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managerx – :
Collaborations in which the respective collaborating or commissioning entities are also working with some sort of product that contains an olfactory component are challenging. Comparisons with the collaborators own products and expertise are readily at hand. In the last decade two of such endeavours stuck out to me, Hermès’ Epice Marine (had all the chances to be special – everyone who visited Roellingers spice shop or recipes would imagine – alas it turned into a non-daring, Declaration version, the 15th …) and as the other, a few years earlier, this set up between the Finnish furniture experts Artek and Comme des Garçons Parfums, which to me nailed it. A superb constellation of a very realistic wood workshop feels with a good dose of synthetic undescriptifness, which Comme celebrated best with their Odeurs since the late 90’s. Along with Luten’s lovely Chêne, Standard sits still on the top of wood-perfumes-done-differently, miles above a lot of log centred releases that appeared over the years – even including the brands own Hinoki or Sugi. Standard seems to be a perfected synthesis of many of Comme’s tropes over the years, namely synthetic stuff and woods and that mixed with the imaginary Artek materials. The fact that it sits in a shrunken Odeurs bottle also makes much sense. Highest recommendation, particularly for colder days, in colder climates, cosy as much as alienating!
Maters – :
You have to have swag to pull this one off. You have to have that kind of classic street style thing somewhat going on
krebs83 – :
This is a good one for a guy who typically wears snapbacks, hipster glasses, a hoodie, and classic basketball sneaks. Probably has tattoos too. Very laid back, casual, hip, and metropolitan
STROY72 – :
The very eclectic CDG’s take on the modern citrus musk (and a collaboration with design house ‘artek’) offers two Scandinavian ingredients that are unique to this class of perfumes – Finnish Labrador Tea and Linnaea borealis blossom in addition to the usual notes of ginger, lemon, dill, musk, saffron and cedar. The result is a light radiant beauty which is still very edgy and unique. This is a safe scent that can be easily worn around anyone and by either genders. Sillage and projection like most of the CDGs is moderate. This is yet another winner from the house that is at the cutting edge of modern perfumery art with very eclectic, contemporary, and abstract offerings. Very nice!
nailaga – :
Lemony (lemon cleaner-NOT an edible lemon), very woody……think along the lines of a brand new No. 2 cedar pencil…..clean musk, metallic, laundry-like fresh, and astringent/sharp! There is something so sterile yet so attractive about this scent that I can literally wear it every day. I never noticed “dill” until I looked at the notes…and sure enough, it’s there. No, you won’t smell like a pickle. Somehow it all works. Avante Garde at its finest. Huge fan of this house! Get your nose on it.
kolbasa2000 – :
Smells very similar to SERGE LUTENS
Laine De Verre EDP
Like a freshly pressed sheet. Breezy and fresh. A bit cold. Don’t know what else to say about it really. Hang on, I’ve got it. .
An early winter morning in London when the sun is shining, but it’s still cold as fuck.
kvostya – :
balsamic green and enjoyable but low staying power! Such a shame
lena-pogorelaya – :
Pine wood in a IKEA store. This fragrance evokes the pine and spruce wood of the taiga or nordic countries. Dry, crisp, woody with perhaps a bit of lime and ginger to round it off. Excellent, and unique.
I think it leans towards the masculine side, and lasting power is average.
alspar – :
Standard from CDG is like walking into a lumber yard in which dried lemon peel would be hanging from the ceiling! It is fresh, dry, biting and woody. Woody in a sawdust or wood chips kind of way.
Many seems to discover a synthetic note in the opening, but I would go for a metallic note. Like metal or iron in cold winter, which is not at all unpleasant but… a little challenging I admit. Standard is an experience in itself, and once our nose have understood the concept of it, it is very nice indeed. In fact, more than nice. For me, Standard goes hand in hand with a cold winter’s day. Its tart & biting aspects, sometimes, makes me think of a lemony incense.
In a few words… wood, metal, lemon peel.
zvolka – :
Clean and crisp but the opening is very synthetic, almost chemical on my skin. Almost gave me a headache.
Got better after one hour when the cedar notes took over.
sr150 – :
All about rosemary on me. Rosemary on sunny day at some catholic church. Makes me feel calm (maybe too much?) but I think it’s more masculine than feminine.
mafioti – :
Interesting, musky, woody-citrusy fragrance. CdG knows how to put a twist on a fragrance. The twist here – ginger and fennel notes. I, personally, just don’t care for fennel or watercress, it spoils the fragrance for me.
Not my favorite CdG’s but definitely worth checking it out.
inomiranin1989 – :
I was looking for a clean dry woody scent at Barneys today. I was kinda tired of my go-to notes like sandalwood, patchouli and white flowers. I tried a lot of woody scents but they were either balmy or sweet or creamy or fresh. When I was about to give up I found Standard! and I bought it immediately.
It smells so different! like burnt pencil and rusted metal. It’s a well-balanced contradiction of warm and cold, sweet and bitter,wet and dry, clean and dirty, natural and synthetic. But the lasting power is quite weak and it stays very close to the skin.
liverbull – :
If you love cedar, “Standart” is the perfume you should try. The very masculine creation is perfectly suited for most occasions, but due to strong freshness of citrus and ginger “Standart” will suit warm weather much better.
