Series 3: Incense - Avignon Comme des Garçons 2002

Series 3: Incense - Avignon by Comme des Garçons

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8.0 / 10 463 Ratings

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

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Main accords

Smoky

Resinous

Woody

Spicy

Earthy

Fragrance Notes

Frankincense

Brazilian rosewood

Cistus

Elemi resin

Roman chamomile

Patchouli

Vanilla

Perfumer

Bertrand Duchaufour

Ratings

Scent

8.0463 Ratings

Longevity

7.3351 Ratings

Sillage

6.6338 Ratings

Bottle

6.4302 Ratings

Value for money

7.394 Ratings

Submitted by Sani, last update on 11/19/2024.

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Reviews

16 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/23/2013

5
Bottle 5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 3
Scent

Flavorite
240 Reviews

Flavorite

Very helpful Review 8

Something Wicked this Way Comes

I must go against the grain, here, on this one and say that Avignon conjures the smell of a freshly opened Pharaoh's Crypt or Temple of doom...someplace old and evil smelling that has not been disturbed until some fool-hearty protagonist in rustic leather chaps swings in and desecrates the Mummy's tomb. This is a very ancient and musty incense to my nose, not at all a sensual experience that I was expecting. Admittedly, I don't have any scent memory or fond childhood association with catholic church mass incense balls. This is has a very dominant myrrh, dusty dead things, creepy crawlies, frankincense and rosewood combination that is very medicinal, linear and disappointing. I am indeed shocked that it gets such high marks, I must now investigate the rest of the CdG Incense series for a more exotic temple type incense, perhaps Kyoto or Hinoki from the Monocle series is the one for me? Avignon just makes the hairs on the back of my neck come up and I think of the expression "Something Wicked this Way Comes."

09/19/2013

10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 5
Longevity 9
Scent

Tar
261 Reviews

Tar

Very helpful Review 9

Avignon

Who could find better name for this overwhelming fragrance? How could it be described without using pictures? (Ok, Miaw2 solved this question, but I am not enough factual for this.) When I first smelled AVIGNON, I used a very common and totally profane Hungarian expression for surprise: I shove off my hair!

When I sampled FULL INCENSE by Montale, my only one sigh was: If I would feel pure incense instead of this sweet mixture! As it would have been a pray, my wish was granted by AVIGNON.

Grey, ceremonial incense, fragrant as popedom and pray and cathedrals. Cold till shuddering, dusty, stony, and not smoky at all. AVIGNON gives wind to the soul and brings back to memories, to past, to ancient era. I am not christian, I was never enough brave to visit a mass, since I do not know, what should have done, how to behave myself to not make a mistake, so I visited churches only as a tourist. When a mass was celebrated there, I was just standing at the gateway and staring inward even as little child, and wanted to go in, but couldn't. (I can risk the statement, that scent of incense was one of the many reasons why I chose history for studying at the University.)
Now with AVIGNON on my skin I feel that I am not an outsider anymore in this sanctified area of prayer.

After 2 hours the incense flies higher, till the attic of the church, wooden timbers, and dusty, old, worn floorboard...

PS: I have a flacon of hair "styling-mousse" in the bathroom, almost the same design as AVIGNON, and when I shoot a glance at it, I am always so disappointed that it is only a poor hair cosmetic and not this beautiful perfume :D

02/06/2012

2.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 5
Longevity 3
Scent

Callas
54 Reviews

Callas

Very helpful Review 5

Melancholy

Grown up as a Catholic I immediately connect the goings to church for the preparations for my first St. communion and confirmation which are not loved (but demanded).
Within the last few years, unfortunately, it is funeral services which step into memory.

I can imagine the incense smell to the support of a meditative atmosphere just as well. Into combination with other scents I don't have any problem with him either.

I am aware of only incense, though, what depresses me here.
Unfortunately, he seems very oppressive.
For me it is a mystical church smell which I can take for a short time but in the long run would not like to have in my surroundings.

12/28/2012

2.5
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 2.5
Longevity 9
Scent

Drseid
820 Reviews

Drseid

Helpful Review 6

Incredible Incense...

A major success from Duchaufour. Avignon is exactly what I envision what a perfect pleasant smelling incense should smell like in real life. It has a very natural cedar and frankincense combo that is incredible smelling. The scent is quite linear, getting right down to business and staying there throughout. I can see some versatility issues with Avignon due to the nature of the scent, but the composition and smell are near-flawless. The only minor gripe I have is contrary to many of the other reviews, longevity on my skin is below average at about 5-6 hours. That said, Avignon is completely deserving of the high praise it has received here and elsewhere. Simply sublime. 4 to 4.5 stars out of 5.

06/06/2012

10
Bottle 7.5
Sillage 7.5
Longevity 9
Scent

Sherapop
1239 Reviews

Sherapop

Helpful Review 6

Everything Tastes Better with Ambrette on It!

Comme des Garçons AVIGNON is an incredibly beautiful incense perfume. I am very pleasantly surprised, having been somewhat disappointed by a couple of the other members of this series I've tried. Why is this one so much better to my nose? I suppose because it's a full-fledged, complex perfumic composition, as opposed to a solution of finely ground incense...

"Several kinds of incense, chamomile, vanilla, patchouli, rosewood and ambrette"...

Small wonder I'm smitten! Ambrette probably puts this over the top from like to love for me. Who knew that a relatively linear incense perfume could be a serious wrist sniffer? For the record, this does not smell like a musty old Catholic church to me. No, on the contrary, AVIGNON smells like something which clearly belongs in my collection: a gorgeous oriental woody perfume!

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