Reviews of 212 Men (1999)
by Carolina Herrera

this stuff atually makes me gag. i cant even figure out what the worst note is but fact is i had to wash it off after a few min.
go away!!!

The fall from grace after the rather lovely 'Herrera for Men' is egregious. Talk about being populist and chasing the money -- this is a nailed on 'what women like to smell on a man' notion, rather than what men would actually like to wear. It's generic laziness and smells ghastly. Avoid.

Kaern

I have nothing positive to say about this. A nondescript chalky, woody green that I think smells awful. The girlfriend likes it though so I guess that's a positive.

I had an aunt who used to work in a fine women’s clothing store who avidly kept up with fragrance introductions. She’d wear each new one home, layered thick like a winter coat, and hold anyone within her proximity an olefactory captive to “the latest thing.” Much like my aunt, 212 Men has much to recommend it: an intriguing mix of notes to which I’m generally strongly drawn, market savvy, and native intelligence. Yet, when my male test subject tapped on just a bit, I was sucked back into my aunt’s dressing room and had to run for fresh air. Later, he confessed he’d “tolerated" the 212 trial on my account. I wish I could present a more rational review (say, "the spice is occluded by gardenia," which is so), but to me 212 is the smell of a nice older woman with a solid fashion sense who flounders in trying too hard.

after the gorgeous and amazing carolina herrera man this company and I guess it was her daughter launches 212- it is a sad copy of thousands edt you can buy evrywhere-okay the outer appearance, the package and design are nice but the perfume is to me a grat deception-very poor.I expected her to develop again a great scent but 212 is average-freh,clean and similar to the rest.If you look for something different, special, individual then have a look at creed,annick goutal,nicolai or etro.Hopefully Carolina Herrera presents next time a perfume that is worth to buy!

"..."I'm amazed at the positive reviews and popularity of this cologne... This is a VERY effeminate scent; the flower notes seem to dominate in a sickening, allergy provoking way."

DITTO!

All sorts of green in the opening—smells so much like cut grass that I wonder why there isn’t the occasional whiff of lawnmower exhaust. Not a very complex scent to my nose—seems almost linear. The cut grass smell is attention getting and actually very pleasurable at first, but on my skin it soon turns stale and that staleness just hangs on and on. This is about as interesting as…watching grass grow. After an eternity, when the grass is ready to stale itself away into oblivion, I get a stab of floral and ginger, then everything peters out. Why are the sandalwood and incense so anemic? —Dying of boredom I would guess.