Comme des Garçons launched their second “signature” fragrance, Comme des Garçons 2, in 1999. Those who expected the brand to reach for a significantly wider audience may have been surprised by what they came up with; reportedly, perfumer Mark Buxton was told to create a scent recalling “black ink”. The final product…

…is based on two olfactive categories: technological, which contains notes of ink and new aldehydes, and natural, which comprises incense, magnolia, patchouli, cedarwood, amber and labdanum…

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Comme des Garçons launched White in 1996. It was conceived as a brighter, more floral (and presumably, more wearable) variation on the original Comme des Garçons Eau de Parfum, and like that scent, was created by perfumer Mark Buxton. The fragrance notes include pomegranate, tagete, pepper, cinnamon, coriander, clove, nutemeg, cardamom, lily of the valley, white rose, amber and cedar…

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The weather here continues to be wretched. If this keeps up, tomorrow I’ll be wearing Carthusia Mediterraneo and having an out-of-body experience on a Greek island, but for now, I’m reaching for warm spices & woods again. Today’s scent: Comme des Garçons Eau de Parfum, the avant garde fashion line’s first fragrance, launched in 1994 with the tag line “works like a medicine and behaves like a drug”. The notes include cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, black pepper, clove, nutmeg, honey, floral notes, amber, labdanum, cedar and sandalwood.

Perfumer Mark Buxton, who developed the scent, noted that the creative freedom accorded him by the Comme des Garçons label was unusual, to say the least…

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