Comme des Garcons 2 Comme des Garcons for women and men

London. Walking with your ex-girlfriend from Marble Arch to Hyde Park at 6:30 in the evening on February. It is becoming darker on the sky. The lights are somehow dim, but the forest on your left has a mystical glaze that keeps you content. There are several hotels and stories high buildings from the 60's and 70's on your right that feel like a mixture of British style and the Emirates. A man is running with his shorts on, despite it is 10C. You still remember how the sunlight was striking on your face a couple of hours ago, and wish you could live on the top of one of those buildings, the ones next to the Anglican church, that have salmon-coloured balconies.

Towards Notting Hill, you already feel that you have been walking through a magical place in a city surrounded by an ever mezmerasing activity but that has this little walkways far apart from reality. The buses seem pointless, but you need to feel back home, as all this luxury is overwhelming you to the point of feeling faint hearted - you need bombons, rose wine, and lots of touching are waiting for you.

This is how I felt when I smelt this.

All about the tea, ink, and magnolia (a note I normally disdain for its aquatic tinge, but here incense balances fire and water). Throughout drydown, spices, labdanum, and vetiver emerge as finely sculpted supporting notes. A little like summertime rain, it's by turns cold and metallic then steamy and warming.

Worth trying in the pocket size first, as it's readily available from discounters, and this is strong, long-lasting stuff. Like most CDGs (other than the super linear incense series and similar) this is changeable, atmospheric, and of very high, complex quality. People who would never care for perfume regularly compliment this scent. The abstract ink note really seems to trigger associations with newspapers and printers--words and colors--where most perfumes would more readily recall flavor or just the usual combinations of other scent memories.

I especially like the tea-ink industrious writer's desk energy of CDG2 after it's been over-sprayed on fabric and left to fade for a few days. Sometimes if the magnolia or aldehydes come out too much (mostly on skin I've found) this one can be a little too much. A light touch or the Aromatics Elixir walkthrough method helps bring out CDG2's more delicate qualities and softens the harsher avant-garde edges.

This is in the middle exactly unisex and it's very very lovely

A deep, rich, strong Jewel with incredible warmth and presence, with sensational longevity and brilliant projection....

I applied 6 heavy sprays

0 - 10 mins - Floods the room. I now understand the meaning of niche and quality. This has character. It's a huge presence, warm, and of the highest quality. A deep woodsy - mature ink with mandarin orange, medicinal and aldehydes. Ages 48 - 60, yet in the right circles the majestic youth could pull of easily.... Superb. It flits between male and female and plays the Unisex card with wisdom

10 mins - 7 hours - 1 foot projection. Wow., you get what you pay for, yet I fortunately picked up a 25 ML pocket size for £25... This is the big time... Linear frag

7 hours - 11 hours - 4 inch projection. Gets more woodsy

11 hours - 13 hours - 2 inch projection

13 hours - 15 hours - Close to skin. Gets a little softer

Sheer Stunning Class and Beauty

The personification of converting Ruby into fragrance..

Quality

CdG2 for women - love it!! It is long lasting and the scent is addictive. I love the ink note, very sensual and makes me feel wonderful when I wear it, very fresh and easy to wear. I have recieved numerous compliments!

CdG 2 is avant-garde in its inspiration (Japanese ink), but wearable and approachable in its interpretation. This unisex fragrance is equal parts cool, green, and aldehydic. It is categorized as a chypre, but to my nose it fits more appropriately into the aromatic category: it seems much more citrusy and herbal than it does mossy (it lacks the oakmoss component of a traditional chypre). I don't pick up on a strong labdanum or resin note, either. Rather than rich or heavy, I would describe the base notes here as crisp and woody.

Whether it is the power of suggestion or not, I do indeed smell ink in CdG 2! Traditional inks were made by grinding stones with water or extracting dyes from plants. CdG 2 evokes this tradition: the hard coolness of graphite, the sharp scent of green leaves and plant roots. Even the aldehydes bring to mind the cold, steely tip of an old-fashioned ink pen.

The cedarwood note here is also prominent, evoking a cool, woody aura. The incense (a hint of which you might recognize from some of the CdG Incense series fragrances) lends a mystical quality and eludes to quiet temples and sacred customs.

