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Nenar – :
Fun and weird, but wearable. Lots of fizzy, zinging aldehydes and a strong violet note. This is combined with an odd (myrrh?), dry, ground stone/mortar accord, a touch of indolic heliotrope/jasmine, and even a bit of a metal-tinged nitrile/iodine blood-bilge note!
eeemmmbbbooo – :
I’m not usually a fan of “clean”, close to the skin scents, but Stephen Jones is the most interesting example of that category I have ever smelled.
Opens with a sharp, slightly synthetic metallic note, like a spotlessly clean stainless steel counter in a hyper modernist home.
I smell clove in the middle section, but it is a very dry version, not the big spicy warm version more typically used in perfume. This is the ghost trail of a single clove left behind in a glass spice jar, more the suggestion of the scent than the scent itself.
The drydown an extremely green violet, fresh and sharp, like a robot attempting to send a Valentine.
This stays very close to the skin and does not project, but I did catch very subtle whiffs throughout the day.
This could easily be worn by either gender and would be a great choice for those who hate big clouds of fragrance, but still want something subtle and well crafted.
Not an everyday thing as far as my own personal tastes go, but a gorgeous, interesting fragrance just the same.
jenek7006 – :
Every Comme des Garcons fragrance that I purchased, began with love at first smell in some store or other over the years. The ones that I love all have a strong concept, solidly executed, and obviously very different from anything else in existence from sniff #1. This one is all about giving violets an alien, ethereal quality and mixing antiquity with futurism. The meteorite, or whatever combination of aroma chemicals they decided to call meteorite, lends the somber purple flowers a strange mineral quality that immediately alerts your brain we are in synthetic territory and that these are not your great great grandma’s violets. To me, this is the world where these violets come from: A black nightsky over a purple dusty lunarscape, clusters of violet flowers glowing purple/blue in the dark. Victorian machinery as spacecraft has landed and out comes Stephen Jones in full Edwardian drag, tophat and a black batflower in his lapel. The drydown smells EXACTLY like original formula Gain dish detergent and everytime I wash dishes with it I think about how awesome it is to wash dishes with Stephen Jones for Comme Des Garcons dish detergent. I wear this alot in the spring and summer when I crave something cool and clean. It performs better than many CDG frags and I get many compliments.
andreyxa – :
A touch powdery yet so sharp it cuts the skin. Great for men and women.
inene – :
I was very excited to try this (as I usually am with all CDGs) so i ordered a sample as soon as I had the money. After it arrived I tried it on the back of my hand and wasnt too impressed. It opens with a strong blast of violet and clove…too much clove. At first it reminded me of a noxious hairspray that my sister used when I was a kid (guess thats fitting for a milliner!). It eventually softened to slightly softer violet and clove. I decided it was too chemical and effeminate and gifted my sample to my girlfriend who had taken quite a liking to violet. A few weeks later my S/O and I went out on a date and she smelled absolutely amazing. It was a swirl of soft purple florals with a strong yet transparent spiciness. I asked, excitedly; “what is that?!” When she told me it was Stephen Jones I was stunned. Gone was the angular hairspray and sharp clove and what replaced it was a beautiful, slightly austere, mysterious but effeminate blend that suited her very nicely. It lasted all throughout the night and I could smell it from the other side of the table. This is an amazing scent, but I wouldn’t wear it. On me, it hums, on her it sings!
8/10
Pauli48Lip – :
I thought I had smelled the ultimate violet with Armani’s Amethyst Cuir. Nope! This one, whilst not in the same vein is beautiful. It also smells tragic. What I mean is it is a very sombre fragrance. It is more sombre or melancholy than L’Heure Bleue. I think this is the ultimate black hat, hearse and coffin affair – funeral scent. It is earthy, dense, medicinal. I love violet and clove notes. This somehow makes them blend and become an exquisite aroma. I can see how this was made for a milliner therefore, black hat, smart tailoring…this is the darkest violet I have smelled! The cloves, which I love give it a smoky vibe. Transparent smoky violet, wonderful…
Leokem – :
This is possibly one of the best smells in the world (to me of course). There is the obvious violet, but to say what else I smell would be lying and just making stuff up. This is wonderful by any means. Second best violet I own next to Prada Violette.
val5905 – :
I loved Stephen Jones perfume from the first time i smelled it! It is the best violet fragrance i have ever smelled. Elegant and delicate but the most appropriate word i would use to describe it is magical. I feel like Alice in the Wonderland when i use Stephen Jones 🙂
wasgen – :
If you don’t know who Stephen Jones is, and need, as I did, to Google him, the results are quite startling.
