Synthetic is the most daring in the Comme des Garcons' series, traveling once again far outside the mainstream but remaining in the physical world of manmade places and materials of modern daily life.

Each one varies on its name and theme, using an assortment of fully synthetic ingredients to make each one mind-bendingly unusual and wonderfully wearable. These are for the fearless--the rebels and the non-conformists.

Garage brings to mind images grease, oil and rubber, but this is one evocative fragrance that will surprise you. Not harsh and never sharp, Garage is all the good things about childhood and all the comfort scents you rarely indulge in as an adult.

Soda is a bubbly, effervescent version of limeade with enough base to give it a perfect dose of grown-up depth.

Tar is for the brave, for those who find the smell of a crowded, polluted city and all its modern trappings a thing of glory. Virile and weirdly familiar, it's not for the faint of heart.

Dry Clean is a clean scent, but not like soap, shampoo or fabric softener-it's that metallic freshness of freshly pressed and cleaned clothes. Dry Clean is a truly unique alternative to all the "fresh" scents that have ruled the last several years. If you like to color outside the lines and bury your face in freshly cleaned clothes this one's for you.