Series 2: Red - Rose by Comme des Garçons

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Series 2: Red - Rose Comme des Garçons 2001

6.5 / 10 29 Ratings

A perfume by Comme des Garçons for women and men, released in 2001. The scent is floral-fruity. It was last marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Floral

Fruity

Fresh

Sweet

Synthetic

Fragrance Notes

Damask rose absolute

Geranium

Moroccan rose

Pink pepper

Raspberry

Perfumers

Yann Vasnier, Françoise Caron

Ratings

Scent

6.529 Ratings

Longevity

5.718 Ratings

Sillage

5.019 Ratings

Bottle

5.825 Ratings

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Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

07/16/2014

5Scent

ScentFan
336 Reviews

ScentFan

Very helpful Review 6

Um, no

Tried to think of literary ways to convey my instant dislike, but less may be more for this one, so here goes. Too much pepper. Too much raspberry. The geranium is odd. Me no like.

09/17/2012

5Scent 2.5Longevity 2.5Sillage

Coutureguru
237 Reviews

Coutureguru

Top Review 6

Close ... but no cigar :)

When I first tried CdG Series 2 Red: Rose at the very beginning of my Rose fascination (some time ago now) I thought it was rather good. I tested the remainder of my sample today and am not so convinced anymore.

The problem is, since then I've tried a large number of Rose frags and discovered all sorts ... spicy, gourmand, oud laden and others very similar in makeup to this one. Some sites list the inclusion of pink pepper here, which as a note in general I have come to dislike ... not necessarily because I don't like the way it smells, but for the simple reason that it seems to be a note-du-jour, 'peppering' (if you'll pardon the pun) countless releases by houses as revered as Chanel to others which are not.

Firstly, I find that there are too much in the way of berries here, which one would think would render Series 2 Rose in a more 'jam-like' gourmand way, but does not. The Rose is unfortunately rather pale and wispy, as if one were staring at a watercolor of the flowers, with a single rose in a vase trying to get it's perfume to you from the next room. This Rose is quite demure and very discrete.
Had this fragrance been a lot stronger I would've had a bottle of it ages ago, but the sillage is very average and the longevity poor ... on my skin at least.

This one is for folk who like roses, but at a distance. A good scent for office situations and also for the guys fond of Rose, but not necessarily of the kind that like to smell like the rose gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show ... like me :).

It's not a disagreeable fragrance, but not one that I would tear a muscle trying to find. Funny how perceptions change, no?

08/12/2013

Friedaherz
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Friedaherz

7

Hicks… I like rose… hicks… a lot…

I always like rose scents, or rather: almost always! But this one has literally knocked me out - hicks! Sorry, I can't help it! Hicks!

Rose punch would also be an idea (does it exist?) - but this rose here has some serious PUNCH!

Where does that come from? From the fruits? I actually like all the listed berries - not just in the punch. But are they fermented in the scent? Hicks! Excuse me!

The geranium is probably just for decoration on the table. And the paprika, I don't even know what it's doing in my punch?!

Well, I know rose refined with fruit, caramelized, sugared, lemony, with coffee, with tea, with mint, even with other berries (oh!)… and I love it in (almost) every state, but I haven't smelled it like this before!

Hicks!

A nice cold punch in summer is really something special - but do I want to see myself as a walking punch? No, I don't think this will work out between us, my fine rose. I will gladly pass this chalice on!
Well then, cheers!
PS: but I'm not sad - there’s still plenty to test from the “Series 2 by CdG”!

02/05/2013

7Scent 5Longevity 5Sillage

Gentilhomme
120 Reviews

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Gentilhomme

2

Busch-Wind-Röschen light

Rose from the Series 2 Red by CdG unfortunately disappointed me a bit; compared to the other rather quirky and strong scents from the same series, Rose is rather pale and unspectacular.

I was full of expectation to find an opulent rose fragrance in the style of Patou's Joy (Carnation reminds me with its lush carnations totally of Chanel's No 22), but I only recognize a light, fruity rose after the second spray from the bottle. The fruity raspberries are there, albeit still in a slightly frozen state, paprika is somewhere in the distance, but rather the light, pale yellow, and unaromatic ones from Hungary...

I can imagine Rose well as a summer fragrance; on mild evenings, this cool fruity rose note could certainly try once again with me as a good alternative to citrus or light vetiver notes.

The rose is indeed the queen among flowers, however, for me, the royal position in the Red series is awarded to the giant sequoia, closely followed by the crown prince rosewood and princess carnation.