Description
This is the first fragrance of Comme des Garçons house. This avant-garde perfume does not fit into classical three-phase perfume structures with top, middle and base notes. It is a combination of exciting smells each of which plays its own individual melody in the composition. Therefore, this fragrance has to be tested on skin, because it is not clear which component of the bottle your skin will ‘come to love’ most. It is also hard to classify it in accordance with olfactory groups. It is a kind of very spicy chypre with dense resin notes. Comme des Garçons in snot aimed especially at women or men. The unisex label does not describe it entirely, as this is a fragrance for a personality. CdG perfume is very distinct, provocative even. It is not sweet; it is spicy fragrance for an interesting person that without a special intent outshines among others. The main components are labdanum, cedar, styrax, galbanum, sandal wood, carnation, hay, black pepper, frankincense, cinnamon, geranium, cardamom, nutmeg, Turkish rose, French honey and coriander.
Comme des Garcons was launched in 1994. The nose behind this fragrance is Mark Buxton.
SopyBypecoini – :
I have both Lush/Gorilla Perfume The Smell of Weather Turning and Comme des Garcons Comme des Garcons. While they do not smell alike, they are very similar in structure and performance. They both start out with top notes aromatic, medicinal, and reminiscent of tea: Smell of Weather with herbal mint, nettle, chamomile and CDG with spicy cinnamon and clove. Throughout their wearing, they both wind down to a warm honey-like scent: Smell of Weather with a more polite cinnamon beeswax, and CDG with a sweet and animalic honey.
I find them both to be very well suited to Autumn and perfectly androgenous. Smoky, aromatic, and sweet.
One difference is in the effect of shelf-life. I have personally found that fresh bottles of CDG have bright and mouth-watering top notes, while the opening of older bottles becomes a bit muddy. On the other hand, fresh smell of weather is EXTREMELY pungent and can be offputting, while older bottles may be more mellow.
Gadfet – :
I have the mini splash packaging of this fragrance. I’ll preface by saying that I have sentimental memories of design college visits to the CDG store in Manhattan with my dear friend, this or a similar fragrance permeating the air, a gallery room filled with some of the most incredible clothing on the planet…
I love the opening and heart of this. Bright, fresh, nutty, spicy. But the dry down is sweet, thick, almost cloying or sickly on me. Perhaps what I’ve heard described as “indolic”…
Edited to add: Despite all of this, I have this listed as a favorite. Unafraid of itself and well-executed. I will probably have some format of this perfume around for the rest of my life.
In summary, a modern classic that brings up sweet memories, and my first foray into niche/designer perfume. Look forward to trying the later versions.
dya813speagoessenda – :
It’s astonishing that not a single review mentions how animalic CDG’s honey is, with the exception of one comment about a sweet “faecal” smell. It bears little resemblance to regular honey and smells incredibly musky and suggestive to me. It’s the star of the scent.
On a different note, this was recently reduced in price quite drastically at both CDG’s web store and their other retailers. Has anyone with recent samples/bottles noticed a change?
ALMAZz – :
Comme des Garcons EdP is a very elegant, clean and a bit fresh, yet heavy and a bit dark scent. A masterpiece in blending IMO. Cinnamon and honey with a touch of cloves, incense and a slightly sweetened wood. CdG has a 1980s feel to it that reminds me a bit of Chanel Antaeus. No I am not saying it is a exact match for Antaeus, but the do share that same old school vibe.
Although CdG is marketed as unisex, I find it to be just a bit more masculine than feminine to my nose. CdG can be worn in trendy casual, but I see this one shining in formal wear. I get great projection and longevity on my skin.
Bottom line: If you like old school powerhouse scents, you should try a sample of this one.
sergiugarabajii1998 – :
I would never think a unisex fragrance would be so alluring and yet it is.
Difficult to describe but I can’t stop sniffing my wrist to experience one more interesting whiff of this fragrance.
