West Side

I love this scent! As "Francopop" has so brilliantly described, think of over-ripe, fading, potent and sweet Rosepetals harvested in the warm afternoon sun, dunked and drunk on lukewarm Rosé Wine....let it rest and add 5 scoops of vanilla ice cream, more roses, 1 or 2 peony heads, some rose-pedal jam, break in some toasted ice cream wafers, a dash of amber, musk, Ylang-Ylang and sprinkle with some real vanilla pod granules, and let it rest in the afternoon warm sun. Fill up with champagne, dress with more toasted wavers and serve! This is a totally 100% cheerful, feel-good skin scent with very moderate projection (the vanilla accord stays on the longest) starting with that boozy, alcoholic whiff of roses, then the vanilla/ wafer/ baby-skin scent takes over and becomes sweeter and sweeter....nothing much else happens to this reliant "Labrador" of a scent. Personally, I love this for the summer months, despite being a fairly sweet scent and I do funnily prefer it to the more potent and stronger, yet "cooler" and somewhat louder, more complex and crisper "Lyric Man" by AMOUAGE (some people might kill me now but despite liking "Lyric Man" I prefer it on a woman). "West Side" also reminds me of "L'Eau D'Hiver" by Frederic Malle, also a very pleasant skin scent with similar soft (yet more milky and more almondy nature) character and little projection. This is not a "head-turning" perfume but more of an intimate feel-good scent that you might wanna enjoy on those special and relaxed summer evenings.....perfect soundtrack to this would be Otis Redding's "Dock Of The Bay". Very 'gourmand', you cannot stop sniffing, you wanna eat it as it smells so good. Advice, spray also on fabric to intensify scent.

Love. Love. Love. I have been searching high and low for a lush, sweet rose scent. Nothing screechy or harsh. Not a tea rose scent, a sweet pink cabbage rose that blooms once a year and makes the whole yard smell like heaven and honey. I have sampled so many fragrances I'd started to think my perfume didn't exist. And then, randomly, I came across this amazing fragrance in this hideous bottle. Thank goodness my first experience was a decant. So let's get this out of hte way: the bottle is horrid. And it makes absolutely no sense for the scent inside. It's loud and technicolor and makes me expect some over the top modern musical. That's not what you get (thank heaven). This is the freshest pink antique roses, just opened on a fresh dewy morning drizzled with honey and pollen. This isn't some stuffy specimen rose garden full of upright nose in the air hybrid teas. This is a cottage garden where big old antique roses 7 feet tall and 12 feet across are covered with a thousand blooms and jammed in with peony, iris, tulips, daisies, and just about anything else you can think of. All so tight together no ground even shows. The air is cool and fresh and smells like heaven and there are bees buzzing through all that floral madness. Ignore the bottle, what's inside is amazing.

I really (very quickly) fell head-over-heels in love with this one. I'd like to preface this by saying I never thought I'd find a Bond No. 9 fragrance that I enjoyed, and here I am looking at a potential new signature scent! West Side is, in short, heavenly. I was blown away by how, above all other things, SIMPLY PLEASANT this is to wear! The opening is vanilla liquor, very boozy and butterscotch-y in a way, with a deep rose note behind. Velvety, balmy, sugary, blood-red rose. Hints of peony and sandalwood peek through, but they're fleeting. This scent is thick, silky, round and romantic when it hits the skin, and never is sharp or screeching. Into the drydown the vanilla turns more toasted/mildly burnt and crunchy - but in a very charming way - and the roses persists. If you're familiar with "Roses Vanille" from Mancera - it's that type of feel, but done with much more finesse and a gentle touch. A trickle instead of an avalanche. While West Side lasts literally all day on skin and clothes (easily 10-14+ hours), it never feels too bold or overdone. I do love smelling great, but I don't want to worry about always punching people in the face with my cloud of perfum. Something so wearable but still remarkable. 10/10.

