Perfume Review: Bond No. 9 West Broadway
![]() Google search for the notes in West Broadway resulted in the following astonishing combination: mate, lime, lily of the valley, musk. Either the creators of this fragrance do not reveal a big chunk of the ingredients or every retailer has got hold of the wrong list of notes. It is of course also entirely possible that my skin chemistry is to blame (or rather to thank) for such a discrepancy between what West Broadway is supposed to smell like according to the description and what it does smell like to my surprised nose. The only two accords from the official list of notes that are actually present on my skin are mate and musk. ![]() I really like West Broadway, this is the second Bond No. 9 scent (first being Chinatown) that is definitely full bottle worthy for me. Whatever the reason it smells the way it does on my skin, I hope that the olfactory anomaly is here to stay, and that after I do acquire a bottle, the scent would not suddenly turn into a green lime gimlet of the official description. West Broadway can be found in Bond No. 9 boutiques, Saks, and, among other places, beauticafe.com. It retails for $178 for 3,3oz. *Lime Gimlet - 2 oz Gin; 1/2 oz Lime juice cordial; 1 Lime wedge. **Other fragrances with mate note are Annick Goutal Duel, Calypso The, Comme des Garcons Tea, Comptoir Sud Pacifique Ecume de The, Kenzo Jungle Homme, L'Artisan Jacinthe de Bois, and Lorenzo Villoresi Yerbamate. ***The photo shows a gourd and a bombilla, traditionally used to drink mate; it is from www.patagoniasgifts.com |
3 Comments:
I think you might like West Braadway, V. I used to be unimpressed with Bond No 9 till R. recommended Chinatown. I liked that :-) And now there are several I really like.
I have a sample of Broadway Nite, rose and vanilla you say...sample, here I come :-)
So far I love 'so New York' but that's about it.
That's good though, I don't need anymore expensive lemmings!
Ah, that one disagreed with me :-) And I am glad too, there are 2 Bond No 9s already that I want and they are not cheap at all
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