Comme des Garçons
Comme des Garçons
159 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
The initial salvo is aggressively bright—Madagascar pepper crackles with white-pepper spice whilst Mediterranean cypress delivers a sharp, almost turpentine-like resinousness. The effect is simultaneously invigorating and slightly confrontational, a scent that demands attention rather than whispering politely.
As the pepper settles, the Florentine iris emerges with a peculiar mineral dryness, its characteristic earthiness rendered austere and cool against the Virginia cedar's pencil-dust austerity. The spice recedes but never vanishes entirely, creating a delicate tension between the iris's faint sweetness and the cedar's unwavering dryness—this is where Sugi's complexity truly reveals itself.
The Haitian vetiver takes control, introducing warmth and earthiness without softening the composition's essential character. Pine lingers subtly, maintaining the resinous thread, whilst the iris and cedar fade into a subtle, almost whispered woody base. What remains is intimate but never cosy—a cool, slightly smoky forest breath against the skin.
Sugi announces itself as pure forest architecture—a scent that prioritises structural clarity over romantic flourish. The Madagascar pepper and Mediterranean cypress form an almost austere opening, crisp and resinous without the honeyed warmth that typically softens cypress fragrances. This is cypress at altitude, the kind you'd encounter on a windswept hillside rather than in a manicured Mediterranean garden.
Where Sugi truly distinguishes itself is in the iris-cedar dialogue that emerges in the heart. The Florentine iris refuses to soften into powdery domesticity; instead, it maintains a faintly metallic, almost mineral quality against the Virginia cedar's dry, pencil-shaving astringency. This combination creates something unexpectedly tense—not uncomfortable, but deliberately austere, as though the fragrance is asserting its own geometry rather than seducing you into submission.
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