My first Bond No 9! I have to say I haven't been drawn to this house - something about the combination of the brand's very high prices and very ugly bottles rubs me the wrong way, as if their target audience is people so rich they can afford to be disdainful of beautiful things. Of course I'm aware it's reading WAY too much into it, a stupid prejudice, but there you are... That being said, though, sampling West Side has dispelled most of my prejudice: this fragrance is obviously high quality, it performs exemplarily, and it smells wonderful. I love rose scents, and this is a good one, warm and comfortable and rather heady - a naturally fragrant rose in a soft bed of warm amber and vanilla, sweet without going overboard. Like others have mentioned it isn't exactly original, but it doesn't need to be. I keep getting lovely, mood-lifting whiffs of it all through the day - you really get your money's worth with this one, which is saying a lot at this price. I obviously like it enough not to want to be without it, but I have enough rose scents as it is, and call me plebeian but I do like to get something I like to look at when I spend 100+ euro - so I guess I'll have to hunt down a decant of this one!

Red wine, roses, expensive clothing store, friday... That's what I think when I smell this. This is an amazing rose vanilla scent. This is like bouquet of fresh red roses with no unneccessary sweetness. And the peony is a nice touch in there! I love peony. Yes there is white musk but it isn't as heavy as it could be, it doesn't give me a headache. I'm not prone to headaches with perfumes but sometimes too much white musk makes me have a headache, propably cos it's synthetic ingredient. Vanilla is great, very much combined with sandalwood. And with that I mean I don't smell either one, but I smell the mix that sandalwood+vanilla makes most of the time (examples would be: Vanisia, Dior Addict etc high quality sandalwoods and vanillas). This scent is evergreen and it doesn't matter whether is day or night when I'm wearing it. It's not too heavy for the day and not too light for night time. Also it has great lasting power. It isn't confirmed anywhere that this would have red wine note but I sure do smell it all the way through. Never thought I'd love that scent so much. But it actually could be just the rose. Also I smell some tonka bean and in the top notes some leather maybe.

When I first sprayed this I absolutely did not like it. Smelled like sniffing a liquor bottle to me. Then....it dried down. And what an absolutely stunning dry down it is. Gourmand vanilla rose with the perfect balance of powder. West Side has gone from no thanks to one of my very favorite fragrances and I have two full bottles plus some hoarded samples. I love it so much it has made me reconsider my feelings for the house of Bond. I fell in love with this house in 2003 then my feelings changed after a number of disappointments and escalating prices and never ending releases. But West Side is making me want to give Bond another try. I LOVE a bi-polar perfume moment. :) One of the best things that can happen as a fragrance head. As long as it is a negative turned positive. Not quite as much fun when it is the other way around. But when a fragrance can make you do a complete 180 on an entire fragrance house, you know you have found something special.

I’m shocked by how many people don’t love this. I can’t see what’s not to love. Rose and Vanilla are two of my absolute favorite notes. I almost didn’t buy this because the notes made me believe it was gonna be too similar to Roses Vanille, which I do love, just couldn’t justify this price tag to have something close to another fragrance I already have. I’m so glad I took a chance on it. It is definitely a sweet velvety rose but it’s somehow kind of fruity and fresh. It’s like Roses Vanille’s young sister who loves spring and summer. The opening is straight alcohol, just give it a minute or two. I don’t know if the sillage is quite good enough to buy this at full price. But it’s definitely worth the price you can find it for on a discount site.

I Love West Side, at my nose to my skin I find no alcohol in here, but lots of Peony, Ylang Yland and Musc. For me definitely one favourite from this house. Its a bit sweet, and happy, delicious. I do not know these places Bond have named their scents and maby that is also positive thing. For me they just come like they are - Scents, without mind connection to environment. Few others have also started to love this scent when got inspired by me. I think it works really well here in North where winters are cold and summers are also cold to some people I think (between +20 to +32 celsius) Here we find West Side to be sensual floral beauty with some sweetness in it. This is one of my best scents I have. Love from Finland ***<3<3<3***

I smell amazing, like my adult self, lived in... a little more experienced. West Side breathes notes of wine and roses and just a tad bit of lipstick. The vanilla is underneath, like a subtle lotion applied hours ago. I know it's there, but it's not displayed prominently as a centerpiece like the beautiful roses or close at hand in my favorite stemless wine glass. The amber is warm, safe, but a little late arriving. Wait for it, he's worth it. The olfactory experience that is West Side is the perfect date fondly remembered. Wine, roses and a familiar warmth. Close your eyes once you spray it. Where did it take you? I'm betting a wine bouquet can be found near by and the someone you shared it with just as close.

