Series 3: Incense - Kyoto Comme des Garçons 2002

Series 3: Incense - Kyoto by Comme des Garçons

See Prices

More

We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.

See Prices

8.0 / 10 562 Ratings

A popular perfume by Comme des Garçons for women and men, released in 2002. The scent is woody-smoky. It is being marketed by Puig.
Compare

More

We may earn a commission when you buy from links on our site, including the eBay Partner Network and Amazon.

Main accords

Woody

Smoky

Spicy

Resinous

Green

Fragrance Notes

Frankincense Cypress

Cypress

Teakwood

Vetiver

Virginia cedar Amber

Amber

Everlasting flower

Patchouli

Coffee

Perfumer

Bertrand Duchaufour

Ratings

Scent

8.0562 Ratings

Longevity

7.1426 Ratings

Sillage

6.2417 Ratings

Bottle

6.6357 Ratings

Value for money

7.2112 Ratings

Submitted by Sani, last update on 08/30/2025.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

602 Poivre Cèdre Patchouli

Painter

Tumulte pour Homme Eau de Toilette

Maharjan Gold

Tendre Est La Nuit - obscur

Waidmanns Heil

Reviews

17 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/22/2014

7.5
Bottle 5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8
Scent

Insense
25 Reviews

Insense

Very helpful Review 6

Forest incense

I've never been in Japan. Some years ago I bought a bottle of this perfume, choosing among all of the series, since the effect on me of its top notes seemed to match the way my imagination drove me into a japanese temple, in the middle of a forest, in a wet day in Japan. I never regretted my choice of this instead of Avignon (a really catholic church incense scent whose memory was not so pleasant to me).
When I wore Kyoto, it became my signature for 2 months till the last drop. My feelings about it changed quietly along the time, as well as my soul became more and more pacified during that period...And with this beautiful and reassuring scent I revisited my memories of playing when a kid alone in the company of cypresses, some smoke being felt in the distance coming from my family home, in a winter end of sunday.
Cedar, cypress: I am now a lover of these two notes. And, above all, my crush on incense began here!

01/05/2012

8
Scent

Flannelman
12 Reviews

Flannelman

Very helpful Review 4

Pretty, elegant, very wearable incense and cedar

This is a pretty, elegant, very wearable incense and cedar fragrance with a delicate hint of fruitiness. It's soft, round and ethereal.

It is of course tempting to make a comparison with another incense and cedar fragrance: Christian Lacroix's Tumulte. They are undoubtedly in the same family, but there are important differences. Tumulte, for instance, is much, much dryer and has a definite harshness in the top notes. Kyoto on the other hand opens very smoothly and even with a hint of sweetness. There is also a difference on the skin: Kyoto seems to be warming it, while Tumulte does not. On the whole I would say that Tumulte is more rugged and masculine, Kyoto more elegant and peaceful.

If you like incense, try Kyoto. The olfactory trip it will take you on is well worth it...

06/06/2012

10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8
Scent

Sherapop
1239 Reviews

Sherapop

Very helpful Review 2

Incense Ashes Liquefied + Crushed Sticks of Unburned Incense. in a word: Incense

Comme des Garçons Incense Series 3 KYOTO is burnt wood incense perfume with a slightly less burnt drydown in which tea appears also to be present. The composition does not have an oily or resinous texture at all, unlike most of the oudh perfumes I've tried.

KYOTO seems to me sometimes like incense ashes liquified but also, in turns, crushed sticks of unburned incense. That's about it for the development trajectory, though, as this is a fairly simple affair. I do not detect any floral notes at all, just incense in one form or another—there can be no denying that, as advertised, incense is the focus of this creation!

Despite the lack of a significant oily base, KYOTO has good staying power and fairly big sillage. I would not call this perfume either masculine or feminine but rather omnisex—or perhaps even asexual. Definitely a better choice for the fall and winter months. I'm not sure how this would work in the heat.

Kyoto is one of my favorites from this series--for what it is.

01/24/2012

2.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 8
Scent

Callas
54 Reviews

Callas

Helpful Review 2

Woods temple

After spraying on I was reminded spontaneously of the joss stick smells in Asia in our vacations if we have gone to Buddhistic/Hindu temples. The incense doesn't seem superficial there and he holds back discreetly also at Kyoto.
I am aware of him well but he doesn't crush me.

I am in the woods - cypress, junipers, firs and cedar wood radiate her woody, aromatic smell.
I was on a stroll with my husband in the afternoon. Unfortunately, the biting cold was missing but our way led at the edge of the forest for a long time. Kyoto has accompanied me wonderfully. The absolute dryness of the wood has a meditative, calming effect.
My husband likes the smell.

02/21/2025

8
Pricing 7
Bottle 5
Sillage 7
Longevity 5
Scent

Tanelv
53 Reviews

Tanelv

2

No enough to fall in love

Sharp and insensitive ...

One of my first fragrance crushes was Comme des Garcons Series 3 Incense: Jaisalmer. When I had finished one bottle and forgot the other somewhere in the hotel room, I decided to give a chance to another fragrance of this series with a very smart and clear concept.

Ok, let's go Kyoto!
But I understood from the very beginning that Jaisalmer-like love-story will not happen here. Too simple, too sour, too raw, too insensitive. Disturbingly superficial and masculine (vetiver, cypress) for me.
This fragrance lacks the depth that my imagination would take flight.

Japanese culture has a special place in my heart. Thoughtfulness, sensitivity, meditativeness, quality, depth. But in this Kyoto I found nothing like that.

The price-quality ratio is in place, as always with CDG perfumes. But That's not enough to fall in love.

More reviews