Comme des Garcons 2 Comme des Garcons

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Comme des Garcons 2 Comme des Garcons

Comme des Garcons 2 Comme des Garcons

Rated 3.88 out of 5 based on 57 customer ratings
(57 customer reviews)

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Comme des Garcons 2 is a play of light and shadows, inspired by the Japanese art of calligraphy. The light side of the fragrance create new aldehydes, orange, mandarin and magnolia. The black side is ink. This unusual alliance is followed by the sharp oriental composition of patchouli, labdanum, amber, vetiver, Chinese cedar and juniper. Just like the first fragrance, Comme des Garcons 2 is a fragrance for a personality regardless its sex. It was created in 1999.

The nose behind this fragrance is Mark Buxton.

57 reviews for Comme des Garcons 2 Comme des Garcons

  1. :

    3 out of 5

    This is a fascinating scent and I agree with most of the reviews, even though many are contradictory. This fragrance goes through many stages.
    It starts with a cool, aldehydic opening that shimmers, then the brightness settles down and some sweetness comes through – citrus peel and spices. And then – and this is a stage that catches me by surprise every time – before I know it, I have a woody, spicy, rosy scent. This reminds me of Feminité du bois in its sheer woody-floral approach, although it is less fruity than FdB.
    Like mercury, a metal that moves slick and languidly, this scent shifts from icy silver (like many people reviewing, I find the opening is hard to describe without resorting to colours) into a delicious and weightless woody oriental. All of this means it does feel other-worldly. It also means it suits most occasions and seasons and that it is very hard to get bored of it.
    I do not think of this as a strong scent, but I have been surprised by how many people have complimented me on this as I have walked past them, so the sillage is there, it is just transparent like chiffon.
    This is one to wear by itself and to wear all day for a couple of days to appreciate all the twists and turns.

  2. :

    5 out of 5

    If you spend enough time avoiding certain notes in perfumes, when you finally encounter them again while trying something new, it’s all you can smell. Such is the case with 2 and me. I used to wear this in college and loved it. I got alot of woods and cinnamon. Now all I get is aldehydes and laundry musk. I can’t imagine the formula has changed since it is a synthetic classic. But yes, 2 is a great abstract composition that allows for multiple interpretations. It’s like staring at the clouds. I might see a hamper filled with clean laundry and the next person might see a pile of fire wood and old newspaper.

  3. :

    3 out of 5

    This fragrance isn’t masculine, feminine or even unisex, it’s post-human. It’s not that it doesn’t have a pulse, it just feels more like organic matter from another realm. This juice doesn’t spray, it floats through the air like fizzy sparkling pixie dust.

  4. :

    4 out of 5

    CdG’s 2 is abstract perfume art composed by a master. Headspace technology was used to capture the aroma of Japanese calligraphy; Sumi ink made in Japanese temples to be exact. I have a fondness for ink as a note, so I was excited to wear this. I can picture Mark Buxton perceptively imagining the austere atmosphere of a kimono-clad zen monk, hunched over, quietly laboring over his writing. Oranges on the table, a cultivated garden out the window . . .
    It opens with a citrus-y floral, very sweet and unexpected. Then comes the aroma of those mimeographs we all love, the fresh dampness of wet ink on the page. The orange/magnolia was still the dominant accord, and I found the blend surprisingly tempting with the orange being a bright inflection throughout the drydown. There were also unusual notes popping up intermittently, like the smell of cut grass, and the scent of an ozonic metallic linen, as if just starched and ironed. Along with a faint amber and powder accent(reminiscent of the powdery sachet in CdG’s Kyoto).
    CdG 2 has the subtlety of Buddhist temples with their innate beauty, and dissecting the notes doesn’t describe the experience. The composition is incredibly modern perfume jujitsu! As you become slightly anosmic to one accord, another rises to display a different facet of the overall scent. Each note adds to the performance producing a very appealing contemporary fragrance. Super wearable, moderate sillage, good longevity.

  5. :

    4 out of 5

    My favorite metallic scent, I dont get the fruit/orange aroma but as a tattoo artist I really enjoy the highest quality ashy ink aroma in this, this is the kind of perfum I’d wear alone just to enjoy and amplify my daily quality, could easily be my signature if only it performed better, well if only CdG made any of their masterpieces perform for a couple of more hours I would never buy from any other house, I feel like Jean Baptiste whenever I wear a CdG and I cant make it last more than 1 or 2 hours, and my skin is a great platform for parfums, just the other day the weaker reformulated Encre Noire was giving out whiffs off my skin for at least more than 6 hours. even after when I couldn’t smell it on my skin it was projecting for a couple more and kept surprising me. but I never have had much luck when it comes to my favorite house, Comme des Garcons.