WEST SIDE is an intoxicating perfume. I love to close my eyes and just inhale it deeply. The initial spray for me, is like a cork soaked with a viscous, amber-y vanilla liqueur. The red, ripe rose maintains her presence behind the initial booziness and becomes more prominent as this scent becomes one with the skin. The dry down is a satisfying rose, vanilla and ylang ylang that is warm, thick and erotic. This perfume is sweet, but not cloying. The sillage is intimate and the longevity is average for me, 3-4 hours. Albeit listed as a unisex, I think it sways more feminine because of the amber-y sweetness. But, I am confident that this would smell very alluring on a man.

Very nice,delicious,unique, I never heard a scent so ... reminds me of great evenings Gala : Music rooms, lined with books, and people around me who speak of symphonic music,classical, etc ... flipping through the pages of books, and while I was offered a glass of Champagne, in absolute relax we celebrate, we talk, while my taste champagne listening to the music of a piano in the distance.... the note is the dominating .. pink rose petals that are not too heavy, but they give a touch of class to the smell,magnificent. Essence of Music! Sillage: 8.5/10 Longevity: 8/10 Scent: 9/10 Overall: 10/10 ♥

West Side is one of the Bond No 9 perfume that I love the most. Yes it is rosy,and I can relate the use of color red and the G key on its bottle. Italians love roses, and classical music. Wearing this I feel like an Italian going to an opera in the evening wearing a tuxedo, accompanied with a beautiful lady in red. It is sophisticated, elegant, and high class. The rose for me is a bit boozy due to the amber, and it is warm and hugs you up to the dry down. Many people love Amouage Lyric for rose perfume, but for me it is this one.

The people at Bond sent me a sample of this and now I own it. On my skin, it smells like an alcoholic standing in a garden of roses. LOL I do love it though! It's very boozy at first; I almost feel like I'm dousing myself in rum. Then the roses and vanilla come into play as it settles, but the booziness is still there. It's actually very lovely and unique with longevity around 8 hours on my skin and heavy sillage. I also agree with it being a comfort scent; it's very nice on cool, rainy spring days.

Michel Almairac and Bond really knocked one out of the park with West Side. I feel selfish and greedy with this one, I wear it at home on special indulgent evenings, when I'm doing exactly what I want. West Side is a boozy rich red rose, with ylang ylang, amber and sandalwood. West side is absolutely sumptuous. I'm exploring more of his scents now, Cabaret and l'artisan Roses Voleur are also absolutely worth trying. They too have something to say that's unique in the olfactory world.

It was a love at the first sight. I bought it on the spot. Then.... When I got home and smelled the paper on which I had sprayed the fragrance in the store, I almost cried. It dried to a sweet, masculine old fashioned sent. I was determined to return it, but I gave it one more try. And magically, on my skin it opened up to this gorgeous scent and never turned to that sweet overwhelmingly musky yacky smell. I love it again and totally recommend :-)

I wish this was half the price that it is. I find it to be quite feminine. Soft, creamy, musky rose-vanilla. I have not tested hundreds of perfumes but I try to smell as many as I can and I feel that this has a unique smell despite pretty popular notes. Lasting power is decent, silage is light. Great for daytime use and pretty seasonless as well although I like it for early fall the best.

You know, I felt very flirtatious when I tested this. This is floral and warm with a touch of gourmand - just perfect for casual seduction. I think Francopop's review is on-point. Rose wine and vanilla ice cream are two things I'd be prone to enjoy as a prelude to seduction. LOL I get a decent projection and killer longevity, plus the swooning factor. Ladies, beware.... hahahaha

This is what an alcoholic who wears expensive perfume should smell like lol. This is one BOOZY perfume that just hits your senses in all the right places. It's mesmerizing, seductive, mysterious, and BOOZY. This is for sure top 5 in the house of Bond. You will oooooooze sensual mystery when you wear this. omg im in love with it i dont regret blind buying this at all.

