Coming this month from Kenzo, Peace by Kenzo Vintage Edition, a new limited edition fragrance celebrating the line's 20 years as a perfume house.
The fragrance notes include musk, heliotrope, cedar, tonka bean, vanilla and mandarin.
Peace by Kenzo Vintage Edition will be available in 100 ml (concentration unknown); the bottle is adorned with a peace sign and there are four different outer boxes decorated with “flower power” designs inspired by the artwork of the 1970s, the era when the Kenzo fashion house was established. (via lexpress.fr, aufeminin) Update: Peace by Kenzo Vintage Edition was developed by perfumer Annick Menardo, and will be in Eau de Toilette. (via osmoz) Update: see a review of Kenzo Vintage Edition.
Other recent launches from Kenzo: KenzoAmour Indian Holi.
Mexx has launched XX by Mexx, a “girl power” duo of fragrances for both sides of a young woman's personality:
XX by Mexx Nice is for the playful and feminine side, and features notes of bergamot, red currant, limette, aquatic melon notes, peony, lily of the valley, apricot, cinnamon, sandalwood, amber and musk.
XX by Mexx Wild is for the fearless and seductive side, and includes notes of raspberry, bergamot, orange blossom, mallow leaf, rose leaf, frangipani leaf, vanilla, heliotrope and amber.
XX by Mexx Nice & Wild are available in 20, 40 or 60 ml Eau de Toilette and in matching body products. (via cosmoty.de)
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Will skip Mexx and give Kenzo a try.
Those Kenzo boxes look a bit desperate to me..
Weren't the 70s a bit more than 20 years ago?
OK, I get it–20 years as a perfume house, but a fashion house since the 70s. The whole thing looks kind of odd to me, given the sleek look of their current perfumes.
Oh, I like the boxes!
The bottle is sleeker than it looks in that picture, but still, you're right that it has a very different feel than the rest of the line. Could be a fun scent though, we'll see!
Think you're richt sonar. Their fashion existed already since the '70s but their perfumes since the '80s.. In that case graffitti would have been more appropriate..wouldn't it?
Robin, this sounds very similar to the “time for peace” limited editions frags, specially the men's (according to the basenotes description of the notes).
Near my house there is a bottle of “time for peace” ona perfume shop, unopened..I think I will check out ebay to see if I can make a difference on that one
Regards
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I do, too, though at first, quick glance I thought they were cereal boxes (wasn't paying close attention:-)
Cereal boxes, LOL!
Ah, good call, I'd forgotten all about those. And never got to smell them…
Really? I'm missing the link to the Armani.
But yes, Hugo Boss did XX & XY.
Oh duh, for some reason, I thought you meant the Kenzo bottle was like the Armani. Yes, the Mexx bottles are!
Nice to see someone is tapping into the dissociative disorder market.
Nice and Wild? What about Nice and Mean? There needs to be more mean fragrances on the market.
The Kenzo Vintage Edition packaging looks like Prince's dream image of his sequel to 3121. It looks like an 80's interpretation of the flower power era.
It's funny that the new frag is called “Vintage Edition.” Plus, do you think they want folks to buy more than one bottle to collect the boxes? If so, you'd think the bottles wouldn't be 100ml each! The notes sound interesting though.
LOL! Good one
Nah, seriously don't think so — they'd have done 4 bottles if that is what they wanted. I think (?)
Looking at thos boxes again and think they are actually quite nice. A bit in the Andy Warhol colours and style maybe.
I hope The Kenzo VE comes to Nordstrom… would love to try this.
Me too!