Comme des Garçons has launched a second fragrance in conjunction with British milliner Stephen Jones, Wisteria Hysteria (the first was 2008's Comme des Garçons + Stephen Jones).
"I have a huge wisteria hanging outside my house,” said Jones, who explained its flowers in August give off “the most amazing kind of carnation peppery scent; that was what [the fragrance] was really based on.”
Wisteria Hysteria was developed by perfumer Nathalie Feisthauer. I will update with more detailed notes when I can.
Comme des Garçons + Stephen Jones Wisteria Hysteria is £95 for 55 ml; it can be purchased now at Show Studio.
(quote via wwd, additional information via crash.fr)
Update: the list of notes from Dover Street Market — pepper, clove, frankincense, white wisteria, rose, mate leaf, musk, styrax, benzoin and amber.
Carnation peppery? Yes, please. I look forward to seeing a more detailed list of notes.
This has shot to the top of my want list for 2014 — don’t really care what the notes are
That first thing was such a weird scent. Not unappealing, but it did strange things to my head… violets on lava rock, WHOA.
Yes! Vogue used the term “angelic sister” to the original, but hoping it is equally weird.
I know the original was described as a spaceship crashing into a field of violets, with an asteroid note – or something like that, but I don’t find it at all bizarre, personally. Violet incense with charred edges and, a sterilized feel. Admittedly, that does sound a bit bizarre, but when I wear it it feels quite conservative!
The bottle looks very nice in white.
It looks like a meringue cookie. (That’s me agreeing, by the way — it’s a good thing!)
Lol, i was enjoying its spectral aspect – but now thats ruined forever:p
Haha — what, what cookie? I don’t see any cookie.
Its the ghost of a cookie:)
However anyone describes it, I do wish I had a bottle. And love that they’ve used the same shape for this one.
The ‘love’ response to a scent is, somehow, completely independent of the language that can be used to describe it! I find I can like a scent more, or appreciate it better, after reading a good review, but the moment that my response turns into love seems to have nothing to do with any possible description – even though all sorts of images and ideas may come to mind. Quite odd.
You had me at the name!
Exactly! Best fragrance name of recent memory, easily.
The accompanying video on the website is lovely too !
Darn…£25 shipping.