The Proustian Power of a Comme des Garçons Fragrance

As with everything they do, Comme des Garçons have a singular approach to creating perfume: it is without the commercial confines of ordinary fashion fragrances. “Our customer is the same kind of person who would buy a dress or jacket from Comme des Garçons,” says Christian Astuguevieille, who has been the creative director of the maison’s parfums since their inception in 1994. “Their age, their sex, is not our business; our world is more free.” The philosophies that guide…