Comme des Garçons Parfums is the

perfume Perfume (, ) is a mixture of fragrance, fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), Fixative (perfumery), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agre ...

line of the

Comme des Garçons Comme des Garçons (CDG, ) is a Japanese fashion label, founded by Rei Kawakubo in 1969. It is based in Paris, where its flagship store is located. Other than fashion, the label has expanded to include jewelry and perfume (under the brand Comme ...

brand. It was formed in 1993 as a collaboration between founder

Rei Kawakubo (born 11 October 1942) is a Japanese fashion designer based in Tokyo and Paris. She is the founder of Comme des Garçons and Dover Street Market. In recognition of the notable design contributions of Kawakubo, an exhibition of her designs en ...

, and perfume veteran Christian Astuguevieille. The line released its first fragrance, Eau de Parfum, in 1994. The brand is known for creating unorthodox scents and bottles, such as the anti-perfume Concrete, so called as it consists of mainly synthetic chemicals and irregular notes (the scent is meant to smell like concrete after rain) is sold in a bottle made of concrete. In 2002, the brand signed a licensing deal with perfume giant Puig, but maintained its own distribution and production rights. Fragrances are continuously produced regardless of success, as CEO Adrian Joffe believes "sometimes perfumes, like artwork, are ahead of their time, so they might find success later". As of 2015, the perfume business only made up around 5% of the brand's $200 million in total sales. The brand has also collaborated with artists such as Kaws and

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, and brands like Stephen Jones, ERL and Monocle.

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