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Black Comme des Garçons (Comme des Garçons)

8.0 / 10 244 Ratings

Black Comme des Garçons is a popular perfume by Comme des Garçons for women and men and was released in 2013. The scent is smoky-spicy. It is being marketed by Puig.

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Main accords

Smoky

Spicy

Woody

Resinous

Leathery

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Somalian frankincense

Madagascar pepper

Heart Notes

Liquorice

Pepperwood™

Birch tar

Leather

Base Notes

Cedarwood

Vetiver

Ratings

Scent

8.0244 Ratings

Longevity

8.0177 Ratings

Sillage

7.1178 Ratings

Bottle

7.1163 Ratings

Value for money

7.530 Ratings

Submitted by DonVanVliet, last update on 08.04.2023.

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05/12/2019

FrauHolle
1 Review

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FrauHolle

WATCH OUT! Spoilers! Because of the liquorice!

Many, who want to get this scent, ask themselves probably surely: Do you actually smell the liquorice?
LOOK AHEAD! From HERE no more reading, because I will tell you that one smells the liquorice.
It's like this, let's say like this, you can smell the liquorice already, but ONLY if you just know.

Your problem is now, after you have read these lines, and you have that: Yes, liquorice smells you, and from now on you will smell it too, next to the incense, but ONLY YOU now have the knowledge about the liquorice, but the people around you don't, and they won't smell it because of that, the liquorice, IF they don't know my contribution.

So the best thing to do is to be silent when someone asks you what you're wearing, don't say anything, or: NIX!
Or say: NIX WITH LAKRITZE, MAN! And also say unrelated, fateful words that you will later feel sorry for, such as anise, Haribo snails, or salmiak cats. They'll find out, and then you'll have the salad. Liquorice perfume is unbelievably difficult to explain.

And don't, NEVER, refer to Parfumo!
Just say to these curious people (my goodness, where did you meet them?)
: "Vanilla Kisses" like I always do when a Spakko asks me for my perfume.
(nobody asks anymore, because everybody already knows: Vanilla Kisses)

You all right? Okay, GaLiGrü!

04/17/2021

8
Sillage 9
Longevity 9
Scent

Mourant

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Mourant

Very helpful Review 19

Bittersweet

The short and concise name BLACK sums up this perfume. Pepper, smoke, leather, birch tar, smoldering wood, a black symphony, all infused from start to finish with the underlying, unobtrusive sweetness of licorice, giving the collected darkness a soft break and sensual appeal.
Fortunately, I cannot smell or confirm gourmand barbecue associations mentioned by some reviewers here. Rather, I perceive a radical, yet elegant fragrance. A pretty punk in black velvet. Ambivalence.

Not only do I think BLACK is a unique scent, but I quickly discovered an emotional connection to it. It smells to me like a friend that I connect with a lot. My brother at heart, my lover only in rare moments that are fleeting as smoke.
Crypt punk, lean and striking, big dark eyes in black-smeared sockets, dark hair, shaggy mohawk, scuffed leather coat, heavy boots, all black. Heroin addict. The relationship with him bittersweet, as addicts often are. A contradictory swell, one moment connection, fun, sympathy, affection, closeness, unfortunately always followed by disappointment in some form or another. One is tossed back and forth between hope, sympathy, disillusionment, sadness and anger within a toxic relationship.
Every time I just smell the bottle of BLACK, it's like this friend's shadow is visiting me. I can't be as close to him as I would like. But when I put BLACK on, his ghost is there, the memory of his distinctive leathery scent and the cloying smoke of his hair in my pillow that, regrettably, fades much more quickly, leaving me with longing. BLACK is my little harmless heroin. It quenches the longing, the (craving) addictive pressure, enveloping me with its warmth until, after eight to twelve hours, it's time for.... cold turkey or the next fix.

