Summer by Kenzo
Summer by Kenzo opens with a clean lemon-bergamot accord that reads light and straightforward — a warm-weather intro.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Lemon55
- Bergamot50
- Jasmine50
- Amber40
- Musk40
By the editors · 2 min readSummer by Kenzo opens with a clean lemon-bergamot accord that reads light and straightforward — a warm-weather intro. The heart expands it considerably: jasmine, lily of the valley, freesia, mimosa, and violet together form a white-and-green floral medley, each note light enough that the overall impression is airy rather than overwhelmingly floral.
The base departs from the summery premise: amber and styrax bring resinous warmth beneath the lemon that persists in the drydown, giving the fragrance more lasting power than the opening suggests. Cedar provides structure. The combination of light florals over a slightly heavy balsamic base creates a pleasant tension — a summer fragrance that quietly warms up in the finish.
