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Comme des Garcons Dot ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 7 December 2015 14 Comments

Comme des Garçons Dot

Comme des Garçons has launched Dot, a new osmanthus fragrance.

In this creation orchestrated by Christian Astuguevieille, perfumer, Lucas Sieuzac wished to recreate the scent of Osmanthus. The aim was not only to capture the smell of the flower but to reproduce the mysterious allure that penetrates the air of a park filled with Osmantus trees in bloom. Comme Des Garçons DOT captures the suave floralcy with fruity tonalities that emanates from the blossoms with radiant green notes to illustrate the leaves and white ambery woods that reflect the bark of the tree. To this Olibanum was added for its resinous touch and Pepper oil to enhance the balsamic, spicy aspect of the Frankincense.

Additional notes include bitter orange.

Comme des Garçons Dot can be found now at Liberty in the UK, in 100 ml Eau de Parfum for £87.

(via liberty.co.uk)

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  1. alyssa says:
    7 December 2015 at 10:46 am

    One for meeeeeee! If they pull this off it will be quite lovely.

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    • Robin says:
      7 December 2015 at 11:16 am

      Agree. And did not love that bottle when they used it for that whatever-it-was-called fragrance…

      https://nstperfume.com/2012/01/10/comme-des-garcons-a-new-perfume-fragrance-review/

      …but in polka dots, it’s perfect.

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      • ringthing says:
        7 December 2015 at 4:31 pm

        That bottle looked like a melted light bulb, maybe it was supposed to? But I agree, the polka dots give it charm. Hope it smells good!

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  2. cazaubon says:
    7 December 2015 at 1:31 pm

    How can they call this Dot without Marc Jacobs suing for copyright infringement? Somehow I must get a bottle before the inevitable lawsuit takes it off the market (my favorite dog is named Dot).

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    • Robin says:
      7 December 2015 at 1:51 pm

      You’d have to see if MJ trademarked the name or not, and if so, in what countries.

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  3. springpansy says:
    7 December 2015 at 1:40 pm

    This sounds very appealing, and yes, love the bottle with polka dots.

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    • Robin says:
      7 December 2015 at 1:54 pm

      We need some 🙂

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  4. Ericgmd says:
    7 December 2015 at 2:02 pm

    I wonder why they chose the “imperfect and molten” bottle instead of the nice pebble or pyramid they already have access to…
    And aside from the Marc Jacobs issue, what is the connection between dots and osmanthus that makes them take the risk of litigation?

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    • Robin says:
      7 December 2015 at 2:39 pm

      I assume not the pyramid since that was for “luxury” scents, but the pebble would have looked great!

      I have no idea if there is any risk of litigation — I don’t know enough about trademark law. I would not think Marc Jacobs could own the word Dot, which is after all a common word, but again, I know little.

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    • Kanuka says:
      7 December 2015 at 3:28 pm

      I think the polka dot might be connected to their previous fashion pieces with (polka dot) artist Yayoi Kusama – like their polka dot wallets – rather than with a particular scent association. That would be my guess.

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  5. nozknoz says:
    7 December 2015 at 7:54 pm

    I can’t imagine CdG capturing the subtlety of osmanthus, but I WANT that bottle!

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  6. hajusuuri says:
    7 December 2015 at 8:57 pm

    I’ve sworn off buying perfumes for the bottle (or the clutch), but maybe I’ll make an exception!

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  7. Merlin says:
    7 December 2015 at 9:35 pm

    The pebble in the last few years has been used for family fragrance types: Wonderwood, Green, Floriental. Also, it’s quite difficult to store. Personally I love molten and prefer this to both their block and pyramid shapes!

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  8. cazaubon says:
    24 February 2016 at 1:41 pm

    Okay, I don’t know if my bottle is just defective (I am going to email FiF about it) or if this is CdG being weird, but this bottle does not stand upright as pictured. It looks like it is flat on the bottom, so I stood it up on my perfume shelf and it immediately toppled backwards crashing into 3 other bottles and knocking them down. Upon inspection, the bottom is angled towards the back and there is a slight flat area on the bottom back side of the bottle, but even when placed down to rest on that flattish spot it is unstable. I am quite disappointed since I mainly wanted this for the bottle.

    Okay, on to What does it smell like. There is the typical metallic hot iron smell you get from the Odeur scents, plus a light osmanthus flower which has that typical citrussy background. Fortunately the metallic note dies down after a couple of minutes and is less sharp but it remains present. Basically a typical CdG scent.

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