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Kenzo · Est. 1996

Kenzo Jungle l'Elephant

Kenzo Jungle l'Elephant opens like a spice market in the afternoon — cumin first, unmistakably, with cardamom and clove crowding in behind.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released1996
Statusenriched
1996 · Fragrance
car·amb·van·cin
Rating
3.9
12.4k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 14 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Cardamom
    65
  • Amber
    65
  • Vanilla
    55
  • Cinnamon
    50
  • Patchouli
    50

By the editors · 2 min readKenzo Jungle l'Elephant opens like a spice market in the afternoon — cumin first, unmistakably, with cardamom and clove crowding in behind. The heart softens the attack: ylang-ylang and gardenia spread across warm, humid air, the florals nearly tropical but pinned down by the continued spice work.

The base is a classic oriental drydown — amber, vanilla, patchouli — rich enough to carry for most of a day. This is a loud, divisive fragrance. Some people read it as skin-warm and sensual; others cannot get past the cumin. Meant for colder weather and adults who want their clothes to smell like them the next morning. Not a compliment-chaser; a statement.

Filed: KenzoSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap