smell with bergamot at the front for an hour or so, then some greener and darker tones dominate for me, but never too obvious. A nice balance and light. Good for the daytime I would say.

If Japon Noir by Tom Ford is a Japanese perfume, this on is the sharpness of a Samurai's blade, exactly Japanese undoubtedly.
Personally, I think if you want to experience smelling alternatively and oddly, try this one. This is one the strangest perfume I've ever faced. Starts heavy and ends smooth without citrus impose.
At first smells like olive oil. Later, herbal-spicy and weak gourmand scents appear. About one hour after application, an undertone of rusted iron comes up making it darker and heavier. This perfume evokes adultness and highly manly mood. Also this is the most uncommon aquatic scent. The bottle color describes it adequately.

longevity 8/10
sillage 10/10
scent 9/10

Dry down, unlike opening, is so velvety, tender and pleasant and it's out of this world. Drives me insane!

I dont consider this one aquatic at all.
My first impression with Kenzo PH was a herbal mediterranean, very peculiar and intriguing scent, and i was in love with that.
As the time passed, my opnion changed. I dont love it anymore but i still like it.
Now what i smell is something dry, harsh, powdery, salty and very bitter, like a bitter plastic rose and iodine. Never got any compliments on this one.
DONT BLIND BUY THIS ONE.
You may love or hate this one.

Longevity 6/10
Projection 6/10
Smell 7.5/10

The original "salty" aquatic. Captures the ocean in all of its murky, saline glory - kind of like a stormy night on the beach. If you want a "true" aquatic, look no further. The excellent longevity and use of oakmoss in the base make me enjoy this even more; definitely my favorite aquatic right now besides Horizon by Guy Laroche.

"this is the first morning of the world"

i love this aquatic jewel !!!!!!!!!!!!

As Behzad puts it, this one's unmistakably a male Kenzo scent. But then, that doesn't mean it's a "either you like it or not" thing. In fact, I quite like some of Kenzo's scents, and I don't have problem with this typical Kenzo note, but this one doesn't work for me. It smells like baby powder, and I wonder who wears something like that.

You can find “The Kenzo” in each Kenzos, nowhere else and no matter different designers! There is always a bolt stamp of “The Kenzo” on sprit of any individual perfume and colognes released by them! I don’t know! I found every Kenzos, very different and unique. The commercial version of artistic products!

And this one: as I said different and unique! Ok .. But it’s not aquatic to my taste, it’s a too dry to be aquatic!
It’s blend of bright and dark scents! So you may feel it light fresh or heavy dark. Depends on many things!

Test it more than once, and then decide to buy or not to buy!

اکثر عطرهای کمپانی کنزو واجد خصوصیاتی هستند که اونها رو به نوعی منحصر بفرد کرده
دقیقاً نمیدونم چه خصوصیاتی. مثل اینکه توی همه شون یک چیزی بنام "کنزو" هست
!!
این یکی هم عطر عجیبیه که دقیقاً نمیشه گفت گرم یا ولرم یا سبک یا سنگینه
به نظرم باید اون رو قبل از خرید حتماً دو سه بار در دو سه روز مختلف تست کرد و بعد تصمیم نهایی رو گرفت
دوام و پخش خوبی داره

I don't know if I love it or hate it. It is definitely one of the most unique scents I own. It has a strange plastic/salty smell to it. It lasts all day long. DON'T BLIND BUY!

6/10

طول عمر بسیار زیاد.
خنک در ابتدا یاد اور بوی اهک
خیلی خاص .مشابه اصلا ندارد
سبک بو قدیمی
قبل از خرید حتما تست کنید
Lifetime high.
Cool at first recall the smell of lime
Very specific. Not at all similar
Smell the old style
Try before you buy

Used to have this, quite nice, unusual, fruity and fresh but I found a note in there somewhere I didn't like, dunno what it was

An EDT with an entry a bit strange and strong, living with middle notes similar to a quiet pond-like smell, some bamboo plants and somewhere with a bit of rush, which is next to some place where they burn incense.

It is quite elegant, very aquatic and sober, too sober, A perfect scent for men from 35 onwards is too sober for younger ages. Not suitable for romantic purposes, but for some symphony or formal or gala event is perfect. A smell with some notes as a body lotion with water. Very clean and sober. Recommended.

