Eastern Takada For Women

Eastern Takada chases Kenzo's Flower Oriental, the 2005 oriental flanker that turned the famous powdery-floral Kenzo idea darker and warmer. The dupe opens with a veil of soft incense over indistinct florals, hazy and a little smoky from the start. The heart brings the original's signature pairing: a powdery violet wrapped around a Bulgarian rose, pretty but never sharp, sitting in that gauzy makeup-box powderiness Flower is loved for. Then the base, where the two converge most - a sweet vanilla laced with a dry crack of pepper and a thread of incense smoke running underneath. Where the Kenzo kept its drydown drier and more spicy-peppery, Eastern Takada leans the vanilla sweeter and the incense softer, so it reads cosier and more straightforwardly comforting than the original's sophisticated, slightly austere warmth. It is, as PP frame it, a dark sweet floral incense - alluring and genuinely easy to wear. This is a sensual, slightly mysterious scent for autumn and winter evenings, dates and cosy nights in. Longevity is good for a budget oil, holding its powdery-vanilla heart for several hours, echoing the strong staying power the original is known for.