Stephen Jones, Executive Vice President and COO for the Dallas Cowboys (American) football team. No.
Stephen Jones, English editor of horror anthologies. Intriguing, but no.
Stephen Jones, “leading British milliner based in London, who is considered one of the world’s most radical and important milliners.” Gotcha!
Americans have some difficulty with the idea of “important milliners,” as the social significance of the hat has long since gone the way of the dodo over here. And, having looked at his website, it is still not clear to me if Mr. Jones makes men’s hats or not, aside from a “capsule collection.” Maybe he doesn’t, and this perfume is his way of expressing what he would make if he did.
For one glorious moment when I first put on SJ, I got a burst of gasoline rose that reinforced my already passionate gratitude to Comme des Garçons for making perfumes. A gnarled, fermented rose, tinged with vetiver, carnation, a scratchy hardwood. It spent several hours being dark and salty and gloriously leathery before I smelled the cloves, like a leather homburg with cloves meticulously sewn over its hatband, forming a pattern of starbursts.
I would hate any smell to do with a football player-am quite taken by the potential of a horror story perfume-and love, love this milliner’s namesake.
inhimegymnbic – :
Absolutely in love with this beautiful Comme des Garçons fragrance collaboration with milliner mastermind Stephen Jones.
As weird as it may sound, this really does feel/smell like Stephen Jones in a bottle.
It feels dark, charming, stylish, and slightly victorian (if that makes sense). This suits both sexes, it is one of those fragrances that seems to suit a personality and sense of style more so than that of gender.
If you like aldehydes and violet chances are you will fall head over heels in love with this one too. It is rather odd but thats the charm behind it. It has a great longevity and silage, although in saying that it isn’t suffocating which is often hard to get with strong fragrances, I get lots of compliments when I wear this one.
Someone referenced Alice in Wonderland when describing this perfume to me and I could not agree more, it feels like something the fabulous Mad Hatter would wear if he wore fragrance. It is elegant, regal but at the same time completely eccentric, but ALWAYS remaining tasteful.
I have nothing but brilliant things to say about this one.
10/10 for me.
My favourite fragrance from the Comme des Garcons range.
LokiLegioner – :
I don’t like the smell of it. To me SJ smells synthetic-soapy-fruity. I am fully aware that most ‘natural’ smelling fragrances nowadays are made from synthetics, but this one doesn’t try to hide the synthetic smell, and with an initial blast of aldehydes it becomes too much and nauseating for me.
Adminaleks – :
To say the VIOLENT violet in this with a capital V is distinctive would be the understatement of the century! It brings me back to my childhood when I used to scoff those little rolls of parma violet sweeties by the bucket load! And as much as I have fond memories attached to the scent of violet I don’t care to smell of it this much!
I really think STEPHENIE Jones would be a preferential name for this one!
It’s uber fem and perhaps more appropriate for an older lady.. An older accomplished lady with a sense of quirk & artistry… Or maybe just a bohemian soul. This one is not for me.
pipihta – :
I’m surprised aldehydes aren’t listed here, because this scent really plunges through the nasal canal with the characteristic power of an aldehyde-driven perfume.
And yet, it’s not offensively pungent or soapy, but rather clear, brusque and enlivening. The violet is immediately upfront, yet it doesn’t have the choking, cough-syrup quality that can be experienced in Terry Gunzburg’s gag-inducing violet nightmare “Ombre Mercure”.
“Stephen Jones” smells cool and clean, with a spacious air, as if the ingredients had been powdered and laid out in a pristine, white laboratory. Very modern, very chic.