  6. :

    5 out of 5

    So after smelling this at a department store I realised I had just discovered something magnificent. I’m not sure which is the note that makes me giddy with delight, but I just cannot pull my nose away from my arm. I’m a bit late to the game, realising it was released so long ago but oh so worth the discovery. Just got a bottle for my birthday and jumped up and down like a school girl. Beautiful, beautiful, sublime! !

  7. :

    3 out of 5

    This is refined sexy elegance, like a cotton shirt on a warm body. If going to details, it smells like graphite, cedar and cinnamon, sometimes I sense coriander and magnolia. I am living aromatic catharsis each time I smell Comme des Garcons2 on someone in public transport. I think it’s great for office too.

  8. :

    3 out of 5

    aromanya manis tapi unik, salah satu toko di arab (jeddah) bilang ini salah satu parfumnya sby (nggak tau bener atau nggak) sintetik nya kerasa banget.
    cocok buat acara2 resmi , dinner dll, kalau buat harian sih kayaknya bikin enek ya…

  9. :

    4 out of 5

    A noteworthy Comme release right from the time when the brand’s releases were on the way into their heyday of highly original perfumes.
    From a current perspective, “2” appears as a sort of Rosetta stone, exquisitely embodying many of the micro-themes that became landmark directions in their products over the years. Firstly it sits well bracketed between “White” – a year earlier, and “3” – a year after – these three products probably also put Mark Buxton properly on the map. At the same time, its fantastic hyper-aldehydic opening smells more dry clean than the brands own “Dry Clean” from a couple of years later, the fantasy ink note with its somewhat minimal incense like character could be prolonged into the houses “Incense Series” or even the “Artek” release. “2” also turned into the most successful Comme release, paving the way for the brand’s ongoing productions with Puig. At the time it came out I was endlessly more interested in their Odeurs, both 53 and 71, and their original EdP/EdC and shrugged “2” as a tad too mainstream for my likings. Looking at it again almost twenty years after its launch, I do consider it is an important release – with the dubious quality of many of the Comme / Puig launches – “2” turned into a solid reference, evidencing the good results and timing of the Comme / Buxton period. The perfume manages perfectly to navigate both unknown associations with utmost familiar and comforting territories. It was so universal as a scent that I recall a good handful of designery fashion shops that must have decided to declare “2” as their room spray, employing the gorgeous wholeness it succeeds to navigate to embody a certain modern vibe. Its success rendered it also into a somewhat culturally affluent cliché release, so often it appeared to be the perfume of choice for a certain clientele – sort of a L’Eau d’Issey for the cultural industry – in any way, to date, it remains a landmark release, recommended to test, even if for reference only, ideally together with “White” and “3” to get an insight in that highly creative period around 2000.

  10. :

    5 out of 5

    Are we really talking about the same fragrance here? because I am really amazed with the reviews and how wrong people can smells Comme de Garcons 2. CDG2 is a lineal sweet spicy rose, patchouli, cinamon. warm, eathy,with no trancision or top and midle notes. Is a red color juicy fragrance ,nostalgic with a happy vibe.I can’t smell aldehydes or the champagne effect present in many fragrance classics .CDG2 has an animalic chypre accord like in Amouage Jubileum.Very alike Alain Delon’ s Le Temps D`Aimer.Unisex.Smells amazing,very seductive and sexy.

  11. :

    3 out of 5

    If someone asked me to synthesize the smell of the Royal Chapel of the treasure of St.Januarius (in the Cathedral of Naples- Italy),with its marbles,its golden and silver busts, candlesticks and other decorations; with the subtle persistence of the burned incenses and the dust settled over the centuries, as well as the blooms on the altar:
    THIS WOULD BE THW RIGHT SYNTHESIS

  12. :

    5 out of 5

    Sampling this one now. It smells a bit like genitalia in the beginning, to be honest. Some kind of body odor scent that takes one aback. That fades, and what remains is an incredibly fresh soap. Warm, woody, eternal. I agree that is a strangely traditional scent. To my nose, it’s almost sporty. I’m glad the crotch-note has faded, because the drydown is fantastic. It’s a bit solemn but gets fresher and happier as the it progresses. Odd, fantastic, unique. Not really sure what mood it’s for… but I still want a bottle anyway, because I like the fresh dry down very much. Despite its branding, to me this is a scent to wear with a polo and new sneakers. Preppier than my Acqua di Colonia Iris Nobile. Go figure!

