A July evening in a village in Provence, in a small alley between two enclosed gardens overflowing with jasmine, but the alley has just been freshly tarred. That, to me, is perfect.
— Christian Astuguevieille, creative director of Comme des Garçons Parfums, on his favorite smell in the world, from The Creative Director of Comme Des Garçons Parfums on creativity, Kawakubo and his favourite smell in the world at Russh. Astuguevieille passed away yesterday at the age of 79.
A limited edition collector bottle of Comme des Garçons Zero, called Zero Than Pink ("From Pink noise, also known as 1/F noise, which in audio engineering is a signal or process with a frequency spectrum such that the power spectral density is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency"), done for Australian beauty retailer Mecca. 155 were made, $484 AUD at Mecca.
New York based fashion label Vaquera has launched a new unisex fragrance in collaboration with Comme des Garçons, Classique Perdu…
British composer Max Richter has launched a new unisex fragrance in collaboration with Comme des Garçons, Max Richter 01…
Comme des Garçons has launched their fifth fragrance in collaboration with Monocle magazine, Scent Five: Syros. (Scent One: Hinoki launched in 2008, followed by Scent Two: Laurel in 2009, Scent Three: Sugi in 2013 and Scent Four: Yoyogi in 2019…)