Overall, I think that this is a fragrance that men will find easy to wear as many of the notes are recognizable (cedarwood, vetiver, etc.), but the blend is unique enough to be worthy of calling a signature. Women should not shy away from this perfume, either: it offers a break from the everyday floral/gourmand/oriental fragrances so commonly marketed to women.

CdG 2 truly stands out as a successful interpretation of an unusual and artistic concept.

lasts long, projects well.
especially love the coldness of it and that ink note!
it could be seen slightly masculine on a lady and slightly feminine on a man..

مدام رایحه اش در حال عوض شدنه...دوامش هم اصلا مالی نیس...کلا خوشم نیومد

Comme des Garcons 2 Femme: Sampling this was an unusual but very beautiful experience. I smelled like I had taken a walk outside in the woods and the cold air was clinging to my coat. Did not smell like I was wearing perfume. Very natural, airy, foresty aura. Zen in a bottle.

this is very unique "smell of success" the ink in Comme des Garcons 2 smells like a newly printed money, when you sign that big million dollars contract you got that luxury pen in your hand you can smell the ink from your pen, before siging on that piece of paper that would change your life forever take a deep breath close your eye and imagine that newly printed money coming on the way after you sign it, thats the feeling i get
if you are a successful man or women try it. dont blind buy it sample it first

A saleslady gave me a sample of this, when I bought two scents (female). She also gave me 2 more samples for my husband. I have to say that altogether these are 3 male samples. I see nothing female about this scent and I wonder why she took time to explain that this scent was for me and the other two for my husband. It's a very strong patchouli and cedar scent with mint notes. I don't like it at all. The packaging and name also looks completely male and not female. I don't understand why so often I get useless samples when I actually buy something that speaks a complete different language (the scents I bought were gourmand and sweet).

من العطور الراقية وللعلم يعد من افضل العطور لدى قادة الدول...

I really love this scent!

It's pretty versatile in a way, it's great to wear at home, or for a walk on the beach, it's great for going out with friends or for a barbecue, it feels like a spring/summer scent, but it gives a lot of warmt on colder days aswell.

But it's not formal and fits more on a young spirited person then on a gentlemans type, i dunno if i did well to paint a picture here....

But i do love this scent :)

اگر احساس میکنید که برای مراسم وزمانی که در مورد آن این تفکر را برای شروع یک ملاقات شیک وتصور درست استفاده کردن کاملا با انگیزه دریک جمله فرو رفتن با عشق بدون تماس این شربت که با انواع نقوش گیاهان چوبی وبا درک رایحه سنگین نعناع وسبزی برگها وپیازچه لادن در یک عصر دل انگیز وزمستانی نقره ای

After to read your notes, i decided to buy a one, and today i received my package, because CDG is not here in my country. Well, a blind buy, but OMG... when i opened the bottle, that is really beautifull and i sprayed my wrist, i felt in the paradise (i'm a perfums lover and i have a lot, all my life). At first, the notes are very strange, so, i can't define those, but in a second snif, slowly, i feel the ink, the tea, a beauty in a great white garden of flowers, something green, the perfect aldheydes in balancing... then, all notes are under a one light some soft. I can't stop to smell my wrist, hehe, i'm really happy and i hope you can try it. I know: this in not a perfum for all people, but only you can decide if is your cup of tea. Regards!

Sweet!

This is an ultra warm sweet fragrance that is perfect in chilly winter weather. On my skin I find the floral notes are rather prominent giving me a cosseting feeling of softness and coziness. As a man, this really is borderline feminine, so I recommend fellas that you sample this on your skin rather than trusting paper samples.

The fragrance is rather familiar... Caress Soap !!! Seriously, it smells like a complex version of that beauty bar with a little bit of spice and vetiver. So, no, this is not banana crackers bizarre or even avant garde, just very very good.

• Longevity is all day on skin, on clothes... you have to wash the garment to get the fragrance out, but it does work well with clothes though (some fragrances don’t take well to clothes).

• Projection is good but won’t knock everyone out.

• Will smell lovely on women, smells good on the right man.

• The aldehydes are quality and don’t induce headaches like CK One or other commercial “stuff”.

• Atomiser work very well.