Crobgrorp – :
An addition to the many good reviews of this superb perfume, a contextual consideration to frame the Eau de Parfum in the time it came out. The perception of the brand, at least in Europe, was ever so often bracketed with the other two Japanese designers – Yamamoto and Miyake, and to a certain extend Matsuda – and when Miyake launched their perfume shortly before, of course the question was in the air, if and how CdG would do perfume. Miyake made a close match with what could be easily seen in line with the brands image of manufacturing, materials, and what not – Comme’s EdP and EdC yet where so utterly weird, non perfumic in the sense that they really pushed into this medicinal, tincture, inscent illusion through spices theme, that it surprised endlessly more, than Miyake before, or Yamamoto after. To date it remains a completely timeless scent. All the components are so highly integrated it would be hard to single out a part that would give it a certain age. I appreciate it since it first came out, yet despite all the above, don’t think it’s completely without precursors. I once smelled vintage Poivre from Caron, this rang a bell, and then despite being quite different, THE modernist masterpiece of the 80’s perfumery, Groupy’s Cacharel Pour Homme also marks a point of reference.
sasha10051992 – :
This is a fresh spicy scent. Something that can be worn in the summer. I was hoping to get more honey, but I just got a lot of cinnamon. I don’t see myself purchasing a full bottle, bit it is a nice scent.
Low longevity, moderate sillage.
dvorik33 – :
This perfume is exotic, warm, spicy and sensual. I really adore it. I have only worn it twice because I just purchased it so I am not yet familiar with the longevity or sillage.
I am wearing it although it is summer, it is actually more appropriate for winter day or night.
This summer I ordered my first COMME de Garcons perfume by the same name, which is what I am now reviewing. I was first introduced to it in a store here in Houston called sloane/hall.
muxa11 – :
Think of any fragrance you’ve ever sniffed that was reminiscent of syrupy resins, spiced honey, Chinese traditional medicine, sweet incense, thai tea, potpourri, or mulled wine, blend them all together, distill them into a thick smoldering sap, and you have a rough approximation of Comme Des Garcons’ original EDP.
A bone dry cinnamon and clove blend gives the opening a spiciness that almost comes across savory in its strength. It totally avoids any autumnal dessert connotations with sheer power. Shortly thereafter I begin to detect soft, warm florals, mostly rose and labdanum, with a pulsing undercurrent of desiccated fruit, maybe berries. As the umami of the opening wears off, the sweetness of the honey becomes more prominent and it makes it’s way to the syrupy, golden drydown. It’s mostly honey and resins and leftover spices (mostly cinnamon, but with the opening’s edges worn off a bit), but theres still the floral edge, and a strong frankincense note that pushes it far out of gourmand territory into a more peppery, woody direction. It somehow does not become cloying despite it reaching slumberhouse-levels of critical density. The drydown will hang around for days if not scrubbed off, and as such this is probably the best CDG from a value perspective as one 50 ml bottle could easily last a few years.
At first I didn’t see the connection between this and the later direction CDG took, which I associate with post modern woody-incensey “futuristic” fragrances, but I think the more I discover within CDG EDP the more it seems to make sense. The subverting, boundary pushing spirit of the brand was certainly there from the first fragrance, but whereas the later work seems to revel in marrying the synthetic with the natural and the futuristic with the ancient, the early work was more about pushing the concept of olfactory warmth, density, and medicinalia to its absolute limit. Its also impressive how much of a conceptual leap seemed to occur between the original EDP and CDG2.
TL;DR: A deep, dense masterpiece. 10/10
rolleyday – :
Wow, this is an interesting one! When I opened the sample it was very foody, like savory foody, like Chinese curry. Very strong clove, cardamom, anise???, coriander… And I don’t mean that in a bad way — I was intrigued. Eccentric is right! Reminds me of how I can’t stop smelling my fingers after cooking Ethiopian food. The person who said “I can’t decide whether to spray it, drink it, or eat it” is right — it’s gourmand in a very weird and wonderful way.
I put some on my skin to see what notes it would bring out, and the sharpness of the spices was immediately softened. It was delightful. I mean, it could have kept smelling like Chinese curry and I still would have liked it, but on my skin it the spice smells became less like cooked food and more like bins of beautiful fresh spices. After 30-45 minutes it has dried down to a very clean kind of nag champa type smell. Like incense that hasn’t been burned yet. Longevity seems average, sillage seems above average.
This would be absolutely magical on those first cool evenings of fall. I really love it.