West Side by Bond No. 9 Rose` wine and italian vanilla ice cream in a sweet french gelaterie watching the world go by...that is my description of West Side by Bond no 9. It lasts forever and keeps you wrapped up in a jolly dream for a very long while...wonderful stuff; great for evening wear and totally unisex...big thumbs up !!!

My favorite Bond despite its simplicity. The best vanilla and rose combination there is and it lasts for AGES on both clothes and skin. Was once stopped in the street by someone to ask what I was wearing! Literally the only complaint is I find the bottle to be one of Bond's ugliest, but when the juice is this good who cares?

I put this on at 6:00am and its now 2:00 pm and its still going strong. I really do enjoy the booziness of this and the rose and vanilla are to die for. I feel quite sensual wearing this perfume and others may not feel that way with the cake reference and all. But it definitely is for me. I really am glad I purchased it.

Wow I love West Side. Very nice boozy rose fragrance with vanilla, musk, amber and sandalwood. It is definitely sweet and powdery. For me, the dry down is the best part. Projection and longevity is superb. I put it on this morning at 8:00 am and it's now 2:00 pm and I can still smell it on me.

if you love amber fragrances, i recommend this one. all i had to do was smell westside on a spray card and i immediately purchased it when it first came out. it really is a beautiful, warm, and elegantly comfortable fragrance. the metallic undertones keep this scent from being too sweet.

Rose, Rose and one more time rose. To me it smells like mostly rose, moreover there are diffrent flowers and pretty big dose of sweetness which it could be trick of vanilla. Very pleasent and elegant fragrance, sometimes it reminds me of hot rose syrup (this kind of syrup for tea).

I love mariotgomez's comment "it reminded me of my mother baking a cake (vanilla)and my father bringing her a bouquet of roses" - perfect description! This is a beauty of a scent, elegant and voluptuous, yet comforting at the same time. A favorite!

West Side is a beautiful gourmand rose that came out almost twenty years ago, created by Michel Almairac. It is warm, nutty, and rich without being sweet. If you like TF's Noir de Noir, you will probably like West Side as well.

Opens with an alcoholic note to the point I was a little worried before going to work, but after that u get some floral/powdery scent. Longevity is ok, and moderate sillage, this is a must try before you buy scent.

Lovely scent. Starts out with nice boozy rose, then the vanilla and amber kick in. I really enjoyed wearing it. Very unisex. Moderate projection and I got 9+ hours of longevity. This is on my buy list. 9/10

For me,the best perfume of the bond series.Very warm,quality.it makes me dreaming,thinking,takes me somewhere where i dont know.Elegant,positive,cool persons have to wear this. Just one word : magnificent!

This is simply GORGEOUS! This is the kind of fragrance you can blind buy and be completely sure what you see is what you get. It's extremely wearable, high quality, smells divine of liquor roses & amber.

My absolute favorite perfume. It's a rose-and-peony masterpiece with fruity (almost moscato) overtones. Pity about the hideous bottle, but for this scent, I'll grin and bear it.

Intoxicating is just about right! Unique and truly magical rose/vanilla scent with a mesmirizing boozy impact and it lasts forever - in excess of 12 hours! Perfect!

What a beauty to my nose! Put a smile on my face the minut I smelled it. Yes, it has the 90’s vibe - but not in a bad way at all!

Boozy vanilla and roses galore! This one is a nice scent and it lasts!

