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

Too much "synthetic" sweet woodiness for me. I suggest Ciel mon Jardin! for a rhubarb that is stronger all the way through and for an overall more natural-smelling fragrance. I have to give this one a negative because it doesn't do anything I like, nor do I think it works on any level, once you get beyond the top notes, which I can see a lot of people enjoying. If you want a similar drydown, there are many fragrances that are at least as good, and don't cost nearly as much.

12nd February, 2011.

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.

29th October, 2009.

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.

3rd February, 2009.

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.

15th November, 2008.

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.

29th September, 2008.

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.

19th July, 2007.