Kenzo Takada used to say: I absolutely love flowers. Thus, when the world moved into a new millennium, in 2000, he decided to draw on this natural element to create a fragrance. This is how, in collaboration with master perfumer Alberto Morillas, he imagined Flower by Kenzo. 22 years after its release, the fame of this fragrance endures. Its poppy scent has crossed the decades. In 2022, its personality becomes spicier and reinvents itself, to become Flower by Kenzo L'Absolue.
Flower by Kenzo is an iconic feminine fragrance, which was first created to celebrate Kenzo's passage into the new millennium. Indeed, its first version was crafted by Alberto Morillas, in 2000. Since then, this fragrance has remained one of the most emblematic scents in all of feminine perfumery. This success has earned it reinterpretation year after year. In 2022, the story continues. A new olfactory chapter of this saga is being written once again. Alberto Morillas this time presents Flower by Kenzo L'Absolue. Here is a breakdown of its composition.
Flower by Kenzo L'Absolue, a fragrance inspired by the poppy
Like all the fragrances in the collection, Flower by Kenzo L'Absolue draws on a flower: the poppy. Perhaps this announcement does not come as much of a surprise. After all, many fragrances draw on floral scents... Yet, in nature, the poppy is a completely odorless flower! So it took real audacity to create a fragrance suggested by a plant with no scent whatsoever... This was achieved thanks to Kenzo. In reality, the composition of this fragrance is more of a metaphor. If the poppy were to give off a scent, this would probably be it! With Flower by Kenzo L'Absolue, the result is a spicy, entrancing, and sophisticated fragrance. The wildflower reveals itself here in its most refined facet of the entire collection...
The spicy, floral olfactory pyramid of Flower by Kenzo L'Absolue
From its very first notes, Flower by Kenzo L'Absolue delivers all its refinement and clearly places itself within the register of fine perfumery. Indeed, to spice up this fragrance, Alberto Morillas relied on one of the most expensive ingredients in the world: saffron. Also nicknamed red gold, it lends this feminine fragrance subtle depth. Unsettling, leathery, and slightly tarry, saffron releases a dark side, heightened by a small honeyed note. With it, the poppy seems this time to have emerged in the heart of the Middle East... Then, Flower by Kenzo L'Absolue lights up with a floral bouquet based on orange blossom and Damask rose. Here again, we are truly immersed in Mediterranean sweetness. Indeed, orange blossom is typical of this region of the globe, as is Damask rose, grown in Turkey. Gradually, sweet touches of vanilla begin to emerge. This element from the orchid delivers here all its subtleties. At once sexy, earthy, and balsamic, it pairs with a final note of white musk. The result is an addictive sensuality. Kenzo's poppy seems to be in full bloom. It captivates and enchants us with its refined beauty. It is like a flower springing up in the middle of the city, as if to make the world infinitely more beautiful.