Amazingreen Comme des Garcons for women and men

Amazingreen Comme des Garcons for women and men

main accords
green
aromatic
fresh
aquatic
smoky

Perfume rating 3.90 out of 5 with 1,811 votes

Amazingreen by Comme des Garcons is a Aromatic Green fragrance for women and men. Amazingreen was launched in 2012. The nose behind this fragrance is Jean-Christophe Hérault. Top notes are Green Pepper, Palm Tree and Hazelnut; middle notes are Ivy, Coriander, Orris Root and Flint; base notes are Vetiver, gunpowder, White Musk and Smoke.

Exhilaration unleashed

The scent of gunpowder in an explosion of smoke and flint, clashes with the green energy of the jungle and the effervescence of spices.

Top notes of verdant , natural wild leaves, settle with an elemental heart of flint and coriander to finish with a smoky explosion of gunpowder and white musk.

TOP NOTES: Palm tree leaves, green pepper, dew mist, jungle leaves.

HEART NOTES: Ivy leaves, orris roots, coriander seeds, silex

BASE NOTES: Gunpowder accord, vetiver, smoke, white musk.

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Pros

Pros

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Safe and pleasant offering from CDG
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Unique and well-blended combination of green and smokey notes
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Suitable for any age and leans more towards a masculine scent
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Successfully incorporates both green and aquatic notes without being too generic
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Starts with an intense aquatic opening followed by ivy
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Long-lasting with good sillage
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Good for introspective or calm occasions during fall or winter
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Deep and complex with a powdery finish
Cons

Cons

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Not suitable for every occasion, but more for casual wear during spring or summer
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Poor sillage and mediocre longevity
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Not a happy or invigorating green, but rather a humid and dark version
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Some people may not appreciate the gunpowder or ozone/aqua note
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May remind some people of an air freshener or aftershave
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May smell too dark or masculine for some people's preferences
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Sudden fade or change in scent after initial opening
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May not suit everyone's skin chemistry, particularly if you have oily skin

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Top Notes

Green Pepper
Palm Tree
Hazelnut

Middle Notes

Ivy
Coriander
Orris Root
Flint

Base Notes

Vetiver
gunpowder
White Musk
Smoke

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cho-ku-rei

Too sweet. Grassy, with a hint of some 90s fruity shampoo. Still pleasant enough, but generic and slightly synthetic for me. This may be peculiar to my skin chemistry though. Reading other reviews, this scent sounded more intriguing than in practice when I tested it.

Enrium

As a lover of green scents, I was keen to try Amazingreen, given its name and concept. This is not the forest-like galbanum bomb I had hoped for - instead, it is a clean, aquatic, vegetal take on a green scent, more sap-like than leafy. Like the other Comme des Garçons scents, this is unusual yet wearable, and quite androgynous.

Amazingreen opens with a photorealistic green pepper note, dewy and fresh. It becomes more leafy as it develops, but remains sheer and aquatic, if slightly more full-bodied. Some peppery spice adds an aromatic edge, but is very subtle. As it progresses, a grassy undertone comes to the fore.

It becomes increasingly dry as it develops, thanks to the smoky undertone, which makes for an interesting counterpoint to the greenness. I get a mineralic edge, likely due to the flint or gunpowder note, but it is very subtle. Dry vetiver emerges as it dries down, woody and grassy - a seamless development from the grassiness of the early phase. It fades to a musky skin scent. Sillage is intimate and longevity is moderate. It is a unisex warm weather scent, but feels tailor-made for springtime in my opinion.

Pleasant and refreshing as well as creative, Amazingreen is very much in keeping with CDG's singular style. Sheer verdant freshness with a little bite. 4/5.

cclusi

A bit blurry in my opinion. Not very forest-y, just green. Lasted quite well on me, which seems to disagree with the experiences of most people on this website.

dionnn

Smokey smokey grass and pepper. Seriously, the smoke damn near choked me.
Faint fruitiness, mango as some have described.
Really went for the avant-garde with this release as I can't see this as generally pleasing or an occasional compliment getter.
Brilliant if you want to smell like you spent the afternoon trimming hedges.
Best suited with light earth toned Hawaiian shirts.
Too niche for my liking but I will wear it while I have it.

Vibes: Sipping mezcal in Palm Springs or Cancun

6.5/10

bamba21

really strong bell pepper, rare to see a scent alike.

kispo

Such a beautiful green mineral my skin smells like a green mango ...I wish it could be a more performant .

bujiashvilidzimka

This is my absolute favorite fragrance. If anyone knows anything that smells exactly like this, but has performance, please share it with me.

Lukasssss

A very innovative and unique freshie. It is also a pretty safe wear. It has a very green, bright, peppery, wet, crisp freshness. The dry down is musky with slight hints of something smoky, but it still smells fresh. I blind bought a used bottle and I will be keeping it as I think I will use it a lot in spring and summer. The scent makes me happy. 7,5/10.

Antoshka2

Beautiful fresh and clean scent. Doesn’t smell like forest to me and I couldn’t identify one note in it but it does smell amazing and green. Suitable for daywear and work but also evening. Great for dates. It’s a lovely fragrance but it’s extremely expensive. Inoffensive and suitable for all seasons. More of a personal or a skin scent and as much as I do like this I couldn’t justify the cost.

Tshahb

Very polite and safe, but somehow very unique too, I really love how the nuttiness balances out the vegetable greenery.

I feel it's also very versatile, any situation goes. This is a good addition to my wardrobe, as I can't always wear exquisite beast-mode screamers.

smellyOwl

Not really all that amazing of a green. Green, leafy, fresh opening that fades to a smoky slightly plasticky finish. A rare bore from CDG.

crisppy1

Smells like watermelon rind and goes into a wet plant smell on the drydown. Reminds me of the plant section at ikea. I cant say that I hate the smell, its unique and interesting but I have no scenario where I would wear this. This would maybe make a good candle for a plant room or something but on a person it makes no sense. I guess its a warm weather smell but there is no summer occasion where this would be something to smell.

SeeMGRun

Starts off with a quite green peppery note, then over time fades into a more subtle, musky scent. No problems with the scent itself, but the performance (2-3 hours of wear) leaves much to be desired, especially for the price point.

flugsang

Yeah I'm on the generic masculine soap end of the spectrum with this one. It's an interpretation of 'green' as in freshness but not a photorealistic crushed leaves vegetal nature kind of green for me, which is disappointing considering the name and concept. It's like how 'marine' scents aren't always the actual smell of the sea but feel like a masculine aftershave-y soapy scent

jjfragrance

Lovely green opening but the pepper smells like Japanese red bean candy when it dries on me.

