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Kenzo Winter Flowers ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 14 September 2008 18 Comments

Kenzo Winter Flowers perfumeKenzo has launched Winter Flowers, a limited edition flanker to their popular Flower by Kenzo fragrance (introduced in 2000).

During the heart of winter, when nature slumbers, delicate winter flowers startle the quiet scenery with their early blooms. Three precious winter flowers were picked to create Kenzo's new bouquet—a floral and powdery eau de parfum. This gently surprising scent opens with honey-hinted mimosa and brightens with green floral tones of camellia. Hellebore warms the fragrance with a powdery base.

Additional fragrance notes include mandarin, violet leaf, rose, patchouli and vanilla.

Kenzo Winter Flowers is available in 50 ml Eau de Parfum, and can be found now at Sephora. Update: see a review of Kenzo Winter Flowers.

Filed Under: new fragrances
Tagged With: flanker, kenzo

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  1. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 11:50 am

    Hm, “honey-hinted mimosa” and powder – I start to dream. :-) I don't think I have a scent with this combination, are there any?

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  2. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 12:03 pm

    There are many mimosa soliflores that would qualify as honeyed and powdery, in fact, probably most of them. It isn't a favorite note of mine so not too many are coming to mind, but there's Mimosa Pour Moi by L'Artisan, Mimosa by Calypso, and probably a gajillion more I can't remember :-)

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  3. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 12:15 pm

    Oh, really? I am totally uninformed. :-)

    Thank you for reply!

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  4. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 1:35 pm

    Mimosa is generally thought of as having “honey accents” , and it's usually at least a little powdery :-)

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  5. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 2:37 pm

    I'm jealous… our Nordstrom location isn't carrying Kenzo anymore. I'll have to visit a different one.

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  6. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 4:18 pm

    Sounds interesting! I like the idea of it but probably not for myself. In the winter I prefer my deliscious, full-bodied frags like Belle de Minuit, Kenzo Jungle and ofcourse my favorite Winter Delice mmmm… I love gingerbread all year long, but especially in the winter!

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  7. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 6:03 pm

    You Might also Give a try to “Bvlgari Pour Femme” which is More Overflowing with Jasmine, but Mimosa is DEFINITELY Present and well accounted for in the Blend and it does have a very smooth powdery dry down! very warm and fluid. also, the Incarnation of Mimosa in a fragrance. “Champs-Elysees” by Guerlain, which is also VERY Powdery in the dry down.

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  8. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 6:06 pm

    usually Sephora and Ulta carry Kenzo fragrances in heavy abundance!

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  9. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 7:46 pm

    Bartamy, I'm pretty sure mine still does, unless they got rid of them very quickly. But my local Sephora didn't have this one yet.

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  10. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 7:46 pm

    Doubt I'll like it as well as Flower Oriental, but will certainly try it when I see it.

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  11. Anonymous says:
    14 September 2008 at 10:36 pm

    Most other Nordstroms carry Kenzo; our sales were disappointing so our stock was returned to other stores (sigh). I forgot about Sephora; I'm definitely going to check them out. Thanks!

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  12. Anonymous says:
    15 September 2008 at 11:54 am

    The Bvlgari pour Femme screeches on me, unfortunately. But I adore Champs Elysees!

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  13. Anonymous says:
    15 September 2008 at 3:04 pm

    Sephora.com still lists it as out of stock, but the US Kenzo site seems to have it: http://kenzousa.com/index.jp?edge=content.productdetail&c=15&i=216&navselect=women

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  14. Anonymous says:
    15 September 2008 at 8:31 pm

    At Sephora that often means they actually haven't had it IN stock yet…they're just pre-listing it.

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  15. Anonymous says:
    15 September 2008 at 9:02 pm

    Hellebore, or helleborus foetidus, is commonly known as stinking hellebore and dungwort, so I have my doubts about this one. (See http://www.backyardgardener.com/ginsburg/column206.html ) It's also known as the Lenten rose, though, so maybe Kenzo got the other kind. Winter flowers to me would be paperwhite narcissus, which have the faintest hint of decay to their fragrance. Very interesing in an Edgar Allen Poe sort of way. Mimosa is lovely. I had a mimosa tree outside my window when I lived in Long Island, and it was soft. sweet, and alluring when it was in bloom. I think I might take a pass on this one, though…

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  16. Anonymous says:
    15 September 2008 at 10:16 pm

    Here is what their press release (which I just got today) says:

    This powdery, floral scent is inspired by Hellebore rose, which is known for its startling blossoms and fragile beauty against the stark winter landscape. Unlike the original FLOWERBYKENZO, WINTER FLOWERS incorporates a sparkling top note of mandarin, floral middle note of hellebore rose, and powdery base note of absolute vanilla.

    Native to the mountains of central Europe, Hellebore rose, also called Christmas rose, is a true winter flower that blooms in December. Despite its name and similarity in appearance to wild roses, hellebore rose is actually a member of buttercup family. In the wild, this sweetly scented flower has been treasured for millennia for its medicinal, magical powers.

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  17. Anonymous says:
    16 September 2008 at 7:27 am

    Well, I grew up in Poland, with a garden, and we always had white hellebori that bloom here in late winter to early spring – but they did not smell. Absolutely no smell at all. Of course, there are many cultivars. Also, camellia is believed to be non-smelling – since Dumas' The Lady of the Camellias (the lady had asthma, I think, and could not stand any smelling flowers, since her affection to camellias). Perhaps camellia here would be just tea? Cannot imagine how my favourite mimosa could go with tea scent, but who knows… Must see it in Sephora!

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  18. Anonymous says:
    16 September 2008 at 12:12 pm

    Thanks!

    There are definitely scented camellias, although most varieties have no scent. At any rate, that doesn't mean there is any “real” camellia in the Kenzo, of course :-)

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