I’ve got three more CdG samples to try after this…there are going to be some difficult choices ahead of me…
eth210elipseskism – :
Holy mother of all that is godly, this is amazing. I know this is probably more suited for cold weather but I just applied the tiniest bit in the dead heat of Summer and I’m not regretting it one bit. Seriously, the smallest amount of this stuff goes a long way. It is STRONG and SPICY. But for whatever reason, I find the cinnamon to go nicely in the heat. It’s like my scent matches the weather, lol!
Yodat – :
“Comme des Garcons eau de parfum ”
Its starts with a thick loud blast of pepper and cinnamon deep & heavy , after the opening it gets little bit quieter and transforms into a sweeter honey comfort scent , the roses here makes it little sensitive and tone down the heavy quite bold spices but the spices still plays around with an aromatic clean Incenses and exotic boozy fruity touch as alcoholic note or maybe tropical fruity drink in the background which gives & add the different and specific urban (metro polis ) vibe to the composition .
Its very complex masterfully blended scent , I cant believe its made since 1994 and not made for 2016 !
very modern and strange constraction of the notes , avantgarde style like or dislike thing , original .unique & modern, innovated , strong character but in a positive and wearable way , I see its one of the Inspiration scents to the other niche houses and masterpiece , so I will be glad if they trying to do thing or work close to this quality and creativity work , and not to do copies with low quality or mass of craps with highly crazy prices !
Ps: suits for person who’s like something modern and distinctive , maybe suits the males better more than the females .
The best from this house and one of the best works of Mr.Boxton ، even maybe one of the best niche scents I tried in my opinion .
Avantgarde uniqueness
10/10.
vostokneft – :
Only one word can describe this amazing scent : MASTERPIECE!
pavel163 – :
So let’s see: initial blast of camphorous spices that makes you sneeze, slowly settling down into a very green geranium/cardamom peppery combo. The potion ends up warm and savory, like a honeyed black chai tea cooling down, a slice of orange in it; and then your lady friend kisses you, leaving a crimson red old school lipstick trace, rounding up the whole picture.
Sultry, cozy, and weird…
This fragrance feels very modern like how the 90’s felt modern: a twist of androginy on a classic base, aloof and sexy, a bit alt rock on the edges. I can imagine this feeling slightly feminine and artsy on a guy, masculine and gutsy on a woman…and either would care, proud of their individuality like they don’t “give a F*#&”.
“I’m a creep, I’m a weirdo…”
Hey CdG, why do you sing that with a smile?
smile666 – :
I can’t describe this scent. Im told its spicey but there are times where I catch something sweet. There is something sweet in it which makes it unable to be too old school, yet there is something classic about it. Almost like classic after shave. So hard for me to describe. Not sure if it was reformulated but the one I own is an old one from the ninties. It does not smell like it has gone bad since I just opened it a few months ago.
toxa1507 – :
Oh Comme des Garcons you beautiful, beautiful beguilers you! Now this has convinced me this house is perfect for my nose and skin. Oh the rip-roaring spices, first clove, pepper then coriander then nutmeg and cinnamon…the fiercest honey…the disguised florals peeking from behind the monster opening.This reminds me of a few big perfumes: L’Elephant, Kingdom and Mitzah. Maybe a hybrid or a scary offspring of three parents? It is bold, stomps about and also has an elegance all in the same moment. How so? Smell it and you will see the mystery of this gorgeously pungent perfume.I am in awe once again. Thanks CdG!
LEXIS – :
I have two bottles of this perfume. One is from the original French production and the other is the modern Spanish production. I love both.
French: Darker liquor. Very strong blast of spices. Cinnamon and cardamom is more pronounced. Smaller sillage and less longevity; however, this may be due to its age.
Spanish: Lighter liquor. Still strongly spicey in the opening; however, the honey is more to the forefront. In fact, the honey takes over here.
The sillage and longevity is better, but it’s not as strong as others here have indicated (any advice on how to improve this outside of lotion are appreciated). It lasts at most 6 hours on the skin, usually less.
This is my favorite of the two.
