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uqx645InsuffBooni – :
I hold Bond No 9 in high regard for their interesting company concept and high-quality perfumes, so I ordered a sample of Brooklyn to be included with a larger perfume order expecting to be wow-ed or at least intrigued. After wearing it all day, I find it to just be a run-of-the-mill vaguely masculine fragrance that smells like walking by Hollister at the mall.
It’s not overtly offensive by any means, simply pleasant and familiar. I feel like I’ve smelled in many times: clean citrus and greens across the top and middle, followed by a woodsy dry-down. Has that lingering smell of printer/copier toner that many fragrances on the masculine side have for me. Off to another NYC locale…
Vip163 – :
That’s the worst looking bottle I’ve ever seen.
pompyfzo077Negeltzex – :
First off, GORGEOUS bottle. I couldn’t love the packaging more. It’s a very clean scent, and the leather notes are nice. It could definitely go unisex. It’s not a statement or conceptual fragrance, but for regular usage, I can see really liking it.
Hannah_fromAD – :
So I decided to “rediscover” this from my personal collection recently. I’ll try to ‘distill’ this into a more visual context, and in a moment, the why of it all will become more clear.
Imagine you opened a cedar chest. Not an imitation-cedar-really-pine chest, but an honest cedar chest that still gives off its original aroma. It’s unmistakable. Next, you grab a bottle of Gilbey’s or Tanqueray, and you open that as well. Then you proceed to pour the contents of the bottle into the chest. In fact, repeat the procedure a couple of times for good measure.
You have Bond No 9 Brooklyn. It’s cedar and gin, simple as that.
I’m not saying it’s bad, but it’s a bit heavy on the gin elements (juniper berries, largely). If that’s your thing, then this is probably right for you. But in rediscovering it, I found it really linear. The way it began was the way it continued and after a couple hours of what became a nuisance, it was more annoying than an autotuned pop song.
And I’m not sure it captures (or ever intended to capture) the sense of place implied in Bond No 9 fragrances. Maybe it’s been a while since I’ve stayed more than a couple hours in Brooklyn, but I don’t recall it smelling like a gin mill. Again, it’s not entirely unpleasant, but it does become cloying over time rather than fading (I’m writing this 10 hours into wearing it, it shows no signs of waning). I’m not certain of those who’ve criticized it for being too sheer or ‘weak”, but that wasn’t the case with me and I sprayed it only on pulse points. Clearly, your mileage may vary.
Safe to say that I’ll resign this to the back of my collection and not revisit for a while.
Sergej81 – :
Brooklyn is a masculine aromatic woods. I would suggest that the artistic expression behind this fragrance must embody Laurice’s Italian dream man or something. It certainly seems to have all the qualities for that. Brooklyn is slightly sweet—but very sophisticated—and with seemingly just the right amount of body to stretch out the senses a little and hit that deep spot.
Among the aromatic qualities, I get a subtle body of gin and cardamom, that provide a slightly abrasive, aqueous body for the cypress and other woods to rest in. The woods are pretty clean, and although the cypress leads, I can sense the complexifying effects that other woods provide to the accord (smooth, warm, and spicy).
I can also pick up the subtle sweetness of the geranium and leather. That although very distant, seem so lovely, that if they were dialed up here, this fragrance would be instantly recognizable as an absolute masterpiece among the world of masculine aromatics!
The overall projection though as it stands can be a little faint depending on how weathered your senses are. I would question if this was intended to force project a little politeness upon its wearer (a common novelty)—or possibly if it was supposed to act as some kind of fantasy ice-breaker for Laurice
Something in the style of, “Hmmm…I don’t get much of the gin?” “Well, you wanna buy me a drink? I can spit some in it for you! ^~^”
Very clever—but outside of that magic encounter—not much can be done about the balance of the notes sadly. Not that Brooklyn is a bad fragrance by any means, but with its muted qualities, it could take a considerably humble, or dignified man to wear it with full honors. Not the fragrance such a man deserves—but the one he gets here unfortunately thanks to the discretion of the house.
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And so my best advice would be to just try taking a secret reference hidden here within the presentation, and see if you can’t use to get the most out of this fragrance and all its best qualities.
Shake it up first (like a spray paint can) to effectively re-disperse the chemical contents under suspension before spraying it on. You might even just want to tear off the top so you can splash it on like a real man. Hard to say—but I would suggest doing some combination of the suite to achieve the best results with Brooklyn.