  13. :

    3 out of 5

    WARNING: Watch out with this one, the opening is seriously repulsive, I nearly threw up. About 30 mins in I was ready to put it on ebay or even give it away, as it was just a weird, dirty unwashed clothes smell.
    Of course I was at work, so my plan out of this misery was, that as soon as it starts to die off, i will apply something else (i keep some mercedes frags in my car’s armrest for emergencies like this:) … so the thing is, it is a surprisingly strong parfume that will power through no matter what, so it will not die out in under 6 hours, instead it evolves. and then it becomes what we call a “grower”, i never had a perfume that grew on me like this. literally went from repulsively bad to , hmm interesting, i kinda like it, all the way to being sort of glad that im wearing something so unlike other parfumes, so original. it never became a real love though, but i like it enough now to finish the bottle. so it is a grower, no doubt. after it settles down, it still has a hint of dirty, but its sort of a playful dirty, with a nicely controled dose of “fruity-sweet” and all that presented with a rather unique, hollow, smooth airy feel to it, that i guess is down to the aldehydes.
    using it is still a pain in the backside though, as im honestly telling you, you dont want to be around people in the opening. applying it right after shower, putting the shirt on and walking out the door, would only work if your office is like an hour drive from you….for me its 5 minutes down the road, so i got to time my showers..that alone is a good enough reason never to rebuy it, but i sort of ok having had the experience this weird little bottle offers.
    needless to stay, it is not a safe blind buy by any standards, and also, watch out with the opening.

  14. :

    3 out of 5

    This has been on my radar for a long time as a translucent woody scent to try but I would look at the list of notes and puzzle over how a fragrance could possibly smell of all those things, and it would get put to the bottom of the to-test list.
    I tried it today and it is really compelling. Despite the futuristic bottle, I was surprised on the initial spray how familiar – even traditional – it felt. There is a swoosh of sunny citrus on aldehydes. After that… it gets harder to explain. There are cold green notes, some surprising soft floral notes and there are woods and there is incense? Amber?
    Overall it feels clean but also with some sweet woods. It is complex but not difficult – although I see that others do not feel that way which surprises me.
    It lives up to its promise of offering a translucent wood scent. I need to try this more, wear it more. I have not been able to stop sniffing my wrist today and I may go straight for a bottle.

  15. :

    3 out of 5

    Yes, aldehydes, so it smells like steam-ironed shirts, then gets sweeter (still absolutely unisex), yes, the inky note is definitely there – like grinding chinese ink on slate, totally! I think the labdanum plays here a lot more than most people judge. Very nice!

  16. :

    5 out of 5

    I like this perfume a lot. Very light, fresh, sparkling, and kind of metallic, I’m assuming from the aldehydes, and kind of sweet, but like metallic sweet. I’m assuming from the ink accord? I don’t get much floral or spice but I know they’re there, It’s classified here as a chypre floral, and it does have that kind of feel, but a weird/avant-garde, modern take on it, also but nice and wearable at the same time. Very hard to describe. The silver bottle goes with the overall feel of the fragrance, I’d say. Very nice.

  17. :

    3 out of 5

    Most people detect aldehydes, ink and magnolia in this one? Wow. I’ll give it points for being daring and different, but… I don’t like it. It’s strange and way too powdery.
    The very first thing I get from this is a blast of something sharp and very much like enamel or lacquer paint – that solvents nose burn. The drydown reminds me too much of the scented talcs my mother used to get from Avon when I was a little boy. It doesn’t seem to last long… the long term scent here is mildly floral/woody.
    No like.

  18. :

    5 out of 5

    amazing, sparkling fragrance! to me, i can really see the aldehydic fizz around me when i spray it. it brings joy, and i associate it with winter nights and christmas spirit.
    i love to wear it with an oversized coat, black turtleneck and hair tucked into the collar, it really defines this look on me and underlines the attitude.
    for me, it’s one of the best of cdg, and i own few of them – somehow the ones like wonderwood or floriental are cdg tapping into more common ground, whereas cdg 2 is extraordinary, pioneer, groundbreaking one.
    longevity is a killer, it really lasts and lasts, and it mesmerizes everyone around you – 3 friends of mine have bought it too.