Bond No 9 West Side EDP opens with a strong projection of very sweet, floral, ambery, and gourmand notes. The opening is delicious, intense, projecting, very aromatic, and pleasant. The sweet accords are very prominent, a combination of aromatic sweet vanilla, and sweet creamy sandalwood; the ylang-ylang is also noticeable, this note brings floral, sweet, creamy, and woody notes. The peony and rose are the floral notes, both combine themselves into a generic floral note, which not necessarily favors the rose. The combination of notes appears to have a faint but projecting accord similar to blond coffee, although coffee isn’t an official note. The fragrance does not have any significant changes, the opening is a bit sharper than the dry-down, on the other hand, the dry-down feels dry and slightly powdery as the result of the development of the amber. Once Bond No 9 West Side EDP has reached its full dry-down, it can be summarized as a strong projection, very sweet (vanilla, sandalwood), ambery, ylang-ylang, and floral (rose, peony) fragrance. The fragrance feels bold, casual, comforting, commanding, delectable, delicious, dense, dry, elegant, energizing, exotic, expensive, fine, floral, fragrant, fruity (ylang-ylang), heavy, high-quality, imposing, intense, inviting, long-lasting, modern, nicely-blended, playful, slightly powdery, resinous, relaxing, romantic, strong, very sweet, syrupy, unisex with a slight tilt to the feminine side because of the floral notes, warm, woody, and very pleasant. BATCH REVIEWED: 2020. WOW RATING: 10/10. The intensity of the notes and the resulting scent are impressive. DISLIKE RATING: 2/10. The fragrance is very sweet. UNIQUENESS: 10/10. The scent is unique, and a fragrance easy to recognize. MASS APPEAL: 9/10. This is a fragrance that most people will enjoy. PROJECTION: 4/10. Moderate, about 4 feet around the wearer. SILLAGE: 6/10. Very good, about 6 feet behind the wearer. APPLICATION: 5 atomizations. LONGEVITY: 6/10. Very good, about 6 hours, it projects for over 4 hours. SEASONS: Winter, spring, fall, colder days, and climate-controlled environments. OCCASIONS: Formal events, outdoor gatherings, office, casual, holidays, vacations, romantic, dating, clubbing. This is an office-friendly fragrance. VERSATILITY: 7/10. A great floral fragrance, ideal for almost any occasion and cold or mild weather. GENDER: Advertised as unisex, the floral notes are prominent which leans the fragrance a bit to the feminine side, yet, it is a safe unisex. AGES: Any. RECOMMENDATION: Bond No 9 West Side EDP can be purchased for about $100, its uniqueness and performance make it a great option for those that appreciate floral unisex fragrances. This is a great buy. BLIND-BUY: Yes, but only if you are familiar with its main notes. SIMILAR: These are examples of fragrances in the same genre. Bond No 9 Greenwich Village EDP is a fantastic, very sweet gourmand vanilla, praline, musk, ambroxan, white floral peony, water lily, jasmine, and litchi fragrance; AllSaints Sunset Riot is a very sweet, amber, orange blossom, and pink pepper fragrance; Bond No 9 Hamptons, is floral, citrusy, powdery, musky, and woody fragrance; Cartier Declaration D'Un Soir is a spicy, soft floral, and sandalwood fragrance; Mancera Gold Prestigium Unisex EDP is a high-quality fragrance that contains leather, rose, and vanilla notes; Chanel Les Exclusifs De Chanel Jersey is an aromatic, floral, and musky fragrance leaned to the feminine side; Chanel Les Exclusifs Boy is spicy, floral, powdery, and citrusy, but also leaned feminine; Creed Jardin D’Amalfi features mandarin orange, apple, spices, and woods, a great nice fragrance although very pricy; Giorgio Armani Acqua Di Gio Men EDT is a pleasant but soft marine, salty and white musk fragrance; Chanel Les Exclusifs De Chanel Jersey is an aromatic, floral, and musky fragrance, leaned to the feminine side; Chanel Les Exclusifs Boy is spicy, floral, powdery, and citrusy, but also leaned feminine; Amouage Reflection Man's EDP contains white flora, woody, and powdery accords, and it is very good; Montale Orange Flowers is a white floral, citrusy and white musk fragrance; Moschino Toy Boy is a unique, sweet, ambery, magnolia, woody, and floral fragrance; Guerlain Musc Noble is powdery saffron and musky fragrance with soft woody accords; Bond No 9 West Side EDP is a great and projecting, very sweet vanilla, sandalwood, amber, ylang-ylang, rose, and peony fragrance. SUMMARY: A strong projection, very sweet (vanilla, sandalwood), ambery, ylang-ylang, and floral (rose, peony) fragrance. The fragrance feels bold, casual, comforting, commanding, delectable, delicious, dense, dry, elegant, energizing, exotic, expensive, fine, floral, fragrant, fruity (ylang-ylang), heavy, high-quality, imposing, intense, inviting, long-lasting, modern, nicely-blended, playful, slightly powdery, resinous, relaxing, romantic, strong, very sweet, syrupy, unisex with a slight tilt to the feminine side because of the floral notes, warm, woody, and very pleasant.

