New York based fashion label Vaquera has launched a new unisex fragrance in collaboration with Comme des Garçons, Classique Perdu…
Comme des Garcons + Max Richter 01 ~ new fragrance
British composer Max Richter has launched a new unisex fragrance in collaboration with Comme des Garçons, Max Richter 01…
Comme des Garcons + Monocle Scent Five: Syros ~ new fragrance
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…)
Pushing creative boundaries
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.
Very beautiful things are, to us, suspicious
[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.