Central Park West

My first instinct was that this was a LOVE at First Spray - I have waffled around on it, this perfume has carried me on quite a fragrance journey. This is a super high pitched soprano perfume and can give you almost an ice cream headache if you are not used to this type of sweetness...for this reason, this would probably never be a "signature" perfume for me, but would have to be a special occasion perfume. But there is just something about this perfume that I dearly love. This is really a fabulous perfume. (Update on August 18th, 2022) ------------ This perfume is like a 3 Act Play - The first Act - The first 30 minutes to hour of wear is OVERLY ANIMATED, BRIGHT, a bit SHARP - almost to the point of a cartoonish comical perfume. This appears to be a sharp white floral tuberose-heavy perfume. (This perfume is the most TUBEROSE Perfume that I have ever smelled, without tuberose in the ingredient list. It must be a combination of Narcissus and the other ingredients). If you have read "Dressing Your Truth" by Carol Tuttle - act 1 is a true Type 1 perfume to an extreme level. This is totally "Type 1"! (The bottle is also an example of design taken to almost a comical animated extreme. The bottle fits the beginning of this perfume). Act 2 - After this wears about 30 minutes on the skin, this turns into a much more creamy white floral. In this phase, it is almost the creaminess of vanilla ice cream with coconut shavings; there is a slight tropical vibe to this perfume, in this phase. (This part is like Type 2). I fell in love with this perfume in this range. This is still bright and animated but becomes a bit softer and less slapstick, this phase buffs down into a smoother more wearable white floral chord -- but still with a few snarky, raw edged bright notes. That being said, this perfume lasts a total of 4 hours on my skin, which is not in my target "signature" range, but the fragrance is so lovely on - that it may be worth buying a tester or sample just to carry on hand to refresh at the 4 hour mark. This has a happy animated vibe to it, it is definitely sweet and alluring - but starts out fierce white floral bordering on over-kill. If you can power through the first 30 minutes of this, the phase that is most alluring starts then! Act 3 - (The dry down) The dry down is heavenly, this is a gorgeous phase of this perfume, too! This appears to fade on me by the 4th hour of wear, however - I have caught a whiff of this hours beyond that - but it is so faint that it appears that it is no longer present. ----------- I am trying this alongside Fred Hayman's 273 Rodeo Drive because they both have a strong tuberose base to the perfume. I like both 273 and Bond CPW - they are both glorious examples of white floral tuberose. I feel that I may lean more towards liking 273 a bit better because it has some peachy alto notes which ground the chord from appearing to hit the rafters with such a screechingly high tuberose scent. (I thought 273 was animated and bright till experiencing Bond's CPW). I am still sensing a vanilla/coconut shaving type effect with the tuberose in CPW. These two have similarities, but are different enough to try both. ------------- Bond Central Park West is like the upper register of a perfume without the presence of the middle or lower registers. For this reason, I feel that this would be a great perfume to layer with other scents that need a lift in the upper register - soprano notes. There is a quality about this perfume that makes it appear that it is missing something, they needed to ground this upper register with some alto notes that anchor the fragrance a bit more. Fred Hayman's 273 is a perfume that seems to do this well. They have the higher pitched upper register balanced by the peach in the lower register. --------------- The closest thing that I have to this in my own collection is "Today" by Avon, which is a bright, soprano chord tuberose perfume. This perfume draws compliments like crazy. People really like the tuberose perfume. "Today" is more of a linear aldehyde representation of the tuberose chord without any discernible piccolo notes that add the texture of Bonds Central Park West snarky bright sharp notes. When I compare the two perfumes side by side, the quality of the Bond perfume clarifies the rafter type notes, beautifully. Bond's CPW is slightly more green and a bit more bright than "Today". Both are gorgeous perfumes on. (Avon's Today is more linear and is a great place to start if you are new to super high soprano notes of this type of fragrance). Central Park West is like the perfume version for a culinary treat for those that are really into high register soprano note fragrances. If you really love this type of perfume, you really should take the time to try it. ------------ Elizabeth Taylor's Gardenia is like the Monet painting version. It is a soft focus, impressionistic chord rather than a perfume with defined sharp notes like Bond's Central Park West. ET's Gardenia is a slightly lower chord, but a really nice blend-- it is more linear and registers like a fluffy cloud of the chord of CPW without the snarky bright and sometimes SHARP notes. If you are at the phase where you are experimenting with super high soprano note type fragrances, ET's Gardenia would be a good place to start. If you really like this type of high chord fragrance, then by all means - try Central Park West! ----------- Central Park West and Avon's Rare Pearls -- I wouldn't have known this unless I was sampling these perfumes at the same time. Oddly enough, these two are a fairly similar chord range -- alto base chord. Central Park West has more biting sharp high notes than Rare Pearls, but if you love CPW but need to find a day version of it to extend the wear of your more expensive signature -- you will probably like Rare Pearls by Avon. Rare Pearls would be the more office friendly blend, where as CPW has more expression.