Glyph

A pleasant, inoffensive meditative fragrance that would be great for the office.

This is a deep, still green. It reminds me of grottoes, although it is not particularly fresh or natural. Yet neither does it smell particularly synthetic; it just smells green. It projects beyond the skin, but not by very much, so it's pretty quiet. It's also quite affordable. Despite its name, however, what it is not is "amazing" (although it's still good).

Universe360

This cologne smells just like an air freshener. It's got that fresh vibe going on, but to be honest, it's just okay. I wouldn't really recommend it though. There are other colognes out there that are way better.

alyce

Sweeter than I was expecting on my skin upon first spray, but my skin tends to pull sweet. Perhaps that’s the hazelnut, but without looking at the listed notes the sweetness was ambiguous.

Smells lovely, but a bit generic and commercial until it takes you by surprise after a few minutes when the green pepper floods in. I’m a sucker for green pepper; give me all the vegetable garden notes.

After ~an hour and ten minutes, I got something minty/mentholy which I actually really enjoyed, but I can’t place what that would be from the listed notes.

Ten minutes after that, the coriander and vetiver stood out.

Lasted for ~two hours in any meaningful way. It did last some hours after that, but only a very gentle musk with nose to arm.

Not sure yet if I absolutely have to have it. The longevity leaves something to be desired, but it sure is beautiful.

dorimckinney

I really like this but definitely not for everyone. It's primarily a fresh, green scent but has a synthetic, ozonic twinge to it. It smells to me like you shoved your head into a bunch of foliage after a thunderstorm. Leans masculine but I think it's wearable for everyone.

Some reviews mention an aftershave quality, which I don't think is inaccurate but that can be nice sometimes. I think the gunpowder doesn't read as much on some people which causes the shower gel/aftershave vibes. I wear this a lot when I'm outdoors in the summer. It has a penetratingly fresh scent and I personally find it refreshing on a hot day when I'm sitting on a patio or meeting someone at the park for a walk.

hyph

IMO this is the easiest CDG perfume to understand, uncomplicated yet multidimensional, simple yet sophisticated, fresh yet still elegant.

This is one of my love at first sniff, yes it is an extremely green scent but not overwhelmed, some notes made AMAZINGGREEN a special green fragrance tactically, maybe flint or gunpowder I not so sure but the result is so fresh, calm and beautiful. You can imagine wandering in a lush green field with long blades of grass covered with dew in the morning with cloudy sky and fogy. I always wear this on summer for uplifting my mood and remind me of that scene.

Not_So_Perfumy

Not getting any "gun powder" or smoke or anything; it's a synthetic, aquatic, shower gel-y cologne.
Nope.

skai21

First impressions - fresh spicy, with a light metallic edge, an underlying slight sweetness and a woody base. Mellows out after an hour or so without the sweetness and less of the spice, predominantly woody. Sits a lot more masculine at the end to me, though it starts off more unisex.

JuloK

It's OK, easy wear and fresh. But so generic and performance is a let down. If I'd have to choose one of the CdG perfumes with the word Green in their name, it would rather be Play:Green. That one is also no masterpiece, but it's much better, greener and more fun all in all. It also suffers from performance issues, but that one I'd love to reapply as often as needed. Amazingreen not that much. More aquatic than green, more masculine than unisex.

viewDidAppear

This is an iconic CDG fragrance. I recognize it on anyone immediately, and they do for me too. It’s … amazing. It’s sweet but not, spicy but not. Just enough green pepper. One of my absolute favorites.

ailimeavolokin

I had a perfume date the other day and brought Amazongreen to my friend for a test. I've been trying to put my finger on what does Amazingreen remind me of for a while. My friend identified it almost immediately - it is very, very similar to Un Jardin Apres la Mousson Hermès, with more green, vegetal and earthy notes in it.
What an amazing fragrance! GdG never disappoint.

adahn

Wet green plantation with a non dirty, elegant earth in the base. A rainbow after the monsoon, hovering over all of the lush scenery.

klioux

To my nose this is more "blue" than "green". It is fresh, sweet, marine in a distinctly masculine way. I don't really get anything smoky or nutty. This smells a little bit like a generic blue freshie. Not for me, but a great option for a man.

kozlowski

it's a jungle.

tilapia_johnson

I first smelled this at Notre, a boutique in Chicago, around 2016. I liked it then and I love it now! I have tried a lot of fragrances with green pepper as a note, but this is definitely one of the most balanced with the smoky elements of gunpowder and flint. It is super refreshing and clean, like a resort spa, and dare I say even a bit erotic? Like walking into the Equinox locker room and seeing your gym crush getting out of the shower (this is for the gays). It is not quite wet vegetation, but an artistic interpretation. You won't get each note, and there is a somewhat synthetic, aquatic accord, but it is lovely, masculine, and a novel take on a "green" perfume.

muzzbait

I got a fragrant floral-green scent with tiny notes of earthiness and funk in the background. For what it's worth, smelling the spray site is different to that actual wafts this thing puts out. Not for me, unfortunately, but it is quite a nice, pleasant scent. Reminds me of a few mainstream summer scents I've come across in my time...

Sniffathon

I just love this! As a lover of greens, and intrigued by the green pepper note, I was drawn to try this. Love from first spray - the fresh green, the light and airy vibe, a hint of softness, and the tiniest amount of depth from the gunpowder, smoke and musk. I’m delighted that this isn’t heavy with base notes and there’s barely a musky drydown which is just too common. Green pepper is front and centre in all its glory. The downside is that this doesn’t last long enough.

cedrat

This fragrance is an example of something that can be challenging to a novice nose. I originally tried this a few years ago and was not particularly impressed. But a couple years and a couple hundred fragrances later, I am pleasantly surprised by this beauty. None of the notes listed here explain the fruity fragrance that is tinged with green. It has a glint of metal as well, and I wonder how that is achieved. This is definitely doing some very cool sleight of hand, and I am very happy I picked this up as my scent of the evening. It has helped me calm down and appreciate my surroundings a tiny bit, and for that, I am grateful.

lrs444

Should be wearing this more right now because I think it's meant for spring/summer but i associate it so intensely with february in New York... aquatic and clinical almost, sometimes can feel too "fashion-y" for everyday wear but others compliment it so maybe it's more chill from afar.

kingderella

I think "Amazingreen" is a bit of a misnomer, I don't think this fragrance is all that green. It doesn't remind me of vegetation.

It's a nice, masculine fragrance that is wearable but is a little bit strange in a subtle way. It's mostly aquatic to my nose, disturbed by some unusual, synthetic notes around the edges.

