Composition

Kenzo Amour

Published September 16, 2026 · Updated September 25, 2026

Kenzo Amour is an eau de parfum launched by Kenzo in 2006, created by Daphné Bugey and Olivier Cresp. The house describes it as a floral woody musky scent, a tribute to Balinese offerings: rice and white tea at the top, frangipani and cherry blossoms with heliotrope, and a base of vanilla, white musks and incense. Karim Rashid designed its colorful bottle.

Kenzo describes a floral woody musky fragrance: cherry and frangipani blossoms, woods, incense, thanaka, rice, white tea and a touch of vanilla. The house divides the composition into three tiers, from a soft top to a base it calls sensual.

Top

The rice steam accord and white tea open the fragrance. Robin (Now Smell This) recognizes a milky rice in it, finding the word steam perfectly accurate; Jeanne Doré (Auparfum) hardly smells a top at all, the base seeming to her to arrive straight away.

Heart

The floral heart brings together frangipani and cherry blossoms and heliotrope. Robin describes a sweet, highly stylized floral accord that fades quickly; Jeanne Doré notes the frangipani, which gives the fragrance a sunny, creamy aspect, and an almond facet.

Base

Thanaka wood, vanilla, white musks and incense form the base. Robin smells a cloud of vanilla and musky woods, with a muted dark wood and a dash of incense; Jeanne Doré, a powdery, musky accord, at once bitter and sweet.

What stays out

Thanaka wood, from Burma, has no equivalent in the classification of materials and is described in full. White tea is filed under tea; bergamot, rose and black pepper are not part of the fragrance’s published composition.