Comme des Garcons Series Luxe: Champaca

This is a very beautiful heavy tuberose floral with kick-ass intense freshly ground pepper mashed in on multiple levels. The edges are slightly softened with its musky powdery backdrop, but it's going to give you an emotional one-two punch so be prepared for that. Not for the faint-hearted nor for someone looking for something 'pretty'. For men, I think a wonderfully exotic and daring choice. For women, the strong regal type. This is not a fragrance I could live up to on a daily basis, but one I quite love and admire.

Yessss, Comme des Garçon! This is what I wanted and needed from you. Incense Kyoto was gorgeous, but I'd never buy it because it isn't for me. This, however, is achingly beautiful. It's a shame I can't find it anywhere! The angelica in this is a bit of a struggle, but once that dies down and becomes more of a backdrop, the champaca just shines through as a beautiful, fruity floral aroma. So comforting. This is that perfume you smell on the person who doesn't smell like all of the other clones.

Extremely luxurious and intense, exotic and distant.. A flower hurricane that sweeps you off your feet and carries you to far away lands... A mysterious woody, powdery and somewhat mushroomy dry down that leaves you breathless, wishing you were somewhere else entirely.. Too emotionally intense thus to be used only when the right mood and/or moment comes :)

The salesperson said that it "makes you smell like an expensive spa" and that's a pretty good description of Champaca. It smells exotic, expensive and sophisticated in a "rich hippie" kinda way. Very Anita Pallenberg in Morocco. Excellent sillage and lasting power.

Whenever I see a fragrance with a note of champaca I immediately think of Nag Champa incense. I am often confused when champaca dominant scents smell more floral than of incense. Comme des Garcons Luxe: Champaca is a unique yellow floral with notes of champaca, green tuberose and musky angelica. There are some subtle spice accords present in this fragrance including pepper and cardamom, making this the quirky kind fragrance you would expect from a brand like Comme des Garcons. Luxe: Champaca is not a perfume I would consider a safe blind-buy. The overall scent can be quite bitter, despite the sweetness of the floral accords. Although tuberose features in this fragrance it doesn't smell like a traditional tuberose accord. It has a slightly chemical, green aroma. I do like this fragrance, but I have to be in the mood to wear it. The longevity and sillage are excellent, lasting approximately 8 hours on the skin. It's not the strongest fragrance, but a few sprays can go a long way. Comme des Garcons is often overlooked as a niche perfume house, which is truly unfortunate as there are many gems to be found in their range. Luxe: Champaca represents the obscure note of champaca beautifully, maintaining the uniqueness of its aroma whilst highlighting the creamy sweetness of the accord.

Interestingly, this is similar to Creed White Flowers. I ordered a small vial of it from Luckyscent and was amazed how they are both alike. I own Creed White Flowers so it was amazing to smell like a flowery rose bush garden on a Sunday afternoon. However the notes slightly has a yellowy highlight than Creed White Flowers but its not that far off. I tell you, they are twins. One of them is slightly with the higher concentration of yellowy roses but are absolutely nice to have. I will use the Creed than purchase my Champaca or perhaps not!

Wonderful champaca soliflore! Champaca is known as the Perfume Tree in Southeast Asia for the incredible scent of its flowers! The opening is very much like sticking your nose in one of these huge tropical florets and smelling all the nuances. The notes are shaped and contoured to bring the flower to life and give it depth and realism. Has the exotic heavy sweetness of the flower in its natural humid environment. Drydown transitions a little, and the tuberose becomes evident as the champaca's wildness fades. Good sillage and longevity.

This is far too floral for me! The first splash (from a Luckyscent sample) is like walking into a florist: buds and leaves. Then the tuberose starts to talk, deep and creamy, but nowhere near as enveloping as Chloe signature. From there, it's pretty much one note on me. I wish I got more pepper and cardamom on my skin, but nope. It's just a big bunch of powder-room flowers, and I guess I'd rather have the real thing than wear this. Longevity is great. I can still smell it 10 hours after application.

Hello all lovers of CDG perfumes and especially this gem: LUXE CHAMPACA. I have one bottle of the original pyramid shaped bottle that is so famous for sale. It's still sealed in it's box by plastic wrapping and 100% genuine, I can send you all verifications/pictures you need. If interested - please let me know to my address [email protected] . My asking price is: USD 200/EUR200. I live in Sweden. We can discuss P&P after we have established contact, since it depends on your location. Best Scandiboy

The tragedy is... This perfume is still available in UAE but they will not ship to the UK. I am obsessed with Champaca perfumes, it started when I fell head over heels in love with the also discontinued Tom Ford Champaca Absolute (and have stalked the perfumers other Champaca offerings...) it was a scent that never left my memories and haunts me. If you can get your silky paws on this beautiful beast... enjoy every moment of it, you lucky human !

Oh boy, this white floral bomb is not for a faint of heart. I am probably a wrong person to review this as white floral is not my thing to begin with. This is way too much for me, and I did try a lot of similar compositions. For instance - Creed White Flowers or A La Nuit Serge Lutens are way superior fragrances. Campara is a white floral and green mix, that feels heavy, musty even a little rotten for my nose. Sorry everyone!

I thought I would like it a lot, because someone told me it was quite powdery, so I managed to get a sample of it. However, I wouldn't call it powdery. It is a strong floral scent which screams LUXE out loud. I think that those who love strong and powerful scents like Robert Piguet Fracas would love it. I prefer other Comme des Garçons offers (Incense Series, Inoki, Sequoia...).