Artek Standard by Comme des Garçons

Have you ever wondered how would smell a perfume of design studio? Artek in a collaboration with Comme des Garçons has developed the perfume to evoke the spirit of Finnish design studio and Scandinavia. Oh yes, very good perfume, as everything else which is coming from that countires! :)
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Jeste li se kada pitali kako bi mirisao parfem jedne kuće zadužene za dizajn? Artek Studio u suradnji s Comme des  Garçons-om, donosi parfem koji je napravljen u duhu te Finske kuće i pokušava dočarati miris Skandinavije. O da, jako dobar parfem, uostalom, kao i sve što dolazi iz tih zemalja! :)

 A house with a Paris adress, Comme des Garçons (As a youngster) which actually derives its roots from Japan because the founder is from that country, is well known for its various collaborations. Scent Monocle: Hinoki, Laurel, those are CdGs, but they are made in a collaboration with a men's magazine Monocle. The same thing is with a perfume which I'm introducing you today. Hinoki is a woody perfume, spicy. As well, Hinoki is a Japanese cypress which at the moment is notched, gives the limony smell with a traces of cedar wood (smell of pencils:).

The same story is with Standard also. Artek studio is well known Finnish brand specialised in design. Studio was established by Alvar Aalto with specified system and standard for designing furniture. Does it mean 'standard' something to you? The roots of the name I have revealed to you in previous sentence :) The name is deriving from Artek's standard idea for a puristic design; pure, standard lines which have their own system. I need to admit that there is no such thing which I don't like from taht studio, I would like to have them all in my appartement :D :P 

Every studio is actually playing with senses and they wanted to show that now in a form of a perfume. Its their way of communicating with a World. :)

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Kuća sa pariškom adresom Comme des Garçons (Poput mladića) koja svoje korijene zapravo vuče iz Japana jer je osnivačica japanskog podrijetla, jako je je poznata po raznim kolaboracijama.  Scent Monocle: Hinoki, Laurel, to jesu parfemi CdG-a, ali su napravljeni u kolaboraciji s časopisom za muškarce Monocle. Isto je i sa parfemom kojeg Vam predstavljam. Hinoki je drveni parfem, začinski. Također, Hinoki je i Japanski čempres koji u trenu kada se zareže pušta limunast miris koji podsjeća na cedrovo drvo (miris olovaka tokom šiljenja :)

Ista priča je i sa Standardom. Artek studio je poznati Finski brand koji se specijalzirao za dizajn. Studio za dizajn je osnovao Alvar Aalto s određenim sistemom i standardom za dizajn pokućstva. Znači li Vam išta riječ standard? Značenje imena parfema sam Vam upravo razotkrio u prethodnoj rečenici :) Naziv mirisa potječe od Artekove standardne ideje za dizajn; čiste, standardne linije koja ima vlastiti sistem. Moram Vam priznati da nema te stvari koja mi se ne sviđa, sve bi volio imati u vlastitom stanu od njih :D :P 

Svaki studio se zapravo poigrava osjetilima i sada su to samo htijeli pretočiti i u miris. Njihov način komuniciranja sa Svijetom. :)

They wanted to communicate with a world so that they can show for what Artek stands today - radical design. My opinion is that they have succeded in that. They have made my favourite CdG perfume ever. It is so unusual that we can talk about the concept here. Why radical?  Perfume is a synthesis of metal, rust, fennel, Finnish labrador tea, limon, ginger, saffron, watercress and few more ingredients which are not important here because this notes have the main role ;)

Metal and rust? Disgusts you? You need to try this. Only on the paper it smells on something cold and metal, unfotunately, on the skin it is more lemony and the metal note is suffocated with a cypress. Imagine that you want to make a perfume which smells on metal? 

To introduce the notes of iron is a concept, while perfume classics were being made, it could only be dreamed of such radical move. In the spotlight were usually traditional oriental notes. CdG is standing for avant-garde house - the smell of waist, well known London store Dover street market, perfume made of 53 incompatible ingredients...Standard.