I'm having a hard time putting it into words but I like it! I think it wears particularly well on rainy days.

sinusproblems

I loved the fresh green peppery, parsley opening and minty drydown of this fragrance so much that I ordered a bottle within hours of applying my sample. immediately after I'd placed the order, it suddenly faded into the kind of stale air spearmint of the inside of an airplane. absolutely miserable. even after scrubbing it off, the memory of the smell haunted me for days. top ten anime betrayals.

stacia79

I don't smell green from this as much as I smell light blue. It's a fresh aquatic for me. I get no gunpowder or smoke notes. Smells like an upscale bath gel. Has a humid quality that makes me think this would be perfection on the hottest days of summer. Like finding a hidden waterfall in an overgrown forested area and cooling off in the water at the base.

librabeing

This is lovely! I sampled it once a couple months ago and came back to it today, and I was happy to find that it wasn't as strong as I remember it. It's actually sweeter and softer than what my memory told me. It's true, it does smell a bit like toothpaste — but it's so inviting and warm somehow that it doesn't actually feel pharmaceutical or hygienic. I think the incense and musk save it from that — it's quite dimensional. Deep, watery, sweet, green. Going full bottle!

Pankracy

basically just smells like slightly burnt green pepper and some aquatic notes to me and nothing else. not exactly what I'd call "amazing"...

Llcj

This might be one of the most unique, pleasant, and mass appealing scents I’ve ever experienced. It is slightly green a little sweet and just exceptional and addicting. Might be one of my favorites of all time

herrera3rd

Many claim Amazingreen does not keep its namesake, yet I believe it is nevertheless a distinctive, refreshing, and calming scent that encapsulates Eastertide. The fragrance holds the tension of the transition from life to death and back to life. Balancing green accords with the scent of gun powder and the presence of lush ivy alongside the house's trademark incense note back to sweetened vegetable notes (e.g. per Scent and Soul's watermelon rind, green pepper, and celery). A perfect scent for the beginning of spring and your journey with Comme des Garçons as a house (contra Kristo's sagely review). Amazingreen may not be representative of the house as a whole, but it is a way to get into the house. As Weezer said, if you want to unwind a sweater, hold a thread, and walk away––you will unravel the complexity and nuances of this amazing brand.

Dkroon

Opening smelled exactly like parsley.

Kirovel

This was almost a blind buy full size bottle for my husband.
What I loved about this was the burst of dark green notes, the originality of the scent.
What I find off putting (and admittedly adding to the charm/quirkiness of the fragrance) is the tingling after-scent of gun powder and metallic notes.

Youssefmolly77

I loved it . Its kinda like toothpaste but very fresh and unique yes unique doesnt smell the best or the most pleasant but i loved it by the way its not synthetic smells somehow natural and good ingredients

symphony5mvmt3

Smells like freshly cut capsicum and dried toothpaste. Not unpleasant.

DoyleyCart

Have been wearing this off and on for years now.. During some lean financial times (and lean fragrance times) i was mostly using this as a satisfactory day or weather scent. I always enjoyed the opening and then mostly get the pepper and gun powderish vibe. It has always vanished from my nose fairly quickly but tends to stick around the skin and often gotten compliments from ladies hours after application... so it's a hard one to judge. As my collection has grwon and my knowledge has exapanded i have come to love it less but it's still a solid like from me.

Fischer84

This one of those shower gel aquatic, toothpaste types of smells. It is a a scent you recognise from the bathroom medicine cabinet. Synthetically fresh, but not necessarily bad if you like this genre. In fact many do. It´s the same genre as Aqua di Gio profumo. For something more organic-leaning you can also try Bleu de Chanel.

Otjello

Great green fragrance. Somewhat aquatic and smoky. Very good, very versatile. 91

nolascoarias

In the opening you can smell a really nice green pepper note but it only last for about ten minutes and on the dry down it’s very similar to Narciso Rodríguez
for Him Bleu Noir, so if you want to save a few bucks go for NRBN

Dhandho

What an amazing fragrance! It is challenging, and it will even challenge your interpretation of what a "green" fragrance can be. This uses very different ingredients and accords that will give it an illusive smell that has grown on me over the years. Not sure about all the notes listed by fragrantica but i do know there is pine and gun smoke so I prefer this in the cold and to be rather predictable - December. That time of year is usually when we are in gourmand, sweet, and amber season but this green scent will be a nice change-up. It is indeed rather linear but good and unique. 4/5

njwooding

This one feels kind of underwhelming when compared to the rest of the CDG lineup in that it's pretty one-dimensional. Initially it's pretty strong, smelling of wet leaves. Definitely green. After a while it mellows out and transitions to a more neutral, slightly woody or earthy tone. It's hard to pinpoint but it certainly becomes less green. If that's what you're looking for, great. I just don't really see the appeal, especially at this price point.

Coquita

Amazingreen is a great hot weather day fragrance, with a relatively soft projection and a medium duration on my skin (it's winter, though). It initially smells like a salad or crushed leaves, and I enjoy the green pepper accord very much. After the initial phase, though, the scent changes dramatically to flintstone. This mineral accord mixes with the greenness to create something that reminds me of dense, tropical foliage by a waterfall. It stays there for the rest of its duration and makes me think of a more unisex and damp version of Terre d'Hermès.

9/10

gospodinov_s

i mix this with the CdG2 for more wood and everything is top!!! POOR performance, if possible I will use bigger shrift to point it.

psychopomp3x

Got a house sample free in the mail. Low sillage and low staying power. Smells a lot like tom ford costa Azzuria, but with less driftwood and a little more green. That said, it is a very pleasant scent.

I would wear this to the office or fragrance free events. Just expect cologne performance out of it and you will be happy. It is nice.

SkunkApe

Reminds me of Palmolive green dish soap.

raru1337

It's green, fresh but not in a minty, sharp way, rather smooth, slightly floral but mostly green. You can scent green pepper. Great for spring and summer.

7/10

muzzbait

Before I moved to Hong Kong, I used to visit once or twice a year (for about 3 years), and frequently stayed in the Cosmo or Cosmopolitan (RIP), and the fragrance piped through the heating/cooling system is very similar to this. I feel like my plane got in early in the morning and I'm just killing time in the lobby, waiting to check in so I can change into summer clothing to go and get some gai dan tsai and coconut milk and then cruise by a computer market and get phone cases. Nostalgia.

Wolfgang Mazrin

In Atlanta Georgia, during the spring, the tea olive trees bloom everywhere and they fill the evening spring air with a beautiful light green fragrance that drifts on the breeze. Everytime I walk past a blooming tea olive tree, I think of this amazing green scent. I am surprised there is not more love for this scent. This scent is a true to life green spring scent. The only draw back is that there is not a lot of sillage and it doesnt last long. I think that is the criticism of all the comme de garcons scents. Still its hard for me to not love AmazingGreen and Wonderwood.

