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Comme des Garçons (1994) (Eau de Parfum)

Comme des Garçons 1994 Eau de Parfum

Version from 1994
Comme des Garçons (1994) (Eau de Parfum) by Comme des Garçons
Bottle Design Rei Kawakubo, Marc Atlan
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7.5 / 10 166 Ratings
A popular perfume by Comme des Garçons for women and men, released in 1994. The scent is spicy-woody. The longevity is above-average. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Spicy
Woody
Resinous
Oriental
Smoky

Fragrance Notes

CloveClove CinnamonCinnamon Black pepperBlack pepper CardamomCardamom HoneyHoney LabdanumLabdanum NutmegNutmeg SandalwoodSandalwood CedarwoodCedarwood FrankincenseFrankincense RoseRose StyraxStyrax

Perfumer

Mark Buxton
Ratings
Scent
7.5166 Ratings
Longevity
8.6123 Ratings
Sillage
7.7116 Ratings
Bottle
7.6118 Ratings
Value for money
8.125 Ratings
Submitted by Sani, last update on 11/09/2024.

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Reviews

8 in-depth fragrance descriptions
10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 7
Scent
Dolby

68 Reviews
Dolby
Dolby
Very helpful Review 3  
The 360 degree trickster
Cloves should be listed in the top AND heart notes of this Comme des Garcons creation.
How this is not the case is quite beyond me, because it's pretty much all you can smell for a good part of this perfume’s life.

It opens loud, spicy, raw, and almost acrid.
Scary in fact.
An assault on the nostrils making you think that perhaps it wasn’t such a good idea after all.

And then slowly slowly, a smooth transition starts to take place.
The cloves’ intensity decreases, pushing the honey into the foreground.
This is how it continues until the changeover is complete and you are left with a sweet and lush golden honey scent.

Quite a brilliant tour de force!
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7.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 10
Longevity 5
Scent
Deefit

33 Reviews
Deefit
Deefit
6  
Heavy and medicinal
This is an older review of mine.

I was a bit anxious to try this one and somehow I'm glad that I have. I now know this fragrance is NOT for me, at all. The opening is very strong, but it softened, as mentioned by others. But I just can't get passed the strong medicinal smell. The cinnamon is strong in the opening, along with the cloves and nutmeg. After that I get a very strong honey vibe, but not in a sweet way, more like cough syrup. I washed it off after half an hour, I gave up on liking this.

I can understand it was a "different" perfume in 1994. It's still different now, but we are used to a lot more different kinds of perfume so we are less surprised now than 20 years ago. It is still different though and it will not be for everybody. It's not an everyday scent, but I could see people wearing it. It's not weird, it's just very strong and it has a very big love or hate factor.
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7.5
Bottle 10
Sillage 10
Longevity 7
Scent
Sherapop

1239 Reviews
Sherapop
Sherapop
1  
The Original Spice Bomb
The original COMME DES GARCONS is a serious spice bomb. No surprise, really, given the line-up of notes: pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, cinnamon, coriander, and, it seems to me: CLOVE!!!!

This perfume--and concentration-wise, it is a perfume, not an eau de parfum--reminds me vaguely of Kenzo JUNGLE L'ELEPHANT. To be more precise, COMME DES GARCONS is like the spice core of JUNGLE L'ELEPHANT, without any of the moderating elements, the fruit, the vanilla, the patchouli.

It is unclear to me why anyone would categorize this creation as a chypre, given its lack of patchouli, oakmoss, etc. Yes, there is a bit of labdanum, but it is overwhelmed by the styrax, with the result that, to me, COMME DES GARCONS could actually be the Platonic Form of Oriental Perfume in which all other aspirants vaguely participate.

Intense, is the word to describe this composition, which must be applied very lightly in order to be appreciated. Lacking, as it does, a significant base--or perhaps it is simply overwhelmed by the spices?--this perfume blends well with straight-up ambers to make a somewhat more wearable composition.

I like COMME DES GARCONS, but it has not induced in me the sort of eschatological delivery reported by other reviewers.
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6
Pricing 5
Bottle 4
Sillage 6
Longevity 7
Scent
MarielleP

8 Reviews
MarielleP
MarielleP
2  
Low-key fresh & spicy
It's nice, but nothing special. If you ever wished for a fragrance that smells like Becherovka, this is it. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I didn't expect CdG to smell like a sweet shop at Christmastime. Some describe it as not sweet. LOL... yeah, it's sweet. It was sufficiently festive for the holiday season without bothering my neighbors at dinner. Do not blind buy a full bottle, unless you really, really, REALLY love cloves.
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8
Pricing 6
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 7.5
Scent
Missk

1357 Reviews
Missk
Missk
2  
Honeyed Clove and Woods
Comme des Garcons always surprises me. If I'm not mistaken, this was the first fragrance they released, and what a wonderful way to start.

Comme des Garcons Parfum isn't technically a parfum, but an eau de parfum. It has many complex layers, but for the most part it's spicy and woodsy. Whenever I smell this fragrance, I immediately picture yellow and orange leaves during the peak of Autumn. It's quite a warm and soothing scent for the cooler months.

To be fair, I feel the need to warn first time testers that Comme des Garcons Parfum does open incredibly rich and strong on the skin. Many are put-off by these bold, almost offensive top notes, and take to scrubbing it off before experiencing the beauty of the heart and drydown. All I can say is, please wait this one out. It gets better.

After spraying Comme des Garcons Parfum for the first time on my own skin, I walked out of the store and distracted myself with other things before being game enough to smell my wrist again. It struck me as being very masculine, syrupy and woodsy on my skin for the first five or so minutes before melding into a beautiful spicy, cinnamon-rich heart, with a slight hint of rose, honey and clove.

One of my favourite smells during Winter is the smell of my house after burning a few cinnamon incense sticks. Much to my delight, the drydown of Comme des Garcons Parfum is very similar. I'm so glad that this is a unisex fragrance. It's something I'd love to share with my boyfriend.

As another plus, the longevity is superb. And although the sillage can be super strong at first, it does settle, blending beautifully on both skin and fabric. I highly recommend.

Original review written: November 2012.
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F4qpkF4qpk 3 months ago
8
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent
Opens a bit aromatic-bitter-balsamic, turns into dark honey with hints of cinnamon and nutmeg.
Nice and balanced sweetness
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Ch03npCh03np 7 months ago
Spicy, sticky honey with an ashy sweetness. Something timeless that your dad would wear, covered in cigarette smoke and warmth. Beautiful.
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ModusModus 4 years ago
10
Bottle 8
Sillage 9
Longevity 10
Scent
I have nothing more pleasant, more chic, more urban, stylish and complex in my collection. This might be my holy grail.
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