Pushing creative boundaries over the last three decades has also at times come with pushback. “We didn't expect such an initial rejection of the Pebble bottle. Nobody wanted a bottle that didn’t stand up. Of course, there was a hard core contingent who loved it immediately, but it took decades for it to become the iconic bottle it is today,” [Adrian] Joffe said.

— Read more in Comme des Garçons: Mastering the Art of Disruptive yet Commercially Viable Fragrance Since 1994 at BeautyMatter.

[Rei Kawakubo] is interested in smells, rather than the business of perfume, a distinction pressed by Comme des Garçons Parfums’ creative director Christian Astuguevieille, who says he doesn’t like things that are ‘too beautiful’ or ‘excessive’ in their beauty. ‘Very beautiful things are, to us, suspicious, boring and unsettling. The concept of Comme des Garçons Parfums is defined without the notion of beauty.’

— Read more in A Comme des Garçons perfume is not ‘beautiful’ at Wallpaper.

I would not have thought to wear the perfume to attract or to feel virile as most other brands attempt. I would have worn it to feel comfort. I remember it smelt like a skin to me; leathery, woody and not the usual ingredients that define a perfume. Often, I sprayed it randomly and not only on my skin, but also on clothes.

— Photographer Richard Burbridge on Comme des Garçons 2 Man. Read more in Seven Comme Des Garçons Devotees on the Brand’s “Anti-Perfume” Scents at AnOther.