Scherrer 2 Jean-Louis Scherrer 1986 Eau de Toilette

Scherrer 2 (Eau de Toilette) by Jean-Louis Scherrer

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7.8 / 10 310 Ratings

A popular perfume by Jean-Louis Scherrer for women, released in 1986. The scent is floral-spicy. The longevity is above-average. It was last marketed by Designer Parfums.

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Main accords

Floral

Spicy

Oriental

Chypre

Woody

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Portuguese mandarin

Tuberose

Rose

Jasmine

Angelica

Violet leaf

Heart Notes

Cinnamon

Myrrh

Mysore sandalwood Cedar

Cedar

Bourbon vetiver

Base Notes

Civet

Musk

Oakmoss

Benzoin

Opoponax

Patchouli

Castoreum

Ratings

Scent

7.8310 Ratings

Longevity

8.3238 Ratings

Sillage

7.8238 Ratings

Bottle

7.8217 Ratings

Value for money

8.564 Ratings

Submitted by Lissy, last update on 08/20/2025.

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Scherrer 2 Parfum

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Reviews

6 in-depth fragrance descriptions

04/15/2012

7
Scent

Awesomeness
247 Reviews

Awesomeness

Very helpful Review 5

Lighter, Brighter Coco Chanel

Youth Dew? No way.

Scherrer 2 is a lighter, brighter Coco Chanel. It's dated, but less so than Coco imo, probably because of massive aldehydes which keep Scherrer 2 more buoyant.

Definitely worth a sniff.

10/24/2024

9
Pricing 8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8.5
Scent

Ringtale
129 Reviews

Ringtale

1

CocoCola :-)

My Scherrer 2 Eau de Toilette arrived today. It was a blind order (I do this only when a perfume is budget friendly :-)) after testing Coco Eau de Parfum and wanting something alike, but more fresh, airy, sparkling, authentic and less 'obvious' and was I right?
Yes! Yes, yes, yes! With also thanks to Awesomeness for his review which made me guess Scherrer 2 could work.
Oh this is what I call fresh and still mysterious. With first spray I was worried that it was just a dupe of Coco because at first spray it is so very alike, but soon a bubbly, sparkling accord came through, like a 'Coco-Cola' so to speak:-). I think maybe that is why some compare it to vintage Youth Dew when this still had that distant cocacola note, but there the comparison ends because Scherrer 2 is way less sweet and cloying than Youth Dew.
I wouldn't call this 'oriental' (besides the fact that this is a term I'd rather not use, knowing this could offend people), I think it is more a bit 'exotic'. I don't find it as 'warm' as many perfumes that are rated as 'oriental' which, for me, is in it's favour.
It is spicy but not in the way many 'spicy' perfumes are (no cloves in here). It is chypre, but without the bitterness of Jean-Louis Scherrer Eau de Toilette or Azurēe.
Aldehydes are not mentioned, but there is some soapiness about it or maybe it is just it's freshness.
I wonder why 'fresh' isn't mentioned in it's scent-profile because I find it utterly fresh! Could be worn for any occasion and, I think, in any season.
I also think it is timeless. The vintage 'feel' of it is due to the quality of the scent and doesn't refer to any era or age in my opinion.
And it is so, so, so authentic! I never smelled anything like it!
Sillage and longevity are amazing as well.
Very happy with this purchase!

Oh...and that bottle....Love it!
Edit: After some time, I notice I don't reach for it as often as I thought I would,
I think my preferences have changed a bit after trying scents with different scent profile.

04/11/2021

8
Sillage 8
Longevity 9
Scent

Salva
70 Reviews

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Salva

Top Review 58

Fascination knows no bounds - and gender divisions don't anyway....

In the mid-80s, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred;
In the mid-80s, the world knew the hand of God (may the Lord in heaven have him blessed);
In the mid-80s, carrot pants, shoulder pads and so-called oversized blazers were en vogue;
and in the mid-80s, 1986 to be exact, Jean-Louis-Scherrer brought out a fragrance that I find beguiling, classic, elegant and very lovely;
[...]

Wait, Jean-Louis who? For those who don't know him (yet):

Jean-Louis Scherrer was a Parisian couturier who lived through the horrific years of World War II as a child and, with unbridled will and ambition, worked his way up and went on to have an impressive career.

Before entering the world of fashion, however, he tried his hand at dancing at the 'Conservatoire de Paris', a college of music and dance founded in 1795. As a talented young guy, one still justifiably placed great hopes in him, before he said goodbye to dancing due to injury and turned to haute couture.

Scherrer took his first steps in the new industry together with, or rather for Christian Dior, when he joined him in 1956 and was allowed to contribute his knowledge and skills there as a designer assistant alongside Yves Saint Laurent. After Dior's death, he still performed his service for Louis Féraud, also a fashion designer and artist, before fulfilling his dream of owning his own company in 1962.

Years of contacts and relationships abroad, especially the USA, quickly made him an internationally renowned gentleman in his profession. His fashions were particularly noted for their opulence and luxury. Beaded garments, elaborately embroidered, adorned his signature.
[...]

Amidst these successes, he - like many designers - soon launched fragrances. The two Chypre classics of 1979, both in the form of EdT, as well as EdP, are certainly among the most famous perfumes that bear his name.

