Comme de Garcon's 2 Man OR Le Labo's Vetiver 46?

Keep your decant of Vetiver 46 and get 2Man which you can pick up pretty cheap

Comme de Garcon's 2 Man

They're quite different.
But if you liked CDG2 man on card, it's better on skin. If it clicks with you and you're comfortable wearing it is a brilliant versatile fragrance and you'd get a lot of use out of it. It's better value than the Vetiver 46 that's for sure, there are much better in the Le Labo line that I'd rather spend my money on.
But that's me personally of course

I read and heard great things about both of these fragrances

I liked 2 Man better, but neither really did it for me.

As foreddie, I too love CDG2 man. I find it more complex, with a really nice lemony note and a better candlewax feel. Quite persistent too, as pointed out. I like le labo's vetiver, but it seems less interesting.

cacio

I really like both. Yes they are very similar. The Vetivet 46 seems to be stronger and perhaps more well rounded. The 2 Man has a much more pronounced candle wax accord.
I own a 15ml bottle of 46 ($58 through le Labo) with the intention of purchasing a bottle of 2 man. 2 man as mentioned above can be had for very cheap. That may be a good route to go.

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IMHO, 2 man is cheaper and better.

Comme des garcon 2 Mayyyyne

Vetiver 46 is one of my favorites, and it can be had fairly inexpensively as a decant (check the splits board here).

I tried CdG 2 Man on paper awhile back and it was interesting enough to make me want to give it a better test, although I don't remember much. I'll probably pick up a decant soon.

I think you should get both. They initially seem similar but a few repeated wearings will reveal their differences.

For me V46 is as much or more so about the cedar and balanced vanillic drydown (+some pepper!) as it is about the vetiver where as CDG2 MAN smacks you with the vetiver constantly with the waxiness and incense whisps appearing from time to time or upon repeated deep sniffing.

Get both if you like them. One does not replace or substitute the other, well, at least not to my nose.

I settled for V46.
I said of I didn't like it I'd get 2 Man.
Never ended up getting the CdG.

Never tried 2man as yet but I like the sweet smokey Frankincense accord with hints of wood and vetiver notes of Vetiver 46.

Both

I'd go with CGD2Man for both the quality/price ratio and originality. That said, V46 smells fine but, unless you have a large wardrobe, it would result somehow redundant if you go for the Comme.

I agree.

Le labo

I've recently been trying to decide on which bottle to get (either Vetiver 46 or CdG 2MAN). In the end I bought a bottle of Vetiver 46, but here are my observations contrasting the two fragrances.

Both have that amazing candle-wax, smoke accord and saffron in the opening - that's what makes them so similar to each other. Once you get into the heart, they start to differ though. CdG 2MAN is more aromatic, with the addition of spices like nutmeg, and leather. I also get some sort of rosemary note in 2MAN. At this point in the drydown, Vetiver 46, on the other hand, continues to smolder and remain smokey. In fact, it starts to go from candle wax smoke to campfire smoke. There's a big, smokey, salty vetiver note that comes out strong with the campfire smoke (gaiac wood?). In contrast, CdG 2MAN lightens up, the smoke passes, and all you're left with is an aromatic and light vetiver mixed with herbs, spice and leather.

In the base, you get some vanilla, campfire smoke and vetiver in Vetiver 46, but more of a leathery-vetiver and cedar (sans vanilla) in 2MAN.

In summary, although they contain a lot of the same notes, they differ in their progression from the candle wax accord. I only smell about 6 ingredients in each fragrance, but the aforementioned notes are the major players for me. It's crazy to think that Vetiver 46 actually has 46 ingredients!

I smell the following notes in succession for each fragrance:

CdG 2MAN: candle wax smoke, saffron, nutmeg, rosemary, vetiver, leather, cedar
Vetiver 46: candle wax smoke, saffron, campfire smoke, clove, vetiver, vanilla

Both are great fragrances, but I prefer Vetiver 46 as it lasts longer, it's smokier and somewhat more mysterious to me. They're both equally masculine, well constructed and unique, but Vetiver 46 gets my vote.

I agree with

2 man= Superior scent

V46= Superior longevity

Comme des Garçons 2 Man.

I've seen comments above that CdG 2 Man can be found cheap. Where? I've been interested in this one for a while.

Its the superior fragrance.