OFFFICE ODOUR

Dusty lightbulbs, fountain pen ink, photocopier toner, pencil shavings: no, it's not another day at the office - it's Odeur 71, the new fragrance from Comme des Garcons. Inspired by 'electric and metallic smells', the scent turns its nose up at the establishment in the same way designer Rei Kawakubo's 'bump' dresses flipped a finger at the fashion world.

'It goes perfectly with her eccentric designs. But personally I prefer something more natural and feminine.'

Cora Wong, 24, buyer

'Smells like medicine or the chemicals I played with in high school science class. Bizarre, trendy, very Japanese, I'd say.'

Lee Ji-eun, 35, tourist from Korea

'Not as horrifying as some magazines say but it's not my idea of a fragrance. I love the bottle, though.'