Scherrer 2 EdT, on the other hand, goes in a slightly different direction. It is a sensual-spicy oriental floral bouquet that grabbed me right away. Warm, balsamic, animalic, clean, floral; all adjectives I would ascribe to this fragrance.

Immediately upon smelling the spray head, I was very taken. At the beginning you perceive namely the intense floral notes, which form a wonderfully refreshing unit with a fruity tangerine note. It imagines one stands in a garden of wonderfully fragrant flowers, and enjoys just a tingly juicy tangerine.

But the first spicy tones are not long in coming, because here I perceive in particular the cinnamon and myrrh. These replace the initial flower power and give the fragrance its sensual-spicy and slightly sweet-balsamic accord, which is also enveloped by minimal resinous nuances.

Towards the base, the fragrance once again shows its multi-faceted development by adding a soapy note, where I even smell a hint of animalism, but in a very classy and clean way. Overall, the fragrance also maintains its thoroughly feminine aura throughout the entire course.

The noble bottle of clear glass stands out with its elegance and is intended to symbolize the New York skyscrapers of the 30s by its narrow and straight optics.
[...]

I feel the fragrance just at the beginning as quite intense and would therefore advise to be careful when dosing. Here 2-3 spritz mMn completely enough, because these hold already good 8h on my skin. That he has a lot of steam in the butt, you can probably imagine well anyway due to the complex composition. Friends of larger sillage clouds are here certainly well supplied with and have their joy.

In my eyes, he is a little better suited for the colder season, because despite the floral character at the beginning, he would be me personally for warm weather a tick too strong and multi-layered in its whole make.
Conclusion:

The Scherrer 2 EdT is in my eyes a sensual-creative and beguiling-attractive 80s Oriental classic with a chypre-heavy twist from the haute couture world of the French capital, which I find insanely beautiful.

Opulent and attractive, sexy and stylish. Complexity in its noblest form is what you get with this fragrance, which I associate in a way with classical paintings from earlier baroque times.

Classified indeed for the ladies, I wear him nevertheless with pleasure on, because gender divisions or the like I have anyway never what given.

Wear and smell, what and how you want...

Fascination knows no boundaries - and divisions into genders even less...

[...]

Very dear thanks to Alliage, which has often provided me with samples of women's classics, as recently also with this fragrance.

And thanks to all who have taken the time to read!

05/18/2021

8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Peeva
20 Reviews

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Peeva

Top Review 22

Flowerchypre

Scherrer 2 is a woman who knows what she wants.

She has what she wants and she takes what she wants.

She owns an empire (the running of which she has handed over to her sister Scherrer, who is doing an excellent job with her superficially cool, aloof and unapproachable nature).

She is an apparition of natural elegance.

Now is her time to live, love and enjoy.

Her greatest love belongs to plants.
She loves their textures, their scents ,their colors,
as well as the spices that are extracted from some.

Yes, that's how I imagine the lady.

Now to the fragrance:
You smell right at the beginning that it is a flower chypre, but it hides under a layer of powder. The powder dissolves and there are soft citrus (probably the tangerine ?) and floral notes in the foreground.
In addition, strong spices hold over the entire course of the fragrance only become quieter with time.

A beautiful floral chypre. Certainly not everyone's darling :)

05/13/2021

8
Bottle 8
Sillage 8
Longevity 8
Scent

Serenissima
729 Reviews

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Serenissima

Helpful Review 26

golden princess scent

The noble, straight-lined glass flacon from the first Jean-Louis Scherrer fragrance refers to its classically elegant contents. They form a harmonious whole, in keeping with the style of the fashion house.
It is not so simple with "Scherrer 2".
The flacon is reminiscent of the art deco architecture of New York in the 30s; slim and narrow, it strives upwards. What he may well contain?

All the more surprising is the scent-painting of a romantic-feminine bouquet of flowers that this glass work of art reveals!
A kind of oriental-spicy still life develops: the citrus note of mandarin mingles with rose, jasmine and tuberose; this mandarin freshness is an excellent match for the floral beauty of the previous white-flower fragrance.
Angelica and violet stand back a little; perhaps as a tasteful transition from flowers to spice.
For the heart note, in fact, is already reached for the first time in the fragrance boxes and bags of the spices, which originally came from far.
Warm cinnamon notes, lightly brushing the senses sandalwood and cedar give this composition a spicy and exotic note. This is deepened by myrrh and vetiver - earthier and darker, more sensual.
Oak wood underlines this impression even more, so that an erotic mixture of smoky spicy resins can meet patchouli and musk and thus complete the fragrance base.
Through this fragrance-intensive, the senses awakening creation that has now emerged, the small, as always somewhat stern smelling cat animal meanders and leaves a trail of animalic.
Indeed, "Scherrer 2" is not quite so harmless and innocent.

This floral, semi-oriental fragrance pleasure already impressively underlines the presence of the woman who wears this fragrance: lush and warm floral-spicy waves float through the room, as if they danced a very special veil dance.
Full-bodied and of particularly long durability, this so feminine fragrance composition comes along.
From the beginning, she gives herself completely, embraces generously, certainly intends to be faithful and yet disappears quietly at some point.
What remains is a delicate memory of a ripe and golden fragrance that turns women into princesses and makes them shine.
"Scherrer 2" is thus a fragrance magician!

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