Gold inspires people’s wildest dreams, because it symbolizes health, wealth and happiness. Thanks to high quality ingredients such as Pepperwood extract, turmeric, coriander and luxurious geranium, Comme des Garçons creates 8 88, a fragrance that comes in a beautiful gold metallic bottle and box. Now avaialble at Colette.

A little while ago we pointed out an article on how Comme des Garcons has build an underground luxury perfume empire. What is meant by that? Well, basically the Japanese brand started recently producing scents for other brands as well, but just like with their own brand, they only work with brands that are not too commercial, but that do an excellent job with their brands. One such brand is fellow Japanese brand Undercover by Jun Takashi. Comme des Garcons has for such a long time been successful with their own scents and perfumes, that this move only made sense.

Now Comme des Garcons also joined forces with one of our favorite “new” magazines, Monocle. Monocle has impressed from day one with its all-around knowledge on pretty much everything out there. After previously collaborating on bags with Porter Japan, a bike with Skepshult, they continue to only work with the very best and now did their own scent with Comme des Garcons – Hinoki.

“Produced for us by Comme des Garçons’ perfumer, Antoine Maisondieu, Hinoki is a cedary, woody scent inspired by Japanese hot-spring baths and Scandinavian forests.”

Hinoki is available at selected Comme des Garçons stores and monocle.com for deliveries in 2008.

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The International Herald Tribune has an interesting article up on Japanese brand Comme des Garcons building a niche perfume empire. Already for almost 15 years the brand is in the perfume business and just like large companies such as Procter & Gamble and Coty, they are now starting to take on other brands to produce perfume for them. But unlike these other companies, they concentrate on the niche high-end market. First brands that they signed include Undercover by Jun Takashi and Monocle Magazine. Read the article here

It will be interesting to watch the progress of this move. If the perfumes for the other brands are only half as good as the Comme des Garcons perfume line, we can expect good things to come!