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Series 6: Synthetic

In 2004, Comme des Garçons declared war on natural components with the launch of a new series of anti-perfumes, Series 6: Synthetic. The smells of

a big city were captured in a transparent plastic bottle in which one could observe a garbage bag. Each fragrance was imbued with something familiar, and even dear, just as we like the strange smells of our childhood. The brand described this body of work as “socially incorrect frangrances”, “ground breaking anti-perfumes pushing beyond the realm of traditional fragrances.”

Tar is a smell of hot asphalt road that excites the passionate drivers, the smell of exhaust pipe gases, melted bitumen, and cigarette smoke. But, there can be a bit of nature, at least through the car window – sweet nuance of oppoponax resin and optimistic bergamot. Through all this chaos and polluted air of metropolis there wriggles the odor of wet soil after the rain.

NOTES

aldehydes
bay leaf
kerosene
leather
plastic floral notes
vetiver
acetate
chinese sandalwood

NOSE — Nathalie Feisthauer

France, 2004

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