Kenzo’s yearly Ryoko collection (travel-sized “fragrance pebbles”), done up in a high-gloss finish for 2009. This year’s fragrances include Flower by Kenzo, Kenzo Amour and L’Eau Par Kenzo for women, L’Eau Par Kenzo Pour Homme and Kenzo Homme for men. $29 each for 20 ml at Kenzo USA. (via press release)
From Estee Lauder, Sensuous in a “unique collectible solid perfume compact [that] can be worn as a sophisticated pendant with the included cord”. $120 at Dillards.
From Donna Karan, the “Pop Art” edition of DKNY Be Delicious, due to launch in July. About 52€ for 50 ml Eau de Toilette. (via cosmoty.de)
From DSquared2, a 7 ml Perfume Oil roll-on version of He Wood with a leather case; 29€. (They did a similar set for She Wood in pale leather) Due to launch in September. (via sfilate.it)
From Judith Leiber, the “Leiber Pink Crystal Minaudiere” with 1 oz of solid perfume. $185 at Bergdorf Goodman.
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Ryoko was a character in Tenchi Muyo
Thanks.
Those Ryoko things are kind of cute. They remind me of a Tamagochi (remember that kids’ fad?). I could use some more Amour. I wonder if Sephora will stock these.
The He Wood bottle is nice, but I”m not so into oils. I also love their original bottle too much — would someone remind me to buy 30ml, please?
Joe, you really gotta buy a 30 ml bottle of HeWood one of these days. Don’t forget!!!!
well, he asked for that, didn’t he?
lol
I love the Men’s DSquared, I sneak sprays from my husband’s bottle… not the women’s so much.
What’s really scary is that those tamagotchi things came out something like 13 years ago LOL
I had a dinky dino, he was a cute little dinosaur haha
Joe, I don’t like oils or roll ons, so I’m not needing that, but the leather case is cute.
The Ryokos are adorable, but have liked past year’s designs better.
Darn, I just bought a large bottle of Amour, and I love it…Any recommendations on his other scents?
Amour is definitely my favorite from that list. Flower is probably the biggest seller though!
Amour is like a stronger “Annam” ! I have never tried Flower so…
I only have Flower and do like it on occasion. It’s nice and light.
If we ever get together to do our big perfume swap, you can try my Winter Flowers — and I’ll trade you for an Amour decant if you like it. I don’t know Annam. KenzoAir is also good if you like vetiver/anise. Power wasn’t bad, but didn’t wow me.
Power bowled me over…in a bad way. BOOM! Shame, bc I liked it on paper and LOVED the bottle, but that seems to be how Kenzo is for me. Great on paper, meh on skin.
Deal Joe, I have got some goodies for you!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Winter Flowers. It’s next on my list to purchase.
I wear Amour and Indian Holi on cozy days, and Flower when I wear summer skirts… it’s such a bright, feminine scent.
Ok, someone help me out, because those photos are confusing me. Is the “pebble” that tiny little thing in the huge bubble, or is the tiny little thing a window in the huge bubble that is the pebble?
…or is the tiny little thing a decoration ON the bubble that is the pebble?
Its an elliptical shaped spray inside a square case.
Oh good! At first, I thought *that* was part of the packaging, and just the tiny circle was the bottle. Was going to grumble about excessive packaging, then saw it the right way… like a little optical illusion.
Must be Monday….
Took me a sec to figure it out and I was also grumbling about wasteful packaging – lol.
Oh good, so glad it wasn’t just me.
Ok, here is a picture w/o the outer box, that might help (scroll down):
http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/01/new-fragrances-david-beckham-instinct-fresh-memoirs-of-a-geisha-more/
Okay, here’s my vision of wearing the EL solid perfume pendant….it’s hot outside….you’re feeling a bit overheated yourself….and then your melting solid perfume (not so solid now) begins oozing out of the locket and all over your top…..
I sometimes wonder how those work… I assume they’ve perfected “ooze-proof” technology? Oh, the stories I can tell about lip balms and pots of Carmex.
rather like a lipstick left in the cup holder in the middle console of the car….out in the sun all day? goes from being a twist up stick to a mushy pot of color in the cap.
