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Odeur 53 by Comme des Garcons is a Floral Woody Musk fragrance for women and men. Odeur 53 was launched in 1998. The nose behind this fragrance is Martine Pallix. The fragrance features Metallic notes, Clay, Pebbles and Sand. The main characteristic of this fragrance is an absolutely avant-garde structure, or its absence, as each component in it lives its on life. Not only that the structure is avant-garde, but also each of the 53 components, inorganic odors such as: desert sand, flame, India rubber, oxygen, smell of white-hot bulb, etc. Due to its structure, this fragrance opens differently to different persons, and it is very interesting to try it out together with other people. This is a fragrance for a personality, inordinate and daring. It was launched in 1998.
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Comme des Garçons is Rei Kawakubo's avant-garde Tokyo fashion house, whose fragrance arm runs one of the most conceptually-cohesive niche lines in the market, most famously the Series 3 Incense collection (Avignon / Kyoto / Jaisalmer / Zagorsk / Ouarzazate) where each fragrance interprets the incense of a specific place. The 17 live pieces on Scendira average .01, are overwhelmingly unisex (15 of 16) and skew Woody (11) with Fresh (4). Prices sit tightly at $125-$210 (average $147), mid-niche band. Standout live pieces: Series 3 Incense: Avignon ($125,.36, smoky incense on warm resinous wood), Series 3 Incense: Kyoto ($125,.30, smoky incense and cedar in a quiet room), CdG 2 Man ($125,.23, smoky leathery wood warmed with nutmeg), Series 3 Incense: Jaisalmer ($125,.17, smoky incense resin with spiced woods) and Series 3 Incense: Zagorsk ($125,.17, smoky pine incense, cool woody resin).
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