Overall, the two productions are very close, but not quite the same. I believe this may be in part the result of aging.
mardas – :
Im onto my 4th bottle. Wish it came in 100ml!
wadnwad – :
This fragrance is something special – a perfect rose hidden under tons of agressive cloves, cinnamon and other spices. I’m happy to own the old 100 ml bottle and I am familiar with the new spanish version. They have some significant differences in opening – the new version is more soft and wearable. But in both cases I smell rose on my skin. Not the best thing I have smelt, but this is kinda milestone in the art of perfumery, I think. Buxton is a genius.
KABBALA – :
Mmmm. Loving this. Somehow it makes me think of baklawa. Not that it necessarily smells like baklawa only the feeling is the same. Great quality.
agr498Negeltzex – :
This is one of my all time favourite scents. I come back to it over and over and it never disappoints. It also seems to go with anything: a cozy, wool sweater and jeans; a minimal black dress etc. That’s probably just because I feel so comfy in it – maybe it is my HG after all…
It opens pretty violently with a blast of savoury curry-ish spices; the cumin is especially ‘woah!’. But that initial explosion dissipates quickly, and what’s left is golden, honeyed spices on a bed of faint dusty rose and warm incense. The sweeter spices like clove and cinnamon make up the heart, and then that honeyed incense lingers and lingers.
This has a reputation as being huge and difficult to wear, but I think if you can get past that big opening, it’s really quite a gentle and lovely spicy oriental.
Ratuyalta – :
The honey is extremely prominent for me, and just barely avoids overwhelming the other notes, which are primarily warm spices, pepper, and some weak floral notes hanging around the very back. A sort of luscious, deep warmth that would be obnoxious if it had been paired with, say, vanilla; the bite of pepper and cinnamon is really what gives it its personality.
I feel like the ‘medicine/drug’ thing might be more literal than it sounds- it smells like an old-timey tincture for colds, maybe, something an apothecary would whip up. I like to take deep whiffs of it when I feel like I’m coming down with a cold- if any scent would cure you, this is it.
notami – :
This perfume is like a kaleidoscope. Shards of coriander, cardamom, clove, nutmeg, rose, whiskey and honey shift and shift again to make brilliant patterns, by turns luminous and dark.
partyboy2000 – :
Quite complex.
User Alfarom said “…surrounded by huge amounts of other spices” the surrounding complexity makes it very intriguing.
If you want to try something only slightly on the sweeter side, this could be good.
To me, the cinnamon isn’t quite as strong as portrayed by rest of the users here.
Maybe not as contemporary as the newer CdG fragrances. If you want something more of the moment, explore their other options. For example this scent would not have much to do with CdG PLAY styled sport attire and so on and so forth. Not a scent to wear with sneakers.
This has a little grandma-ness to it; geranium and rose are definitely in there. But also a little grandpa- clove and pepper are in there too. It’s interesting.
I think would wear well with a blend of vintage clothing and subdued basics.
vanya_verhniy – :
I love the drydown, detest the opening. Not the scent’s fault: I dislike dominant cloves and cinnamon in fragrances so… It’s a well-made, long-lasting, original and interesting frangrance, but you must like cloves and cinnamon.
maximus2200 – :
Too many spices and flavors are too heavy; try 8 88 Comme des Garcons 2, Odeur 53, Odeur 71…really good and original.
Mack3 – :
I read the notes list and a few reviews before I tried this and expected not to like it, but I actually really do!
It’s got a very spicy opening. There’s lots of cloves and cinnamon in here.
On my skin, this gradually becomes sweeter as the honey comes through and the fragrance becomes a spicy, slightly smoky honey perfume that’s actually very pleasant to me. It’s not too spicy and not too sweet.
I can imagine this being really lovely during very cold weather.
It seems like this scent could last forever too, which is always a good thing in my books.
It is a very strong and bold fragrance, so don’t spray too much of this.
It isn’t the most universally likeable scent in the world either, so I definitely suggest trying this before you buy.
This fragrance really isn’t what I expected. Judging by the notes and reviews, I expected something very spicy and medicinal. I was very surprised by how pleasant this turned on my skin.
I believe that you should always do this with fragrance, but I definitely agree with CDG’s press release that says “this has to be tested on skin”.
It seems that from other people’s responses to this scent that it does become something different on each individual wearer.
ChidahauhCema – :
Might, dirt, bizarre, edge, magnificent, magnetism and
wild sex…
You are missing the excitement of being a perfume addict if you
have not at least sample and wear this CDG.
