I Love New York for Him

BREAKING NEWS: The most amaaaaaaazing sale recently occurred at The Bay Department Store [Canada-Wide].........!!! All the Bond No. 9 frags went on sale at ridiculous prices {$35/$65 Canadian dollars} for the 50 & 100ml bottles respectively... This is a House that has great presentation/packaging as well as the concept paying tribute to those different neighborhoods, events, causes, people.., etc! Sadly though the frags for the most part are hit n' miss and other than a handful of their offerings, the majority are basically quality designer scents packaged, presented and delivered in an elegant niche way: From the entire line, I found probably 3 in total that are truly Bottle/Price worthy: Andy Warhol [Sunglasses], New Haarlem & Scent Of Peace[MEN]...... This particular one I ❤️NY For Him, like Brooklyn, is a very well done masculine woody citrus combo with a gorgeous grapefruit & lavender note.... The problem....?!?! It's nothing new and several- SEVERAL designer frags have been there and done that (YSL L'Homme, A&F Fierce + Woods, etc).... Very nice frags indeed, but no sane individual will shell out $300 + on a bottle!

This is a very pleasant scent. Easy to wear any time and gets a surprising amount of compliments. The fresh, citric, spicy opening is the star for the first hour or so. Afterwards, the woody base starts to come through. The amber and patchouli work very well here. I really like that the opening never fully disappears. This is an excellent example of a well composed fragrance. You can pick out all the different components separately and they blend together seamlessly. I like it more every time I wear it and my wife absolutely loves it!

The labdanum, leather, amber, and citrus ripple out in layers throughout the day. It lasts, it evolves, and it's absolutely masculine. It layers well with others in the I Love NY line. It's a compliment getter and it's reminiscent (scent, get it?) of Escape in an upscale, upgraded, much improved way. It grabs compliments. Get it.

I really don't wanna get into details with this one, but basically, to me, it is very similar to Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme Libre or even Bleu de Chanel. Its slightly less sweet and more peppery; comparing to the other two. It is still quite nice and seems to last forever too.

I came across a ILNY at Tj's on a clearance table from 99usd to 49usd. It was totally blind purchased, my reason for buying it was that it is a lot more then most frag so I was very curious to see how well this frag was. First off, I agree with many that it is over priced altogether. I can't exactly say which frag its similar to but its not an original frag either !!! Now about ILNY.....when I first sprayed it on my skin, yes it has a very grapefruit/citrusy aroma with a spicy (peppery) potency to it which I find stay for a long time. After it settles you can certainly smell ginger, lavender and geranium which gives it a summer scent and not a winter or a early spring scent. As per the base notes I can detect sandalwood and amber which gives it more a manly frag and not a unisex frag. What I can also pick up is some sort of incense or smokey notes which comes off as more a spicier scent when it really settles down. Overall opinion, I don't wear it too often because it has a very strong aroma and I can still smell it on me the next morning. Longevity, On my skin I find that it last well past 10 hours. Sillage, it also has a very strong projections I do enjoy this frag but its too much if I was to use it twice a week during the summer. 8/10 Not so excellent if your try to wear it in an office environment, but if your out and you want others to know that your wearing a powerful frag this frag is perfect for that..