Comme Des Garcons Series 1 Leaves: Calamus, from Comme des Garcons was released in 2000. The perfumer behind this creation is Bertrand Duchaufour. The notes are Angelica, Bamboo, Celery Seeds, Pink Pepper, Red Berries.
Very green, somewhat milky scent in the opening. It reminds me of the milky sap you get in some plants when the stems are broken. I get red berries too, and there's something almost like liquorice hidden deep down in the mixture. As it progresses, the green remains but the texture turns airy then powdery and there's the slightest suggestion of pepper. It still somehow gives that impression of something creamy white yet green at the same time.
I struggled to identify precisely what the green scent was until I saw bamboo in the notes listing, and that made concrete that very particular scent memory, one of being abroad, in the bamboo groves, on a hot, humid day, one that made the scent hang almost densely in the air.
Light and delicate, this fade quickly unless oversprayed, at which point it remains present for a reasonable length of time. It is very zen, very calming and rather beautiful.
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5 months ago
Comme Des Garcons Series 1 Leaves: Calamus by Comme des Garcons
Very green, somewhat milky scent in the opening. It reminds me of the milky sap you get in some plants when the stems are broken. I get red berries too, and there's something almost like liquorice hidden deep down in the mixture. As it progresses, the green remains but the texture turns airy then powdery and there's the slightest suggestion of pepper. It still somehow gives that impression of something creamy white yet green at the same time.
I struggled to identify precisely what the green scent was until I saw bamboo in the notes listing, and that made concrete that very particular scent memory, one of being abroad, in the bamboo groves, on a hot, humid day, one that made the scent hang almost densely in the air.
Light and delicate, this fade quickly unless oversprayed, at which point it remains present for a reasonable length of time. It is very zen, very calming and rather beautiful.