Comme Des Garcons Original Eau De Parfum

"What's that you got on, is it Comme De Garcons?" (penned by poet Gwen Stefani via ballad 'Harajuku Girls' courtesy of boyfriend who has a fixation on femme fatale top 40).

I'm awaiting my 100ml of Comme Des Garcons original Eau de Parfum - ordered on Ebay for the sweet price of $38. I believe the retail for this fragrance is somewhere around $120. I must admit I am taking a big 100ml risk here as I have never smelled it before.

My small interest in this 100ml protagonist - was conceived while in Montmarte, Paris this past January. I remember stepping into a small wife/husband shop -- I don't remember the name of the shop - I just remember loving the fact that they had a variety of clothes, furniture, jewelry - of which I'm sure each item was passionately hand picked. I recall seeing a bottle of the Comme Des Garcons Original Eau de Parfum in a glass case - one of the two fragrances sold at the boutique. Of what little French I knew, I remember learning 'Garcons' (meaning 'boy' in French) from a scene from Pulp Fiction. Of course as always, I was too shy to ask if I could smell the parfum in the case. When I arrived back to the States, I remember kicking myself figuratively for my passivity. Plagued with guilt, I ordered myself to circulate various departments stores and perfume shops - hoping to experience a whiff of the original. The closest I came to finding it was - at San Francisco's Bloomindales where - the lady behind the counter said - "I thought we had it .."

To run parallel to the sweet ending of many Disney movies with the conclusion "they lived happily ever after..." - so will my very own Comme Des Garcons and I live...

The brand actually is Japanese. As I am slowly realizing many modern material goods comes from Japan. Anyways, I have taken the liberty to steal a description of this original from a fellow blogger: " the avant garde fashion line's first fragrance, launched in 1994 with the tag line "works like a medicine and behaves like a drug". The notes include cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, black pepper, clove, nutmeg, honey, floral notes, amber, labdanum, cedar and sandalwood."

I'll be sure to document my experience.