The quality is outstanding. Even though I did not get any tea I hoped for so much, I was pleasantly surprised by the complexity of this scent, cedar usually develops terribly on me, but “Standart” was a good exception.
Longevity is excellent, more than 7 hours. For this type of scent I consider this a job well done by Comme des Garcons. Do hunt down a sample if you love cedar.
fklljsjldrltylyoxa – :
I’m finding it difficult to describe how this smells/feels like, but I’ll try because it’s such a cool fragrance; To me it evokes images of a cottage in a birch forest in hot (i.e. scandinavia-hot, not tooooo hot) summer. I think it reminds me somewhat of how stained wood smells when heated by the sun – a kind of incense-y smell. It suits the idea of a finnish furniture company well indeed. It’s so well blended, so I’m finding it difficult to separate the individual notes. I most definately can’t smell the dill (which is a herb I really don’t like the taste of), but over all it’s a woody, musky spicy scent. Not so green in my opinion, more yellow (?) if that makes any sense. I think it’s an awesome scent, and love smelling it, even though I’m not sure I would like to smell like this myself. Not because it’s too masculine, it’s most definately unisex, I just don’t think it suits me. A masterpiece anyway, like so many others scents from CdG, and I like that they named such an unusual scent “Standard”.
shsv_07 – :
I was really hoping to smell the labrador tea in this one… I ADORE the scent of Labrador Tea and would love to have a perfume just like it. But this one isn’t it… On me Standard is harsh and soapy, lemon-ginger-musk on a bed of softer cedar…
Андрей 111 – :
So, on the opening i get some citrousy tea + ginger. In few minutes some kind of rusty metall note appears…
Then, a dry woody accord comes up with the cedar.
It is really good, different as some comme des garçons perfumes, but this one is easy to like.
Good longevity. I would recomend.
Also, it evoques the idea of decoration/architecture, as Artek is a finnish furniture brand!
Masterpiece… Different from any other scent
Virpinek – :
I can smell a lot of lemon for at least an hour, then it turn into a nice woody musky scent with a tea base. Not a fan on the opening, especially on my skin, but I quite like the heart.
Intablyaloppy – :
Commes des Garçons deserves my praise as a maison. They are always making audacious scents looking more into the concept of abstraction into their fragrances instead of marketing with safe fragrances and with Standard this is no different.
Here the maison strikes again where from a partnership with a Finland furniture company called Artek emerged one of the best creations I have smelled in a long time. Christian Astuguevieille and Olivier Pescheux created the personification of wood furniture in a perfect way.
Picture a small furniture workshop in a very traditional way and you will figure this fragrance out since it smells exactly like this. A work of art. Not for everyone, not for the average joe’s nose. This is a well crafted gem that only a small niche of the market will realize the beauty it contains. Masterpiece, just masterpiece.
trckr62 – :
Dominant note for me is Japanese hinoki (cedar/cypress wood), and on that score it is better and clearer than the actual CdG/Monocle “Hinoki” fragrance, which is too confused for my liking. I like this scent a lot, even if it doesn’t remind me at all of Finland. My only disappointment is that it is rather short-lived.
TaTaPuH_3D – :
Smart scent, I totally love it! Original without beeing too odd. If you’re into sharp/austere cedarwood and spicy (desweetened) ginger/lemon concoctions, you’ll probsbly dig this. It has the overall minimalistic incensey vibe of many Comme Des Garcons. Someone could argue saying it smells like pencil-shaving, but hey….this is the best “pencil shaving” fragrance on the market. A very wearable, discreet yet charismatic fragrance for the laidback personality guys! My only disappointment is the lasting power (no more than 3-5 hours). GDG is confirmed to be amongst the best modern/avanguardist perfumes outfit.
Rating: 7/10
JerbSmemi – :
Perfumer: Christina Astuguevieille.
Notes of lemon, labrador tea, twinflower, metal note, rust, fennel, watercress, ginger, saffron, dill, musk and cedarwood.
The unisex fragrance was created in line with Artek studio’s brief on combining synthetic and natural elements.
My first thought on smelling “Standard” was: a mix of “CDG Incense line” with “Hinoki” and then some deja vús of “CDG Synthetic series”.
“Standard” opens airy, slightly aquatic and synthetic with lemon and a herbal, metallic atmosphere with a smoky mostly incenseish tea plus a dry herbal finish that easily could remind you to a cammomile flower and conifer scents.
The juice develops mostly clean, raw woody with cedar while the watercress and the gorgeous twinflower notes melt into each other bringing a delicious clean, floral blast, that will play around in the whole life of the perfume.
I get some fennel and lovely ginger accent.
The dry down is soft and posses a smooth finish; a dry, slightly floral, slightly green-incense-velvety pleasant scent.
I like it very much. A lot.
Ideal for a quiet, calm day: you staring indoors through a window, coily, feeling nice and warm while the world goes by.
Again, CDG show us that It remains as the King regarding to scents based in a fantastic balance between natural and artificial components.
Lasting power is reasonable, (no more than 5 hours) while it develops into a quiet skin fragrance.