…and here, I’m really hoping Joe has no idea what you’re talking about…
He’s got to have at least one female friend who’s left a lipstick in the car, in the sun….I mean, am I the only one who has done that?? And I’ve done it more than once (can’t learn)
and anyhow, my Neutrogena 15 SPF lip balm has succumbed to the sun twice as fast as lipstick…..and in the winter I freeze the dickens out of tubes of Blistex…which seperates and makes a mess too….This sort of stuff wouldn’t happen if I’d carry a decent sized purse!
I do get the *concept* even if I’ve never done that to lipstick myself.
However, I’m more likely to leave lip balm in my pocket and run it through the clothes dryer than leave it in a hot car — you’d be surprised that sometimes the balm case doesn’t have any leakage, but when it does… grease stain nightmare!
Oh, my husband has left his lip balm in his work pants more times than I care to count, and it makes me FUMING mad. He’s a good hearted guy, but he carelessly does SO many things like that that just make my life difficult.
My daughter keeps leaving her Chapstick in her jeans pocket – so far down that it stays in there during the “shake all clothing items before washing to see what falls out” test. Last winter I found FOUR – count them, FOUR – empty Chapsticks in the dryer. (Luckily no ill effects on the clothing.) And then she comes into my room looking for MY Blistex DCT… Teenagers.
Ugh, I melted my favorite Vincent Longo that way. Several lip balms, too. Also melted an “emergency” deodorant stick in the glove box. At least it smells fresh in there.
LOL good to know your glove box doesn’t have any personal odor problems…..I hate a sweaty smelling glove box….keeps the owners manual nice and fresh….lololol
Funny but you know…I’ve been in people’s cars before that I WISH they’d melt a deodorant stick ANYWHERE in their car….p-u
LOL! I think it’s pretty though.
I have this weird mad scientist mentality that makes me want to buy it and see what happens. I can’t see how it could NOT melt when it hits a certain temperature.
Don’t wear the pendant until you’ve used up all the perfume. If only I liked the scent more, I could use up my sample bottle and then I’d have a perfect little “worry stone”. The shape and texture of the bottle is just right– so soothing. . .
Nearly all of these bottles are quite attractive, but DKNY really need to give all the Be Delicious flankers / new bottles a rest. Really. Really really.
The Kenzo Amour Ryoko bottles are v cute though! The red and pink remind me of Gucci Rush & Rush 2 only for the shape, the silver is very classy! Why do I never see these kinds of things when I am out shopping? (other than DKNY, which again I see all. the. time.)
I never see them either! And usually love pop art stuff, but agree: DKNY has done enough with Be Delicious now.
Maybe nobody buys it and they are grasping at straws to get it some attention.
A young lady I work with wears Kenzo Amour and I’ve gotta tell you, iit smells amazing on her. How’s they get a fragrance to be so heavy on the vanilla – which is a note I typically can’t stomach – and get it to come across as non-foody or gourmand? It really is lovely.
It’s a great scent
See what happens when you don’t check your grammar or spelling?
No worries…everybody makes mistakes.
Have you not read my comments?? bad spelling, worse grammar….my punctuation is ‘creative’ though and I should get points for that….there’s no explaining why sometimes I leave entire words out…..
on KenzoUSA.com, i noticed Tokyo for men is also available in the Ryoko line.
Thanks!
Hmm… now I finally know what that weird design was all about when I ordered the 20ml of Flower from Scentiments – it was the Ryoko “bottle”. I was kind of disappointed in it because the regular bottle is so pretty, but I don’t display bottles, so it wasn’t that big of a deal – until I went to use it. It’s kind of a sucky design from a usage standpoint – not that easy to spray and kind of annoying.
Oh dear, is it hard to spray? What a shame, they’re so darned cute.
It is for me – it doesn’t seem to want to stay in my hand and spray at the same time. It isn’t impossible, but it’s not a quick spritz and go either.
Boojum, it’s definitely not you! I have checked out the comments above, and I still can’t tell what the Ryoko things are… They look nice, but I still have no idea where the perfume comes out from. Probably, if I ever see them and attempt to test them out, from somewhere perfectly aimed at my eye!
Scroll down to see an image w/o the outer box:
http://www.nstperfume.com/2005/07/01/new-fragrances-david-beckham-instinct-fresh-memoirs-of-a-geisha-more/
I think that that Estee Lauder compact looks like some sort of shiny jungle canteen…is that just me? Lol.
LOL — I guess it does!
Those Ryoko pebbles are just gorgeous!
I liked the ones that actually looked like real pebbles, but cant’ remember what year that was.
I don’t get it. What ARE The pebble things?
They’re travel sprays.