L.bss

This is my everyday perfume as long as I can remeber. It is very very dark, but rather fresh. The build up reminds me of Petrana by Odin maybe because of the coriander.
Now the first impression I get is parsley, a splash of parsley. Maybe it's the green pepper together with palm leaves,incredibly green and airy. It's quite linear but overall you can always feel the gunpowder and vetyver that gives it depth and the orris rooth with ivy which powders the whole thing a bit up. There's nothing as green as this!
Apsu by Ulrich lang is much sweeter and fruity. Forget it, this is what the most green you can get out there! In my opinion if you like this you could try Naomi Goodsir La nuit de Bakelitè to have something very green for the winter. I feel Amazingreen much more summery, even though you could use it all day round. Pity (it's true) won't last long. I get 5 hours on the skin and a moderate trail for 2-3 hours. I mean, I actually don't care about it because it's so good I'll spray it twice ;)

Abilolado_2019

I hope then Amazingreen was born in a green florest wild.
Amazingreen open with green flower and cedro. The fragrance is amazing, but, unfortunately, it is green.
The green smell of Amazingreen is a amazing smell of the sun days in a farm.
I feel a eucalypti and greens tea on the heart, the base refer a wonderful journey for a trip in the moon, in the sky, or same then, a beach in Indonesia.
I have Amazingreen for 3 years, and the first turn i will be there, i used for a birthday party on my grandmother. I remember then my grandfather felt my smell, he´s say: "Oh my grandson, this scent is a very good memory of my childhood, because i got a florest hunt mammoths with your father and my neighborhood so"

I love Amazingreen, its very same to healing plants in indigenous tribe.

SiCK HEAD

The really "amazing" part of this green doesn't last very long at all - it's that bitter, fresh hit of plants crushed underfoot as you stumble through an unkempt garden, and it's genuinely exciting, and then it's just... gone.

The main body of the fragrance is still likeable, but it's nothing interesting. Sticking with the theme and describing it in terms of green, it's like the blue-green water of an outdoor swimming pool in the sun. This is also the kind of scent I've smelled countless variations of on men passing by in the street this summer, though, which makes that initial deep viridian of the opening feel all the more maddeningly fleeting.

When I wear it I find myself reapplying a bit of Amazingreen every other hour just to be able to experience that opening again - which is safer than it sounds, because I find it doesn't project nearly as much as the other summer scents it smells like.

It's green all right, but amazing only for an instant.

shinayu

I got to try it on my skin in the store today and this smells amazing during the opening but as it dries down it started to smell more like typical mens designer fragrances. Still smells nice though. It is a safe green refreshing scent.

görkem.coşkun

As a fan of CDG I have to say I had the chance to test Amazinggreen in the same month as it was introduced to the European market in Spring 2012.And all I was getting was green mandarine mold.I requested a sample (was in vacuumed plastic bags at that time) and wore the following 2 days. It's quite linear over the time, and basically just green mandarine mold. As I tested it in 2017 Summer, the mold smell was dramatically reduced in the recipee (for sales reasons probably) still very interesting idea of gathering around in a cloud of green mandarine mold smell in summer.But I didn't dare to buy a full bottle.Neither back then nor now, since I was affraid of getting bored of it much sooner than the bottle is over.

ChemistRhi

Love love love this. I ordered a sample as no matter how weird and wonderful I like my perfumes and colognes, my go-to is fresh and clean.

I bought this during the 2018 World Cup, and wore it during the England matches. As soon as I smell it now it already reminds me of the excitement, bright green football fields, sport, adrenaline, white clean football shirts, and right outside my lounge window is my green pepper plant which is very apt looking at the notes listed!

The next time I wore it was at my gymnastics class and I could smell it wafting round me during the class, it’s very energising and I’ve never smelled anything like it.

I can’t really break down the notes but I like to imagine it’s the blast of gunpowder giving it that edge.

I’ve ordered a full bottle, can’t wait to wear it.

Even the sample was long lasting with good silage.

Literally green in a bottle. Smells of sport.

gabbi4god

I love this scent. Green but different. Not odd just not your typical flowery green. I know it’s the gunpowder scent that takes this to a different level. It’s not something that’s harsh or like WHOA! Gunpowder! More of a leafy green with a little more. Very nice. It’s a love from me.

monkey500

Comme des Garçons sometimes make impressive olfactory recreations that impress but aren’t necessarily something you’d want to wear....

Amazing Green really smells of airy notes of flint and what to me smells of potted ferns - which I guess is the mix of green pepper and green leafy notes - but it’s the flint that keeps this greenery on the masculine side.

Nice... very interesting but not an easy fragrance to wear for all occasions.

AndySmellsGreat

LUSH BLIND FIND!

I don't get the negative reviews here - I get CDG's ethos - this is classic CDG - slightly quirky and brilliantly done with typical quality - if I guess you are open minded and looking for an entertaining change. As such I own many CDG.

I just posted a review of Histoire De Parfum 1828 - I think this will explain it for you:

1828 is an Amazing green smell almost like no other!

Or so I thought then I realised its remarkably like one of my faves AMaZINGREEN from Comme Des Garcons. I had do a comparison. I would explain how it smells rather than by the pyramid notes as

1828 - Opening is am in your face Vetiver (eucalyptus/pine), Incense, Cactus, Fern, Green Bell Pepper/Capsicum and spices. The dry down reveals Nutmeg, Cedar, Wood and pungent Green Bell Pepper. Amazing projection and silage - very natural and pretty damn unique - maybe slightly challenging but if you like green it’ll pass for formal or casual use.

Beautiful and natural.

AMAZINGREEN is weirdly enough a synthetic (in a typical good CDG appeal) version, simplified! It starts with a much sweeter floral open and in the dry down turns to simple sweet sugary pungent green bell pepper/capsicum with gun powder hanging just over the top that as it drys down turn to a bit of a kick. Its that simple!

Its like 1828 is a seasoned version of Amazingreen.

AMAZINGREEN for men/women 1828 for Men.

Both awesome both newbies into my top 20 and smelling them both on my arm I would not do with out both.

Happy Smelling!

diluted paintbox

Too green and aquatic for me. It lasted for quite awhile, probably because I didn't actually like it on me. It is too masculine, I woke up still smelling it from the previous day and I was thinking "is there a man around?" (and it wasn't).

I think I would actually like it on a man, it is nice, but maybe too simple.

