Edible
Woody
Notesbergamotcedarwoodcoconutheliotropelily-of-the-valleymilky nuancepeachsun lotion
Tags
#normcore
#sexy
#sweet
Style
for her
Sunscreen captures the shimmering memory of a long-lost summer. West Coast sun against salty skin morphs into cool splashes of ocean surf, and the whiff of chlorine on the wind. Plastic pool floats and coconut sun lotion: the scent of Venice Beach, California. Comforting and weird.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
The beach is behind you, but coconut lotion still clings to your skin as you pull on a T-shirt. Sunscreen inhabits that unhurried interval between swimming and returning to company: softly sweet and tactile, with a pool-float strangeness beneath its familiar warmth.
How to wear
A natural fit for mild to warm weather, when the coconut and solar character can echo the temperature around you. Start with one or two sprays on skin; in strong heat, keep the application light so the milky sweetness remains comfortable. The cedarwood and musk give the lotion-like accord a drier counterpoint.
Who it’s for
For those drawn to coconut and soft, milky sweetness but wary of straightforward tropical gourmands. Its appeal lies in the tension between familiar sun lotion and an abstract, woody-musky perfume—suited to tastes that favour everyday references with an experimental twist.
Release year
2021
The nose
Nelly Hachem-Ruiz, a perfumer at IFF, composed Sunscreen. Her formulation translates the collaboration’s Californian imagery into a solar floral fragrance, balancing heliotrope and peach with coconut, musk and cedarwood.
Collaborators
Eli Russell Linnetz shaped the fragrance’s Venice Beach concept in collaboration with Comme des Garçons Parfums creative director Christian Astuguevieille. Their early exchanges centred on imagery rather than a conventional verbal brief. Linnetz also chose the name and created the fragrance’s design and photography.
Comme Des Garcons’s story
Comme des Garçons treats perfume as a medium for experimentation, finding olfactory possibilities in familiar materials and unexpected everyday references. Its collaborations give another creator’s visual world room to develop while preserving the house’s unconventional identity. Sunscreen brings that approach into ERL’s intimate, Californian vocabulary.
Sunscreen’s concept
Developed over two years, Sunscreen grew from memories of Venice Beach: sun-warmed salty skin, ocean water, chlorine in the air and coconut lotion. Linnetz and Astuguevieille initially exchanged images to develop the idea. As the scent became more abstract, Linnetz chose the literal name Sunscreen to anchor it back to the beach.
Extra info
Sunscreen was ERL’s debut fragrance. Its special-edition inflatable packaging echoed the poolside imagery behind the scent. Despite the literal name, it is an eau de toilette, not sun protection; chlorine belongs to its creative narrative rather than its official note pyramid.
Notesbergamotcedarwoodcoconutheliotropelily-of-the-valleymilky nuancepeachsun lotion
Tags
#normcore
#sexy
#sweet
Style
for her
Sunscreen captures the shimmering memory of a long-lost summer. West Coast sun against salty skin morphs into cool splashes of ocean surf, and the whiff of chlorine on the wind. Plastic pool floats and coconut sun lotion: the scent of Venice Beach, California. Comforting and weird.
All about this fragrance
Vibe check
The beach is behind you, but coconut lotion still clings to your skin as you pull on a T-shirt. Sunscreen inhabits that unhurried interval between swimming and returning to company: softly sweet and tactile, with a pool-float strangeness beneath its familiar warmth.
How to wear
A natural fit for mild to warm weather, when the coconut and solar character can echo the temperature around you. Start with one or two sprays on skin; in strong heat, keep the application light so the milky sweetness remains comfortable. The cedarwood and musk give the lotion-like accord a drier counterpoint.
Who it’s for
For those drawn to coconut and soft, milky sweetness but wary of straightforward tropical gourmands. Its appeal lies in the tension between familiar sun lotion and an abstract, woody-musky perfume—suited to tastes that favour everyday references with an experimental twist.
Release year
2021
The nose
Nelly Hachem-Ruiz, a perfumer at IFF, composed Sunscreen. Her formulation translates the collaboration’s Californian imagery into a solar floral fragrance, balancing heliotrope and peach with coconut, musk and cedarwood.
Collaborators
Eli Russell Linnetz shaped the fragrance’s Venice Beach concept in collaboration with Comme des Garçons Parfums creative director Christian Astuguevieille. Their early exchanges centred on imagery rather than a conventional verbal brief. Linnetz also chose the name and created the fragrance’s design and photography.
Comme Des Garcons’s story
Comme des Garçons treats perfume as a medium for experimentation, finding olfactory possibilities in familiar materials and unexpected everyday references. Its collaborations give another creator’s visual world room to develop while preserving the house’s unconventional identity. Sunscreen brings that approach into ERL’s intimate, Californian vocabulary.
Sunscreen’s concept
Developed over two years, Sunscreen grew from memories of Venice Beach: sun-warmed salty skin, ocean water, chlorine in the air and coconut lotion. Linnetz and Astuguevieille initially exchanged images to develop the idea. As the scent became more abstract, Linnetz chose the literal name Sunscreen to anchor it back to the beach.
Extra info
Sunscreen was ERL’s debut fragrance. Its special-edition inflatable packaging echoed the poolside imagery behind the scent. Despite the literal name, it is an eau de toilette, not sun protection; chlorine belongs to its creative narrative rather than its official note pyramid.