  19. :

    3 out of 5

    I agree with most of everything that has already been said. What i will add is this: it smells like a cellar or attic where no one spends time, where dust collects and things sit still until the owner dies and they are (maybe) moved. Like old comic books, encyclopedias, typewriters, sewing machines. Maybe there’s some fertilizer and asbestos there too. It smells like deceased happiness. Let me clarify: it doesn’t smell like sadness, it smells like energetic experiences and youth that were once there but are now gone. It brings silence to mind

  20. :

    4 out of 5

    Oh this one is a weird one. I can definitely see how this is a great fragrance, but it gives me anxiety for some reason. It’s like I’ve been kidnapped and put in a concrete cell with no windows, in which petrol keeps spurting out of a metal faucet. This is what I imagine a math teacher would wear somehow…

  21. :

    3 out of 5

    Obsessed with this scent, every time I go to mecca I try it and am always blown away by how unique and interesting it it.
    I think this would smell super sexy on a man.
    Its clean and crisp without being citrusy or soapy and there is still depth to it.

  22. :

    3 out of 5

    As someone has already said here, it smells of newly printed money and smarties. Fantastic stuff.

  23. :

    5 out of 5

    یه بوی گلی دودی عجیبی داره که به نظرم نه به درداقایون میخوره نه خانما5/10

  24. :

    4 out of 5

    White floral on a woody, musky, herbal background; a hazy quality that must be aldehydes? Maybe a kind of ink but I have trouble putting my finger on it. Projection and sillage seem average but the notes are soft. It will be hard for this to be bold. Longevity seemed good as well. Feminine and appropriate for any age but a man could wear this. I think the CDG bottles are cool and the sprayer worked well. Interesting, unique, quality but not for me.

  25. :

    4 out of 5

    I am always in awe when put this on, the most beautiful blend of darkness and light. When I was a child, I used making graphic pictures with ink, so I can smell ink, paper and woods in CDG2. But what makes it my favorite is clean fragile magnolia: literally like sun ray coming through rather heavy mist of woods and smoke.

  26. :

    4 out of 5

    AMAZING, but not on my skin, sadly. I have a few blind buys (this is one) from the past 6-12 months I am looking to sell, so anyone interested, PM me!
    This fragrance is incredible in that it is very different, and rare — the ink shines through on me, as does a smoky flavor of sorts (my thing is real, true to life citruses). Someone else got it right to call it SENSUAL .. definitely!! All around great smell!

  27. :

    4 out of 5

    This is a soft take on aldehyde. CdG 2 is completely devoid of sweetness, well, there is just an inherent hint like something between fizzy tonic water and seltzer water.
    The carbonation is tempered with an airy floral with a touch of velvet; soft green backdrop of fresh breezy air.
    A slightly mineral haze hovers like a whisper. Occasionally it smells like the gauzy, onion skin airmail paper I’d write on to my relatives overseas, when people used to write letters with pen and paper.
    CdG 2 is so delicate on me — my skin eats this up. Unfortunately although I love the scent, it’s too subtle for me to enjoy. I wish I got the fabulous projection that so many others are experiencing.

  28. :

    4 out of 5

    Petty much, a masterpiece. Original. Metallic. Soft.

  29. :

    3 out of 5

    Amazingly radiant and bloomy – must be the aldehydes. For me, a radiant rose, incense wood fragrance. Tried it on going to bed and it was gone by morning, so must try it during the day next time – will report back later.

  30. :

    5 out of 5

    I’ve tried this on three separate occasions and every time I get a really strong synthetic orange smell and thats it. so annoying as I was really looking forward to it, must be my chemistry

  31. :

    5 out of 5

    un altro di quei profumi concettuali che tanto mi piacciono se non altro per il fatto che sono lontanissimi da tutta quella paccottiglia sempre uguale a se stessa commercializzata per compiacere persone che non sanno osare. qui invece si osa, eccome. il profumo è pulito, metallico come la bottiglia, ipersintetico e moderno, con un mix di aldeidi e legni, e una prima impressione di inchiostro. ricorda molto blamage di nasomatto che tanto positivamente mi ha colpito. la piramide riferisce di una miriade di note, difficilmente distinguibili, ma che si fondono piuttosto in una totalità di minimalismo complesso (sì proprio così, perdonatemi l’ossimoro) fresca, aromatica ma, soprattutto, metallica. non invasivo, ha una persistenza media e una originalità che, nonostante abbia 18 anni suonati, fa ancora impallidire la profumeria di nicchia. bello.

