Monocle Scent One Hinoki
The Monocle collaboration that bottled a still hinoki bath morning in Kyoto.
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Story & heritage
The official page says Hinoki was inspired by a perfectly still, chilly spring morning spent soaking in a tub at the Tawaraya in Kyoto.
The same source credits the concept to Monocle Magazine and production to Comme des Garçons Parfums.
Materials & craft
The inspiration for this fragrance comes from a perfectly still, slightly chilly spring morning spent soaking in a tub at the Tawaraya in Kyoto. It pulls together our memory of the mosses and trees outdoors and sharp notes of the boxy, hinoki tub. Cypress, Terebenthine, Campher, Cedar, Thyme, Pine, Georgywood, Encens, Treemoss, Vetiver Concept: Monocle.
Monocle Scent One Hinoki is presented through the Comme des Garçons Parfums visual system: a stark bottle-and-carton object, with composition notes foregrounded as the product identity rather than decoration.
How to choose & style
Choose Monocle Scent One Hinoki when the point is not prettiness but character: it works best as a deliberate signature scent, worn sparingly and allowed to read close to fabric or skin.