Enjoy :-)

من اروع العطور جدن راقي وعجيب عندي منه 10 حيات

A shameless copy, plagiarism, of Le Temps D`Aimer Alain Delon for women.

Not moved by the 'so called daring' CdG house at all, daring almost always equals 'wallet-robbing publicity stunts' for me and this house fits that to a tee.

The brightness and clarity of the opening holds my interest a little, but all this really is - is a huge dose of super-bright floral aldehydes with the emphasis on the 'hydes. Now I've smelled Magnolia and am a big fan, CdG- you've got to be kidding me! This is not even half an insult to 'the Queen of flowers'.

Probably one for the ladies, but even then I've smelled a million better- and I'm sure they'd agree too =]! Too linear, 'chemical-yet-clear' the florals and pumped back-up chemicals quickly turn annoying and 'sickly radiant'.

2/5, just.

Ya lo tengo!!!! Pues sí; tinta de un bolígrafo BIC junto con aldehidos, mandarina, pachuli e incienso.... Lo mejor; cada vez que te la pones huele diferente. Las notas juegan y juegan hasta el infinito en tu piel. Lo peor; cada vez que te la pones huele diferente...... Hombre?? Mujer??? No, UNISEX. Pruebala, pero no una vez, por favor.... Descubre la magia....

I admit, I don't like Comme des Garcons. Everything I smelled so far by this house feels like they are.. well.. just trying too hard.
This one is no exception. Actually, this one's the worst for me and testing it was quite an experience; smells exactly like my late grandpa's shirt, taken out of his dampy closet, worn all day by him - feeding chickens, doing the garden, etc.- while smoking two packs of his favourite and most poisonous cigarette brand there is... I won't go into further details.

Love you, grandpa!
(Still) don't love you, Comme des Garcons!

Starts out with a unique opening that’s dry, citrusy, woody, and slightly green. Then I start to smell cumin and coriander along with something sweet and almost candy-like. As it dries down the citrus and spices bcome a little more prominent, along with the strong, slightly salty vetiver base.

It’s a comfortable, well-blended citrus-herbal-spicy scent in which no one component stands out. That’s quite a feat given that it’s supposed to contain cade and West Indian Bay, two attention whore materials that will take over if used in more than miniscule amounts. There’s considerable sillage, but it’s not in any way overpowering. It reminds me a little of TDC Sel de Vetiver, but I think I like it even better.

This was one of those pleasant surprises that make perfume sampling so much fun. If you like non-sweet, non-floral vetiver scents, CDG2 is a must-try. It could easily become the staple vetiver scent in my rotation.

Nice, but a bit too feminine for me

Demasiado extraño!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pero agradable
<3

It is a great fragrance.Sweet,something different and sexy...CDG 2 is masculen perfume,not unisex
Scent : 8,5
Longevity : 9
Projection: 9
Sillage : 10

It's a high class!A very interesting old perfume.It's like sex and smoke all together.

CdG 2 has been called abstract. It’s been called a transparent rose, but the read I get, as others have mentioned, is the ink. Combining what seems like aldehydes, and mandarin or orange with something floral that I can’t get my nose around creates a shadowy smell that resembles ink. I associate the smell of ink with a blunt sweetness. That same feel is the first smell of dDG 2.

The start is expansive, likely an aldehydic effect, but the heart hangs quite a bit closer to the skin and feels actually a bit richer. A muffled herbal quality, almost like juniper, makes the scent feel cool, a facet of CDG 2 that I love. We talk about fragrances getting warmer or becoming ‘skin scents.’ CdG2 refuses to succumb to the warmth. It’s not that it wears you, but it feels like an exotic substance that you carry out to the world on your wrists.

The incense, woods and some dry amber remind me in feel, but not in scent, of Andy Tauer’s l’Air du Désert Marocain. Both emphasize an amber, that doesn’t go the classic ‘oriental’ route of warm, creaminess. CdG 2’s drydown has a clipped, slightly tarry incense quality and feels like smoke through cool air and iced black tea.

As a perfume note, ink could be marketed as masculine or feminine and CDG 2 Woman and CDG 2 Man, by conventional fragrance standards each read as fully unisex. Do you suppose they flipped a coin to decide which to call Woman and which Man?