JOHZY – :
I’m not exaggerating here. This isn’t even a skin scent. It completely dissapears in 3 minutes. This is the worst performing fragrance out of any poor performing fragrance I’ve ever tried. The scent itself is amazing but it’s crap because it dissapears before it even hits your skin. What a waste
rastvorun – :
I’ve just sprayed this – liberally – from a decant received from a lovely swap partner.
Sniff sniff.
Where is it? I KNOW I SPRAYED IT.
Sniff sniff.
Oh…there it is. Just faintly, barely there. Calling this a “skin scent” is generous.
Emperor’s New Clothes this one for me.
I have been wearing LL Le Premier Parfum today, but sprayed that literally hours ago and have showered and changed clothes since, so I doubt I am suffering from olfactory fatigue.
Brooklyn is pleasant, but certainly not worth the asking price.
My apologies to anyone who loves this.
lehahab – :
Barely there. I love the fragrance, but within minutes it just disappears on me. I wish they made a Brooklyn Intense. What I can smell, which is a green spicy and intriguing scent, I absolutely love.
grief62 – :
WOW, talk about “skin scent”! There’s not much to say, because there wasn’t much to smell!
Let’s start with this disaster of a bottle; instead of using a generic graffiti font over-&-over, they should’ve had a genuine Brooklynite artist create it! I just think it’s cheesy and, from what i understand, this bottle emulates more the Brooklyn of the late 70s/early 80s as seen on TV and magazines, and not what Brooklyn truly is or was.
Onto the scent: IT’S BARELY THERE. What i do smell is a very light woody, mild herbal/cardamom dryness and the teeniest bit of citrus. I swear, i put on 4 sprays and walked into the living room and my wife couldn’t smell it at all. (She will always comment if I’ve sprayed on something and entered the room.) I honestly cannot say that it’s a bad scent at all, in fact it’s quite nice when i smell it up close. But WHAT THE HELL, man, i literally can’t even smell it in the manner that i should, especially for EdP.
The scent is fairly linear for what little time i even noticed it. I haven’t yet smelled straight Iso E Super, but i imagine it smells like this from what reviews I’ve read; just an ‘enhancement’ of your natural skin smell in a clean and lightly woody sort of manner. I dunno, 7 out of 10 i guess. I really can’t score it higher for clearly stated reasons but also not lower, because it IS enjoyable.
*edit: Screw that, 6.5 out of 10. Weak!!!!!
loganf24 – :
to be honest i might have just bought this based on the bottle alone… its gor-geous! however to my surprise the smell is also intriguing. my collection lacks something that is spicy and this is a very welcomed addition. so far im quite satisfied with bond offerings which i think at par with creed, which is the best in my opinion. this is definitely a 10/10
Panzersoldat – :
I really enjoy this one. It is one of my favorites from Bond no 9 and I have received quite a few compliments from it. Actually more so then Scent of Peace for him. Brooklyn, for me, lasts all day long. I was at the end of a workshift and client asked which cologne I had on. I would say it is worth getting.
niugacha – :
A fresh green scent with a smooth leather in the same vein as CH men, it’s got that heavy dose of juniper up front that gives it that boozy vibe but it’s not over the top because the Cyprus is there to somewhat mellow it out which keeps this quite green in nature. There’s a touch of spice Flowing through the composition but overall it dries down to become more sweet and woody with that subtle leathery base. I Wouldn’t say this is very masculine either, unisex all the way.
Zotov58 – :
Brooklyn is a fresh, green, woody and very natural scent.
It smells like young cypress trees in the tuscan country side, sprinkled with early morning dew.
NugUndund – :
A pleasant if somewhat generic “aquatic men’s cologne” fragrance. Zesty citrus and aromatics over a warm, woody base. Well done but nothing to write home about.
hebyDothhiemy – :
I can’t speak for how well this perfume illustrates Brooklyn, but it is super-woody and pleasantly aromatically green. The gin/juniper adds boozy interest. Even though it is woody, it doesn’t smell like forest… it smells like refined, clean wood, not mossy and archaic. Decidedly unisex for sure. I have a hard time seeing myself wearing this.
xpxp – :
I love the scent.
So far my favorite bond I’ve tried, and this is my go to summer/spring scent.. Or when I don’t want to smell like anyone else. To me it’s totally unique. Like one reviewer said below me.. If someone knows of anything that smells like this for cheaper I’d gladly buy it, but since I can’t, I still keep coming back to Brooklyn.
