Tears
Aromatic
Unconventional
Notesambrettolide muskclary sagecottoncotton boll accordgalbanumorris (iris root)rosesagewhite musk
Tags
#fresh
#savory
#ultra niche
Style
unisex
Founded in 2019 by designer and aesthete Tremaine Emory, each Denim Tears collection tells a story, revealing what the brand’s founder calls the African diaspora. Tears, Eau de Parfum, translates this work into an olfactory narrative.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Tears suits close, textured settings where the air still holds moisture: a shirt collar, a shaded porch, the moment after rain when green notes rise from warm ground. It reads as intimate and quietly distinctive, with a clean but savory edge that stays near the skin.
How to wear
Best in mild to warm weather, when its green aromatics and cotton accord can stay airy rather than sharp. Apply lightly, two to three sprays, to let the scent sit close at first and then open into a soft, humid trail; in heat it feels fresher, while cooler air will make the sage and galbanum more pronounced.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like conceptual, green and unconventional fragrances with a tactile, fabric-like feel. It will appeal to people drawn to aromatic compositions that are fresh but not sporty, polished but not clean in the usual sense, and niche enough to feel personal.
Release year
2026
The nose
Paul Guerlain. A member of the Guerlain family, Paul Guerlain works in a contemporary, technically precise style that suits conceptual houses and modern collaborations. For Tears, he translates Denim Tears’ cotton-and-rain brief into a green, airy composition that feels tactile rather than decorative.
Collaborators
Tremaine Emory shaped the fragrance’s central concept, using Denim Tears’ language of Black history, labor and the African diaspora as the creative brief. The COMME des GARÇONS Parfums team then developed the formula around that vision, refining the scent until it matched the intended image of cotton after rain.
Comme Des Garcons’s story
COMME des GARÇONS Parfums approaches fragrance as a conceptual medium rather than a conventional beauty product. Under Rei Kawakubo’s anti-conventional ethos, the house favors tension, abstraction and unusual materials, creating scents that challenge easy prettiness and feel deliberately singular.
Tears’s concept
Tears was created as a collaboration between Denim Tears and COMME des GARÇONS Parfums, with the idea rooted in the smell of cotton after rain in rural Georgia. The fragrance turns that image into an olfactory narrative of cotton fields, red clay, humidity and Southern air, extending Denim Tears’ storytelling into scent.
Extra info
Tears is Denim Tears’ first fragrance. It is a 50 mL Eau de Parfum and was released on September 18, 2026. The packaging reportedly features white cotton-flower artwork, reinforcing the scent’s central cotton motif.
Celebrity connection
A$AP Nast appeared in the campaign imagery for the fragrance, but no formal celebrity endorsement deal was documented.
Notesambrettolide muskclary sagecottoncotton boll accordgalbanumorris (iris root)rosesagewhite musk
Tags
#fresh
#savory
#ultra niche
Style
unisex
Founded in 2019 by designer and aesthete Tremaine Emory, each Denim Tears collection tells a story, revealing what the brand’s founder calls the African diaspora. Tears, Eau de Parfum, translates this work into an olfactory narrative.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
Tears suits close, textured settings where the air still holds moisture: a shirt collar, a shaded porch, the moment after rain when green notes rise from warm ground. It reads as intimate and quietly distinctive, with a clean but savory edge that stays near the skin.
How to wear
Best in mild to warm weather, when its green aromatics and cotton accord can stay airy rather than sharp. Apply lightly, two to three sprays, to let the scent sit close at first and then open into a soft, humid trail; in heat it feels fresher, while cooler air will make the sage and galbanum more pronounced.
Who it’s for
For wearers who like conceptual, green and unconventional fragrances with a tactile, fabric-like feel. It will appeal to people drawn to aromatic compositions that are fresh but not sporty, polished but not clean in the usual sense, and niche enough to feel personal.
Release year
2026
The nose
Paul Guerlain. A member of the Guerlain family, Paul Guerlain works in a contemporary, technically precise style that suits conceptual houses and modern collaborations. For Tears, he translates Denim Tears’ cotton-and-rain brief into a green, airy composition that feels tactile rather than decorative.
Collaborators
Tremaine Emory shaped the fragrance’s central concept, using Denim Tears’ language of Black history, labor and the African diaspora as the creative brief. The COMME des GARÇONS Parfums team then developed the formula around that vision, refining the scent until it matched the intended image of cotton after rain.
Comme Des Garcons’s story
COMME des GARÇONS Parfums approaches fragrance as a conceptual medium rather than a conventional beauty product. Under Rei Kawakubo’s anti-conventional ethos, the house favors tension, abstraction and unusual materials, creating scents that challenge easy prettiness and feel deliberately singular.
Tears’s concept
Tears was created as a collaboration between Denim Tears and COMME des GARÇONS Parfums, with the idea rooted in the smell of cotton after rain in rural Georgia. The fragrance turns that image into an olfactory narrative of cotton fields, red clay, humidity and Southern air, extending Denim Tears’ storytelling into scent.
Extra info
Tears is Denim Tears’ first fragrance. It is a 50 mL Eau de Parfum and was released on September 18, 2026. The packaging reportedly features white cotton-flower artwork, reinforcing the scent’s central cotton motif.
Celebrity connection
A$AP Nast appeared in the campaign imagery for the fragrance, but no formal celebrity endorsement deal was documented.