Comme des Garçons (1994) (Eau de Parfum) by Comme des Garçons

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Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons 1994 Eau de Parfum

Version from 1994

7.5 / 10 178 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

Clove

Cinnamon

Black pepper

Cardamom

Honey

Labdanum

Nutmeg

Cedarwood

Frankincense Rose

Rose

Sandalwood Styrax

Styrax

Perfumer

Mark Buxton

Ratings

Scent

7.5178 Ratings

Longevity

8.6129 Ratings

Sillage

7.7119 Ratings

Bottle

7.6124 Ratings

Value for money

7.634 Ratings

Submitted by Sani · last update on 11/21/2025.

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Reviews

18 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/25/2012

7Scent 7.5Longevity 7.5Sillage

Dolby
69 Reviews

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!

03/18/2014

5Scent 10Longevity 7.5Sillage

Deefit
33 Reviews

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.

03/20/2012

7Scent 10Longevity 10Sillage

Sherapop
1240 Reviews

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.

08/18/2024

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Missk
1357 Reviews

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.

12/29/2023

7Scent 6Longevity 4Sillage

MarielleP
8 Reviews

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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shock1609

4 months ago

3

COVID swab test using the stamen of an alien lily. You get a stick of Big Red for being so brave.

Modus

5 years ago

10Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

2

I have nothing more pleasant, more chic, more urban, stylish and complex in my collection. This might be my holy grail.

grotesqueque

2 months ago

1

Smells like hay, a spice rack and different cold medicine and tea.

F4qpk

1 year ago

8Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

1

Opens a bit aromatic-bitter-balsamic, turns into dark honey with hints of cinnamon and nutmeg.
Nice and balanced sweetness

Ch03np

2 years ago

1

Spicy, sticky honey with an ashy sweetness. Something timeless that your dad would wear, covered in cigarette smoke and warmth. Beautiful.

Eggi37

1 year ago

8Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

47

79

Mark aka 90s Prince
Just in a perfumed way
Heavy spice bomb
Cool spice meets warm spice
Caraway sweat
Dark smoky rose
For tuxedo & safety vest

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Gandix

3 years ago

9Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

34

54

A burst of spices on soft labdanum
A purring tiger
before the big performance
Roses soar into the powdery Christmas mist
on stage.

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FrauKirsche

2 years ago

8Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

34

32

Cloves warm
and pepper tingles
In the spice box
honey resins shine
In the incense mist
dark velvet roses...

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Pollita

3 years ago

8.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

32

28

First cool, almost distant, then warming up with cardamom and lots of cinnamon. Despite the sweetness of cinnamon, it’s never gourmand, but always a perfume. Refined.

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