  32. :

    5 out of 5

    Floral aldehyde bomb!
    Really much going on here. I’ve never smelled Sumi Ink, so I couldn’t possibly comment on whether this scent is similar to that. It opens with bright fizzy aldehydes and citrus, going through a floral/herbal phase and drying down into a sort of sweet ambery vetiver blackcurrant patchouli. Very unique and I actually find different notes to be more protruding on different days – weird.
    The scent is complex and extremely well blended. Futuristic, metallic, avantgarde. Great fresh scent, but unfortunately it’s slightly too much on the feminine side for me. A very delicate fragrance somehow. Great projection and longevity.

  33. :

    3 out of 5

    Instant attention grabber. What does it remind me of? I thought of Aramis Devin in its original formulation gussied up for women and that the closest I can get, so it follows that I am truly I am foxed by this fragrance. I’ve had a small bottle jiggling around in a drawer and when the mood takes me I wear it,invariably feeling a little disappointment at the longevity, but on the other hand it is so hi-brow that I forgive it. A full bottle is in my future at some stage

  34. :

    4 out of 5

    اصن سراغ این نرین که پشیمونیتون قطعیه
    ———–
    Scent & Qualiy: 5/10
    Longevity: 7/10
    Sillage: 6/10
    Creativity & Uniqueness: 5/10
    Affordability: 3/10
    ———–
    Overall: 5.2/10

  35. :

    3 out of 5

    Fragrance with a very particular aroma, unique, in fact, I do not remember any fragrance to which any similar can be associated. Only by this detail deserves a great recognition the author, Mr. Buxton, by self-taught and the original of this aroma and more living in an era in which most of the fragrances are clones or are copied from other fragrances of success.
    In addition Cdes G 2 for me goes beyond, is without a doubt the best aldehido that has been made up to now, avant-garde, immense, rich in nuances, creative, suggestive and bright like a giant emerald.
    Its fresh and aromatic facets feel immensely green, intense facets, colorful and take me to a tropical jungle. I emphasize the nuances of yerbamate and especially the angelica that round off the aldehyde so well that they seem to unite and disappear, all becoming a new and unique aroma, almost metallic and curiously nothing acid or acrid, closer to the wet, with nuances Aquatic
    The spices below drag us towards the middle notes, joining the floral contribution of the magnolia, delicate, vaporous, succulent, vibrant and very fresh.
    The development continues slightly sweet for the amber and brings with it a drying of noble woods, patchouli and ink, remembering fragrances with the animal point of the authentic castoreum that smells precisely like that, with that shade as in Leonard pour homme the primigenio or also in Davidoff Davidoff .
    Incredible aroma, radiates balance, perfect vision of a dreamlike and unreal world as green and luminous as Pandora created and rounded by the mind of a genius, the Avatar of Mark Buxton.
    Rating: 9.5

  36. :

    4 out of 5

    I’ve love it. Looks like unisex at the 1st sniff but I would recommend to be wear by a strong woman, over 35 who knows how to handle almost everything :).I’ve got a miniature of 9 ml and I love it… it makes me happy and confident all day. Please note that this scent is not fit for corporation offices… is too daring. 😉

  37. :

    5 out of 5

    A Really natural and transparent green scent dominated in the first part of the trip both by a charming rose and a dirty creamy musk.oddly enough none of those notes are listed. After half an hour you got a delicate white flowery soft sillage. Inoffensive and definitely feminine to me. Longevity is average

  38. :

    5 out of 5

    Obtained 3 x 9ml miniature bottles of CdG (others are Wonderwood and Amazingreen).
    This one is also very unique – in one word “oriental floral incense” with a hint of metallic feel (this could probably be ink??)
    The longevity is OK and the sillage is soft. Though it is said unisex, there’s a little or no masculine side so I think this fragrance may be too feminine for macho-type guys to wear (this is why CdG released 2MAN???)
    Even though Wonderwood is my favourite, I’d like to buy a full bottle of 2 when it’s on sale.
    Overall, very nice smell – I like it!
    [Edit]
    Having thought twice after I posted the review above…..the longevity is quite good. Just the sillage is very soft, so I spray this juice around my decolletee area in order to entertain myself.

