Comme des Garçons 2 Comme des Garçons 1999
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A chimeric beast
CDG 2 is a chimeric beast, with elements drawn from floral, fruity, spicy, woody, inky and fizzy notes. Yet instead of clashing in violent disharmony, the different notes coexist peacefully and pleasantly. Personally, the vegetal coriander note came out strongest on my skin, accompanied by the cooling sensation of yerba mate, an ephemeral swirl of violets and aldehydes, and the faintest hint of sooty, woody, East Asian ink. Overall, CDG 2 achieves the balance between yin and yang that it seeks to deliver.
However, as much as I enjoy the scent and took a full bottle home from Tokyo, I must admit that CDG 2 is fickle and almost fleeting, flickering in and out of perception on the skin. I typically have to spray more than usual (5 sprays on skin and hair) to get low to moderate projection and lasting power. That said, it occupies a truly unique spot in my collection and I’m happy to keep re-spraying throughout the day to get that addictive, ever-changing chimera of smells.
The oblong bottle that has to lie flat used to irritate me because I had to store it on its side and it didn’t fit in aesthetically with the rest of my collection, but I came to appreciate that it’s in keeping with CDG’s playful, tongue-in-cheek ethos of anti-fashion. The juxtaposition of the sci-fi silver bottle and the childish scrawl of the giant ‘2’ on the front of the bottle is also yet another way in which CDG forces us to think about disharmony and balance with every spray.
However, as much as I enjoy the scent and took a full bottle home from Tokyo, I must admit that CDG 2 is fickle and almost fleeting, flickering in and out of perception on the skin. I typically have to spray more than usual (5 sprays on skin and hair) to get low to moderate projection and lasting power. That said, it occupies a truly unique spot in my collection and I’m happy to keep re-spraying throughout the day to get that addictive, ever-changing chimera of smells.
The oblong bottle that has to lie flat used to irritate me because I had to store it on its side and it didn’t fit in aesthetically with the rest of my collection, but I came to appreciate that it’s in keeping with CDG’s playful, tongue-in-cheek ethos of anti-fashion. The juxtaposition of the sci-fi silver bottle and the childish scrawl of the giant ‘2’ on the front of the bottle is also yet another way in which CDG forces us to think about disharmony and balance with every spray.
Smellhambra
