Lovely and limpid, pretty and pellucid, osmanthus is poetry in a flower. Its scent is a gorgeous whirl of apricot, tea and suede, which in Dot is made even more fresh with bitter orange and leafy green notes. This enveloping edp keeps the edges round with amber woods, punctuated by a sprinkling of peppery frankincense.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Dot suits a close, quiet setting where freshness matters more than volume: a crisp shirt, open windows, and the sense of moving through a shaded garden after rain. It feels intimate rather than loud, with a clean floral trail that stays near the skin and reads as composed, slightly playful, and modern.
How to wear
Best in mild to warm weather, Dot wears comfortably with a light hand: one or two sprays are enough to let the citrus-green opening and soft osmanthus bloom without overwhelming. On skin it stays airy and polished, while in humid air the floral-fruity facets become rounder and the pale woods feel smoother.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like citrus-florals with a modern edge: clean but not sterile, floral but not sweet, and lightly textured with pepper and woods. It will appeal to those who prefer subtle sophistication, transparent compositions, and fragrances that feel artistic without becoming abstract.
Release year
2016
The nose
Lucas Sieuzac. Sieuzac is known for polished, modern compositions that balance clarity with texture, often using naturalistic materials to create scents that feel airy rather than heavy. In Dot, he frames osmanthus with bitter orange, green notes, and soft woods, giving the flower a crisp, contemporary outline instead of a lush or indolic one.
Collaborators
Rei Kawakubo shaped the fragrance’s concept by centering it on Japanese osmanthus, one of her favorite scents, and by guiding the visual identity through the polka-dotted bottle design. Christian Astuguevieille, as artistic director, helped steer the house’s fragrance language and creative direction around the launch.
Comme Des Garcons’s story
Comme des Garçons treats perfume as an extension of its avant-garde design language: conceptual, independent, and often more interested in ideas and texture than easy prettiness. The house’s fragrances frequently reinterpret single materials or familiar accords in unexpected ways, keeping the line intellectually sharp and artistically driven.
Dot’s concept
Dot was created as an ode to Japanese osmanthus and to the atmosphere of a park filled with the trees in bloom. Rather than simply copying the flower, the composition was built to suggest its surrounding air: leafy green notes for the branches, bitter orange for brightness, and amber woods and incense for a soft, lingering haze.
Extra info
Dot was one of the few Comme des Garçons fragrances developed entirely in-house at the time of its release. Its black bottle, dotted with Kawakubo’s signature polka dots, was designed to be deliberately awkward on a shelf, turning the object itself into part of the concept.
Lovely and limpid, pretty and pellucid, osmanthus is poetry in a flower. Its scent is a gorgeous whirl of apricot, tea and suede, which in Dot is made even more fresh with bitter orange and leafy green notes. This enveloping edp keeps the edges round with amber woods, punctuated by a sprinkling of peppery frankincense.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Dot suits a close, quiet setting where freshness matters more than volume: a crisp shirt, open windows, and the sense of moving through a shaded garden after rain. It feels intimate rather than loud, with a clean floral trail that stays near the skin and reads as composed, slightly playful, and modern.
How to wear
Best in mild to warm weather, Dot wears comfortably with a light hand: one or two sprays are enough to let the citrus-green opening and soft osmanthus bloom without overwhelming. On skin it stays airy and polished, while in humid air the floral-fruity facets become rounder and the pale woods feel smoother.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like citrus-florals with a modern edge: clean but not sterile, floral but not sweet, and lightly textured with pepper and woods. It will appeal to those who prefer subtle sophistication, transparent compositions, and fragrances that feel artistic without becoming abstract.
Release year
2016
The nose
Lucas Sieuzac. Sieuzac is known for polished, modern compositions that balance clarity with texture, often using naturalistic materials to create scents that feel airy rather than heavy. In Dot, he frames osmanthus with bitter orange, green notes, and soft woods, giving the flower a crisp, contemporary outline instead of a lush or indolic one.
Collaborators
Rei Kawakubo shaped the fragrance’s concept by centering it on Japanese osmanthus, one of her favorite scents, and by guiding the visual identity through the polka-dotted bottle design. Christian Astuguevieille, as artistic director, helped steer the house’s fragrance language and creative direction around the launch.
Comme Des Garcons’s story
Comme des Garçons treats perfume as an extension of its avant-garde design language: conceptual, independent, and often more interested in ideas and texture than easy prettiness. The house’s fragrances frequently reinterpret single materials or familiar accords in unexpected ways, keeping the line intellectually sharp and artistically driven.
Dot’s concept
Dot was created as an ode to Japanese osmanthus and to the atmosphere of a park filled with the trees in bloom. Rather than simply copying the flower, the composition was built to suggest its surrounding air: leafy green notes for the branches, bitter orange for brightness, and amber woods and incense for a soft, lingering haze.
Extra info
Dot was one of the few Comme des Garçons fragrances developed entirely in-house at the time of its release. Its black bottle, dotted with Kawakubo’s signature polka dots, was designed to be deliberately awkward on a shelf, turning the object itself into part of the concept.