Gold Coast

It opens with the smell of fresh raw apples and softens to a rosey watermelon that dries down to a softly sweet skin musk. Yes, I agree with everyone that the entire line is overpriced and the Swarovski crystal bottles are outright garish for what they actually contain (even though they are pretty to look at) but, I smelled Gold Coast on a scent strip in a magazine at my chiropractors office and immediately knew I wanted a bottle. When I went to buy it and was told the price I literally answered, “Really!?”. I still purchased the lovely metallic pink bottle as it is the first Bond N9 fragrance I own. It does bear a resemblance to the youthful rose of Chloe’s signature scent, however Gold Coast is sweeter with a soft fruity rose where as Chloe is more of a clean rose due to having a dominant peony note as well.

While Greenwich Village is by far my favorite, this is my second favorite in the Bond no 9 collection. These are the only two I would recommend for women. This has a nice Apple/watermelon note that makes it perfect for spring and summer. Despite the bad reviews, in my opinion this is an absolutely beautiful fragrance and it is the single most wearable scent in the Bond no 9 collection. Inoffensive, fresh, clean and fruity. Admittedly, I haven’t smelled every Bond no 9 fragrance but I’ve smelled quite a few that were deemed female or female-leaning unisex. This is definitely feminine. I would say it’s a safe blind buy as well.

Love this one. This is a very underrated Bond 9 fragrance. I smelled it at Saks on the weekend and BOOM! my full bottle arrived today - thanks to Jomashop. It's fruity - smoothly blended apple, apricot and watermelon with rose that is not bumping into the fruits. It's mouth watering. I wish I knew about this one earlier. It was love at first sniff for me. Currently I have full bottles of Tribeca, Greenwich Village, Nolita, NY Nights and now Gold Coast. I have decants of many others but haven't decided to get the full bottle. If you like sweet fruity aquatic fragrances... you betta try this one.

Nice! Fresh and fruity, crisp and clean. The classiest and most mature, yet youthful and exuberant, fully feminine Bond No. 9 scent I've yet to sample. Totally a spring/summer scent of moderate to low projection and longevity. However, I found myself sniffing my wrist repeatedly as Gold Coast dried down; and I didn't mind refreshing this lovely scent after about 4 hours. I will purchase a full bottle and decant my own purse/travel spray. Honestly, Bond should offer travel size sprays with the purchase of their awkwardly humongous women's fragrance bottles.

This reminds me of something from my childhood... Late 80s early 90s maybe. I don't know what this smells like!? I'm thinking it's some hair stuff... Definitely some hair product but I don't know which one at the moment. It has a synthetic sweet spicy cherry muskiness to it, it's nice, it's different but I'm hoping it gets better in warmer weather cuz the hair oil smell is off putting although not bad. I figured it out! It's the money house fruit incense spray! That cheap bathroom cleaner fruity smell that ppl use and is sold at corner stores in the hood.

I agree with a previous reviewer in that it smells like Chloe and Dolce & Gabbana L’imperatrice 3. With that being said...I love the smell of this. A lot of people will be disappointed with the price tag, understandably. What you’re paying the big bucks for is the presentation. The uniqueness and cuteness of the bottles is alluring. But, it’s like the cupcakes from House of Sillage. But, all in all I really enjoy it. I will get lots of wear out of it, but you could just layer some designer fragrances and get the same joy.

I cannot believe the bad reviews of this great scent! I truly love it! One of my favorite perfumes is chloe edt and this smells very much like it with better longevity. I know many people are not fans of the soapy notes in chloe but that is my favorite part of chloe. I smell white florals and a chloe like but stronger soapy scent that dissipates slightly during drydown. I do not smell rose here but nevertheless smells like chloe minus rose. It also projects well. It is exactly what i have been seeking.

Aquatic fruity floral perfectly balanced. 👍🏾 This doesn't evoke Gold Coast vibes but it doesn't matter since it's so well blended. I'm hit with lychee, 🍎 & 🍉 . 😍 Only a hint of apricot. Then the 🌹 🌹quietly emerges. It lasts 6-8 hours on me before it dries down to a clean musky skin scent. She's too respectable to make a loud entrance yet she leaves a deliciously crisp scent trail. 🫶🏾 😊For me, it's a lovely warm weather gourmand that's underrated. ☀️

I actually found it at a decent price and I could not resist! this fragrance made my summer fruity and happy, while the non-fragrance world was tough and dim. I am grateful to myself for this buy, it is fruity aquatic classy to me (not easy to create a fruity aquatic that is not making you smell like a teenager). Good projection and persistence, I can smell through the whole day and it is office safe. The rose metallic bottle is lovely.5/5

This is a lovely fragrance. Well blended fruity /aquatic mainly litchi and apricot, with long longevity and projection. I like that is sweet without flowers (at least I cannot find the rose, if it is there, is well hidden!). The problem is the price. In italy today at the perfume shop 100 ml was 440Euro. I could afford it, but it is too much. I believe that the most appropriate price should be half of it (220Euro).

I love, love, LOVE, LOOOOVE Gold Coast! I smell the watermelon and the rose. I'm not a fan of rose scents and didn't expect to like this one but another note (or notes) makes it very appealing to me. It's juicy, fresh, aquatic romantic and feminine. I can't really see a teen wearing this but women 28 and up. I don't get *girl*; definitely WOMAN. I NEED a bottle of this! The largest bottle possible!