6opar

One CdG for the masses that i’m afraid the masses won’t approve.
The notes’ pyramid is far more interesting than the actual scent, which is quite familiar and simple (though it’s probably perplexed CDG style)
Amazingreen reminds me of a fragrance i used to have - Lanvin’s Oxygene - for its clean and green airy feel; and Smalto’s Fullchoke in its use of pepper and gun-powder.
Amazingreen is not amazing, but could be green as long as scent colors go.
Nothing remarkable, just a nice scent from a house that generally seems uncomfortable with just nice.
***(**)

bujiashvilidzimka

I just love this. There's nothing I've smelled in my life that made me crazy about it. This is the only smell that I'm in love with. My signature/ Go To smell. I just wish it had better performance so that others would appreciate this amazing scent. Too good to be real. If anyone knows any similar fragrances, I mean really similar, then please mention it down ! I'd be very very thankful.

BlueFan

At first sniff, I loved this - I got aquatic right off the bat. The longevity however is pretty minimal. I'm 4 hours in and can barely smell it. What I am getting now, though, is very reminiscent of Chanel No. 19!!

ihadaface

My favorite green fragrance to date, but I wish the performance wasn't so horrible. I love the fragrance itself to death, but I could literally bathe myself in this and it would still probably die down into a skin scent in just a few hours. Does decent in the heat, and I'm sure any amount of coolness would kill it entirely.

I'm quickly learning that this is more of a "me time" scent, because I'll be the only one smelling it throughout my day. I'll be reaching for this when I don't want to project loudly or make any kind of statements with my smell.

RUDOLFO512

Amazingreen is a very casual fragrance. Grassy, earthy, watery and sharp. Perfect to wear during hot summer days AND nights. I am taking it on my cruise this year. It's not an amazing fragrance BUT it's not terrible either.

Rorshach1004

As we happily stroll into the fresh, reinvigorating new beginning of spring 2017, Amazingreen goes straight back into my scent rotation. If you are after a freshie with an added contrast of masculine aggression and fire, then you’re sure to get kick out of this one.

Picture the scene. It is the beginning of spring, and the world is once again going through the wonderful process of renewal, and to celebrate the season of rebirth you decide to take a relaxing walk through your local forested area. Shortly into your walk you come across a body of water, and stop to take in the beautiful fragrances of green peppery vegetation, and the calming fresh aspect of the water. Everything is so fresh, so invigoratingly youthful, and you feel wonderfully alive, but as you take in the aroma of freshness, an immediate hint of smoky danger assaults your nostrils. Is there a fire in the distance? Is that gunpowder? You do not know, but you know one thing for sure. Your calming walk through the forest is about to get very interesting indeed.

Amazingreen is a freshie with edge. Projection is minimal and longevity is average. You wear the scent for your own pleasure. I adore its contrasts, the freshness, the green notes, the aquatic note, and the gunfire accord that makes it all so different, dangerous, unique and exciting.

As a masculine spring scent it’s one of the very best in my collection, and I’m as happy as a lamb that once again the world has turned, and it’s back again in my scent rotation.

beavisbonce

Top notes 'dew mist' and 'jungle leaves'? Eff off

Naoto

One of 3 x 9ml miniature bottles I bought recently (the others are Wonderwood and CdG2) and sorry!, but this is my least favourite among these three.

Freshly cut green pepper with some floral scent is fine for summer, but unfortunately it doesn't last long at all.....

WelzieJune

This makes me gag like all the other generic blue-sport-fresh- whatevers it resembles. Once I had a particularly bad sunburn on my backside and so I bought a menthol-containing aftershave splash to soothe it. Amazingreen smells like my sheets after I washed and dried them but the aftershave smell didn't completely wash out. Then the dry-down is like sour apple mad dog 20/20 mixed with "sea spray" candle. Ouch. I got absolutely no gunpowder, smoke or bitter pepper much to my disappointment. I guess the "green" fragrances I gravitate toward are the dirty bitter slap-happy ones or are the Woody-dry-dirty ones and that's what I was expecting with the gunpowder and pepper business - must've overlooked the aquatic notes when I read the reviews!

mohsen95

6/10

cell

Wow! This is just green and sickly sweet. Later on becomes slightly bitter maybe because of the gunpowder/flint and the green pepper notes. Made me nauseous.

As an EDP, longevity is bad.

Thankfully it was just given to me. I would't spend 80 euros(back then) for this.

ehsankasiri

اگه فقط دنبال رایحه بینظیر و کیفیت و بالانس مناسبید این عطر گزینه مناسبی برای بهار و تابستونتون میتونه باشه.
به شدت جنگلی و سبزه و بسیار ملایم و مهربون. انگار عصاره و ذات جنگل رو در یک بطری جمع کرده باشن. بوی فلفل دلمه، وتیور و برگ درختای مختلف توش حس میشه همین طور بوی خاک.
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Scent & Qualiy: 8/10
Longevity: 5/10
Sillage: 4/10
Creativity & Uniqueness: 8/10
Affordability: 6/10
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Overall: 6.2/10

daynierds

you can call this fragrance everything you want but amazing... we must admit though it has a very intelligent a catchy name but it does not live up to the expectations it generates....It is a kind of green musky fragrance...something that may appeal to the masses that prefer to buy mainstream and generic stuff...not a great one for me, at maximum just average
overall score: 5 or 6 out of 10

mikenac

Some fresh green, mixed with Bulgari Aqua style aquatic. Poor sillage and mediocre longevity. There is nothing amazing here.

Malthus101

I just bought it - it's one that I always think "I'll try that on again" and always quite like it, so today I pulled the trigger and got 100ml. It's not super expensive so why not.

I think the perfect place to wear this would be to a poolside on a very hot day somewhere nice! Don't jump in the pool yet, just relax onto a deck chair, lie back with a drink and put your sunglasses on and enjoy the moment, the amazingreen drifting on the air...

After an hour, jump in the pool for a swim and there you go... a lovely way to spend the day.

Jassar

This is in the top 3 worst fragrances I have ever smelled. Smells like mixed green vegetables, salad oil and green peppers mashed up in a bowl full of gunpowder and flint. I had to scrub it off quickly.

Allen-at-home

I'm not as good as others at discerning different notes, but something in Amazingreen is definitely vegetal. I guess it's the green pepper? I find this vegetal smell fascinating. But the overall scent seems too much like shower soap, or shampoo or something. Nice, but certainly not full bottle worthy.

marciasek

Great casual and outdoor scent. Very juicy green, like smashed plants. Non disturbing sillage - stays close to skin, what's a good thing for this type of smell. Decent longevity. I like it very much.