  39. :

    4 out of 5

    “CDG 2” opens with a high-pitched soapy sweetness, cold spice and a glossy metallic edge. Looking at the notes, I would attribute the main act to be an accord of fresh, soapy coriander and tingly aldeyhdes, sweetened with citrus, sparkly cinnamon and bay. There’s a cool, herbal slightly medicinal quality as well that reminds me of aniseed. It does sort of give an impression of ink, but without the rougher, charcoal aspects I usually get from this note. It’s very clean smelling in a deliberately pristine, artificial way.
    I don’t really get much from the base notes other than a sanitized, minty patchouli and a big heft of Iso-E, which lends a vaguely plastic feel to the dry down, like sweet latex mixed with a hint of toothpaste. Overall the tone is sharp, electric and ultra modern, with a magenta-like vibrancy.
    I like it, it’s definitely unique. Perhaps the closest thing I can compare it to is Histoires des Parfums “1969”. The similarity might sound surprising given the difference in the listed notes, yet when you check the actual ingredients it does make sense. Eugenol and geraniol feature prominently in both compositions, though 1969 goes in a more floral gourmand direction, the tone and the overall accord is very similar. I certainly think CDG 2 is more unisex in its appeal, though it smells far from any typical men’s designer fragrance on the market today.

  40. :

    3 out of 5

    I’m kind of person who like to wear perfume which nobody knows what is. So using it, few people asked me what I’m wearing. I really like it.And people liked this perfume too. Is femenine but in same time is not floral and no citric for this reason is differens of others I could it feel all day on me, is kinda heavy, but in same time is not strong. On the end of the day is smels like vanilla with spices for me. Every person is different for perfume is very personal but for sure I can say that this personal is does not compares with any perfume from perfume which you can buy in shoppings. I would buy it again one day.

  41. :

    5 out of 5

    scent : 8/10
    sillage : 8/10
    longevity :8/10
    60% day / 40% night fragrance
    Nice smoky floral scent

  42. :

    3 out of 5

    عطر ناعم ومريح للنفس .. مناسب للجنسين بكل أريحيه.
    الرائحه : 10/10
    الثبات : 8/10
    الفوحان : 8/10

  43. :

    3 out of 5

    Wow what a beautiful perfume this is,
    it smells like walking in a field of
    wild flowers blooming in spring on
    a perfect day, it is really an
    uplifting perfume for sure, i love it.

  44. :

    4 out of 5

    Tart, fruity opening; a powdery fruitiness that reminds me a bit of smarties (it’s actually much more delicious than it sounds.) I have no idea why I’m getting such different notes as those that are listed (and what everyone else seems to be smelling) but I get a tart and sweet rose – a pretty big rose, too. Don’t really get any aldehydes. Within a few minutes a powdery, ambery base starts to appear as the tartness softens and dissipates. It still smells really flowery to me, in a soft, spicy, powdery way. Maybe violets, or lilac. Tea? Although it calms down after a couple of hours it’s pretty big for a Japanese perfume, which I generally find to be more subtle. It’s certainly bigger than the transparent/incense fragrances I’ve smelled from this house. It’s soft and yummy though; I’d say this is a very green fruity floral but much more interesting than your average run of the mill mainstream fragrance. There’s an undertone of something cold and medicinal that keeps it from being boring (the inky note?). Dries down to a sweet but cool powder; cool but silky soft, like soapstone. I agree with other commenters that this is a peculiar and mercurial scent. Strange but refined, flowery but urbane, with odd notes that pop in and out. A very modern elf. Definitely not for everyone but I’m planning on buying full bottle as soon as I can.

  45. :

    3 out of 5

    This is an unisex perfume – on the beginning it smells one hour feminine sweet smokey caramel complete in style of Histoire de Perfumes 1969 but less intensive than those and then it morphes into the manly part – herbal vetiver. Dezent sillage the whole time, longevity so so. Probably more for a men than women, as the first part is only one hour playing. Edit: the first part stays longer on clothes than the skin.

