Comme des Garçons To Vetiver places vetiver at the center of a woody spicy Eau de Parfum built around ancient materials, dry aromatics, resinous warmth, and skin-level depth. The 100ml fragrance treats vetiver as both ingredient and subject, giving the note a full olfactory structure through black pepper, white thyme, opoponax, amber, musk, and myrrh.
FRAGRANCES
The fragrance holds particular meaning within the Comme des Garçons perfume universe. To Vetiver was the final scent completed by Christian Astuguevieille, the late creative director whose affection for vetiver shaped the project. Creative images are by photographer Jamie Hawkesworth, with creative direction by Ronnie Cooke Newhouse and Karl Bolander.
Perfumer Antoine Maisondieu composed To Vetiver as a progression from spice to resin. Black Pepper Absolute opens the scent with sharpness, while White Thyme Oil from Spain Orpur adds an aromatic brightness. The opening creates a direct first impression before the fragrance settles into its central note.
Vetiver Oil DM anchors the heart of the perfume. Extracted from grass, vetiver gives To Vetiver its grounded structure and mineral dryness. Comme des Garçons connects the ingredient to a long cultural history, noting that vetiver appears in the Bhagavad Gita, one of the oldest sacred texts of Hindu tradition.
Opoponax Oil from Somalia Orpur joins vetiver in the heart. Known as an aromatic resin used in sacred fumigations, opoponax brings a warm, balsamic quality to the fragrance. It softens the dry force of vetiver while deepening the perfume’s ceremonial register. The note gives To Vetiver a denser middle section, where smoke, grass, and resin begin to overlap.
The base continues the composition’s focus on ancient materials. Ambrofix adds ambered depth, Musk through Moxalone gives the scent a close finish, and Myrrh Resinoid Orpur brings another historic resin into the formula. Comme des Garçons references myrrh through Mesopotamian tablets from Akkadia and Sumeria, extending the perfume’s connection to early fragrance materials and sacred use.
To Vetiver works through contrast in texture rather than dramatic sweetness. Pepper and thyme sharpen the opening, vetiver gives the fragrance its core, and opoponax, musk, myrrh, and ambered materials build warmth beneath it.