Ekho

Opens with a blast of lime, even though its not in the list of notes. Quickly turns to green leaves with a touch of coriander in the background. This list of notes that this one contains are rather unconventional, and I'm not able to distinguish 'jungle leaves' from 'ivy leaves', or 'palm tree leaves', and dew mist? Hmm. Although the scent is very green and there is a freshness reminiscent of ozone. Maybe that is what they call 'dew mist'. There is a very nice vetiver inside, as well as a crispy snappy fresh green pepper. The smoke shows up later, offering a little depth to the light refreshing greenness, but on my skin the smoke is always very subtle. Feels cool on the skin, and doesn't really project at all. While wearing it, it sometimes disappears, only to come back later when it feels like it. After 4 hours, it is entirely absent on my skin. I find myself frequently wishing for more longevity and projection from the awesome scents CDG has to offer.

thehanna

Glitterlust's description is spot on. I think if this was released by another house beside CdG, people would like it more. It is a very wearable and pleasing fragrance, the sort of scent most CdG buyers are not looking for.

Jish80

Smells like someone trying to burn green leaves. Chlorophyll meets smoke and vetiver.

LYV

Generic, fresh, clean cut, after shower splash. No depth, that's what you shouldn't expect but that's the beauty of Amazingreen- the singularity. For all them young lads out there that are poisoning themselves with sweet junk, please, try this out and enjoy your youth.

margarita.angelova

Oh, how good this is! I came to it for the name and the colour of the bottle and I definitely have a reason to stay. It's totally green and refreshing. I would wear this gladly; it's an edgy and unusual smell - for a woman at least. Especially combined with business attire it would add just the right amount of weirdness.
I like it a lot and consider getting a bottle.

Edit: After having worn it for a whole day at work it's safe to say that I'm over it. Not that I don't like it anymore; I do a lot but I just got enough of it. It's also not very long lasting on me; it disappeared pretty quickly.
If I ever happen to share a home with a male creature, I would buy a bottle for him - I won't feel guilty for splurging on something I don't wear often and I will still have it around to enjoy it every now and then.

Dr.ThraX

Smells good , but you need to put the bottle in your pocket .. it doesn't stick for long ! which is disappointing considering the high price :S

StellaDiverFlynn

Amazingreen opens with a fairly vague greenness, slightly resembling the gentle bite of green bell pepper. At the first, there's an aquatic edge. It then becomes drier, sweeter, and takes on a powdery texture, all remaining very abstract.

The sillage is soft, the longevity is around 8 hours. I was drawn to Amazingreen expecting an interesting combination of green pepper, gunpowder and vetiver, while neither of them manifests itself clearly on my skin. As a green, aquatic fragrance, it's pleasant and safe, but I don't think I'd particularly recommend it, as there're other more interesting choices among green fragrances.

smellavision

A somehow misleading name - Green? I'd rather think blue.. Amazing ? well... Very "aquatic" and slightly sweet, mostly due to calone (is that what is called water accords in the notes pyramid?), but really gives off a happy or "Life is good" vibe, summery and could remind me of a CK summer flanker.
Imagine morning dew on a strawberry plant or the scent of ivy perhaps ? Woody and slightly musky with some vetiver lurking in the background.
If this was launched by Kenzo, I wouldn't be surprised, but CdG ? Didn't see that coming. Like gypsy mentions below, it could also be from the Hermes Jardin series.
Unisex and hard to dislike, but not really that exciting. I mean, I like it but amazing? Naah....

gypsy parfumista

Wearing this again today, from my partners bottle, I'm wondering why I ever gave it away...

I'm amazed no one has noticed the distinct similarities, in aura and aroma, to the Jardin series done by JC Ellena for Hérmes. Not carbon copy, per se, but the same ambience and light lingering vegetal feeling to it.

I will amend my review upon reaching the dry down and report back. Suffice it to say if you own even one Jardin, and monetary issues are a consideration, sniff this and wear it fully before deciding. If you aren't fettered by financial constraints (or a rabid decant collector like myself) its worth having if plush green ephemeral scents ring your bell...

If you're looking for a well made still affordable niche fragrance this will do just fine. Better than most designer masstiege releases yet not quite as compelling as other more complex or costly luxe and indie perfumes. Sillage is soft to moderate and longevity is moderate to good, so great casual scent but still has some depth and style to it.

It's no 8:88 silver words or wonderwood but its no slouch either. Smell swell & be well...

Neeko

Menthol + Triplal + cis3 hexenol (and a woody base) Wow, not so complicated ;-)

Migotka

Amazingreen is an explosion of green and aromatic notes. I It opens quite sharp and cologne'ish. I only sprayed once on the inside of my arm to test and felt a bit lucky to be wearing a coat to cover the arm up as I was walking around the store.
It is unpleasant in a way I cannot explain. Makes me think of one of those tree-cards that serve as car fresheners or one of the Yankee Candle concoctions that was supposed to smell like palm leaves. I do not get a feeling this is fresh; on me, this is generic green and very harsh.

The drydown is a bit nicer, as the scent fades it becomes more wearable, but it's not something I would like anyone in my surroundings to wear.

JoeMacchiato

Not a bad scent. Aquatic for sure. Smells generic. Forgettable. Not worthy of CdG

Scentmad

A blind buy and my first (and probably last) CDG perfume. This, on me, smells far too masculine. It's more aftershave than unisex. I love masculine notes in fragrance but this is not great on my skin. I love green perfumes and had high hopes given the great reviews and the listed notes I thought it would be an absolute winner. Instead it has been consigned to my drawer of "perfumes that are not my friend".

I just checked the notes again and I think the note that jars with me is the aqua note. I particularly dislike the ozone/aqua accord so this purchase is my error - it will teach me to take more note of the notes! Shame.

rob2b

I think peoples' opinions about this frag are skewed by their perception that it should smell "green".
On my (greasy, olive!) skin, the basenotes emerge really quickly and I get a powerful, almost creamy musk, coriander and incense experience with incredible sillage and longevity. On me this almost smells like an oriental, albeit tempered slightly by the leaves in this.

I absolutely love this fragrance, but wonder if it's most suited to guys with skin like mine.

coati_mm

a bit artificial first, but i love it. there is a organic chewing gum called 'miradent xylitol: green tea' that tastes exactly the same as cdg amazingreen after 1 hour smells on my skin, awesome!

blaiseantoine

absolutely not green at all this fragrance is a totally amount of awful aromachemicals and it stinks a lot ,one of the wrost fragrances ever created by cdg .

totally disgusted by it


3/10

pinktojen

I still love it, its green and pretty and reminds me of crushed leaves in the summer. The generic greens can't and wont do this type of green. Just because its simple for once doesnt mean its bad.

