parfums*PARFUMS Series 5 Sherbet: Rhubarb (2003)
by Comme des Garçons

I like the smell of rhubarb. When I see it in the grocer I would pick some up to smell. CdG's Rhubarb opens with it but turns into a woodsy vanilla and leafy version of it later on. I like the drydown but being called "rhubarb" is deceiving. Too bad it's fleeting. BUT the drydown is good and typical for CdG. It's kinda neat to that CdG decided to put this in the sherbert series.

If you like rhubarb, check out Ciel Mon Jardin by Le Prince Jardinier. That's a darn good garden variety rhubarb.

EdT.

Very disappointed in this. I had so much high hopes for this one, and it didn’t deliver at all.

I love rhubarb, especially raw. It is a special treat for me every summer.

I have to admit CdG rhubarb does actually smell like real rhubarb in the beginning. It isn’t fresh and raw rhubarb to me, but more like made into jam like rhubarb. You know; a boiled rhubarb with little bit sugar along.
But this rhubarb smell doesn’t last on me at all. After 5 or 10 minutes after application it is gone completely. Then what is left, is a scent of green grass with notable hint of creamy vanilla. That phase lasts about 5 hours and then there is nothing to smell about.

I get no tart or juicy tones out of this at all.

Weak and utterly boring. And like I said, totally disappointing.

Very nicely done, accurate, tart rhubarb. It's green, zesty and mouth-watering at start and doesn't evolve much for the first hour or so. You do get a slightly sweeter, slightly candied feel after that (although that might be just the thing I do to perfumes anyway - turn them sweet almost regardless), but the feeling of being under a giant rhubarb leaf in the summer never disappears. The longevity could be better, but midling lasting power is understandable for a scent like this.

I love this. Almost no fruitiness at all (rhubarb is a very tart and dry-smelling fruit at the best of times), but a lovely light incensey feel on the drydown. This is the perfume equivalent of a sexy librarian taking off her glasses and shaking her hair out.

Rhubarb makes a wonderful note for a fragrance. It is tangy and fresh and clean like citrus, but is greener and earthier. Piquant and semi-sweet, Rhubarb – the scent – actually smells like rhubarb, and this scent is not only excellent, it’s wearable. It is a perfect scent for those torrid days in the tropics — even better than the ubiquitous citrus because of its rarity. Unfortunately the rhubarb note in this fragrance has neither enough sillage nor longevity — its longevity makes it comparable to one of the negative characteristics of citrus. The rhubarb note does last through the floral / green middle notes, but that is only an hour — hour and a half at most. The dry down is an excellent wood — very smooth and sweet, but not too sweet. I really wish that the rhubarb in Rhubarb had better longevity, but it’s still an excellent fragrance.

It starts out quite sharp and very green to my nose, and i'm not extatic about the opening at all.

When it mellows it gets creamier and less sour, but it still has the tangy rhubarb note very much present. I think it's a very good fragrance if green and tangy is your thing, but unfortunately, it's not mine. Nice for spring and summer.