After trying it's sample I couldn't forget about this beauty and finally I bought it.it's 60mil left in it's bottle but I know this would last me a long time because it's very potent I believed this is a white floral bomb.Wrong!Central Park West is not just a white floral.yes gardenia is the strongest note,also jasmine is there all through it's life but there's enough ylang-ylang and lemon blossom to make it a combination of yellow and white florals(I can't detect narcissus and I don't miss it) Sweet,peppery heady flowers which have non-descript fruity naunces,blend with a lovely musk,not too clean and not too dirty.this creamy sweet gorgeous,is grounded by woods which deepen it and just a slight touch of soft powder which assures it stays feminine in spite of it's woody notes which don't really show up on me.I love it more than my expectations and it goes directly in my top shelf I love it when floral scents are potent and delicious and this is definitely yummy and sexy as hell and at the same time it has luscious feminine richness of florals. I can't even describe how much it feels good wearing it But if you don't like sweet and strong fragrances it's not safe for you I applied just one spray ten hours ago on my hand.I washed my hand more than ten times in this eight hours and it's still there.even sleeve of my blouse smells of it I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but for me,this is pure perfection I have tester bottle of this which doesn't have it's pink cap and flower.among three perfumes of this brand that I own(this one,Manhattan and perfumo)this one is definitely my favorite Now I have Chinatown,I love NYC for her and central park south in my wishlist ❤❤❤❤❤ Edit:this is a comment magnet.whoever sees me asks my perfume's name It's longevity and projection are unbelievably amazing! از بهترین عطرهای گلی ک ب زندگیم دیدم و بلافاصله رفت جزو محبوب ترین عطرهام قبلا فک می کردم یه بمب وایت فلوراله،اما ن،درسته که گاردنیا قویترین نت این عطره و یاس پررنگی هم داره،اما یلانگ یلانگ و شکوفه لیمو هم درحدی حضور دارن،ک به ذات گلی این عطر،علاوه بر رنگ سفید،رنگ گلهای زرد رو هم اضافه کنن(خوشبختانه نرگس حس نمیکنم)این گلهای قوی و جوندار و روشن و فلفلی که ته مایه های میوه ای هم دارن(شاید بخاطر ذات هلوییه گاردنیا)،با حضور تو بستری چوبی رایحه عمیقتر و جدی تری پیدا کردن اما به لطف پودر خیلی سبکی ک رو نت ها نشسته حالت کاملا زنانه عطر حفظ میشه...مشک تو سنترال پارک وست حضور برجسته ای داره و مشک بسیار زیبایی هست.نه بسیار تمیز و ن بسیار کثیف. از اونجا ک سنترال پارک وست عطر خیلی قوی هست برام قابل درکه ک هرکسی نمونه باهاش کنار بیاد...رایحه شیرین و فلفلی و خامه ای گلها میتونه برای افراد ملایم پسند خیلی باشه اما برای من،درست به اندازه ست..سنترال پارک وست ضمن اینکه شیطنت پرسروصدا و محرکی داره،ذات زنانه و اشراف مآبانه گلها رو هم با خودش داره.خیلی خیلی دوسش دارم توجه کنید ک زیاد از حد اسپریش نکنید.واقعا خیلی قویه وحتی با تعداد اسپری های کم هم میتونه توجه زیادی ب خودش جلب کنه..مثل اکثر عطرهای فلورال جون میده برای بهار و عید،اما تمام سال قابل استفاده ست.هرچند آب و هوای معتدل رو پیشنهاد میکنم

