Comments on: Kenzo poppies in Lyon, France

By: proximity

proximity — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:13:17 +0000

I think the idea was supposed to be to “create” a fragrance that matches the spirit of the scentless poppy …

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 30 May 2009 13:28:11 +0000

How cool! Will just note that whatever smell your poppy has, that isn’t what Kenzo was after — in all the press materials for Flower, they acknowledged that poppies don’t generally have a scent.

By: Lars Lapsus

Lars Lapsus — Sat, 30 May 2009 11:28:28 +0000

I too thought poppies don’t smell, but today (!) my huge Oriental Poppy opened it’s first blossom and it’s like a giant salmon-coloured crinkled silk tissue, and it smells! Something between a rose and fruit tree blossoms. Not too strong, but it does smell nice.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:46:02 +0000

Looks like it drew a crowd!

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:45:50 +0000

They’ve done it in other cities too…but haven’t seen the photos (just in case it’s worth the Google time)

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 29 May 2009 20:17:26 +0000

Thanks. Great photo. And this is the kind of PR event I really love in concept.

By: faith24

faith24 — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:07:26 +0000

i think Kenzo Flower smells like carnations covered in powder…. Anyways, I love the picture of Kremlin and poppy field- I bet it was breathtaking color combination in real life

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:27:10 +0000

See if this works:

http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/kenzo/38552/

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:00:50 +0000

At first I thought “paper poppies” was a real variety and thought, “how wasteful to plant them then pull them up.” Then I realized they’re actual PAPER poppies. Duh.

R, where can I see a larger version of that Moscow photo?

By: asuperlongusername

asuperlongusername — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:41:26 +0000

The Wizard of Oz was the first thing I thought of as well! xD