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Kenzo poppies in Lyon, France

Posted by Robin on 29 May 2009 19 Comments

Kenzo poppies in Lyon

Kenzo will "plant" 200,000 red paper poppies at the Place de la République in Lyon tomorrow, May 29, in honor of their poppy-inspired fragrance, Flower by Kenzo. The poppies will remain until the following day. Below, see a similar event in Moscow in 2002:

Kenzo poppies in Moscow

(via prnewswire)

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: kenzo, kenzo poppies, lyon, scent event

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  1. Karin says:
    29 May 2009 at 11:42 am

    Hopefully it won’t rain!!! I wonder how sturdy those “paper” poppies are. Looks awesome. Wish I could be there to see it in person. :-)

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    • Robin says:
      29 May 2009 at 11:45 am

      Pessimistic minds think alike, LOL…that was my first thought too: rain.

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      • Daisy says:
        29 May 2009 at 12:27 pm

        yup, especially after the storm we had here yesterday that blew apart my entire patch of poppies…. on the upside: my patio looks lovely covered with thousands of bright red petals….

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  2. miss kitty v. says:
    29 May 2009 at 11:47 am

    Poppy-inspired fragrance? None of the poppies I’ve ever grown have had a fragrance…

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    • Robin says:
      29 May 2009 at 12:23 pm

      No, they don’t have a fragrance!

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    • proximity says:
      1 June 2009 at 10:13 am

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

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  3. Kelly Red says:
    29 May 2009 at 12:02 pm

    I’m afraid I would be very naughty. If I saw this I would run into the middle and start skipping and singing “You’re out of the woods, you’re out of the dark.” Or i’d roll around and purr “Poppies. Poppies.” The french police would drag me away and I’d be crying the wizard made me do it.

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    • Robin says:
      29 May 2009 at 12:23 pm

      LOL!

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    • asuperlongusername says:
      29 May 2009 at 1:41 pm

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

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  4. megank4 says:
    29 May 2009 at 12:15 pm

    oh my gosh! That is exactly where I will be tomorrow! We are going for the weekend to celebrate our wedding anniversary; If I see it I will take a picture and try to post it.
    Too bad I don’t really like the fragrance though…

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    • Robin says:
      29 May 2009 at 12:23 pm

      How cool! Do send me a picture if you can & I’ll see if I can post it.

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  5. Joe says:
    29 May 2009 at 2:00 pm

    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?

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    • Robin says:
      29 May 2009 at 2:27 pm

      See if this works:

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

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      • Joe says:
        29 May 2009 at 4:17 pm

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

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        • Robin says:
          29 May 2009 at 4:45 pm

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

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  6. faith24 says:
    29 May 2009 at 3:07 pm

    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

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    • Robin says:
      29 May 2009 at 4:46 pm

      Looks like it drew a crowd!

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  7. Lars Lapsus says:
    30 May 2009 at 7:28 am

    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.

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    • Robin says:
      30 May 2009 at 9:28 am

      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.

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