I get a fresh opening. Very green and spicy and clean. After a hour or so it starts to settle down and loose a bit of the sharpness it has. This also doesn’t really change or have a difference in the dry down from the opening. What you smell is what you get, start to finish.
For me it’s mostly woods, spicy, clean. I get cypress, I get leather, I get cardamom, juniper berries, wood, rum or gin.
It’s like this clean smelling scent is wrapped up into a woody/spicy oriental aura.
Best used in warmer weather but I wear it year around.
Longevity is on the weaker side of bonds, but it’s still not a slouch. Better then most of my designers. This isn’t a projection beast either, but get in close to someone (arms length) and they should notice it. Its more of a strong silent type of fragrance. I think also, when I wear it I smell it so much that I go kind of scent deaf to it. Not something that’s gonna kick your door down, but will be there knocking loudly.
All in all, I will get it again when my bottle is empty.. Not because I want it, but because I have to. A must have for me, and a try for most.
sasha2007 – :
I know that mango blossom isn’t in the notes but that is what I get when I spray my sample. Actually it smells to me like crushed leaves of mango tree and the skin of a very green mango. Almost sour and refreshing. Later after some minutes I get the cypress and the geranium. This doesn’t resemble NY to me, but it is a very nice scent. Probably too expensive for what it is.
Again, thanks to my dear Gypsy Parfumista for the samples.
superposter852 – :
I grew up in Brooklyn New York and this does not smell like Brooklyn and I do not like how they graffiti-tagged the bottle lol However the scent is very special. It reminds me not of Brooklyn but of upstate New York, the country side, the long roads through the woods. It smells more like a bike ride through upstate NY and I used to go on motorcycle road trips up to the Catskills. This is more masculine than feminine. Even the geranium flower note is found in other colognes for men. This is a woods based scent layered with spicy gingery leather. The first phase is spicy with cardamom ginger and a tad sweet with juniper berry, but the leather notes take over as do the woods. This is a chypre. It smells very much like a modern chypre. I am still waiting for a fragrance that smells like the Brooklyn I grew up in. This fragrance line does a fine job with the arrangement of notes in all their frags but they don’t always resemble New York or Manhattan at all. The best New York inspired fragrance of all time is Donna Karan’s debut fragrance Donna Karan, and even if others disagree to a degree Tom Ford’s Black Orchid. Brooklyn is nice but it’s clearly not smelling of Brooklyn.
pijon – :
Oh, my, goodness. This is exactly what I like this period. So unisex, so not trashy, so cool and spicy. Cardamom takes me to the next level. Grapefruit and a buttery kind of leather… Oh please let me drink it all! Absolutely buying this sometime soon.
PS: Growing up in the 90ies as a toddler/child, the colours really make me think of my childhood days…
komi-slava – :
Its nice fresh and spicy. Nothing spectacular.
ksa – :
was awful when i tried a sample…i will pass on this one…there are better ones in the bond no 9 house
Leolik – :
A sparklingly beautiful perfume, probably more masculine than feminine, with a strong spicy gin beginning, yum, yum, then the citrus arrives like a welcome late comer to a boisterously happy summertime party. The dry down introduces a woody element to the show, but the spicy gin remains, hanging around as the night turns into the early morning and the party eventually begins to wind down.
ivnsu – :
For some reason, the grapefruit combined with another herby/woody ingredient (not sure if it’s juniper) gives it a peach-like smell, which leans it further toward the aquatic. I don’t detect the cardamom but the leather is apparent as more of a base note. I haven’t noticed much evolution in the dry down. It’s certainly a light fragrance that is more geared towards warm weather.
Simply put, I wouldn’t reach for it as a summer option. It fits into the fresh and woody subcategories, which, with the grapefruit, creates an odd combination. I enjoy the grapefruit in C.O. Bigelow Elixir White, for example, but in Brooklyn it does’t pair well with the other notes. The abovementioned peachy vibe is one I do not find appealing. Despite the odd combination, however, Brooklyn doesn’t strike me as unique or outstanding as some of the other Bond No. 9 entries that I like or own, but it does at least seem to speak to the signature freshness with which most of their offerings tend to be associated. Still, I don’t see these notes going well together, and both projection and longevity are limited on my skin.