12/29/2018

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 9
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Rhubarbara

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Rhubarbara

Top Review

... jekoled

Dit smells like ... to the jeko! Mmmmmh that's exactly what I was looking for! What it smells like when good, purpose-built things burn. Twigs, branches, leaves...
No food, no. If I wanted to smell of food, I could go to the kitchen and cook with the window closed.
The smell when the birds migrate and the cold slowly returns. Then a leaf fire in the garden with grandma.
Leather and liquorice... actually on my please-not-page. But exceptions confirm the rule, or ?
I wonder if women can wear this black too Anyone can, of course!
It suits me, even though the other might not see it that way. Didn't the "Man in Black" at the entrance to the fragrance consumption recommend "Tresor in Love" by Lancome to me years ago with a wink. He'd suit me very well! Thank you, but no thank you!
Then you'd better have leather and liquorice, but only in exceptional cases!

08/23/2015

MasterLi
375 Reviews

MasterLi

Top Review 4

Something really special...

This is a fragrance I love because it challenges me. Whenever I find a fragrance like that I am always pleased. The house of Comme des Garçons is one which always pushes the limits and is able to challenge people's noses. I really admire them for that.

So the fragrance... to me this has spices and leather, liquorice & incense, and a heavy dose of birch tar. Personally, what comes to my mind when I smell this is the smell of a spice market full of busy people. In a busy street. I used to live in Cairo and at different times I used to remember the exact smell of a market full of all kinds of spices... cumin, caraway, black pepper, cinnamon, aniseed, paprika, cardamom, all sitting in sacks by each store. Sometimes because of the busy street you would find a man on a motorcycle pass by you, bringing the smell of the street with him (petrol, black engine smoke, engine oil ) and I would smell the black tar on the road which had melted in the hot sun. So many smells which rush in my imagination from all directions when I wear this one.

Personally, I don't agree when people say this is "unwearable". There is no such thing. I agree that this could smell challenging to some people, but to me I feel right at home! I would happily wear this. It's not too strong, it stays on the skin for a long time but it doesn't project to people in an offensive way. I think people who smell this on you would be intrigued and interested to find out this smell. I think that if you are a person who likes "interesting" or challenging fragrances, and who wears a fragrance for yourself, and not to "please" others, then you will enjoy this one. Personally I enjoy it very much, and it fires my imagination. Well done CdG!

01/31/2020

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 10
Longevity 7.5
Scent

Valdar

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Valdar

Helpful Review 2

The horror clown at a barbecue party

One of my favorites, "Bois d'Encens" from the Armani Privé series is a bit too expensive to wear it permanently as a signature scent, so I looked around for alternatives. In the course of this, I sometimes came across "Black Amber" by Agonist, as well as the aforementioned "Black Comme des Garçons". This one seemed to me very similar to the Armani at first and the price is absolutely okay. In the meantime, I must confess I was wrong. The smoke/pepper prelude is pretty much what I wanted, but as it progresses this perfume comes across as much clumsier, more saturated and somehow much warmer than my beloved Armani Privé. I miss the cool, aloof, sacral and yet so filigree aura that "Bois d'Encens" radiates here.
This is of course my subjective feeling. Don't get me wrong. Objectively it is a good composition. Unbelievably unique, the fragrances cleverly interwoven and an exciting progression, which undergoes a change of mood, especially due to the later use of liquorice, from exclusively evil and gloomy to a more sarcastically crazy aura. It makes me think of a horror clown at a midnight barbecue. This is funny, but at the same time a point of criticism for me, because the smell loses its seriousness through this association with grilled, spiced, smoked, i.e. generally edible things, and creates a warmth that is too high for me to feel.

As suitable for everyday use, I would see the whole thing less (durability is enormous and sillage is initially very bulky). Sometimes I wear this perfume at work (because I just don't care) and I always get exactly one compliment for it. Always by the same colleague, a native Egyptian, who associates the fragrance with some holiday from her former homeland. But since this colleague is already married anyway, I will rather not annoy the rest of my colleagues too much and look for other Bois d'Encens alternatives for everyday life. Nevertheless I like to keep this one and I will wear it from time to time, if the mood suits me or if I have a gig as a horror clown at a midnight birthday and barbecue party.

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