Houdini4

I completely echo @Maddyrain's review I was expecting something uber green from this and instead the generic fresh, aquatic I've smelled before.
However, It's a very nice smelling scent and an inoffensive alternative to the mainstays of Hugo Boss, Calvin Klein and the like for roughly the same price so why not get this? It's not bad.

milkyway

Maddyrain pretty much sums up my thoughts- it smells generic.
Its the originality of CdG frags that gets the audience I think. And to me, it is lacking in this fragrance. It's a nice aquatic cologne at best.
Never trust a label =)

Maddyrain

It's funny that "Amazingreen" was released by Comme des Garçons and not Calvin Klein or Hugo Boss. There's absolutely nothing amazing or green about it. What you get is a pretty generic 90's citrus/aquatic fragrance. A complete misuse of such interesting notes.

azizhejji

Tried it last week it opens herbal with clearly smell of green pepper that's what i got, ammmmm not interesting best thing is the bottle =)

esteban747

Amazingreen may perfectly be a creation of Kenzo. Green and aquatic, not surprising at all.
This is not a 'happy' or invigorating green, this is a humid, dark version.
It sits on my skin and doesn't bother me but it doesn't create any positive emotion either.
The middle and the dry down are better, maybe because of the vetyver and coriander.
A good, comforting fragrance. A scent to use when you want to take a quiet, long walk just by yourself during fall or winter. Introspective and calm.

DoraRoxx

Green? With a lot of imagination but only in the beginning.

Sillage is weak and lasts only 3 hours on my skin.
It is synthetic and musky to me this weird creation.
Mainstream product. No exciting edges nor amazing! Slightly green maybe. The bottle is still nice tho.

User "woodlandwalk" is totally right:

If you want green and like the idea of lemony green roots, leaves and the feel of sun warmed earth under the fig trees I'd say try Ninfeo Mio by Goutal.

Rating 3/10

ChristopherRiley

A quality opening, which is velvet in texture, green with some natural earthy undertones, but it soon fades and looses its way..

I applied 6 heavy sprays

0 - 1.5 hours. 7 inch projection. This has qualities; it is soft, smooth with a delicate velvet like texture which signifies class. It is green with light green pepper and ivy dominates

1.5 hours - 2 hours - 3 inch projection

2 hours - 6 hours - Close to skin and now there is no quality left, this is now very not quality and very poor

Great opening but soon dies in projection and quality, so not for me overall

Axelrod

Neither amazing nor green. Faint sweet watermelon. Boring.

Na0

In the opinion of many, CdG is one of the best designer houses... But that's certainly not with this one that they will maintain their reputation.

This is green, but NOT AT ALL amazing. There are only 2 things which could make think that's a CdG.

- The bottle, beautiful, as usual
- The notes... And it's such a waste to make a so generic perfume with notes like green pepper, gunpowder and palm tree.

This is not a bad perfume, but CdG has the reputation to be the most original designer on fragrances, and this one is NOT !

Genericgreen by Comme des Garçons.

SimplyOliver

At first smell it reminded me of Kenzo Homme. Green and aquatic. I've smelt this somewhere else...

It's far from being the best CdG scent I have to say. A good scent nonetheless.

Leadark

For me it has 3 phases but very straight. It "develops" very fast. First, a herbal tang. Second, a few minutes, the smell of men's cologne generic, and third, an intense smell of church incense.
With all that, like my husband did not put anything hard, I like to use low gourmand perfume and incense gives them depth.

fragrantpete.

Truly horrible. The first Comme des Garcons that I have tried that I haven't liked.
Its starts well with a blast of herby greeness.
Unfortunately that fades to an overwhelming smell of over -ripe melons.
Its that's what you want to smell of..feel free.

woodlandwalk

I'd be impressed if someone's car smelled like this. Not really a great skin scent for either men or women, in my opinion. The top notes are promising - I do feel I'm in a dark forest with lush trails of ivy, unfortunately after that it fades down to a kind of nasty Appletise air freshener note that doesn't convince me at all.

If you want green and like the idea of lemony green roots, leaves and the feel of sun warmed earth under the fig trees I'd say try Ninfeo Mio by Goutal

Hoxx

This is a fine juice, well-blended, a summer crowd-pleaser. It is as green as it gets. Yet, I expected more, as this can easily be labeled as 'too safe' or 'characterless' fragrance - not something that bodes well with Comme Des Garçons.

Firstly there is a somewhat aquatic opening with some, to me, unfamiliar leaves and herbs. With the time the scent becomes more green, adding green pepper and ivy leaves, and losing that aquatic note it had at first. The base is still greenish with loads of vetiver and metallic vibe - I guess that's the gunpowder note - and, while i love vetiver most of the times, this one just doesn't cut it.

With solid sillage and longevity(especially for a summer fragrance I believe this one is), I cannot say anything bad about the quality of perfume itself. Still, the scent is nothing more than decent, and, certainly, not CdG-worthy.

Given that, I'd give it 6.5/10

gerrby

tried it at my local retailer. an enjoyable and unoffensive scent. the bottle reminded me a bottle of remy martin.

think it was pretty linear but didn't agree with my skin and disappeared after 3 hours or so.

what was interesting was the opening smelled exactly like ck crave (my first bottle, you never forget your first), but definetly a little metalic. The gunpowder, which is what males this frag.

My friend at the time said agreed but she said 'i think there is tomato vine'. Take from that what you will.

i personally wouldn't buy it, but as with all cdg definitely worth a try.

aucffan1

Funny I really like this.. And on me I am getting great longevity..

I sampled it on one part of my hand, l'air du desert morocain on the other hand, Penhaligon's satorial on my arm, and Clive Christians C for Women on another part and it is hanging in after 4 hours with the other high powered juices..

I am going to seriously consider this and Sartorial in the near future.. Good clean, unique fragrab=-nces that once you smell it you could pick it out of a crowd.

The Clive Christian C for Women sample is a gift for a friend but I had to try it.. Its so beautiful that you feel like you are walking through a flower garden.. Worth a try for sure..

busik

No-o-o, it is only for men, a lot of vetiver.

Shahz

CDG have successfully demonstrated that with creativity and thought, a scent with a strong aquatic accord can smell great and refrain from resembling every other aquatic.
Amazingreen starts with an intense aquatic opening. This is followed by a very intense presence of ivy. Imagine the scent you get when you are trimming your garden bushes. The dry down is musky and there are notes of gunpowder. It is better suited to spring and summer but could go also go down very well on a sunny autumn day. A safe and pleasant offering from CDG.

tessture

Cucumber, green sharp grass, herbal notes. This goes on lovely. Fresh, sharp, green green green. Unfortunately it dries down so sharply alcoholic on me that it becomes a scrubber.

alonzo.schönewald

Well as a fan of CDG , i must say i was a bit more loose when it came to read all the reviews here...

