Monocle Scent One: Hinoki by Comme des Garcons

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Produced for us by Comme des Garçons' perfumer, Antoine Maisondieu, Hinoki is a cedary, woody scent inspired by Japanese hot-spring baths and Scandinavian forests. Hinoki is available at selected Comme des Garçons stores and monocle.com for deliveries from mid February 2008.
The avant-garde house Comme des Garcons presents its new fragrance specially created in honor of the men's lifestyle magazine Monocle. The fragrance is available via Monocle.com and Comme des Garcons boutiques. It is named Scent One: Hinoki.

The fragrance Hinoki was created by Antoine Maisondieu, the nose of Comme des Garcons house. It is presented as a fragrance which brings aromas of cedar and Hinoki wood. It is inspired with Japanese warm spring baths and the woods of Scandinavia.

Hinoki is a Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) which, when freshly cut, releases a lemon-like scent which reminds of cedar wood aromas. Hinoki is a precious wood of yellowy-white color which tends to pink nuances.

It is great for construction but very expensive. The fruits of Hinoki wood are actually 8-scale cones. Hinoki grows in a conic shape and reaches between 1,20 to 1,90 meters of height when cultivated in gardens and over 3 meters in nature.

The fragrance brings notes of cypress, turpentine, camphor, cedar, thyme, pine, Georgian wood, frankincense, moss and vetiver

Cologne decants come in 10ml (1/3oz) glass spray bottles, which typically lasts for 20-30 days at .333ml to .5ml per application. The cologne is 100% authentic and is decanted from retail brand bottles.

Price: $37.99