Wending one's way through the ever-expanding world of Bond no 9 is no mean feat. No matter how many reviews I write, I find that still more lie ahead (WASHINGTON SQUARE and COOPER STATION are lurking on the horizon, when I have yet even to taste HIGH LIFE or MONTAUK!) And then some of their wares just take some time to wrap one's nose around, a case in point being WEST SIDE. WEST SIDE opens with an evanescent cinnaminty freshness which, as I far as I can tell, no one but me has detected. For about one minute, this perfume reminds me very much of Dentyne (or is it Trident?) chewing gum. From there, the roses descend, not petal by petal, but by the truckload. The roses are suspended in amber, which abides through to the drydown, making this to some an amber rose perfume. I've seen comparisons to TOCADE, but I think that WEST SIDE is distinct, and while I very much appreciate the former, I'm not sure yet--even after multiple testings--about the latter. I think that I do not understand WEST SIDE. For one thing, it does not remind me of music at all, since aside from the surprising and mildly discordant Dentyne opening--perhaps designed to mimic the experience of popping a tic-tac in one's mouth at the opening of an opera?--I don't experience a lot of development, much less lyric undulation. WEST SIDE is just sweet roses and amber to me. So what would the musical analogue be? Philip Glass? As an irrelevant aside, I wish that they had used a less orangey red for this bottle. I feel that there is a clash of the reds between the roses and the vessel in which they are presented. I will say that the staying power of this edp is quite good, as evidenced by the fact that even after a few wearings, my purse spray is still nearly full!

I was sent a decant of this, and truthfully, I was not eager to try this. In the decant, the sandalwood and musk seemed to almost overpower the rose, which I didn't enjoy. I finally sprayed it on, immediately noticing that it had decent sillage. I got rose at once, but also with that sandalwood, so I decided to let it do its thing and ignore it. About 10 minutes later, I unexpectedly picked up this massive whiff of a slightly sweet, yummy rose. Not in-your-face sweet, though. This is a little honey-sweet. With vanilla. Yums. After about an hour, it calms down slightly into a gentle, but still vibrant, rose mixed with mostly sandalwood, backed by musk, amber, and some vanilla. It comes across as trying to be creamy, but never really gets there. It also has a more masculine, boozy vibe, which could be nice, depending on your preference. 5 hours in, and West Side becomes rather muted. It no longer envelopes me, but I can catch whiffs of what is now a deeper scent, that seemed a bit more vanilla cake-like. I would say it fades completely after 6 hours on me. As stated above, sillage was good. I sprayed once in the hollow of my neck, and once just above each elbow bend, and for the most part, it felt like I was constantly enveloped in it. I mostly like this, but I think the decant that I have is more than enough for me. I'm not too partial to wearing a scent which, on me, leans on the masculine side. It is still a lovely, lovely perfume though.

Whoah now booze, calm down. It's only noon. Definitely not a favorite from the house but there are some redeeming qualities. If you like the idea of strongly fermented sweet rose, vanilla and sandalwood in a perfume then this is it. Every time I smell it I can only imagine wearing it in a night setting, specifically at a bar. Truly it would fit right in there. But during the day it feels glaringly out of place. The dry down is much better imo with that sandalwood, vanilla mixture. It becomes more gourmand-ish and the booze settles down quite a bit. Still present though. Also this stuff lasts very well and projects strongly. Typical sort of Bond performance. Had a bottle, tried to make it work for me but it was like trying to fit a square peg into a circle. No matter how hard I tried it wasn't happening. If I had to place it I'd say the boozey aspect of the fragrance resembles flat amber beer. It's not terrible, just not my thing.