One of the most beautiful fragrances that I own .. Simply enchanting perfume, captivating and unique.
Sexy fragrance for romantic evenings.
Simply .. can't go wrong when you wear this perfume!

Longevity: 8 10
Sillage: 8 10
scent: 9 10

Overall: 8.5 10

Was transfixed by the beautiful and captivating simplicity of the flacon design. Sadly, the fragrance itself didn't evince anywhere near such reverence in me. Surely one of the best designed flacons all the same.

Mark Buxton is my new hero! EVERYTHING I have smelled by this man is utterly innovative and astounding. Comme de Garcons "2" is no different. Judging from my reactions to each and every one of the CdG perfumes I have smelled (and adored) thus far, I can see a VERY bleak bankbook balance ahead for many months to come...

A bright opening of aldehydes and tea is at once refreshing and sparkling, added to this "green breeze" is sweet, yet tart, mandarin orange and one of my favorite herbs: angelica. What a scent! Even if it never changed from it's opening prelude, I would still want a bottle of this! A soft, airy Caribbean magnolia floats in adding a rich flowery sweetness that is bolstered by bay leaves and other sharp greens blended with smooth spices. Nutmeg and cinnamon make it warmer and sexy, but never quite overpower it. A delightful interplay of the spices and flowers that remains "unisex", but honors both cool passive and warm projecting energies. The drydown of chinese cedar and patchouli with oriental notes (labdanum & amber) and warm greens like juniper and vetiver (listed, but not pictured) give it a feeling of a warm mountain forest, right down to the rich fertile soil, with ancient trees dripping precious resins under a setting sun. I like how CdG say their fragrances are "horizontal", but NOT linear. This is like a spiritual pilgrim's journey that begins brightly at dawn (sun shining on dewy greens with fresh winds blowing), and continues throughout the warmth of the day (where flowers bloom under a warm and glowing sun) and ends in the cool evening of a woodland clearing at the steps of a mountain temple where enlightenment, peace and tranquility can be found. A "scented" journey every parfumista should try...at least once.

Sillage: moderate
Longevity: above average
Overall: 4.5/5

Inspired by the contrast of Japanese calligraphy (curving, flowing dark lines on a stark white background), Mr. Buxton has made a work of art, using accords and notes instead of ink, a brush and paper. Without smelling like every other "shared" fragrance out there, 2 is perfect for guys who like their woods, greens and spices (with some citrus) and also great for the girls who love their floral scents with chypre endings, and a little "kick". I am somewhere in the middle of both groups, struck dumb by the amazing beauty of this scent...

A real jewel which is developing and changing over the time - "fresh" notes allowng "sweet and spicy" to develop and vice versa.... Very special, elegant and above all sofisticate fragrance. It seems like this scent is telling a story about the neverending change.... I like it. It is a fragrance for daring men and even more fearless women... Very nice and inspirational fragrance!

This fragrance is sultry, salty, smoky, and super sensual! It smells like fire. Nothing sweet about it. Nothing floral, nothing over the top. Reserved, chic and sophisticated, woody and mysterious...has a presence, but not too strong of a presence as it is surprisingly smooth... it even works in the summer (believe it or not). This scent has charisma!

OEF! I was in the shop and the tester was almost empty and I just got a liiiiiitle splash out of it. Curious as I was, I sniffed the paper if I could smell anything. AND BOY I DID! And it was a CHURCH! I smelled a big gothic cathedral from the inside with the cool bricks and stones and wooden seats and incence and everything. My mom always used to say Arpege by Lanvin smells like church, but now I can't wait to let her smell this one. Now it's a few hours later and I'm smelling the test-paper again and it seems to have sat down a bit into a very spicey, but more wearable fragrance. I'm curious to smell this fragrance on a living person, on someone else, because it seems like a scent quite hard to pull of. But still very interesting!!! (Therefore I can't really say whether I love, like or dislike it... It´s just a impressive scent an sich)

OMG.This is fantastic! A great chypre with all the ingredients to be a winner. I can picture a sexy woman in a black suit and high heels wearing it while smoking a cigar. She looks like Ava Gadner staring at you with those big eyes through the smoke with an inviting smile. Daring and sensuous.

