Nolita

I love NY for Mother’s Day is one of my favorite fragrances and it’s so sad it got discontinued so when I read how similar this (nolita) is to NY Mother’s Day, I HAD to order a sample and today my sample arrived... LOOOVE it, it’s basically the same smell with NY MD being a bit more citrus-y (or loud) at first spritz but a few seconds later they both smell quite identical! (Actually comparing them side to side Nolita has a bit of a sweeter drydown where NY MD smells a bit fruitier) Either way glad to find a substitute for my beloved Bond no. 9 I love NY for Mother’s Day!!! I’d rate it a 10/10 I also received a couple other samples from Bond: -Spring Fling: lovely, 9/10 -Gold Coast: hmm, ok, similar to Chloe but I miss the rose-y drydown, 6/10 -Sag Harbor: wow, this surprised me... I started rating it a 5-6/10 but after it dried down I'm giving it a 8/10 -Greenwich Village: bleh, smells just the Burberry one which I recently got a free sample of and gave it away immediately... it smells like lip gloss/lipstick to me! -Coney Island: wtf is this? There’s so much in this fragrance that my nose and stomach disliked I don’t even know where to start... maybe I’ll just say: this doesn’t belong in a perfume bottle, specially not in such a beautiful one like the Coney Island one!

I always gravitate toward fruity floral fragrances, but it is always absolutely difficult to find the ideal ones since a majority of those fragrances are likely to be synthetic and boring. However, many of the fruity/floral scents from Bond No.9 have different perspectives, especially Nolita. It is a beautiful dreaming juicy tangerine scent with graceful freesia (I think freesia accord from Bond No.9 is the best) and lily without any sharpness. Some people say it is too overpriced for this scent, but I believe this is stunning in my opinion. Also, longevity is incredible. Edit This scent is beautiful as I described above but, longevity and silage are awful!!!! I have tried it at Fenwick very recently and found it extremely weak!! I do not know why nobody talks about that; many people say it has prominent silage! It stays on my skin, but definitely not matching the price tag...

Nolita isn’t mind blowing and it’s extremely overpriced. However, it does smell really nice and you can’t go wrong having it in your collection if you love feminine scents. Like everyone has said, its the niche version of Victoria Secret Bombshell. If you’re the person that calls VSB juvenile (I know a lot of women wore it as teenagers in middle/high school) but you still love the scent, you would wear Nolita as an adult. The musk, amber and sandalwood balance out the citrusy white florals very nicely. This is definitely an easy reach for spring and summer for all occasions...work, daytime dates, brunch, errands, anything. It lasts around 5-6 hours before it starts to settle into a skin scent with moderate sillage.

90's kids- does this take anyone else back in time?? to me it smells like 90s shampoo but literally in the best way possible.... reminds me of carefree summers- swimming all day, lipsmackers lipgloss, riding bikes til the street lights come on, playing Nintendo 64 with my brother, sleeping in til the afternoon, no homework so we go play outside with friends, parents dont know what to make for dinner so we're ordering Pizza Hut Stuffed Crust i will love this scent until the day i die, RIP to 90s childhood days, we literally had the most fun growing up- the simple days, house phones, dial up internet, ice cream trucks, fun summer days without being glued to our cell phones

I hadn’t been reaching for this fragrance in the past couple of years that I’ve had it. The weather is warming up, so I spritzed a few nice sprays everywhere that I apply to get a nice scent bubble. A few hours later I kept getting lovely wafts of candied tangerine with slight freesia, a touch of the jasmine and the musk, sandalwood and amber. Yes, this smells clean and bright. Yes, it’s kind of smells like a slightly fruity and fresh shampoo in the best way possible. I would not pay Bond prices for a bottle. There are too many places that you can score a BNIB authentic bottle of this fragrance. G