One other interesting aspect is that when I smell this perfume, I can smell other scents better. It’s like a palette-cleansing sorbet offered in a posh restaurant, but for the nose.
logvowa2000 – :
Intriguing. Have been curious about this since I first read about it. Had the chance of testing it the other day. Not your ordinary violet perfume. But I don´t care for that plasticky note that I detect in it.
sas_21 – :
Needs another review, lasts all day!!, I sprayed this @around 8:30 this morning, it is now 12 midnight && I can still smell it easily, Pure Magic! I adore this perfume, layer it with my Burberry Touch && I’m in sheer heaven! xoxo 😀
Set_07 – :
I like it sooo much .I hope i will buy it soon.I dont detect any violet.On me is all about very strong rose with clves.I smell very peppery note ,but it cames from the cloves.Very thick and strong aroma.I am not sure about the longivity though.On me is not so long lasting
togir-mogir – :
My absolute favourite & my signature scent.
Apart from the bottle & packaging being amazing – a black hat box with a black net veil wrapped around a black ink type bottle – this fragrance is like nothing else I have ever smelt.
I believe it is my first encounter with violets that I enjoy. Its modern, deep & yet somehow uplifting. It manages to have a fresh feel while being incredibly deep & sexy. Its a juxtaposition!
A blend which doesn’t particularly separate out, cloves making it spicy and amber grounding it gently.
I am not sure my review is making sense as it is such a difficult fragrance to describe.
Its very unusual & FABULOUS!
Sillage & longevity excellent
zztop.morozov – :
I got this for x-mas!! uh I love it so much!! I laugh @ the people who dislike this how can you possibly dislike a truly unique perfume with monster sillage && longevity, anyone hating on this perfume is probably b/c they can’t afford it, or don’t wanna pay that much for only 55ml. the scent is wonderful, the bottle is simplistically beautiful && captures the scent well && it lasts, don’t pay attention to all the negative reviews if you noticed the like && love bar are longer then the dislike. My advice just ask for it for x-mas like me! I waited a whole year to get this && it was well worth the wait! 😀
dmcreddog – :
I want to make a correction ….
Stephen Jones is sold at Tobi.com for 150.00
not $75.00 as mentioned
Luckyscent.com has it also …….175.00 a bottle
виталя81 – :
I think this smells more Victorian than modern but I can see it becoming someone’s favorite contemporary scent.
A crisp, beautiful, cool purple perfume. Vetiver and clove give a woodsyness that is more like an herbal digestif than a forest. Purple green violets are frosty and perfumey.
A wonderful perfume that smells like a Siberian ice princess or a very sophisticated violet based cocktail.
Also, distinctly reminds me of the smell of the inside pockets of evening bags my grandmother collected in a cederlined closets
monster c.s.1.6=) – :
Just ordered 2 samples from Luckyscent, o god I hope I don’t fall in love with it haha if so that’ll be a big splurge that stuff ain’t cheap on there && beings I can’t find it anywhere else there my best bet, o god I can’t wait now, this sounds so up my alley! I’ll leave an update if I likey! ^_^
UPDATE:(2-22-12) YESSSS I LOVE IT! && NOW I WANT IT!! 😀 but to expensive for my blood atm. so gonna wait end of summer that way I’ll have it for the new winter. 🙂
maxcrow24 – :
My sample came from Luckyscent today, and while it’s not offensive, I’m not picking up on all the hype either. To me, it smells like I came from getting my hair done; clean, but hairspray like. Meh.
Edit: This does have incredible staying power, can still smell it 9 hours later. I was told it smells soapy and clean, but not sexy.
Figured it out. It smells very similar to L’Oreal Studio Line hair products.
Swiftteam – :
GORGEOUS fragrance. Elegant and modern. The packaging: a lovely black bottle wrapped in black netting in a chic, little hat box. LOVE.
пацан – :
Gorgeous woody violets. Yes! I have been searching for this fragrance for some time.
A dark and cold violet, slightly metallic but woody, too. This is so beautiful…I would call it “haunting” definitely.
I’ve only just tested it but it is love so far. Will update later after proper testing. Right now, I think I need to be alone with this.
pantera555 – :
Im loving the reviews for this , sounds so unusual , and as a VIOLET and MODERN scent its a must try!!!
I dont suppose anyone has got a decant for swops have they ?? 🙂
dmitriy.sysuev – :
A blast of carnation and violet. There is also a woody note from the guaiac. its a nice scent to smell.The violet gives the scent its sweetnes while the carnation gives it a sharp edge.
