Comme des Garsons 2 by Comme des Garcons

belletresor

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.

guest_adil

amazing perfume
by the way. its for women but men apply it.

JeanMaurice

...Pretty boring to my nose. Not bad but not great. It's quality but not for everyone as its peppery-sweet.


6,5/10

emi_artist

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!

Spring25

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.

NebraskaLovesScent

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.

sabsoob

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

rebella

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...

F_A

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.

kurisu

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.

coco76

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.

gravdal

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

guest_

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.

KalteStern

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!

chocolateguy

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.

zoka

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)