Comme des Garçons

Series 3 Incense: Kyoto

Name: Comme des Garçons Series 3 Incense: Kyoto
Brand: Comme des Garçons

Woody Incense · 2002 · Bertrand Duchaufour

IncenseCypressCedarVetiverTeak WoodImmortellePatchouliAmberCoffee

Longevity

Moderate

Sillage

Moderate

Occasion

Casual

Seasonality

All Year

3.70community rating

Smoky incense wraps around dry cypress and earthy vetiver for a spare, mineral effect. It reads like cold temple wood and rising smoke. Austere and grounding, with little sweetness to soften the edges.

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How Series 3 Incense: Kyoto smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Series 3 Incense: Kyoto keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber.

Warmthtemperate0.59

Series 3 Incense: Kyoto sits temperate, built on woods and soft musk rather than amber. That is 66th percentile for warmth across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.46

Series 3 Incense: Kyoto sits mid-range on projection, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 37th percentile for projection across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Riskmid-range0.54

Series 3 Incense: Kyoto sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 93rd percentile for risk across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Texturemid-range0.66

Series 3 Incense: Kyoto sits mid-range on texture, which for a fragrance with thin wear data reflects an absence of reports rather than a measured middle. That is 90th percentile for texture across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.10

Series 3 Incense: Kyoto keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 4th percentile for sweetness across 5,322 scored fragrances.

Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.

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