We saw all these little perfume bottles

Posted by Robin on 1 March 2016 9 Comments

I don’t think I had worn any fragrance at all for quite a while at that point. I’d occasionally swing back to Chanel No. 19, and then nothing. But then one day I was in Paris with Tonne [Goodman] after an Hermès appointment, and on our way out through the store we saw all these little perfume bottles. One was yellow, one was green, and one was pink. I took the pink one, and it was rose—a very clean, very pure rose. When I do wear perfume, I splash it all over—that’s why it can’t be too strong.

— Grace Coddington talks about discovering Hermès Rose Ikebana. Read more at Grace Coddington, The Fragrance! The Legendary Vogue Editor on Her New Perfume—And Her Favorite Scent Memories at Vogue, where you'll also find a picture of the cat (!) bottle for her upcoming perfume for Comme des Garçons.

Comme des Garcons Dot ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 7 December 2015 14 Comments

Comme des Garçons Dot

Comme des Garçons has launched Dot, a new osmanthus fragrance…

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Floriental

Posted by Robin on 29 October 2015 2 Comments

A film from Nick Knight of SHOWstudio for Comme des Garçons Floriental.

Comme des Garcons Floriental ~ fragrance review

Posted by Angela on 31 August 2015 12 Comments

Comme des Garçons Floriental brand image

What does “floriental” mean to you? I think of a warm, ambered fragrance with a classic floral heart and a touch of fruit. I count on baroque flourishes and maybe even a bottle with a tassel dangling from its neck. It won’t surprise you that Comme des Garçons Floriental is none of that. Instead, Floriental purports to center itself on a flower with no scent — the cistus flower — and it is straightforward and linear with a decidedly urban edge. No tassels here.

Floriental’s notes include labdanum, sandalwood, vetiver, incense, pink pepper and plum liqueur. You’ll notice the absence of floral notes in this list, and I don’t smell anything blatantly floral in Floriental, either. Instead, I get a sharp, incense-tinged top floating above a sweet, round sandalwood base with a touch of spice. And that’s about it…

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