It is a unique fragrance. There is no other perfume like it. A true classic, always modern, young.

I don't like it.
A harsh shaving foam smell makes it quite unpleasant to me.

MASTERPICE: /strong but smooth /unusual but classic / aquatic wave warm and sharp / recommended for age 30y to 50y / occasion: every day / best season : summer and spring / style :modern 25% calssic 20% romantic 25% mysterious 20% teen 10%
us a profetional nose its one of my favorite`s alwayes in my collection and i give a rating of 8/10 to it.

I’m following today the range of martime fragrances.
Kenzo pour homme is a classic.
I readed and heard so many bad review about this perfume, that I honestly can’t understand.

I’m aware that is not a commercial centered product in some countries,but, in fact, all depends on different tastes, as Spain and Portugal for example, where this fragrance as been and still top seller in the Japanese designer cologne products.

Kenzo pour homme is a strong Mediterranean herbal juice (Sage, bamboo,vetiver), with strong floral muguet and iris notes and a prominent touch of iodine, a extract that have a particular earthy, salty touch.
The bottle now, redesigned, and colour of the crystal represent very well what’s inside it.
The top notes are kind of zesty and clean-ozonic:
You’ll detect the bamboo leaves blending with soft bergamot. There’s already a hint of vetiver too.
The intrusion of the lily of the valley is quick.
Most of the lasting life of the fragrance is centered on this accord, surrounded with touch of herbal notes and geranium leaves. The geranium note now is quite predominant.
as the iodine. Then the calone.
The geranium, (Pelargonium graveolens) has a peculiar dark green, bronze-like, metallic aroma.
The iris note raises too, but very subtle, hard to smell, really.
The composition dries down into something less herbal and more soft woody and slightly spicy: the clove and the nutmeg can be detectable in here now, patchouli, blends with sandalwood and cedar.
It’s funny how this fragrance reacts depending of the enviromment.
On humid weather is more ozonic, crisp, green and dewy, aquatic but still strong and more surrealistic marine.
On dry weather and polutionated big cities, is more dark, salty and herbal, kind of spicy and It develops very metallic. It’s definitively a not for all suitable formula, but I really recommend to try two o three times. It’s a real masterpiece.

A modern classic and an olfactory MASTERPIECE!!
This fragrance accomplishes the unaccomplishable: to make water smell sexy and sophisticated, exciting and inspiring!
I first wore it in 1992, during my first ever trip to Greece. I loved it and it linked the beauty of Greece and its philosophy of the good life at sea. Even more so, this frangrance captures the essence of sea-water. It is a labour of love to the element of water.
A modern classic long before Issey Miyake's "L'Eau d'Issey" with the same androgynous, abstract, bi-sexual stance.
THE quintessential summer fragrance!!
Beautiful! Unique! Sexy! Irresistible! Instantly recognizable!

Tested it today... smells to much like medicine, i don't like it. but i know some people who love this smell so you should test it.

I ordered a tester bottle off eBay, and didn't smell it first because thought it had been discontinued. . .

But found it in Debenhams yesterday, hmmmm it is a strange smell. My first thoughts were: medicine, disinfectant and sea water.

Sounds weird, and it is. but i think i'm glad I won the bid because it's unusual, love the way it smells so salty and seaweedish.

Pretty masculine too. Ahh, think I'll wear it on hot summery days (if we get any) no-one will notice then!

I'd like to add afew words.
At first-nobody mentioned about calone-
marine scented substance-I suppose,calone is responsible for a crisp,no match scent of freshness,a bit of a hostital like.Some oriental mystery sticky browny like old honey or rasine wrapped in shiny blue light.Rather hysterical first impression with a forbitten fruit charm.Not casual and not for office at all.On my oppinion all Kenzo designs are for independent-minded individuals,a rare breed in offices nowdays.I live in a town with the sun made you hide away from April till September and because I can say no,KPH is not for summer-it is a warm scent itself.May be in artificial climate of air-conditioned spaces it would be at its place.I remember Kenzo ad posters of early 1990s-butterflies on ties multicoloured waist coats and so on,roses and thorn, models with an air of sleepless nights,surviving on coffee only.I asked my mate if he and me could look like them some day.His answer was "Sure.10 days on coffee and wild sex!"
An underlined work of art,something artificialy unnatural like its ryoko's petroleum shade of blue,this scent could be a good illustration of my life.