5 out of 10
ovherenko77 – :
My fav Bond 9. I like the cardamom citrus woody smell. I usually don’t like Bond 9 but and never think of buying one due to it’s price but when they made special offer for Eid time in Harvey Nicholas buy 2 and get one free it was no braining to buy this fragrance. It really unique and special smell. The woody spicy in this perfume is just amazing with high quality cardamom smell. It also a very masculine smell don’t let the unisex fool you.
Xeroxrgjzs – :
Enjoy the hype. I like this frag, smell clean, unissex, gin note is there. Try sample first, buy in a sale, because its expensive or spent your money with a real gin bottle.
New Review: 29/out/2014
After use a lot this frag I change my opinion. This is Brooklyn, baby. The top notes its a blast of soda gin and lemon, and after 1 hour starts to warm, the cardamon and suede (not rare leather) lead the frag in bright way. I cant live without this anymore. Be carefeul, its delicate frag, hype and poor long/prog.
Basta2011 – :
This is one of the better Bond No. 9 scents I’ve tried; on me it’s primarily a wood scent. It’s not the clean pine plank note of Tom Ford Sahara Noir nor is it the strongly woodsy note of Le Labo’s Chant de Bois – it’s more subtle than those two. I don’t detect any gin, which is probably a good thing because in the Tokyo milk gin scents it sours on my skin. I also don’t detect any grapefruit – once again, probably a good thing. The only respectably real grapefruit scent I’ve ever smelled is Hermes’ Eau de Pamplemouse Rose. The others just smell badly synthetic and common to me.
Unfortunately it’s not so good with longevity. It turns into a skin scent rather quickly, and then is apparent only on cotton after a couple of hours – which causes me to question the value of this rather expensive fragrance.
The bottle is… interesting. If you like grafitti.
My Dad was from Brooklyn. I suppose, were he alive, he’d wear this simply because of that fact.
Anja – :
Anyone who has sampled Eau de Sauvage Extreme from Dior should find the similarity with Brooklyn being a lighter version. This juice is a really well made frag with a pronounced herbal notes. Juniper mixed with cardamom and geranium gives this frag a real warm vibe. The added wood notes of fir, cedar and cypress blend well together making it ABSOLUTELY attractive.
Longevity and Silage are both very good…it lasts on my skin well past 8hrs.
Overall opinion,
I really enjoy this fragrance thou it’s considered unisex. This fragrance is perfect during the summer months into the late fall. I enjoy the robust aroma that this frag has and I don’t find it heavy at all. Lucky I found on a clearance table at TG Max for 45usd not 200. I wouldn’t buy it at full price. Ratings 7.5/10 or ★★★★. Excellent…
A10315020 – :
I enjoy many “unisex” fragrances, and found this fragrance to be fresh, crisp, and bright. The grapefruit is like a very sharp lime-bergamot to my nose; and the cedar-juniper-cypress is very herbal, very clean and fresh. It’s almost an “Irish Spring” kind of smell. In fact, as I think about the impression Brooklyn leaves, I feel that it really should be categorized as a fougere (or even possibly a citrus? or chypre?); calling it an oriental spicy really seems to be a misnomer.
My nose kept telling me I’d smelled the opening before and then I realized: it smells like “Viva” (Fergie’s scent from Avon). While Viva is bergamot and lavender, this is grapefruit and cedar-cypress-juniper….different notes, but to similar effect. While Viva transforms into a lovely vetiver-musk as melds into my skin, Brooklyn starts to reveal a hint of the promised leather. The feel of the 2 scents is very similar; still fresh and clean, but lived in. I love it; it is energizing and comforting at the same time. I also think that fans of Mugler Cologne would enjoy Brooklyn; they share no notes, but do share a clean, fresh, herbal vibe that could fit either a man or a woman.
I won’t be splurging on a full bottle, but did thoroughly enjoy this scent. Longevity >5 hours so far, sillage is modest.
dragonfly73 – :
“Brooklyn” might seem to be a masculine scent, but I do think it could be worn easily by males who enjoy aromatic woody scents. The opening was very promising – fresh, aromatic cypress with the lovely accord of juniper and gin. Unfortunately for me it goes downhill from there. The main offence is that even though this actually has a long staying power (7 hours) after the first hour it stays extremely close to skin, maybe I am simply not able to smell it on myself, but it was really though to get the faint smell of aromatics.
I did not enjoy this as much as I would like, after the first hour it’s neither pretty nor unique.