Do you possess some characteristics of being brave,
assertive, carnal and wise? This guys is the dragon’s
breath of fire. This is the Atlas of the gods.
This is for perfume addicts who likes Kinski perfume.
noseynose – :
Attention carnation lovers: do yourself a favor and buy this. Seriously, Fragrantica has done you a disservice by not listing carnation in the note pyramid for this fragrance.
When I first tried CDG, I thought “cloves?” but no, it wasn’t cloves. Certainly very clove-like and yes, maybe some actual cloves but this was more bitter, more floral. Duh. What’s a flower that smells like cloves? Carnation. To be honest, I strongly disliked carnation for a very long time. It’s still not my most favorite note, but after sampling a wide variety of carnation heavy fragrances I’ve come to realize they are not all L’Air du Temps.
What I like about CDG is the bitterness. The honey and hay remind me of bitter tea. The spices are woody and assertive. The rose is very far from your typical Oriental rose as well. It’s cold and somewhat metallic. Sort of similar to the rose you find in Juliette Has a Gun offerings.
Although I’m the type to prefer modest projection, I actually tend to apply more than the average amount of this fragrance as I seem to prefer it’s sillage to it’s skin scent. BEAST MODE, as the fragrance bros say. A*Men for the fragrance elitist.
gnom8000 – :
The worst opening ever created! The initial blast is overloaded with cloves and a bunch of other spices. This lasts about 30-45 mins and then it dries down to a nice cinnamon and slightly spice tolerant delight. I get lots f carnation and geranium. The cloves was just too much for me as I had to sell my blind bought bottle. Longevity is about 6-8 hours while sillage die down to average after about an hour.
ViagraClasic – :
I smelt this on someone today and thought it was Antaeus based on a really strong castoreum vibe. I asked and was told it was this. I was relieved because if Antaeus smelt like this did I would stop wearing it.
I find it has a strange sweet faecal smell, not a fan.
414 – :
I have not tried tthis perfume b4,,, iam looking for a perfume with a strong “burnt” cinnamon smell to it.. iv originally smelled it on men but wondered if it could be for the ladies too…. any ideas as to which perfume/scent this could be????
ram200elipseskism – :
I like this… when I like this. It has huge character and lasts forever. Sometimes I love it and can’t stop smelling it on my wrist, and wearing it is an enjoyable activity and not just a passive application of scent. Last time I wore it though, I woke up with it still on and felt sick, I found it too weird and cloying, I had to wash it off to fall back asleep. I do like it though. To me it smells comforting and Christmasy, like a warm robust traditional family holiday, just with edginess and artsiness and weird. Like if Wes Anderson directed a film about a quirky family’s emotionally dense and conflicted holiday gathering,and that film had a scent,that scent would be this. If that makes any sense. Lots of warmth and Christmas charm in this. Just… very weird.
And lasts FOREVER. BE CAREFUL. I have offended people wearing this, it’s no office perfume. It is the scent that got me interested in perfume though, so I would recommend it to anyone wanting a more gripping experience with fragrances.
kornel010203 – :
This reminds me of an old school type of fragrance and unique in its composition from what you may expect from a fragrance nowadays. It’s sweet and medicinal so it’s not for everyone. The price is goes for is extravagant but perhaps for some people the exclusivity factor may be worth it. I’ve grown to like it but definitely try before you buy.
Xeroxfgkve – :
Comme des Garcons EDP is, in my opinion, the perfect spicy rose. The opening is toxic, but don’t let that frighten you. After the initial lung-burning onslaught of cloves, pepper, cardamom, and cinnamon, the fragrance reaches an intriguing equilibrium in which the honeyed-rose becomes noticeable yet wrapped in restraints and tossed screaming in a corner.
I have a tough time with rose, but CdG will definitely make it into my weekly rotation.
4.5/5
SoxPoosseNomo – :
No doubt fashionably late, but I’ve finally delved into the world of Comme des Garcons! After sniffing a couple of other fragrances and really liking them, I had to get ahold of as many as possible.
I have to say, I see why this fragrance house has almost a cult like following. The fragrances are so unique, edgy and non-comformist, more an experience than simply a scent.