My first spritz of this was "Love at first Spray" -- I loved it. I sampled this alongside my top tuberose perfumes and white floral favorites. This perfume lasted over 6-8 hours on the skin and made it through the heat of the day with almost the same exact notes which it started with. This stayed on well through a very rigorous outdoor walking session. This perfume holds true the entire length of wear, it doesn't morph into different elements in the dry down as this mixes with the chemistry. This holds its form very well - the dry down is a softer version of the start. If any one ever questions how well Bond's fragrance line holds up, Central Park West is a testimony to a quality perfume. Yes, this may be a bit more expensive than other brands - but the quality and performance are definitely THERE! I recommend this perfume for anyone who truly loves soprano note high pitched white florals. This is an excellent one to try. This smells like tuberose - but that ingredient is not listed in their ingredient list. I agree, this is DIVINE! ----------- If you like Bond's Central Park West and are looking for something that may be more diffused for office wear and those with sensitivities to fragrance -- try Avon's Today (tuberose perfume) or Avon's Rare Pearls (white floral perfume). These two are in the same chord range, but are more diffused -- like a soft Monet painting version of CPW. These won't replace the exact quality of CPW - but will give you a similar perfume chord range of expression.

Again, as always "sherapop" hits the nail on the head! This one's LOUD! You may even get Tinnitus just by wearing or being just in the same room with it! But then again, NYC is not exactly a quiet town, is it? Think about Manhattan, with their notoriously loud mouths, awakening with equally loud spring colours, perhaps mismatching and sometimes clashing ensembles? Where is Joan River's "Fashion Police" when you need her? In fact, I think Joan Rivers could smell like this (on a good day). Now jokes aside, I cannot imagine a man ever to smell of this (and I am usually VERY daring) but I can imagine gently spraying this on the back of your knee, to highlight a white floral in your main perfume, that you use on your upper body and neck pulse points. That could be fun! I can also see this working well with fabric; as a matter of fact this literally sticks to any fabric like a BIG NEON SIGN!!! Nothing says: "F*** OFF WINTER and let the SPRING BEGIN!" like this little dog-toothed number. It is a WHITE FLORAL MONSTER MODERN ART MASTERPIECE! ...and of course a modern shameless copy of FRACAS by Robert Piguet...but you knew that already. 10/10

Central park west is amazing! Just like others have said it is a sillage beast! I wore my sample yesterday and it projected and lasted more than 14 hours. I did not have to re apply like i have to mid day with most of my other perfumes. Imo it does not smell like Michael kors. Michael kors is a creamy,tropical, banana nuanced tuberose. Central park west is a thick,heady, opulent, gardenia and ylang ylang. They are both amazing perfumes but different. Central Park West is really peppery, so if pepper is not your thing than you probably won't like this perfume. For the first 15 minutes i smelled alot of pepper and it tickled my nose and lots of fresh gardenia. Soon the ylang ylang came out and gave the gardenia the buttery edible quality:) Im very in love with this and plan on buying a bottle asap. Im so impressed with the longevity and sillage because most perfumes now claim to be sillage beasts and long lasting and there not. This stays pretty linear after the ylang ylang enters the scene but that's ok with me. It's not boring at all.