Comme des Garçons Parfum (1994)
by Comme des Garçons

Comme Des Garcons EDP aka CDG "Original" is where everything started. The first relevant fragrance from this outstanding outfit and a sort of prototype for many of their following fragrances.

A blast of cinnamon and cardamom surrounded by huge amounts of other spices. A strong woody/rosey vibe is immediately detectable and perfectly blended to what will later become the house signature: incense. Everything is pushed to the limit but, with his mastery, Buxton has achived a perfect blend that's extremely unique, bizarre yet incredibly charming and wearable. Brilliant!

A landmark in modern perfumery!

24th August, 2011.

I too think of this as a spice and rose fragrance above all. It's beautiful and complex. Keeps you guessing both during the progression and in different wearings. One would guess with this much strong ingredients it would be a big smell, but there is definition in the notes. The notes I perceive changes a lot depending on heat, but the clove-y rose smell is always there.

Not one to be judged even by several wearings. This is good stuff. Full bottle worthy.

31st May, 2011.

Spicy. Unusual.

This one's a stumper, but that makes me love it all the more. It's spicy, sure, with lots of cinnamon and clove right on top. But there's more. Much more. It's one of those that I can't stop sniffing.

First of all, I can't stop because it's maddeningly addictive. It's just, um, mmmmm. A spice rack on my skin. Outstanding. But second, I can't stop because I can't quite figure it out. It's got so much going on that my nose can't sort it all out and that makes me keep trying and trying and trying. And with each successive sniff I fall just a bit deeper in love.

14th April, 2011.

This could be an interesting olfactory experience but I can't imagine anyone regularly wearing this fragrance. It isi incredibly heavy, cloying and medicinal.

4th October, 2010.

This fragrance is completely amazing on me, and I'm surprised to see that no one else gets the rose impression that I do. On me, this is an amazing spicy, exotic rose fragrance tinged in savory luxe cinnamon and cloves. It also has a very silky feeling to it, like the drydown of Safran Troublant. There is a sexy musky undercurrent where I can very subtly notice cumin - but this is a note I love and searched out, not something that I think would be very noticeable to others. What I don't get is smoky, which lots of others have noted, and I'm surprised that I don't get. The medicinal note in this plays to me as more of an Oud wood impression, and reminds me of the glorious wood backdrop of Lyric Woman. I'm stunned by the mixed reviews, but no matter, all the more for me to hoard!

23rd February, 2010.

I agree with the naysayers here. This is just vile on my skin. Smells like pickling spices, pickiling spices, and more pickling spices!

20th January, 2010.