Purifying filthy metropolises!
This one opens so perfect chypre in modern style.
2 is the best indication for linking classic and modern chypre.
Opens with graceful waxy and mossy herbal-floral scent with bold tea leaf and in a cool atmosphere. Second phase, gradually its floral pattern expands and tropical leafy scents emerge. Extremely aromatic dry down makes it deep and mystic. Dry down provides a semi-resinous and muddy floral/chemical aroma.
Generally, it's high level unisex and casual but not everyday. It can be worn in ceremonies but only for young; plays better on 25 years old. It smells orientally and seductive, so attractive but not so sexy, more bizarre and strange.
It's the smell of a city which you can't stop it, hyper-urban.

longevity 10/10
sillage 8/10
scent 7/10 a little bit odd for my taste

This is very easy for me as CDG2 has been my signature fragrance for more than 5 years back in 1999. It was a groundbreaking release and a landmark in the Comme Des Garcons collection. I won't describe this perfume in the usual way as I think, wether you'll like it or not, it deserves a try if you want to completely understand CDG's path. In this fragrance Mark Buxton reached the perfection he was looking for in both CDG Original and White adding an extra touch to the maison's already distinctive hallmarks (translucency and minimalistic-incense). Everything is perfect and the classic "rough-caress" feeling of almost every CDG perfume is pushed to the limit. Absolutely distinctive, unique, unusual but at the same time very versatile and not aggressive. It's just up to you where and when, and it will surely follow. A complex-minimalistic masterpiece and another all time favourite.


One more thing: If you approach CDG2 today for the first time it may not result so unconventional and groundbreaking, but try to put it in its context as in 1999 things were much different.

Rating: 8/10

I'm wearing it right now and I find it very boring, even for a man.

It's indeed a strange perfume. I bought it last week, and I found I can't apply it every day. Every time I spray it on my neck and weist, some kind of diffent ingredients pop up. When I apply a second time in the afternoon, I found it different from the first application in the morning. It also smells slightly different on paper. As the previous comments, this is a strange perfume not for everyone, not for everyday. Otherwise it loses the speciality if you apply or sniff too much.

Very urban, distinctive and yet inoffensive. Perfect for office and more feminine than unisex imho. I can smell lotus, cinnamon, some other spices, patchouli and a dominant note of elderberry juice.

Had high hopes for this. After trying hard to like it , I had to throw in the towel and say that it just was a "no". I have been attracted to unisex fragrances in the past, and even like scents that have masculine traits, but this just did not do it for me.

It kinda gave me an 80's vibe, and now that I think of it, unisex scents were reeeeallly popular then! Unfortunately has too much of a soapy drydown to be interesting to me, and ultimately it reminded me of hairspray from the 80's/90's!

Overall, too bland to warrant taking the risk of wearing a "manly" fragrance. I do not detect ANY significant floral to this, only the chypre notes - does remind me of juniper, grass and fresh air. It has an aldehydic and herbal feel to it, so in my opinion much more masculine than feminine.

I placed it in my "dislike" category, but I say that I dislike it for ME, as a woman - I think it may actually smell pretty good on my husband, so he will get this sample.

What can you feel in a crowded London street in January wearing Comme 2? Is it the sweat of strangers running fast for the sales, the frenzied commuters eager to get to work, or the buses whizzing past you, and they are always the ones you don't need? You feel all these things, yet a strange calm and warmth pervades you despite the cold and the equally freezing consumeristic drive. A warmth that envelops you like a gigantic hand, implausible but welcoming at the same time.

Trees become woods, then forests, then mountain scents descend into a single flower, then the Mediterranean zest of orange emerges from a different bloom, unexpectedly. Certainly one of the most unusual scents that I have experienced: a horizontal fragrance, in keeping with the Comme philosophy, where each note plays individually and suddenly, to disappear and reappear according to its wearer. I was oblivious to the shoppers and commuters: walking home, a warm embrace talked of a thousand memories...forget the bus, I'll walk home!