It is a long love affair with this scent...Moscow,1992-1996,crazy time,I was so hopelessly in love.Everything was in change(and still is in this counry)Me too.I gave up smoking-3years and 9 months ago-I had been a smoker for 22years)drinking-4 years ago,drank nearly all the time since 1996,spend 13 years in a far away southern province of Russia in poverty-in short- I have bought today a ryoko and feel myself a winner.

the perfume itself is very exciting and that is why it bought it..but it does not last long,about 1-2 hrs here in india.

A house on the beach, a bonfire, lots of friends around and a great love of his side. It is a fragrance full of personality and feelings that I have ever used. A tip: when you're sad use Kenzo!

This one is for men, not boys. Great charisma. Saltiness to the max!

I'm woman and it's my favorite for men! I love to smell this fragrance on men around. I'm from Brazil and, thanks God, it's not popular here at all...no one compares to this one here =)

After trying so many aquatics with no character, i was very surprised to come across with this one.
Kenzo always adds 'something more' to his fragrances and creates an aura of emotion.

Just recently purchased this fragrance as a "blind buy" and I can honestly say that it definately is one the most unique fragrances I've ever smelt. It's not as aquatic as I had hoped for but you can really smell the citrus to it. You can really get the lime smell out of it, then it drys down to a grassy smell after about 5-10 minutes. The staying power on it is pretty average, about 4 - 6 hours on me. Overall, great cologne.

kenzo is always goin against the grain but this time he did a good job.cmon man iodine? that the different in this everybody is talking about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This perfume is like the sea breeze! A strong summer scent from the past, which is synonimous with the elegance! For me, just fantastic!

Strong, long lasting (easily pass 6 hours), unique scent, salty to the maximum, great in sweaty summer noon. However, I hate it. The saltiness is too much for me. I'll stick to my lovely Bvlgari Aqva for a sea breeze scent.

I agree with you, it is a little strange and you must test before you buy or even before going out, because sometimes it may smell great on you and sometimes not so good. To me it is not aromatic-aquatic, it is rather a clean woody-floral-musk. The water is evoked by iodine I suppose, but still this is not a Calone aquatic at all. It is suitable anytime. I perceive it sometimes as a man's Chanel No 5, classic, sometimes may smell a little dated sometimes not, iconic and trendsetting.

Yes, it is strong, fresh, and smells a little weird ...

Weird ...? How about peculiar? There is something that I really like about this scent. Although there is nothing so elegant or happy and colorful (but definitely not common or cheap), it remembers me good things like being next to a swimming pool or to the beach, or walking in the park, but could be use for others occasions (office maybe); unfortunately, sometimes it also remembers me something chemical, so, would be better if applied not so close to the skin. It has personality, that's for sure.

I used to like it once...
but today i can't use it anymore!
it's an acquatic with something very unusual, strange in it!

when i smelled it on my man,, it made me dream of rivers into deep rainforests, still does,, unique,,

Very acquatic, very stong, very long lasting scent. In Argentina, one of the most popular perfumes. That's the only trouble. Everyone use this fragrance in summer and springtime

I'm a woman and I had to write about this gorgeous sent my fella wears, it is a one of a kind fragrance that cannot be mistaken for any other it is SOoooo gorgeous and when he wears it I just can't leave him alone. Now how to describe, remember the film from Here to Eternity when Deb and Burt were on the beach, well I bet that Burt would have smelt just like this next to that blue turquoise Ocean.

strong, bitter orange opening, that gets a bit sweeter as it wears. Dark citrus with sine watery notes. It is slightly herbal-medicinal as well.
It performs best in very hot weather.

Nobody will make such unique fragrance like this one, is one among of 100.0000 I like it so much

This is great for the Office, it very clean smelling but i agree unusual aquatic smelling.

So far, this is the most unique cologne I have. I welcome it as a nice change to my other, more contemporary fragrances.

strong openig really, i´ve heard many bad comments about it but i didn´t thought it´s so terrible, but actually it´s anusual aquatic!

unusual aquatic , different and strong opening.