Kenzo’s Unidentified Fragrance Object

Kenzo has been working with artist, Ron Arad, and perfumer, Aurelien Guichard, on a very special project. Unidentified Fragrance Object is the culmination of that hard work. It’s both a work of art and a bold fragrance.

The bottle is made of a metal alloy called Zamac. It’s hard to describe, sort of swirling, rotating, and mysterious. It’s currently on exhibit in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

The fragrance is a break from the tradtional way of building a 3-level pyramid of notes. Instead of a top, middle, and base note structure, it’s all built around a heart note of Marble Accord. The 4 additional notes are Orange Blossom, Bulgarian Rose, Frankincense, and Vanilla.

I got a sample of the fragrance to try. I think it has a peppery aspect to it and it reminded me a lot of The Beat For Men. Not that it’s a masculine scent, it’s not manly at all. It’s very female, womanly. It has this deep earthiness to it that I think is very sexy.

Unidentified Fragrance Object is currently available, but it’s a limited edition product, with only 1000 units available. You can find it at Bergdork Goodman and KenzoUSA.com.

If you are in the NYC area, you can find the Unidentified Fragrance Object at MOMA’s Ron Arad retrospective. 

Here is the information:

Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
Date: August 2, 2009 – October 19, 2009
Title: Perfume Bottle for Kenzo

Image credit: KenzoUSA.com