Cooper Square

Bond No 9 Cooper Square - This is really nice. I can see the comparison to CALVIN. I had a bottle of Calvin in High School/College. This takes Calvin a step further though. There is a smoky booziness to this that takes it somewhere else. It enhances the fragrance very nicely. This came to my work, and everyone around me kept asking what that fragrance was, and to be honest I was hesitant to tell them, because I wanted this to be my signature fragrance. I plan on this being my secret gem in my arsenal of fragrances. My go to when I want to stand out. Also, it has a really beautiful bottle too. One that displays nicely and shimmers in the light. Nice Fragrance. I will definitely be keeping a bottle of this as long as they make it. Update: Since, I got this yesterday the response from everyone, that has smelled this either on me or from the bottle, has been 'You smell good' or 'That's nice! I like that better than anything else you've worn before.', etc... Update 3/14/2019: This is still one of my favorite Bond No 9 fragrances, but I wanted to note that Cooper Square and Yves St Laurent's Rive Gauche smell very similar. Cooper Square has more of a Metallic smell about it...but Rive Gauche has a softer barbershop smell about it. To me they smell very similar. When I think of one I also think of the other.

Cooper Square is clearly a masculine fragrance even if it is labeled as unisex. Very deep, complex, dark, spicy, classy and sophisticated, subtle sweet, very powerful, men's fragrance, with a pinch of smoke, suitable for winter and autumn, mainly on night time. A juice for something formal, definitely not for jeans. It opens with a strong spicy cognac note with mild juniper, very strong and deep opening indeed. Almost follows the wonderful lavender and a dark olibanum note. Vivid myrrh and patchouli give to the blend a luxurious feeling adding to the deepness with a mild sweed earthy-resinous warm note. There is also a hint of leather and traces of amber, I guess from the french labdanum. When the spices calm down, a wonderful warm note of cashmere wood appears adding smoothness, classy sweetness and depth. It is one of the dominant notes of this beautiful juice. The longevity and the projection are both monstrous so with two sprays you can have it all day long. The dominant notes are cognac, spices, myrrh, cashmere wood. It reminds me a little old women's scents of past times. Very strong and heavy for a contemporary woman. This intoxicating alluring scent is one of my best scents I've ever had. Very strong, very deep and beautiful! I love it!

I finally had a chance to test Cooper Square and I was really intrigued this scent. As one reviewer mentioned, it has a 'men's cologne' quality to it, which I find warming and very stylish. It's complex, with many different notes, but I mostly detect the juniper, cashmere wood, and frankincense. I've always liked modern fragrances that tip their hat to previous schools of perfumery - this is a new take on the eau de cologne style and it's done remarkably well. I can't single out the lavender note, but it makes sense that it's here, since there is a very slight camphor undertone. Although this is fairly masculine, a woman could easily wear Cooper Square, but I think for either gender this is a not an easy-going fragrance. This is: winter in the city, business suit and laptop case, coffee in one hand rushing about. Cooper Square balances green notes with spices very well - neither dominate, but instead they reside warmly together on your skin. Juniper makes it just slightly sour. The whole is a powerful old-school scent that says 'confidence'.

Spoiler up front: I truly like this scent. It's original, has depth and character, and it isn't like anything else out there. It also agrees incredibly well with my own chemistry. I can definitely detect the cognac, juniper berries and spices; the lavender is something that is really more a background, so I understand Sherapop's difficulty in detecting it (it's barely there). The olibanum and cashmere wood mixed with the myrrh seal the deal for me. While I love this, it's a difficult fragrance to describe well to others. I'm dating myself, but when I first tried this, I conjured immediate memories of how the original Calvin for Men (1980 or so). No particular reason, but there seemed a similarity for me - too bad there's no way to smell them side-by-side. Otherwise, this is a Bond well worth trying though it will certainly have more limited appeal than New Haarlem or Brooklyn (then again, the lesser-known Bond scents for me are always more interesting).

Another fantastic Bond! I can't help but make an association with lavender baby shampoo--clean, herbal, subtly floral, green, soft, soothing. Don't let that put you off though, this is a grown up, urban scent indeed. I dare say that it might even appeal the most to younger males. Cognac is presented as a tender grapevine blended in remarkably well giving just a trace of something intoxicating. The woods are clean, soft, a little dry and the labdanum and musk add a little flirtiness. Overall, energetic and bright with soft, soapy evergreens and spice, with a subtle, sweet, earthy allure that will draw in the women--either to your neck to get a closer sniff, or right to your bottle to steal a squirt for herself (if she dares to wear something slightly masculine). I feel like a giant glittery sequin when wearing Cooper Square, which is suggestive both of the bottle and the gleaming contents inside. Very nice!