This one had to have been bold and outrageous when it came out in the mid-nineties. It still is actually, but balanced and kind of elegant too.
It’s spicy, warm and alluring, with a nice incense base.
Unlike other incense fragrances, this wears close to the skin and has a subtle sweetness to it, without that burnt smokey tinge.
Very nice indeed!
alekc53 – :
Awesome fragrance.
Very strong, bold, fearless and vanguard smell.
Powerful spices with a very medicinal way.
Not for everybody… Not for kids…
Longevity is more than 8 hours on me and sillage is too strong.
scent: 9/10
longevity: 9/10
sillage: 9/10
UPDATE:
The dry down is much better than the opening (maybe too strong).Be patient and stay 1 hour to apreciate the best side of this Masterpiece.
A MUST HAVE!!!
hostingfai – :
In the island of Bali the air itself seems to be magically perfumed with flowers, spices and the lingering incence smoke from the daily offerings to gods. I visited a clove oil factory in the nothern part of yhe island, located in the middle of scenic rice paddies, lush hills and ravines planted with trees ripe with fruit and spices and that is the scene I return to when I smell this perfume. Moist, hot air enveloping me, glueing my loose cotton shirt to my back. Tanned, wiry men of different ages with sweat glistening on their mostly bare skin, shyly explaining the workings of their clove oil furnace with mostly hand gestures but always with a smile on their faces and in the background the velvety, burningly red hot peppery smell of clove leaves being cooked and burned to separate the oil.
I love this perfume. It’s so hot it burns by sinuses every time I breathe it in and it’s perfect for cold weather when I want to imagine myself back in the tropics. It’s smotheringly, scorchingly hot but so beautiful. Not for the faint of heart.
fursenkos – :
to me, it smells like christmas, like candle of sweet spicy or this typical sweet bread germans prepares for christmas, a really rich smell, so winterish, the right one for a very cold, grey and cloudly day,never use it on a sunny summerday
Barbados – :
I was a bit anxious to try this one and somehow I’m glad that I have. I now know this fragrance is NOT for me, at all! The opening is very strong, but it softened, as mentioned by others. But I just can’t get passed the strong medicinal smell. The cinnamon is strong in the opening, along with the cloves and nutmeg. After that I get a very strong honey vibe, but not in a sweet way, more like cough syrup. I washed it off after half an hour, I gave up on liking this.
I can understand it was a “different” perfume in 1994. It’s still different now, but we are used to a lot more different kinds of perfume so we are less surprised now than 20 years ago. It is still different though and it will not be for everybody. It’s not an everyday scent, but I could see people wearing it. It’s not weird, it’s just very strong and it has a very big love or hate factor.
nomemega – :
If Eau D’ Hermes is the “stinky” Hermes, then Comme des Garcons is the “stinky” CdG. The smell of sweaty sex. It reminds me of Eau D’ Hermes, without the harsh notes. Warm, smooth, sensual, spicy, a bit repulsive… yet I cannot stop sniffing it. Definitely unique; not necessarily pleasant. 8/10
qwe23 – :
Comme des Garcons
I feel basically 3 notes: Honey, cinnamon and cloves. Very medicinal, these top notes reminded me quite cough syrup, those containing honey and propolis. The Sillage is good and the projection in the early hours too, is a potent scent and with an abstract concept, from what I read in the slogan “works as a medicine and behaves like a drug.”
Have an opening rough-spicy, it’s hot, yes, but also slightly
and strongly bitter medicinal vibe- smells like a balm. Unusual.
Andrymen – :
It is so hard to write a review for this if I have to go through all the notes I smell. Pretty much like the Amouages with masses of notes all shining through. So basically yes, I agree with all the listed notes.
To the important part. Is this a good perfume? No. It’s an AMAZING perfume! It smells like nothing else and I think I can safely say that after how my nose has been devouring all sorts of scents. If you are looking for a heavy hitting incense/spicy/woodsy scent, this is the real deal. Sillage and longevity are very decent, two sprays is enough to ensure a cloud of this wafts around you and it lasts the entire day. Some people may find this a bit cloying in hot muggy weather (but that’s all I ever get here in the tropics lol) and may find it more wearable in colder temperatures. For me because of the sweetness from the cinnamon and slight honeyed texture, I find it slightly more feminine than unisex but on the right guy with the right attitude, hmm this would definitely be yummy! Not a safe blind buy considering it’s heavy and its notes make up a wild mix but for those looking to steer away from amiable scents, this is a great trip!
