Comme des Garçons Incense Series: Avignon
4.5
Overall
Accords
amber
balsamic
warm spicy
woody
smoky
aromatic
incense
resinous
vanilla
Notes Pyramid
Top
elemiChamomileAldehydes
Heart
French labdanumSpicesAmbrette (Musk Mallow)
Base
IncenseMyrrhOlibanumVirginia CedarBrazilian RosewoodPatchoulioak mossVanillaMusk
Community Verdict
Pros & Cons
- ✅ Benchmark church-incense realism with frankincense and myrrh
- ✅ Smooth resinous-woody drydown with subtle sweetness
- ✅ Excellent cold-weather performance for an EDT
- ✅ Minimal sweetness; sophisticated and contemplative character
- ✅ Strong value within niche incense fragrances
- ✅ A very special fragrance that elicits a great sense of peace whenever it reminds me it's there.
- ✅ Absolutely my favorite fragrance. I am on my 5th bottle now.
- ✅ Perfection.
- ✅ Avignon spoke to me so profoundly at a time in my life when everything felt discombobulated and stressful.
- ✅ Stands as a reference point among incense-themed perfumes.
- ❌ Austere, solemn vibe can feel too serious for casual wear
- ❌ May be overpowering or divisive in close quarters
- ❌ Limited versatility outside cool seasons
- ❌ Development can feel linear after the first hour
- ❌ Might skew mature and challenging for beginners
- ❌ It has absolutely no staying power. Less than 30 minutes after using it, the scent is gone.
- ❌ The current formulation as compared to a few years ago is strikingly different. The powerful incense notes found in previous samples are so far in the background and muted.
- ❌ To me, it just smells like a combination of musty rest stop bathrooms, mildew, and fizzy coke.
- ❌ This one is too pedestrian for me somehow, and dries down to my dad's cheapo $20. cologne.
