KENZOKI PHILOSOPHY

KENZOKI, skincare inspired by the QI philosophy.
In Sino-Japanese culture, QI is a flow of energy that circulates through our body and within nature. Its harmonious circulation indicates a reconciliation of body and mind.

Inspired by the philosophy of QI, KENZOKI helps to restore hydration, youth and nourishing “flows”, the skin’s various natural mechanisms, in order to make it more beautiful.

KENZOKI spent 20 years studying the beauty secrets of a powerful ingredient: the Sacred Lotus Flower, symbol of harmony and purity in Asia. KENZOKI skincare products represent a constant effort to combine effectiveness and sensory experience, to take care of your skin while enchanting your senses. Their sensory textures with delicate fragrances developed by master perfumers and a new technique based on acupressure points promise to make every application an exceptional experience.
KENZOKI is the Sacred Lotus expertise, the sensoriality, and has also commitment as starting point of each of the products.

Between May and October, the Sacred Lotus Flower is cultivated along the Mékong river, on the Vientiane Plain in Laos, as part of an exclusive partnership with Kenzo. In the early hours of the morning or at the end of the day, each Sacred Lotus Flower is picked by hand at just the right stage of flowering, without losing a petal or touching the water, to preserve all of its qualities and encapsulate them in two natural extracts.

To capture the best from this flower, two specific extraction processes are used to target skin benefits and support the skin’s natural mechanisms. The two extractions are realized with natural origin solvents.

Sacred Lotus Flower Water Extract is obtained by extraction with a natural origin hydroglycolic solvent allowing the extraction of flavonoids, molecules known in particular for their anti-free radical properties.

Sacred Lotus Flower Oily Extract is obtained by extraction with a natural origin oily solvent allowing the extraction of phytosterols. Sterols being molecules which constitute the epidermis’ lipid matrix.

These extracts are incorporated into our formulas to provide their benefits from first contact with the skin.

In an effort to continually reduce our environmental impact, we started to introduce recycled plastic on some parts of our packaging. As a result, some elements might not be immaculately white, but have a few black spots. This has no impact on the integrity of the products. Recycled plastic represents 20% of the plastic used by Kenzoki and allows us to reduce use of fossil-based plastics* by 5.2 tonnes.

The packaging is made from cardboard composed of fibres from well-managed forests and other controlled FSC™-certified sources and is printed with biosourced ink. We have also adjusted the packaging size, removing corrugated paper fillers, notices and cellophane wrap. These different optimizations help us save 1.8 tons** of paper use.