parfums*PARFUMS Series 1 Leaves: Shiso (2000)
by Comme des Garçons

Wow! Shiso and cumin with mint and lemon as backup: I love it… it is so unusual and it is such a delicious smell. Opens with cumin and the sharp sour green note that is a quite good representative of the shiso leaf – the combination is amazing. Here is a case where lemon and mint actually act as softening agents. The fragrance is not strong in the sense of having a potent sillage; actually, it’s more subtle than not, except for the cumin. The problem with the fragrance as the other reviewers pointed out is that it has almost no lasting ability.

16th December, 2008.

Dead on, in my estimation. A daring burst of much-maligned cumin, a whisp of mint, and a watery green undercurrent. But in the fashion of the most frustrating Demeters, it's great while it lasts but it doesn't last long.

22nd September, 2006.

Sweet but really fresh. Love it but dissapear in seconds!:):)

21st September, 2006.

Gotta say, I love this scent but it disapears into nothing within seconds. Tried it on a woman, tried it on clothing, tried it on furniture. The scent won't stick! Very fustrating because it is a great scent. Maybe its just me. The 10 seconds that it did stay on my skin was nice and smelled like showered skin just after a rain storm.

25th February, 2006.

I'm a big sushi and sashimi fan and at one of the better restaurant for this in Stockholm (East) you always receive shiso leaves with your order. It is a strange but pleasant taste and smell, somewhat minty. I must say they captured the essence extremely well in this juice, however it is not something I wish my skin to smell like.

22nd September, 2005.