Comme des Garçons Parfum "Sweet" Series 7

[Alejandro]

Such a hard time to find CdG in Miami, if it's not Sephora's limited selection, it's all in NYC the closest

 

[davidwest]

My favourites at the moment are- for work- Original edp or Kyoto for that extra boost of confidence. On Summery days- peppermint sherbet or anbar cologne. If I go out to a rock club-Tar. Dry clean is a nice fresh winter scent, and more potent than Odeur 53, and Skai, when I wear it smells like I've washed my clothes in a really nice softener. I kind of perpetually move through the entire range, as I get easily bored.

 

[xcoldricex]

i've always wanted to delve into cdg's colognes/perfumes but i keep forgetting to. what are people's favorites? i own: cdg2, zagorsk, odeur 53 (doesn't mean i like them). i've had large samples of palisander and... i forget what else one of the reds i believe.. the name escapes me.

anyhow, looking for a new scent. any recommendations? (not feeling this new line, though the tea may be interesting)

so i actually have jalisamer, i had a decant of zagorsk, palisander, and harissa. and cd2 and odeur 53.

i went to the cdg store today (which people should go see when they have the chance. its a very fun store). and my nose got overloaded so i don't remember what i liked. i still like palisander, i was contemplating getting kyoto and avignon, but i figured i wasn't ready to make a choice since i had been trying to smell all the things they had there.

i actually liked cdg2 man- when i sprayed it on i didn't like it- very heavy, but the dry down is nice.. but it may be mixed with lv piper nigrum since i know i sprayed that on my arm somewhere and i can smell the spice... so i'm not sure if its from the cdg2 man or not. haha. sighhh. they had no spray cards so i had to go with smelling the sprays or trying to find a patch of skin to spray it on.

 

[nqth]

I like the "vinyl" note in 2 MAN. Very fun and easy. It makes the scent smells like soft new leather cosmetic bag:-P

 

[brian]

I like the "vinyl" note in 2 MAN. Very fun and easy. It makes the scent smells like soft new leather cosmetic bag:-P

... that sounds so good ... i must buy that now.

 

[nqth]

... that sounds so good ... i must buy that now.

If you like vetiver, Brian:-) It has a lot of dry, bitter-sweet vetiver in the dry down, too.

 

[Arturo21]

so i actually have jalisamer, i had a decant of zagorsk, palisander, and harissa. and cd2 and odeur 53.

i went to the cdg store today (which people should go see when they have the chance. its a very fun store). and my nose got overloaded so i don't remember what i liked. i still like palisander, i was contemplating getting kyoto and avignon, but i figured i wasn't ready to make a choice since i had been trying to smell all the things they had there.

i actually liked cdg2 man- when i sprayed it on i didn't like it- very heavy, but the dry down is nice.. but it may be mixed with lv piper nigrum since i know i sprayed that on my arm somewhere and i can smell the spice... so i'm not sure if its from the cdg2 man or not. haha. sighhh. they had no spray cards so i had to go with smelling the sprays or trying to find a patch of skin to spray it on.

Didn't they have coffee beans?

These fragrances sound so good! I really love CDG 2, I must try all the rest of these! I live near Raleigh, though

 

[Arturo21]

Can these be bought online?

 

[*sayan]

Great packaging, loving the hand writing and these deformed candy pictures as backrounds. the cutout box is very clever too. All that is playfull.

I am seeing less and less minimalism.

 

[nqth]

Can these be bought online?

try
http://www.luckyscent.com/


But I think you should test them "on skin" before you buy:-)

 

[_7.]

Very quite good series of perfum from CDG. Not such explosive as last but I think more successful.

 

[Arturo21]

Thx, Ngth...they have samples on that site!

http://www.luckyscent.com/samples.asp

For $2.00,and they have 18 CDG scents, including the "Sweet" series, that you can buy samples of.

 

[nqth]

You are welcome, Arturo:-)

 

[i-love-polkadots]

CDG Eau de Cologne

It's Eau de Cologne and CdG White, thanks nqth!