Ok, upon first spray, I was like wtf is this?! Chemicals?!!! But just wait a few minutes and the fragrance transforms into a refreshing, clean, fruity fizzy skin scent. It doesn't contain aldehydes but that's what I get. Allow GC to settle on your skin for 5 minutes in order to experience the refreshing, clean and rich smelling essence. Perfect for Summer day time.

I enjoy this fragrance. It’s fresh and fruity with a woodsy touch. I tried layering with Bath and Body Work’s Pink Watermelon Blast body wash, lotion, and body spray, then added a spritz or two of Prada Candy Kiss, topped it off with this baby and got a fruity, musky, sweet treat. Scent combo lasted for hours! The bottle is also super cute.

I am not a fan of floral scents however the opening and the die down were so beautiful that I didnt mind the floral notes that were in this scent. It is very light and I wish that it lasted a longer as it lasted around 5 hours and most of my Bond No 9 scents lasts signifigantly longer. Perfect for spring/ summer.

I'm glad I pulled the trigger and purchased this! Really easy reach, best worn in sping/summer mild days. I guess my nose is opposite from most of the other reviews, lol, because this is tropical/floral to me. Reminds me of being on vacation at the beach.

Beautiful fresh scent, perfect for the summer! Starts off with a sweet apple scent, very crisp. Then after a few hours, a musky, lychee note comes out and lingers beautifully! I simply had to have it.

This is very much like Chloe EDP.

I have been lurking around the reviews for this for quite some time just debating on whether I should or shouldn't go for it. I love floral aquatics despite most people not liking them so I am always curious about one when they come out. We have nowhere to try or buy Bond or much less any other high level perfume designer here so I have to rely on reviews unless I travel somewhere to try it for myself or order samples. I don't know when I am going to learn my lesson and stop buying blind but I didn't this time and probably won't be the last. This perfume is exactly as it has been described below this review. It is a mix of Chloe 2008 and Delina La Rosée. In fact, after I hurriedly opened the package and ripped off the bottle top to spray, the first spray was Delina La Rosée and my heart just fell as I was hoping for some magical fruity aquatic dream I haven't smelled before. I have that one and love it. I was hoping for the watermelon note but didn't detect it as others haven't but no surprise there, I am not good at detecting certain notes. This perfume will be a crowd pleaser for sure and will not offend anyone even if oversprayed. Every time I wear Chloe since 2008 when it came out, I have been complimented as well as Delina La Rosée so I know the notes are popular. I promise that if you get one or the other then you will come very close to owning this without buying it as well as improving the longevity. My bottle was 100% original as it came from Bond. The longevity was shockingly bad on my skin and clothing- less than one hour. There is no way on this earth I can justify spraying this expensive perfume all day with wanton abandon and not feel bad that I could have just purchased both Chloe and Delina all over again and save money. It is a beautiful lovely watery rose perfume and might last longer on some other people but as it has been said before me, it is Chloe, a little of L’imperatrice 3, and Delina Rosee. If it were me, I would choose Delina La Rosée to get the closest to this as possible for less money and better longevity. I hope this helps someone sitting on the fence about spending their hard earned money. If it were the same price as Chloe I would purchase but not at over 400 dollars, nope.

I know this is a fruity floral and what Bond charges for their fragrances is a bit much to be churning out freshies at luxury prices but gosh this one is so well done, I think it might actually be worth the money, and money isn’t something I have a ton of lying around to comfortably shell out for Bond fragrances on a regular basis, let alone full price ones at that. Let’s talk about the scent: like I said, it’s a fruity floral, with a freshness weaving through the entire composition. There’s the crispness of the fruits, I get more apple than watermelon on my skin, and it’s a red delicious, perfectly ripe apple. There’s a slight floral accord, it is probably the rose that’s listed although it’s sort of nondescript. Before looking at the notes I guessed it was peony, although I’m learning those two can often bear resemblance to each other in perfumery. And then, the cherry (or slice of watermelon) on top of the composition is this sweetness that also runs through the development. It must be lychee because it’s not sweet enough to be vanilla although it does provide a light deliciousness to the scent that makes me want to drink it off my skin. I’ve never eaten a lychee before but I’m told it is very sweet and I’ll take the word of those more experienced than I. All of these things together meld to make a surprisingly well rounded release that’s appropriate for Summer, although I could also see myself wearing it in the Spring and Fall as well. Performance isn’t beast mode, we’re talking 5-7 hours but for this kind of scent, it’s very impressive nonetheless. I get 2 hours tops with L’Imperatrice #3, a scent I saw this compared to frequently, so if you love that scent and are hoping for a heavier hitter, try this one out. To my nose, this is what I’d hoped for from Delina. Lychee+ Rose+ slight fruitiness but it works so well here and went so wrong there. It’s sweeter than Delina, and yet no Oud present like in the Exclusive version to muddle it up. For similar price points this one gets my money.

Does this remind anybody else of the Clean reserve, sparkling sugar fragrance? I purchased sparkling sugar today, blindly, and after I got home and sprayed it, it instantly reminded me of something else. It took me hours to figure out what it was and it's totally Gold Coast. I don't know if it's the apricot in this giving similar vibes to the peach and musk in sparkling sugar or what. They are nowhere near identical, but they definitely remind me of one another in the dry down.