It is true that this is not the best of CDG, in terms of peculiarity , but it is ok.

Amzingreen does open with kind of watery herby fruity mangoish opening and it does not change much, u can smell the dark aspect of gunpowder maybe in the first few minutes, but to me it smell like stones and fruits, and does get a dusty kind of undertone and some stages.

the final dry down goes between the level of a generic commercialized perfumes to reminding me of Hermes Un Jardin En Mediterranee , just weaker and darker and dusty.

But the fragrance it does remind me the most is "Gucci Pour Homme II Gucci for men " and of course again in a very weak way...

I"ll stick to Wonderwood and Palisander .

bronstein

A nice one, reminds me of CK's "Truth," although this one appears to be more natural. Could have been a more exclusive and modernised alternative to Truth. Sadly, it doesn't even last for 60min, what makes you wonder what the point of it is at all.

***

elve

Total disapointment from CdG. Neither amazing, nor green - just slightly woody, watery, fruity vetiver concoction with all-but-natural spine. Wouldn't wear it even if I was given a bottle.

mse-21

Like everybody else, I was waiting for this for so long! Finally I received my sample from luckyscent yesterday.

On my skin it is a scent composed of sweet greenish notes over an earthy smoky base (should be vetiver and flint).

I'm disappointed like other reviewers but honestly it doesn't necessarily mean its bad...it's just far below our expectations from CdG...and maybe our expectations from CdG were too high! Of course most of their creations are better than average, but the only noteworthy scent they produced in recent years is Wonderwoods IMHO.

It has good longevity and moderate projection. Overall: 6.5 out of 10.

antonpan

On a skin Amazingreen immediately reminded of a fruitier version of Cartier Declaration. On a paper the resemblance is not so bright, though still noticeable.

spoombung

Fresh, shampoo gel, aquatic, calone- style thing with a flinty drydown. Reminds me of Joop Splash a bit. It's pleasant, wearable and inoffensive and is obviously an attempt at a mainstream fragrance for CDG. Lasts about 20-30 minutes or so.

Despite a green bottle, a green name, and claims to have green notes it's really very, very BLUE and is essentially an aquatic fragrance with very few green elements.

Good grief, I see 'dew mist' as well as 'gunpowder' is listed as a note in this fragrance.

andyray

**-***

Well folks, as Kermit the Frog famously said: ‘It’s not easy being Green’ and I have to agree with the writers below as ‘Amazingreen’ has left me somewhat unconvinced given CDG’s pedigree and the seductive, gorgeous bottle.

Yes, this one has all the excitement of a flat, docile stage of the Tour de France on a non descript day with all the riders in the peloton strategically huddled closely together waiting for something to happen and just playing safe to protect individual team interests. In other words: it’s good but rather uneventful.

In itself, ‘Amazingreen’ works well and is rather jolly to wear - as we Brits with our special Monarchy are wont to say. But it needs the equivalent of a break-away group of riders to try something brave and audacious as they sprint towards the finish to claim the ‘maillot vert’ - the hungry peloton closing-in on them with unnerving power whilst the crowd roar with enthusiasm.

At first I hoped that, not dissimilar to the genius of YSL’s ‘Rive Gauche Pour Homme’, ‘Amazingreen’ might unfold as an edgy, green, post-Drakkar Noir creation as initially I was reminded of the sharp, rasping, herbaceous opening of the underrated, aromatic fougere, ‘Joseph Aboud’ from the early 90s. Moreover, given ‘Amazingreen’s’ olfactory synopsis, I expected something self-fulfilling as crazy, radical chords exploded from out of its inner ‘gunpowder plot’.

Alas, however, no such surprises appeared and it was as if ‘Amazingreen’, avoiding risk, had instead morphed in to something expensive that a modern Creed might unleash, the former noteworthy only for the absence of any pompous long French title complete with the signature ‘millesime’ tag denoting its stronger concentration. (Indeed, to award credit where it is due: Creed’s ‘Original Vetiver’ is a far superior and interesting ‘green’ perfume).

Hey Ho! I am now left wondering what would happen if either the talented James Heeley or those wacky frog-eaters at Etat Libre d’Orange weaved a spell around this concept, as then we would receive a well-organised composition deftly avoiding any olfactory musak by their adroit ignition of an unusual touch paper to this ‘green’ theme!

(Thanks to the late, great Robert White as I took the liberty to quote his reference to Etat Libre d’Orange in his wonderful, must-read review of ‘Nombril Immense’.)

For T x

Arvydas

Weak, simple bad...a misunderstanding, not Comme des Gasrcons

querelle

This is so not Comme des Garcons.. I'm trying here to avoid the word generic, it is not, it's better than all the average summer releases, but still there is not a single CDG element in it. I was hoping that the gunpowder note might save the whole thing but it just doesn't.. Do they really trying mainstream? Do they need to?

alfarom

It seems like CDG is traying to desperately go mainstream which, to me, means everything but good news...

I'm an hardcore CDG fan but Amazingreen is probably the most disappointing delivery in their "ovaloid bottles series" since 8.88. The fragrance strikes as incredibly safe and modern (in the uninspiring and uninteresting meaning of the words), green and kinda watery with loads of woody amber. It opens peppery and fizzy with a huge dose of calone, just vile. The drydown is slightly better. Some vetiver, woods and a slightly pungent undertone which I guess being what they call gunpowder. Nice yet incredibly far from being groundbreaking or even attention worthy...

Personally I wasn't expecting something weird or even avant-garde but just a solid mainstream release a-la CDG2Man. It was about time to get a new blockbuster from Comme Des Garcons but, IMO, Amazingreen is very far from being a valid candidate.

An epic fail.

Rating: 4/10

noLan

Im dying to get a sample. I am an avid CdG fan and living in a country where they have never heard of this brand, I see no way of getting my hands on one.

glitterlust

I gave this a second spin today hoping to get a little deeper into the jungle. I have to say, this is a disappointing release from CDG.

It's not a terrible scent but it's not the sort of avant garde scent it could have been. It smells more like a retrospective on turn of the century green scents or something from the Hermes Un Jardin range.

It opens with a ripe fruity green note, tropical like mango. The green becomes more aromatic with the ivy leaf and spices tickle the nostrils. Around here it reminds me perhaps of Sander for Men with it's spicy green fruitiness.

The base doesn't carry much punch just a little wood, musk and a hint of smoke. They could have pushed the gundpowder more.

It'll be a crowd pleaser for late summer days as it's extremely refreshing and not overpowering. The bottle is stunning.

 
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