I compare it with the scent of John Galliano but more spicy then that.
толя кру – :
Mmm… not a fan, sorry to say. I’ve given it a few outings, mainly because I respect the work of M. Maisondieu. It’s a mainly floral scent, but with a persistent harsh undercurrent of.. something.. not sure what, but I don’t find it particularly engaging.
TobSheannacah – :
A challenging “clean-perfume”! Sounds impossible? Try and see. This composition made by CDG for Stephen Jones is litterally a BLAST of floral cleanness. Just try to think for a minute about a pushed to the (very) limit version of White Linen on steroids and add a considerable dose of incense, woody notes, violet, cloves. A breathtaking experience and one of the weirdest scents around. Absolutely compelling!
Rating: 8.5-9/10
Matvealeksandr – :
An intriguing fragrance to say the least. I’m certain that anything with a marketing description of ‘violets that have been hit by meteorites’ would have anyone rushing out to get themselves a sample.
This fragrance, while strange, is not so futuristic in my opinion. It’s more like violets with an attitude, being ever so edgy, dark and violent. I also feel that Stephen Jones falls under a gothic category.
Stephen Jones makes me fall in love with it the same way one would fall in love with Dior’s Poison. That potent richness is strangely appealing, like something you’d expect to find, covered in dust, hidden away from the light in Count Dracula’s basement.
It has a lot of character, but it’s also a dark, Wintery scent, which will appeal to those that like anything ever so slightly depressing during the colder months.
The notes in this composition are not bright nor feminine. There is an obvious dark component added to each accord, with red rose, sharp violets, indolic jasmine, rich cloves and resinous amber keeping this fragrance from becoming a typical, tea party type scent.
The lasting power is exceptionally good, as is the sillage which could possibly knock someone out cold. I’ve come to the conclusion that I really like this fragrance, however I’m a little afraid to wear it in case someone might mistake me for a vampire.
tykarat – :
On me this scent is a very fresh almost powdery scent. It opens very sweet for me you can definitely smell the violet in there and as it starts to dry down I could smell the spicyness infused into the floral notes. It’s a clean scent I could see myself wearing as a day scent maybe.
Altelfhek – :
This stuff is GODLY. Oh my god I LOVE it! So crisp and harsh – works so well with my chemistry. It’s not unisex on me at all, very distinctly feminine instead.
But still it’s hard and extreme and ‘pointy’ hehe 😀
lcharkin – :
This started out w/ a sharp sour smell on me and progressed to a dirty/clean soapy inscence smell-then I just sort of got an impression of an old Catholic church w/ decades of worn in dirt and ghostly offal from the inscence censures-too much for l’il old me but great for someone more gothy,or exotic but finally in the end, it smelled just like Revlon Charlie
kulibin – :
Do you like your violet fragrances sweet, powdery and maybe even old-fashioned? Then I guess you should stay away from Stephen Jones. Do you like modern, even futuristic perfumes? Oh, then Stephen Jones can be the one you looking for. It is a beautiful, cold, metallic, advanced and challenging violet fragrance. It is actually putting up a fight against Frederic Malle´s Dans Tes Bras, they are both wonderfully made masterpieces. But they have the violet note in common but not much else. Stephen Jones is cold and uplifting like mineralwater with violet taste. Like just picked tiny little absolutly beautiful violet on a metalplate in a sterile, absolutly modern labaratory, the staff in white robes are about to dissect them. Stephen Jones is refreshing, cold and will not come to you, you will have to hunt it gentle, while remember what a delicate flower violets are… Ssssh, be careful if you like to catch the magic in the fragrance of Stephen Jones. I compare it with Dans Tes Bras, but even if they both are far away from powdery, almost candied sweetness of some violet perfumes, they are very different. Like nature against science, forrest against shiny metal desks…
I guess it is a question of personlity (and skinchemistry as usual) wich one you prefer, I find Stephen Jones easier to wear but I actually like Dans Tes Bras better, it is warmer and for me warmth always wins over cold. Well, anyway I think I love Stephen Jones sort of. I consider it a must try, but don´t expect to be seen as a warm and caring person while you have it on.