Monocle Scent One: Hinoki by Comme des Garçons

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Monocle Scent One: Hinoki Comme des Garçons 2008

8.0 / 10 352 Ratings

A popular perfume by Comme des Garçons for women and men, released in 2008. The scent is woody-resinous. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Woody

Resinous

Green

Spicy

Smoky

Fragrance Notes

Frankincense Camphor

Camphor

Cedar

Cypress

Pine resin Pine

Pine

Georgywood® Thyme

Thyme

Tree moss

Vetiver

Perfumer

Antoine Maisondieu

Ratings

Scent

8.0352 Ratings

Longevity

6.9256 Ratings

Sillage

6.3251 Ratings

Bottle

7.1231 Ratings

Value for money

7.295 Ratings

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Interesting Facts

This fragrance was created in collaboration with Monocle. It is said to be inspired by the moments in the out- and indoors hinoki bathtub at the Tawaraya Ryokan in Kyoto.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Hwyl

Hinoki Shower

Wood Land

Kiso Cologne

Bowmakers Eau de Parfum

Olibanum

Reviews

24 in-depth fragrance descriptions

09/06/2022

Mlleghoul
474 Reviews

Mlleghoul

4

jet bridge gangway freakout

CdG Monocle Hinoki is mildly terpenic, peppery cypress, stiff black waxy leather, and that creepy sterile electrical spark ozone-y aroma that you smell on the jet bridge gangway when you’re waiting in line to board an airplane. This is overall a deeply anxiety-inducing fragrance, conjuring imaginary but highly plausible scenarios wherein I have a connecting flight in Atlanta and that I have only 13 minutes to make it to the gate and the gate is all the way at the other end of the terminal. I don't need this stress in my life!

10/12/2013

2Scent

Epimedes
9 Reviews

Epimedes

4

Synthetic and unfriendly

I am really underwhelmed by this one. The scent has some sweet musk in it and a rather synthetic smell of lacquered wood, but it must be brimming with Iso E Super or a related compound, an overdose of which makes me feel unwell if I am not outside or in a well-ventilated space. The overall development is very linear and longevity is good. I tried this several times and each time ended up with scrubbing it off (but the stuff has a tendency to cling to my skin).

01/25/2022

8Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Smellavision
205 Reviews

Smellavision

4

A perfect mix of cypress and cedar...

I have no clue how Hinoki wood smells, but if this is it - I love it!

The fragrance itself has a somewhat transparent quality to it and, instead of being linear, it shifts seamlessly between the different stages and notes. Notes I find to be represented are camphor, pine, moss, thyme, different woods and incense (probably due to the olibanum). The overall sense is that of being in a green forest, with the camphor giving off a slightly "turpentine"-ish effect - sort of like opening a paint can in the middle of the woods. The woody parts also give an impression of a wooden sauna, when the damp seats and walls are slowly being heated and steamy. Warm, dry and very natural smelling. Projection and longevity are mostly average, but overall an excellent scent.

A fine and unique offering from Antoine Maisondieu.

08/11/2025

ClaireV
969 Reviews

ClaireV

Helpful Review 1

The great redwoods of Oregon

Very relaxing and outdoorsy. Hinoki smells very much like cedar to me, except with a slight tinge of lemon or bergamot somewhere in the mix, and a huge dollop of camphor. The camphoraceous aspects of the Hinoki wood add this fresh, green, almost wet feel to the perfume and sometimes smells even a little bit industrial at times, like glue or paint - although, let's be honest, glue and wet paint also smell bloody fantastic, so no complaints here.

In general, the slight smoky-incense feel to Hinoki makes this a true sister scent to Kyoto, also by Comme des Garcons, and who knows, it may have been the basic template for Kyoto. Either way, both these scents share a green, slightly camphoric, woody incense character and are both equally diffuse and translucent in texture. Elegant to the bone, minimalist, stylish, and grounding. Great for when you need to carry the great redwoods of Oregon around in your personal headspace (ok, wrong wood type but you know what I mean!).

12/20/2012

6Scent 0Longevity 5Sillage

Drseid
828 Reviews

Drseid

2

Over Way Too Fast...

This one is a disappointment. It opens with a nice pine and cedar mix, and then the cedar takes over from there on out, mixing with incense. If I was only grading on the scent itself I would give Hinoki a mild to solid thumbs up, as I do like the scent. My problem with it lies in the longevity department... My skin usually is very scent friendly, averaging in excess of 8 hours per scent; Hinoki lasted between 1 and 2. Apart from the understandably short-lived Trumpers Extract of West Indian Limes (due to its natural lime nearly sole ingredient that is short-lived by nature) this is the shortest lived scent I have come across. Due to that, I have to mark it down to a neutral, and can't recommend a buy without reservation.

The bottom line is Hinoki is a nice woody scent with poor longevity and projection. I recommend giving it a try on skin before buying to test its longevity, as maybe you will get a better result than me... If so, then it would get a thumbs up. 3 stars out of 5.

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