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Totally inspired by the sweet and scented childhood memories of the talented Japanese designer, Parfum d'été, the second fragrance from the very young perfume house of the time, will be one of the great iconic successes of Kenzo perfumes. Vegetal, light as a leaf bathed in the bright and powerful light of the sun, flowery but neither too heady nor too transparent, Parfum d'été offers us a summer that never stops! Even after more than twenty years of existence!
Summer fragrance, Kenzo Takada's second fragrance as a childhood memory in sunny Japan
The very first collection presented by Kenzo Tagada in 1983 presents brilliant originalities bathed in interbreeding between West and Asia which seduce as much as they inspire his contemporaries. The Kenzo brand creates a stylistic language where the borders of languages and peoples like those between dream and reality are no longer short. So during the creation of his first perfume Kenzo Takada proposed a sparkling citrus called Kenzo, as sparkling and joyful as his haute-couture creations.
Following on from this great success in perfumery, Kenzo Takada chose to represent the season that he so reminds him of the Japan of his childhood: summer. “We live almost naked, we open houses. Light enters everywhere. […] In Japan, the cherry tree is celebrated. A pretty flower with a scent so unsuspected that it becomes imaginary ”tells us Kenzo Takada for Parfum d'été.
Between sophistication and simplicity, Jean-Claude Delville and Antoine Lie create a summer perfume flowery and light like a cloud of leaves which will appear for a long time under the simple image, and yet so effective, of a young woman having fun. under the scorching sun of a paradisiacal beach. Because basically, a Summer Perfume can be worn all year round and can be experienced naturally and in complete freedom!
Summer fragrance from Kenzo: a sensual and delicate floral plant
When it was created in 1992, the Parfum d'été bottle was created to highlight all the veins of the opulent and generous sheet of glass. Over time, the Summer Perfume leaf lost its raised veins but retained its shape to offer lovers of the fragrance a smooth glass letting the sunlight reflect wonderfully, the real star of this collection. perfume. “The glass flows in random, natural and poetic curves, giving each bottle a unique personality. »Kenzo for Summer fragrance.
The top notes of Parfum d'été soar in a felted and flowery blend of rosewood and hyacinth enhanced by a pure and luminous vegetal note. Then the lily of the valley opens up the intense floral heart of this Summer Perfume to let peony, jasmine and hyacinth exhale in an intoxicating bucolic ensemble. Finally, sandalwood and white musk coat with their tenderness this floral and vegetal composition making the ode of the summer season.
“Flowers, green, for a light, luminous and sensual fragrance. »Kenzo for Summer fragrance.
Summer fragrance, a magnificent floral with vegetal accents, is considered today as the leader of one of the new trends in the floral-green family. We can also notice that if Parfum d'été was a great success, it inspired many great names in perfumery as well as these successors within Kenzo, including the brand's essential bestseller, Flower.