Comme des Garcons Series 2 Red: Sequoia Comme des Garcons for women and men

I get a very balmy opening with a slight amount of booze. Just underneath is some strange synthetic wood type scent, that reminds me of some of the wood in Molinard's Teck. A very damp wood. CdG always seems to me like they have very interesting unnatural smells to them, and this is no exception. Interesting, yes. Do I want to smell like this? No.
I can't discern any oud in this, at least nothing that stands out. A few times I felt as if I smelled the vibe of oud, but it is sufficiently mixed with more powerful camphorous cedar aromas. The synthetic vibe of this reminds me of A*Men...not the smell, but the plasticky feeling. I would be very happy to smell this occasionally, but it is not a scent I would like to project to others. Worth a sniff, but not a bottle.

A light, non-intrusive woody composition that shows the CDG's fingerprints all over. A sligh boozy accord of rum and woods (mainly cedar) joined by spices and some patchouli (?). Hints of oud somewhere, incense and other resinous notes with just a tad of sweetness. The cedarwood is just perfect, never sharp or overdone. Overall Sequoia has a consistent body but avoids the typical heaviness of other conpositions in the same vein and it's a perfect candidate for anyone who's looking for an easy-wear with a good amount of character. Moderate lasting power.

Sequoia may result pretty linear but it'smasterfully executed, thoroughly enjoyable and most of all, immediately recognizable.

Rating: 7/10

This is my favourite in the CDG Red series. Lovely fresh, rummy, sweet but short opening followed by a slightly abrasive, synthetic woody drydown. Love the first spray but the drydown makes me hesitate about a purchase.

The only CDG perfume I have tried so far that I really can't quite take to. The wood & rum notes in the beginning seemed to get sweeter and sweeter on my skin, as if the temperature was rising in the forest and the sun hitting the wood gave it a "cooked" smell, not a smoky burning smell, but as if it was being flambeed (?in the rum). I can see other people wearing this and loving it, but I will stick with the incense range and CDG Leaves: Calamus. It was quite long-lasting - 4 hours for me.

Starts out with wood and incense, mostly aromatic cedar wood. There’s also something sweet, possibly contributed by the rum accord that’s listed in the notes, but it doesn’t come across as at all boozy. Gradually the sweet and resinous notes fade away, so that what’s left is mainly a woody scent that remains linear to the end.

I have a sequoia tree growing behind my house, so was able to compare the crushed fresh leaves with the perfume, and have to say there’s a certain resemblance. Both have a sweetish, resinous, balsamic fragrance, but the perfume has more woody basenotes than the leaves do. Of course, I couldn’t smell the wood of my tree, so it may be accurate in that respect, too, first creating the leaves, then the wood of the trunk. Sillage is moderate, with the scent lasting at least 6 hours. I find Sequoia to be simple, pleasant, wearable, and fairly true to its name.

Every good word about it is true, but wouldn't wear it. I guess it just doesn't have the "wearability" that great fragrances have. A good parrallel would be a great experimental music piece that will never get airplay because it doesn't "fit".

I think I will give the candle a try.

Woohoo!!It reminds me birch and woods,but rum is that which stands out.Indeed if you want to feel like a primitive in his natural enviroment you should pick that one!

This is pretty much the fragrance equivalent of a walk in a Giant Redwood (sequoiadendron giganteum) forest. If you love coniferous trees, you'll probably love this. Rather linear, but very interesting (as most of this line is), you'll think you are John Muir's relative when you wear this, and might suddenly have the urge to hike Yosemite!