CTAHDAPT – :
This one is the perfect example of “Don’t be misled by the opening if you test it.”
The fact is I don’t really dislike the opening, I actually like the smell, but I find it weird to wear pure cinnamon, but that’s my personal opinion. I mean that’s weird for me to smell something that you usually eat ! (exception for coffea, chocolate and vanilla, which are usual so it doesn’t shock so much)
So, I was going to catalog it on my dislikes. But, because there’s one, the drydrown is way more complex, surprising and original.
The cinnamon stays throughout the life of the perfume on your skin, but less present, less agressive. And this one is for me a REALLY 3 sides perfume.
Top > Cinnamon, and cinnamon with cinnamon. And a very light “medicine” combo (cloves and cardamom) … almost undectable. The main defect of the composition… Cinnamon is way too strong at the beginning !
Heart > Becomes interesting. Cinnamon less sharp, delicate flowers appears, making a clean break, resulting an oriental/floral side, both soft and spiced, unexpected and make it very unisex.
Bottom > The true originality and interest of this marvel. “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is so true with this one. Cinnamon, again, but on a background this time, on a sweety way this time, thanks to the honey. The flowers still here, leading the way now ! (To my nose, rose and geranium first, despite the small number on votes) Accompagnied with the cyprus incense, hallmark of the brand.
Voila, a very deep, complex and extremely-built perfume, a masterpiece that should not be smelled in a hurry. You have to take your time to discover what this perfume really is ! Don’t be fooled by the cover, smell the perfume as if you read a story crescendo.
I really don’t know if the bad opening (imo) is a default or a quality… Because thanks to it, the surprise is much more bigger after. But well, the opening could daunting one. (As it was almost the case for me)
dingunics – :
استفاده این عطر با “تام فورد اکستریم” یا ” کرد رویال عود+بنگ” واقعا عالی میشه….از اون تریپای مردونه ی مایه داریا….نه مثل “کلیو کریستین گُلد” که انگار عطر عرب جیگیلیا رو زدی به خودت
kitenok2310 – :
I have been wearing this scent all day and have re-sprayed once to be sure I was getting the full experience of the original Comme des Garcons. At first sniff I was in love, I was sniffing my arm madly because it was such a different scent. Then about 3 hours in it smelled like Christmas and I felt this was not masterpiece material after all. Then following the second spray, the scent gave me 2 coughing fits and for a while I found the scent to be a rather repulsive clove bomb. I think I am finally ready to sort this out after a full day’s wearing and a full range of emotions and physical reactions.
This is definitely a scent to be reckoned with since it seems to have started the whole spicy, incensy unisex perfume craze that is still going on 9 years later. It was definitely a lightning rod for perfumers and for the industry.
While I like spice I feel Comme des Garcons original is too much of a good thing. Wearing it, I feel like I have been dropped into a jar of whole cloves and while I am madly trying to fight my way out before I suffocate, someone grates fresh nutmeg on my head and adds a few pinches of coriander for good measure. The rose and geranium just make it seem more prickly and spicy and unbalanced.
Lack of balance seems to be what I find most in this scent. It is so spice heavy there is no bergamot or amber, hardly any discernible woods, no oakmoss, no white flowers, nothing to tone down the overt stridency of the spices. Every time I sniff my wrist now, 3 hours after the second spray and 9 hours afer the first spray, I smell Christmas ham with whole cloves stuck all over it and a bit of honey drizzled on, cooking in the oven. This is joined by the smell of the roses someone has brought for the Christmas table. It teeters between intriguing, could be beautiful, and rather repulsive. This scent is on the knife edge between a beauty and a beast. I’m still not sure which it is. The only way I can wear this will be to layer it with a heavy amber that does not have a lot of heavy spice notes in it or maybe layer with a light floral. If I have any success with either I will update my review accordingly.
dimokkka24 – :
Ohhhhh, lovely. Cardamom, nutmeg and pepper with coriandre are solois