This one is interesting and beautiful. It seems perfect for a cold rainy day as it immediately brightened my mood. This is the first CdG fragrance I have tried and I am very impressed. I smelled alot of gorgeous sharp white florals right away which mellowed only slightly over a couple hours. After that, the slightly powdery drydown smelled lightly of tea, cedar and cinnamon. I hardly noticed any patchouli. I think this is one of the prettiest and most uniquely understated, yet powerful florals I've tried so far. It's both modern and romantic. I would feel comfortable wearing it for any occasion.

What a strange fragrance this Comme Des Garcons 2 is! I like it about 70% of the time, because for 70% of the time it is on, it smells pleasant and mostly like a chypre floral. Nice, but nothing special if that was all there was to the scent.

It's the other 30% of the time that bewilders me. Upon initial application, and periodically as the scent evolves, it morphs into bizarre synthetic aromas that don't smell like perfume and don't always smell pleasant. Paint, turpentine, that harsh metallic effect that I get from Kenzo Flower. Strange, strange, strange.

Then whoosh! I can sniff my wrist again in five or ten minutes, and it smells like flowers or grass or something along the more traditional chypre or floral lines.

I'm not sure how wearable this one truly is, given the shape-shifting effects I described up above, but it is certainly an attention-getter. Comme des Garcons 2 might be best appreciated when you have an evening to yourself and can alternately enjoy and be repulsed as the fragrance layers evolve, without fear of offending others. The sillage is decent, which was good or bad depending on where I was in the fragrance's evolution, but the persistence was slightly less than average, at four to five hours.

This is definitely one to be sampled before purchase.

i just discovered this soothing fragrance, and i think it's the only unisex perfume that i can wear

Very weird indeed. You know that kind of ink blot (rorschach) used in psychology? Some may think it is a flower or a dog playing with a stick others are sure they looking at a coupple of perverted siamese twins... This I think is the perfumed answer to rorschach´s blots.

It is wet black, inky, powdery, sweet, metallic, oh so masculin but no, so feminin at the same time. Constantly changing, disturbing, comforting, hiding, shining... Oh, yes I like. Or sometimes... not.

Staring for to long on the blot just make it looks like a blot, a blur, a mess... This is a perfume you shouldn´t chase with your nose, it is at it´s best when you just leave it alone. It has that in common with CdG 3...

Big bottle worthy, oh yes indeed. It´s a tricky little piece of art...

To tell the truth I don't understand the idea of this fragrance. It smells like some kind of mess on my skin, as if the notes were not blended together. On me it has the smell of the flowery essential oil which was added into a bottle of ink or paint by accident, where it does not fit at all :/ It is quite a disturbing fragrance, which does not work for me.

This is my 1st try on CDG perfume. and it's a love at first sniff.Very impressive.Modern and unique.The notes is complex and hard to describe,like something in contrast but can be mixed well in one bottle.On my skin,It's open with a sharp-cool blast and then come to sweet mellow flower with hint of green.Staying power is very good too.

Something in CdG2 reminds me of being a child in the 80s...something that makes me think of my friend's mothers, and maybe even of aunts and teachers that i may have had. I'm pretty sure its the aldehydes, as it soon fades and you are left with a pretty chypre floral that manages to be familiar and strange at the same time. As with most CdG frangrances, i find the composition delightful in its intricacies, its not like anything else i have smelled. Like Zoka, i have a hard time describing it! Although i do not wish to purchase this fragrance, the sample was fun to try on my skin.

this is a smooth scent i can wear to bed and hv a sweet nite sleep.... and kinda exotic as well

I love this scent, it like a comfy jumper i put on in the winter. Very long lasting fragrance, so a little does go a very long way.

This starts off with a very aldehydic blast of top notes, (reminds me somewhat of the old Paco Rabanne Metal) but then quickly settles down to much more powdery, sweet, violets or sugared almonds effect - I am still not sure about this overall; I will have to get to the end of the bottle and then decide. Very long lasting on the skin, but also very distinctive - I think some people might find it rather overpowering, like Loulou, which used to prompt requests to open a window!

I love it. My girls love it. Even my boys love it, too :)) It's not everyone's scent type. E can't call it an unisex. It's too stronge and manly for women. Anyway, 2Man is a strange perfume, with a great longervity.

This is a very interesting fragrance, unusual and intense, I just can't describe it, very sensual, with amber, sharp and smooth at the same time ;o)