  46. :

    4 out of 5

    One of the big guns from the posh, avant-garde house known for their obscenely expensive clothing and creative scents. Fortunately the fragrances are mostly affordable. 2 is a superbly blended, futuristic floral that in true Comme des Garcons fashion, experiments with contrast and does so with natural confidence. The aldehydes emerge like the cleanest air imaginable, not unlike fresh laundry blowing in the wind but also in the otherworldly way one would come to expect from CDG. Incense and ink slightly restrain the big, white magnolia flower. The ink itself does play a major role and will probably make or break 2 for many. I’m no perfume guru but it’s seemingly a strange note that isn’t used so often. This isn’t a printer/ball point pen ink, but more a stroll though an Asian museum’s calligraphy rooms. Papery, woody, faintly sweet, and very calming. 2 may seem weird but it’s really beautiful and often garners compliments.

  47. :

    3 out of 5

    This is what I am wearing to bed tonight.
    I have a small 25ml bottle CDG calls “pocket size”, and I decided to crack it open this evening.
    It’s been a few years since I wore this scent and I’ve been holding off on opening this one for a while since it is quite old.
    What’s funny is that I DO notice the smell of ink as soon as the top notes disipate. Ink from a fountain pen, but in an icy-fresh soapy way.
    The freshness of various trees in the dry down.
    I love the juicy opening, the citrus/magnolia top notes remind me of wine for some reason.
    For some reason I think of icy woods when I wear this one.

  48. :

    3 out of 5

    All I can smell is rose. And musk. On my husband it smells like MOR Marshmallow, which isn’t bad – because I love that floral sweetness. But I cannot even get a hint of magnolia. Weird.
    Like it overall – husband smells great.

  49. :

    4 out of 5

    Surprisingly traditional in my opinion. This sent me to the 80s’ and the very first Fendi fragrance – which I loved but couldn’t wear as it gave me headache. Almost all my favorite scents have been floral chypres, but in my nose this is rather a spicy one, not so much wood or moss?

  50. :

    4 out of 5

    It is indeed a curious one.
    I can definitely smell the orange in it and also a hint of tea plus lots of spices. Probably some flowers as well but in a green way. Metallic is a proper way to describe it, soapy too. Regarding the ink, I don’t get any (which is sad because I discovered this scent while looking for inky perfumes).
    It is probably more masculine than feminine which I don’t mind, I don’t quite get that gender separation.
    In short: it deserves the attention it gets.

  51. :

    5 out of 5

    This to me is, Kouros minus the Civet note.
    Also some what reminds me Fahrenheit for the first 5 minutes.
    Dry down is amazing.
    Longevity: 6-7 hours
    Projection: Average

  52. :

    5 out of 5

    As reviewer Ouch! so aptly put it, you really do have to smell this yourself. I just couldn’t get an idea of what it was like from the notes and reviews because so many people had difficulty describing it, but reading them did make me want to try it. It’s sweet and floral on me, magnolia mostly, and for awhile that was it – I was certainly getting the ‘light’ side of it. Then it began to shift through some subtle changes. I got a strong hint of metallic green mixed with dry wood, but with the florals still very present. I think this is the kind of fragrance that gives everyone a very different experience, and is also what makes it hard to describe. Longevity and sillage are excellent on my skin.

  53. :

    5 out of 5

    Totally unique
    unusual and intense
    i can’t describe it
    i love it

  54. :

    5 out of 5

    Really nice, unusual floral fragrance with spicy and other strange touches. Another great creation from CDG.

  55. :

    3 out of 5

    2 starts green and metallic. Quickly, the magnolia blooms and on my skin it will be the dominant note in this fragrance. As the perfume wears, a watery vibe comes along with a tea-like accord. Although it’s very floral and powdery in the middle, the sharp metallic start together with the incense that comes later, gives it a little structure.
    The changes are rather subtle, in the way that this is a flowery dominant fragrance with background changes (green metallic opening, powdery heart and incense woody base). Sometimes it feels a little sweaty, sometimes fuzzy or dry but every time artistic. I think this is a mood scent.
    Scent: 6/10
    Longevity: 8/10
    Projection: 7/10

  56. :

    3 out of 5

    This fragrance is the smell of a magnolia tree in full bloom on a rainy day. The aldehydes produce a beautiful petrichor/mulchy impression. The conjunction of this with the magnolia is perfect.
    The ink and tea notes are also detectible, but I would say they’re buried quite deep.
    Overall, this fragrance speaks of possibility.

  57. :

    3 out of 5

    Beautiful,unique and complex! Elegant, aldehydes prevail, and act as a support to other notes. Complex parfum and really well done. It gives me a sense of peace, of tenderness and happiness … maintaining the elegant character. Every note plays a role in this ma

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