Standard Comme des Garcons for women and men

Dominant note for me is Japanese hinoki (cedar/cypress wood), and on that score it is better and clearer than the actual CdG/Monocle "Hinoki" fragrance, which is too confused for my liking. I like this scent a lot, even if it doesn't remind me at all of Finland. My only disappointment is that it is rather short-lived.

Smart scent, I totally love it! Original without beeing too odd. If you're into sharp/austere cedarwood and spicy (desweetened) ginger/lemon concoctions, you'll probsbly dig this. It has the overall minimalistic incensey vibe of many Comme Des Garcons. Someone could argue saying it smells like pencil-shaving, but hey....this is the best "pencil shaving" fragrance on the market. A very wearable, discreet yet charismatic fragrance for the laidback personality guys! My only disappointment is the lasting power (no more than 3-5 hours). GDG is confirmed to be amongst the best modern/avanguardist perfumes outfit.

Rating: 7/10

It smells like sugar and wood for me.

Perfumer: Christina Astuguevieille.
Notes of lemon, labrador tea, twinflower, metal note, rust, fennel, watercress, ginger, saffron, dill, musk and cedarwood.

The unisex fragrance was created in line with Artek studio’s brief on combining synthetic and natural elements.

My first thought on smelling "Standard" was: a mix of "CDG Incense line" with "Hinoki" and then some deja vús of "CDG Synthetic series".

"Standard" opens airy, slightly aquatic and synthetic with lemon and a herbal, metallic atmosphere with a smoky mostly incenseish tea plus a dry herbal finish that easily could remind you to a cammomile flower and conifer scents.

The juice develops mostly clean, raw woody with cedar while the watercress and the gorgeous twinflower notes melt into each other bringing a delicious clean, floral blast, that will play around in the whole life of the perfume.
I get some fennel and lovely ginger accent.

The dry down is soft and posses a smooth finish; a dry, slightly floral, slightly green-incense-velvety pleasant scent.

I like it very much. A lot.
Ideal for a quiet, calm day: you staring indoors through a window, coily, feeling nice and warm while the world goes by.

Again, CDG show us that It remains as the King regarding to scents based in a fantastic balance between natural and artificial components.
Lasting power is reasonable, (no more than 5 hours) while it develops into a quiet skin fragrance.