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Zero Comme des Garçons 2022

6.8 / 10 111 Ratings

A perfume by Comme des Garçons for women and men, released in 2022. The scent is synthetic-woody. It is being marketed by Puig.
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Main accords

Synthetic

Woody

Fresh

Green

Spicy

Fragrance Notes

Cedarwood

Musk

Haitian vetiver

Bergamot

Rose oxide

Perfumer

Fanny Bal

Ratings

Scent

6.8111 Ratings

Longevity

6.889 Ratings

Sillage

6.587 Ratings

Bottle

7.582 Ratings

Value for money

5.955 Ratings

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Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

08/10/2022

Emrego
24 Reviews

Emrego

2

Good, but redundant if you already have some CdG staples

Finally had the chance to smell the new Zero today. After carefully testing for 6 hours (on paper) here's my review.

Overdose of Cashmeran (velvety, slightly woody musk) and Iso E or Iso Gamma Super (light, abstract cedarwood with musky nuance) backed by Vetiveryl acetate (primary odor molecule of vetiver oil). Typical backbone of the signature CdG DNA, and this is where the connections to Wonderoud (and partially to Wonderwood) makes a lot of sense. WO and WW distinguishes on heavy use of Javanol/Pashminol sandalwood molecules at the base where Zero smells to have none (perhaps tiny amounts of Javanol to support the rose). And with regards to opening, WO and WW open heavy on blackpepper-cypress whereas Zero opens with a punch of bright rose oxide that stays noticable throughout. You could think rose oxide as a more geranium-leaning, metallic, sharper and light peppery pink rose note.

I think I smell damascone or damascenone as well, a bit like dark rose-tobacco note - maybe this is where the "hey, varnish sounds like a cool note" idea comes from.

Did not mention the bergamot note because as usual it's only here to blend in and brighten up the blend.

Drydown reveals the overdose of Cashmeran after top and mids evaporate, traces of rose is still there and in diffusion Iso E/Gamma Super is again there but it's really mostly Cashmeran - you can almost do a side by side with Escentric Molecules - Molecule 05 at this point and both will be quite similar. I must also mention the vetiver is very toned down here compared to what we are used to from CdG.

Overall...This can be very charming, easy to wear, and unique to some. But personally I find it only pleasant, the rose is a nice addition to the CdG pebbles, other than that - I will continue to stick to Wonderoud/wood. Zero did not justify the full retail price against other options for me, if I hadn't have quite a CdG line at my disposal, would definitely give this a go as the abstract modern blend it is.

02/12/2025

2Scent

celeblas
119 Reviews

celeblas

1

All and Nothing

This is a light, clean, and fresh compilation of the best of CdG fragrances. As a result it is beautiful and wearable but not particularly niche or unusual. There's a woody note that calls Hinoki to mind, an inkiness from the CdG namesakes (original, man, 2, etc), an atmospheric and pleasantly chemical note from 53, the synthetics series, all bound together with that chain that makes every CdG fragrance smell like CdG. Lovely, and nothing, all at once - perfectly named: zero.

Note: This fragrance also contains a note that has been showing up in many designer fragrances in the last 5 years. To me it smells terrible. It can be found in many contemporary compositions and I'm sensitive to it. It's the first CdG fragrance I've experienced that has this note, likely because it's a recent composition from Puig, and they and other corporations are using it more frequently.

Updated on 02/17/2025

05/28/2022

7Scent 6Longevity 6Sillage

Leimbacher
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Leimbacher

Top Review 33

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Even if Comme des Garçons may seem like it at first glance - they are not trendsetters, hipsters, or posers. They experiment and follow their own path. But trying to ingratiate themselves with the youth would look very different. With "Zero," however, they are indeed swimming quite a bit with the current and releasing their version of an "ISO-E-Super" scent.

CdG makes Iso-E visible. That could have been my headline as well. Because "Zero" feels like a rosy-woody future fragrance - but also very similar to "Molecule 01" and its counterparts. As if they have made Iso significantly woodier, richer in texture, more viscous, and finally more detectable. Bright desert wood in the urban jungle of the future. Typical CdG in its style, ambition, and target audience. Somewhere between "Wonderwood," the aforementioned Escentric Molecules, and "CK2." Minimal, monotonous, but beautifully so. Hard to describe. Nice. Not great. Not even enough. But nice. Olfactory gray. Or in other words, referring to the title: a bit too little meat on the bones and calories on the silver plate. Nature-connected on the holodeck.

Bottle: functional, a bit hip(ster)
Sillage: character- not space-filling
Longevity: 6 hours - but due to its "special fragrance ingredient," it is notoriously hard to say as a wearer sometimes

Conclusion: a woody underline for the soul and aura of the wearer - but where there is nothing, nothing can come here... "Zero" is certainly not a zero number, but it hides cleverly. Cynics would say: "That's hardly a unique perfume!" Wood acupuncture between placebo and concrete block.

05/31/2022

6.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Fegefeuer
9 Reviews

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Fegefeuer

Helpful Review 9

Wonderwood Meets Concrete

Zero is the universal starting point before our existence adds up in years, we multiply our income monthly, or simply put - add what was not there before. Thus, Zero by Comme des Garçons aims to blur the boundaries between masculine and feminine, as the respective attributes of masculinity and femininity have also only been added by us. Before, it was zero.

The bottle, which can be found in the mainline, is freed from any identity. No standout color, no special packaging. Just glass in a white box, no suggestive color code. Simple.

The scent itself is a collection of opposing stereotypes. The first spray on the skin is soapy chemistry that vaporizes immediately. Then, sweet wood reveals itself, which has a strong vanilla note. Over the increasingly spicy wood, a floral powder settles, the rose is only suggested, and the synthetics return. The concept of reduction is the common thread, which is why there is unfortunately not much more to discover or compare in lyrical outpourings.

The first association I had here was actually a cross between Wonderwood and Concrete. Just not as nice as it sounds. Unfortunately, a wasted idea because the execution could have been more interesting. In the drydown, the DNA of Comme des Garçons is lost and thus becomes indistinguishable from other designers - synthetic, woody, powdery. The longevity is typically above average for the brand.

10/27/2022

7Scent 6Longevity 7Sillage

GratWanderer
228 Reviews

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GratWanderer

Helpful Review 4

Not a bad synthetic, slightly rosy and green

Hmm, difficult to assess the initial impression. Synthetic yet pleasant. Fresh, less like a cleaner, more like a delicate disinfectant with a hint of rose water. Artificially created, light wood, delicate, fresh, it sprays right in your face. The scent has a character as if you are constantly being misted with a gentle spray. Not because the projection is a monster, but because it has this character. At a modern hipster florist in Berlin, he sprays water and whatever else among the flowers.

The bergamot is very dull, flat, not bad, but neither peel nor flesh, more like an "impression" of bergamot, with a few drops of oil mixed in. I also sense something quite minty, even though it’s not in the official notes.

It becomes drier, grassier, the vetiver comes through much stronger, less bitter, more invigorating, not as synthetic anymore (which wasn’t necessarily a negative before), still slightly moist. Keep in mind, we are still only around minute 15.

Later in the finish, the rose does come back, very bright, slightly green, along with increasingly airy musk.

Seems to be a divisive one, this good one. I, on the other hand, am more in the middle; somehow it has something, but it doesn’t enchant me by any means. If you like fresh-synthetic scents, slightly rosy, slightly grassy, ozonic, radiant, you should definitely check this one out.

[tested on skin]

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