Thanks to a wonderful fragrantican I got this in a fabulous swap! At the start, West Side is not anything exciting, opening a little sweet (vanilla) and musky. It then morphs into what my nose would describe as that sweet, fresh, herbally and slightly bitter smell of green or unprocessed tobacco. Maybe really expensive Cuban cigars?? Strange, I know. I guess that could be the combination of rose and sandalwood. I also smell what I would describe as champagne, again sweet, dry and slightly bitter, a little boozy but not like wine or liqueur. The musk, vanilla and sandalwood remain constant. Eventually I get a faint whiff of my fave ylang ylang and ambre. I actually wish they were more prominent. I think this for me is better suited for cooler weather. It's a nice interesting blend but not a show-stopper. It gets a "like" from me.

Second test run: couldn't do a thorough 1st run do to obligations. Top Notes: I smell some citrus and musk from somewhere. Also, a good sharp peppery scent. Nice, not me, but pleasant enough. Mid Notes: YEA GADS! there is this bleachy vodka smell!!! i'm on my way to a parent teacher conference, not exactly the image i want to project!!! Dry down: I can smell the rose, definitely the rose, powdery-sweet--I can still smell a hint of lemon, but apparently that's just me. I don't get but a small touch of vanilla, not in anyway overpowering. (and I am a woman who loves my vanilla) I still stick with my original premise. Nice sophisticated rose, but more for my daughter than myself.

I'm wearing a tester of this right now and on my skin (2 sprays, upper forearm) it smells like red wine, and vintage boucheron, and wet asphalt, the peony really comes through as it hits the dry-down which is very nice. It's very intriguing and a little intoxicating. As a man I can see myself pulling this off, especially if layered with some kind of leather scent for colder months (thinking tuscan leather) or a juniper (ex nihlo 352) for summer. Nice projection and scent!

Floral, Powdery, dry/dusty and honey on the opening. In terms of specific florals I’m feeling the ylang ylang maybe a touch of rose but it’s super light. It’s giving me a cool powdery vibe and reminds me of makeup. There is also a freshness and woodyness with vanilla and amber layered in there becoming more pronounced Deep into the dry down, I can’t help but be reminded of Bond Number One which is really great, performance is a pleasant surprise as well.

I got to test this thanks to Kchild who sent me a lovely and generous sample. For a floral-woody-musk, it's much heavier on the "floral" part than any other perfume I know of in its genre. It's very strong on fresh, sweet roses. Next I would say musk is pretty strong, and I don't smell the woods so much. I think this would be really nice just about any time of year. It's a great, modern, youthful, vibrant interpretation of the classic rose.

Visiting New York I gave myself permission to buy one fragrance. After sniffing my way across Brooklyn and Manhattan I settled upon this funny looking guy. The ultimate velvety sugar rose with a magical twisted depth. Rosey, maraschino cherry lusciousness! (although cherry is not a listed note...could swear it is there). This will forever be the special scent that reminds me of NYC.

On me, there is a strong syrup vibe, not sure if I truly enjoy it. But then I reallyenjoy the other part of this fragrance - the rose, amber, sandalwood. Keep going back to try it. Which is not a bad sign - although my wallet stops me short of actually purchasing. If you have it - enjoy! :)

West Side is a nice and simple floral scent with moderate sillage and above the average longevity suitable for spring/summer, daytime. It leans clearly to feminine scents. It's nice, I like it but it's not for me. Dominant notes are rose, peony and mild vanilla.

Pleasant floral but not outstanding. It has no significant development like some other Bond fragrances. At least, not on me. The rose note seems to predominate on me. Some Bonds I adore but this one is ho-hum. Itested this from a bon bon sample.

I don’t pick up any florals. In my opinion it smells like a sweet/powdery/boozy vanilla. It smells modern, but dated at the same time. It’s unisex but leans feminine. I enjoy this scent, but wouldn’t buy it for myself. It fits someone older.

Opened with strong chemical smell and a jumble of notes. Quite okay there. But if you leave it on for a while the scent became much more pleasant and kind to the nose. Only then it became likable. But still almost no projection for me.

it's nice, not quite what i was expecting, but it is a fresh, light surprise. it's really more my daughter's style than mine and she adores it. but i do like it, could grow on me over time.