Those are concepts which makes perfume industry ultra modern, interesting and playfull. Those are perfumes for those who fell very contemporary, but not modern. Those are two different terms. Those who are 'modern', wear airy, soft, sweet-watery fragrances.  Those are notes which have seen the daylight in the nineties. It doesn't mean that you are not modern if you wear Shalimar or Habit Rouge, pls don't get me wrong. ;)

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Htjeli su komunicirati sa svijetom tako da pokažu što znači uopće Artek danas - radikalan dizajn. Mislim da su u potpunosti uspijeli u tome. Stvorili su moj najdraži CdG parfem ikada. Toliko je neuobičajen da bismo mogli govoriti o konceptu. Zašto radikalan? Parfem je spoj metala, hrđe, komorača, finskog labradorskog čaja, limuna, đumbira, šafrana, čempresa i još par sastojaka koji su nevažni, ovo nosi glavnu priču ;)

Metal i hrđa? Gadi Vam se? Morate ovo probati. Samo na bloteru miriši na nešto hladno, metalno, nažalost, na koži postaje limunast i gubi se ta metalna nota. Zamislite da želite stvoriti parfem koji miriši na metal? Uvesti note željeza je koncept, dok su se stvarali parfemski klasici, takav radikalni iskorak se mogao samo sanjati. Prevladavale su uglavnom orijentalne note. CdG oduvijek slovi za avant-gardnu kuću. Miris otpada, poznatog londonskog dućana Dover street market, parfem sinteze 53 nespojiva elementa...Standard. 

To su koncepti koji čine parfemsku industriju ultra modernom, zanimljivom i zaigranom. To su parfemi prikladni za one koji se osjećaju suvremenima, ali ne i modernima. To su dva različita pojma. Oni 'moderni' nose prozračne, lagane, vodenasto-slatke mirise. To su sastojci koji su se počeli pojavljivati devedesetih godina prošlog stoljeća. No, ne znači da oni koji nose Shalimar ili Habit Rouge nisu moderni, nemojte me pogrešno shvatiti. ;)

Who wants to smell on a metal? Well, after you will try it, probably everyone. The opening is full of lemon, metal, ginger and green tea. It is quite linear, it doesn't change a lot and tey have tried to summon everything Scandinavian in this small bottle. Metal note disappears very quickly and there is only lemon, tea and cypress. It reminds on something cold and pine forrest. At the time when I was trying it, it reminded me on a theatre, well, I spend there 8 years. It reminds me on boards, parquet, wood and metal. Very clean scent, suptile, unagressive. The smell of leom, ginger and cypress is lasting till the end which gives it very high cleaness and freshness. ;)

There isn't anything else except of testing it :)

It is developed by Christian Astuguevielle, very known artist which was creative directos for design, perfumes, fashion..and now works for CdG.

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Tko bi htio mirisati na metal? Pa, nakon što probate, valjda svatko. Otvaranje je puno limuna, metala, đumbira, zelenog čaja. Parfem je prilično linearan, ne mijenja se puno i pokušali su sažeti sve skandinavsko u tu malu bočicu. Metalna nota nestaje jako brzo i zapravo ostaje jedan lijepi limun, čaj i čempres. Podsjeća me na nešto hladno i borovu šumu. Prije, kada sam ga isprobavao, stalno me podsjećao na metal i kazalište, pošto sam 8 godina proveo tamo, jako me podsjeća na daske, izlizane parkete, drvo i metal. Jako čist parfem, suptilan, nije napadan. Miris limuna, đumbira i čempresa ostaje do kraja što mu daje izuzetnu svježinu i čistoću. ;)

Ne preostaje Vam ništa drugo nego da probate :)

Ipak ga je razvio Christian Astuguevielle, jedan jako poznati umjetnik koji je bio kreativni direktor za dizajn, parfeme, modu...a sada radi za CdG. 

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My ranking (1-5): 4/5

Parfumeur: Olivier Pescheaux

Developed by: Christian Astuguevielle

Packaging design by: Ville Kokkonen

Type: citrusy-spicy-aromatic, unusual

For: summer, spring

Purpose: everyday wear, casual, elegant

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pictures: artek.com