Johnny, what makes me think you would know is the plefora of CDG perfumerie you guys own .

Unfortunately the Eau de Cologne (orange package, flat bottle with green edc) is not available anymore.

 

[Lena]

damn i know... and i )
very unfortunate, i was planning to buy the cologne (at least two different fragrances) this spring, but.. nada (praise the clever 'limited editions' marketing concepts, we now need to learn buy on impulse ..no time to loose or plan shopping)

back on topic > i so totally dont like the sweet series (apart from the cute bottles of course)

back off topic : > i much prefer cdg2 and cdg2man (my bf wears this.. too sexy and masculine, irresistable) i even burn the insence , like all the time.. its been since last summer that's becoming the 'signature smell' of the apartment

 

[nqth]

An excelent article about CdG parfum from mug magazine.

I'd like to thank Runner, he let me know about the art.:-)

by Luca Dal Bò

“A perfume that works like a medecine and behaves like a drug”


The psychological effects of perfumes are partly based on the suggestive power they possess in nature. Perfumes which have deeply rooted in our minds over the centuries and daily stimulate our senses.

It is just in daily experience that Comme des garçons have discovered the energy and the inspiration for ever new fragrances since 1984, when the original “Eau de Parfum” first appeared.

Comme des Garçons redesigns a new geography of perfumes on the concept of “natural fragrance”: an olfactory language which widens its range of sensations as tobacco and tar smells are taken into consideration, the smells of daily life, of a new ‘nature’, reconsidered and studied in the sophisticated relationships that turn an odour into an expressive code to identify a certain idea of modernity.

An ABC of fragrances mixing essences found out in Morocco, Iran, Spain, Provence, California and Egypt described as “woody, green and metallic”, a description in which the adjective ‘metallic’ stands for an interpretation of contemporary life, rather than for the quality of the essence itself.

A subtle play on hints which enables us to recapture the meaning of words like perfume, modernity, need, dependency, refuge, confidence…

A perfume as language, as a code of communication, which owes its efficacy also to the careful choice of packaging, to emphasise the connection between the perfume and the formal features of the message it conveys.


http://www.mugmagazine.com/data/eng/product.html

 

[cerfas]

Slightly off topic, but what does everyone think of the original CDG scent?
I want to buy a bottle of CDG perfume but I don't have any way to test it out first here in pittsburgh

 

[faust]

Slightly off topic, but what does everyone think of the original CDG scent?
I want to buy a bottle of CDG perfume but I don't have any way to test it out first here in pittsburgh

Hit it. I always hesitate to advise on th perfume though, it seems such a personal preference. Hey, doesn't sephora.com provide a service where they send you samples?

 

[cerfas]

Hit it. I always hesitate to advise on th perfume though, it seems such a personal preference. Hey, doesn't sephora.com provide a service where they send you samples?

I agree, it is extremely personal. I love the way 2 smells, but would not want to wear it. Based on the descriptions, at the moment I want either the original one (99$ on ebay...have no idea if that's an unreasonable price), white, or Odeur 53. I just ordered 28 samples from eBay...it has the sweet series and the synthetic series etc. So original, white and 53 are the ones I'm really curious about.

I checked the Sephora website and it seems you can get 3 samples with any order, but the samples change from time to time and right now there aren't any CDG perfumes.

Thanks for the advice

 

[Johnny]

I agree, it is extremely personal. I love the way 2 smells, but would not want to wear it. Based on the descriptions, at the moment I want either the original one (99$ on ebay...have no idea if that's an unreasonable price), white, or Odeur 53. I just ordered 28 samples from eBay...it has the sweet series and the synthetic series etc. So original, white and 53 are the ones I'm really curious about.

I checked the Sephora website and it seems you can get 3 samples with any order, but the samples change from time to time and right now there aren't any CDG perfumes.

Thanks for the advice

you should reconsider 2 cerfas. i hated it at first, bit i think it is really lovely now. the original is very very strong, even in eau de cologne (discontinuied now I think anyway). Quite tricky, very heady, wintry.