A high-contrast fragrance: metallic/vegetal, bitter/sweet. Copper opens as a galbanum bomb: the sap of the Persian perennial producing its characteristic grassy bite. Copper elicits strong impressions: from “peas growing in a sun-baked greenhouse” to “a cashmere scarf permeated with cigarette smoke”, with the unifier being “comforting”, due to its soft path to a faded tobacco-vanilla drydown.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a fragrance for close quarters and sharp air: a room where the first impression lands fast, green and metallic, then settles into something unexpectedly comforting. It suits a wearer who likes tension in a scent and wants that tension to read as composed rather than loud.
How to wear
Best in cool to mild weather, when its green-metallic opening can stay crisp before the amber and tobacco soften it. One or two sprays are enough; it projects clearly at first, then wears closer to the skin with a dry, slightly smoky warmth that lasts well.
Who it’s for
For people drawn to unusual green fragrances, bitter-sweet contrasts and an industrial edge softened by amber and vanilla. It will appeal to those who like their scents abstract, modern and a little uncompromising, but still wearable.
Release year
2019
The nose
Alienor Massenet is known for fragrances that balance clarity with texture, often working with contrasts between natural materials and polished, modern effects. Her style can feel airy yet tactile, with a strong sense of structure and a willingness to let unusual facets—green, mineral, spicy, or resinous—take the lead. For Copper, that sensibility is especially apt: the fragrance is built around a vivid galbanum opening, metallic notes, ginger and amber, moving from raw brightness into a warmer, more worn-in drydown. It reflects Massenet’s skill at making an abstract idea feel wearable without smoothing away its edge.
Collaborators
Christian Astuguevieille, as fragrance creative director, shaped the concept and direction of the scent, guiding its subversive metallic-green brief and the final presentation of the copper bottle.
Comme Des Garcons’s story
Comme des Garçons treats perfume as an idea-driven medium rather than a beauty formula, favoring contrast, abstraction and deliberate friction. The house’s fragrances often pair natural and synthetic materials, challenge conventional prettiness, and extend Rei Kawakubo’s broader avant-garde vision of anti-hierarchy and creative disruption.
Copper’s concept
Copper was conceived around the image of heat, metal and green sap: freshly cut grass, suntan lotion, chewing gum and a modern echo of classic green perfumery all fed into the brief. The result is a fragrance that moves from a galbanum-heavy opening into metallic, spicy and ambered territory, with the bottle’s copper finish becoming part of the concept itself.
Extra info
Copper is part of Comme des Garçons’ long line of unconventional fragrances, and its name, bottle and scent all revolve around the same metallic idea. It is often described as a galbanum-heavy, rust-on-gold composition with above-average longevity.
A high-contrast fragrance: metallic/vegetal, bitter/sweet. Copper opens as a galbanum bomb: the sap of the Persian perennial producing its characteristic grassy bite. Copper elicits strong impressions: from “peas growing in a sun-baked greenhouse” to “a cashmere scarf permeated with cigarette smoke”, with the unifier being “comforting”, due to its soft path to a faded tobacco-vanilla drydown.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
This is a fragrance for close quarters and sharp air: a room where the first impression lands fast, green and metallic, then settles into something unexpectedly comforting. It suits a wearer who likes tension in a scent and wants that tension to read as composed rather than loud.
How to wear
Best in cool to mild weather, when its green-metallic opening can stay crisp before the amber and tobacco soften it. One or two sprays are enough; it projects clearly at first, then wears closer to the skin with a dry, slightly smoky warmth that lasts well.
Who it’s for
For people drawn to unusual green fragrances, bitter-sweet contrasts and an industrial edge softened by amber and vanilla. It will appeal to those who like their scents abstract, modern and a little uncompromising, but still wearable.
Release year
2019
The nose
Alienor Massenet is known for fragrances that balance clarity with texture, often working with contrasts between natural materials and polished, modern effects. Her style can feel airy yet tactile, with a strong sense of structure and a willingness to let unusual facets—green, mineral, spicy, or resinous—take the lead. For Copper, that sensibility is especially apt: the fragrance is built around a vivid galbanum opening, metallic notes, ginger and amber, moving from raw brightness into a warmer, more worn-in drydown. It reflects Massenet’s skill at making an abstract idea feel wearable without smoothing away its edge.
Collaborators
Christian Astuguevieille, as fragrance creative director, shaped the concept and direction of the scent, guiding its subversive metallic-green brief and the final presentation of the copper bottle.
Comme Des Garcons’s story
Comme des Garçons treats perfume as an idea-driven medium rather than a beauty formula, favoring contrast, abstraction and deliberate friction. The house’s fragrances often pair natural and synthetic materials, challenge conventional prettiness, and extend Rei Kawakubo’s broader avant-garde vision of anti-hierarchy and creative disruption.
Copper’s concept
Copper was conceived around the image of heat, metal and green sap: freshly cut grass, suntan lotion, chewing gum and a modern echo of classic green perfumery all fed into the brief. The result is a fragrance that moves from a galbanum-heavy opening into metallic, spicy and ambered territory, with the bottle’s copper finish becoming part of the concept itself.
Extra info
Copper is part of Comme des Garçons’ long line of unconventional fragrances, and its name, bottle and scent all revolve around the same metallic idea. It is often described as a galbanum-heavy, rust-on-gold composition with above-average longevity.