Eau de New York

This is the greatest neroli (orange blossom) fragrance ever made in my opinion, hands down, and basically smells like you're smelling an orange tree and the grassy wet field in which it stands during the rain. It's the strongest neroli fragrance ever made, being way stronger than 4711 Eau de Cologne, Ferrari Bright Neroli, Tom Ford Neroli Portofino, Tom Ford Neroli Portofino Forte, and Acqua di Parma Colonia Essenza. I just feel like I'm in bliss when smelling this, especially as neroli is one of my favourite aromas in the world. This has a very green neroli and petitgrain scent to it that smells like a way more natural version of Mugler Cologne or Creed's Original Vetiver. I can smell the neroli but also the plant upon which it resides, including all the leaves and twigs, and also the grass in which it lives. The whole thing smells 'wet' as well as if it had just rained; it has the petrichor scent to it. It's a wonderful green scent that I'm a gigantic fan of. The neroli itself is extremely natural smelling and of the soapy kind. It's very, very pleasant. On drydown about 6 hours later, I detect the strong scent of white flowers - particularly jasmine and lily of the valley. The entire fragrance is totally unisex in my opinion but some would say is slightly feminine on the late drydown due to the white flowers - but I love white flowers so it doesn't bother me. This is also a beast in terms of performance, with strong projection for over 7 hours and around 10 hours of longevity in total on my skin. However the projection although strong is of the light and airy kind and non-cloying although it lasts for a very long time (very similar to Mugler Cologne) and not strong in the sense of a thick, cloying fragrance or even something like Mancera Lemon Line. This is one that if you wear, people will think you smell good but won't be overpowered by your scent. Overall this is the greatest neroli fragrance ever made in my opinion, and one of the best fragrances period; definitely in my top 10. 5/5

The most natural smelling bond, and also my favorite! tayyabforyouth said it best! Croud pleaser, a more uplifting GIT and lasts all day long. I've gotten, wow are you wearing sun screen or something you smell incredible" 5 times better than the extremely over rated MFK's in this same vein ala aqva universals, forte, etc etc This thing gets so green just to the edge of perfect, then so clean white musky just to edge of perfect. Where the MFK's get nasty in the overly done musky cocktail this baby absolutely nails it. This IS the best in class green,spring,uplifting in a bottle. I have given away decants and just tell people its a honey suckle scent, the flower the honey the green leaves. This is the holy grail honey suckle scent that brings me back. It's my neroli supreme as I often refer to it, its like a thick yellow punch of pure nirvana. I've been looking for a replacement for the 90's Clinique Happy to fill its long lost void and I'm happy to say I've found not only its replacement but its rich creator, Mr. liquid happy pants! This was one of the first niche scent I bought and one that got me hooked and disappointed that still nothing has come close, not even within 2 points. After trying as many spring summer niche scents I have its still confirmed there just aint nothin close to this, a strong LOVE!

oh my gosh. Ok. First let me just say that I find the polarizing nature of Bond to be amusing. People either love or hate. I see both sides. I might tend to agree with the "overpriced/not worth it" camp if it weren't for this and Fire Island. Neroli and rose are heaven on me. The thing about roses and nerolis and tuberose etc is that they are categorized as light, but IMO, they have a top, medium, and base even within their own smell. Complex, deep, swirling. Not sure what my chemistry is, but truly these are my favorites and keep me bright, seductive, and radiant all at once. I struggled to find the perfect orange blossom and neroli for years, until I found Tom Ford Neroli Portofino. Then some clever saleslady at Saks showed me how to layer this, Eau de New York, with Fire Island. Oh. my. heavens!!!!!!! Just wow. Truly gorgeous. Now one could argue that a good fragrance should be able to stand on its own and not require additional user blending to be truly great. And, this is good on its own. But blended with Fire Island is something more rare altogether. But honestly, what's more fun? A blouse you wear once, or one you can wear with everything? It's kind of fun to see that sometimes 2+2=5 with this line.

It smells nicely green. I got a cheap sample of this somewhere, the vial was packed in a green plastic like a candy. The only reason to try this was that it looked strangely cheap because these scents are expensive. I didn't even check the notes. Now I see that I could've wanted this also for the notes. Since this is 20 years old I'm not sure how this felt like back then. Now it smells quite average, even slightly outdated. I can smell a bit of citrus (bergamot?), neroli, maybe verbena, something green but no other notes, especially none of the base notes. Maybe they are disappeared? Maybe the sampe was waiting for 20 years? Could be. It would be so much more interesting if I could smell jasmine, vetiver and grapefruit too. I checked that this is being sold for 200+ euros for 100 ml while it smells like a cheaper kind of good cologne water for 20-30 euros, maybe 50 at most. It reminds me a bit of 4711 classics and even more Eau de Rochas, pure and simple citrus, but this scent is somewhat greener and more interesting. Maybe the extra 200 euros gives the longevity? :)

This is very similar to Creed Original Vetiver. I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned it. Makes sense though, since it seems like Bond makes a point of trying to copy/riff on the popular Creeds. After it dries, the vetiver becomes very prominent (like 50/50 neroli and vetiver) which is somewhat offputting since I'm not a fan of vetiver; smells like the basket section at Pier 1. As far as nerolis go, I think Atelier's Grand Neroli is more my speed in that it's got more citrus and other slightly darker notes that make it more intriguing/less of a one (or two, in this case) trick pony. This definitely gets points, however, for longevity and projection, it's just not quite for me. Not to say I dislike it, but there are so many subtle variations on the neroli theme that one can be particularly particular about which one to choose, if one has to, in fact, choose.