SansWara – :
‘Brooklyn’ really makes you stop for a moment to enjoy the moment. Subtle grapefruit, to be sure. I love the juniper berries. Understated. Thats my take. Very enjoyable.
braiccaky – :
This is certainly not a unisex scent. I find it to be very masculine. One of my GF’s very favorite scents, she melts like an M&M in my pocket every time I wear it. Brooklyn has a great contrast of bright and sultry notes.
The grapefruit mixes well with the juniper(which is the main note to my nose)and the woody, leathery base is subtle and that settles it all down to be a sexy, masculine fragrance. I have not had anyone say anything except “DAMN THAT SMELLS GOOD!”
Longevity: good 8+hours
Projection: 3 feet
Sillage: average. 3 hours and it’s a skin scent.
наталья19778 – :
I have Bvlgari Man and Brooklyn and my nose are different perfumes. Both are nice and large but are not equal. Brooklyn had a taste unlike anything we have experienced to date. Lightweight and sophisticated. Very good for me. The disadvantage of this fragrance is its high price. Her scent and beautiful bottle leads thumbs up.
Candy25 – :
Ovepriced woodsy and slightly citrus scent.
It smells exactly like Bvlgari Man, Same scent for a fraction of the price
mostovyj – :
یک عطر چوبی خیلی خوشبو که منو به یاد لالیک مشکی میندازه و البته با کیفیت خیلی بالاتر و بوی کمی ملایم تر با بالانس عالی. از وقتی سمپل این عطر رو دارم لالیک رو استفاده نمیکنم چون لالیک با همه خوشبوییش مقابل کیفیت این عطر کم میاره. البته این هم از تفاوتهای برندهای نیش و معمولی هست.
Sanchis – :
I agree with Genny17, previous review. Yet I quite love the smell and I don’t find it smells inexpensive at all ,but this , like a few other Bonds ,should really be marketed towards men , I can see it working for a woman but its clearly on the masculine side. New Haarlem is my favourtire and also masculine but this one is too masculine for me to pull off.
It smells very refreshing and warm spicy!!! Very good actually ,I love cardamom and I do smell cedar quite strongly. The refreshing part is the gin , quite nicely done, wow!!! And then the leather note ,which is also very masculine ,is part of the dry down .All the notes I smell the most are geared more towards men. It’s definitely a spicy but refreshing oriental !
vyacheslav1979 – :
I agree this smells a lot like Bvlgari Man, Brooklyn is on the masculine side, spicy, rich, refreshing and cool at the same time…smells like a refreshing after shave, can’t imagine a woman liking that one…kind if a spicy unisex scent, not much character really..
Wayyy overpriced for what you get…
paspEnuraks – :
Brooklyn is simple yet sophisticated in its aroma.
Fresh, light, spicy, refined and perfect for me comes down to it, mix output, the fresh grapefruit with a touch shy of cardamom, which meets the juniper, both a touch fruity reconciled to gin, which is invigorating and while through alcoholic, like L´Humaniste but here along comes the cypress is somewhat wooded and giving certain density.
Background with touches of leather of a certain refinement, is well balanced in all grades, an aroma very well prepared.
Schultz888 – :
This is one of my favorite fragrances, and like the city, it’s sexy, edgy and not for the faint of heart. I’ve received numerous compliments when I wear it, and because I’m partial to spicier fragrances, it definitely works for me!
sega005 – :
Bond Number 9 “Brooklyn” is a little unusual. A thing of clarity and simplicity: clear morning light through an un-curtained window, not dusk through one velvet-draped; linden tisane in an undecorated white cup, not lapsang souchong in Crown Derby. I wouldn’t have thought that I would care for it, from the notes listed, but I do like it. As far as the gin note, I tend not to notice much of the booze notes in perfumes, especially when it’s gin or vodka. A vague alcoholic hint is usually all I get, and actually, that’s fine. If I wanted to smell of liquor I’d simply open my cabinet and splash on a bit…I do see its point, however, as a note: it lends a vague translucency to a scent somehow. The cardamom in this is subtle, to me, in complete opposition to what I have read in other reviews. Most noticeable for me is the cypress, which I love, and the grapefruit and juniper. Geranium is there, and cedar, once it warms up on my skin, as well as a light leather scent. I don’t find it especially ground-breaking, but it’s very pleasant and unlike other things wafting around the public air these days. I think it should be classified as an aromatic perfume rather than a “spicy oriental”…it’s not very spicy, and it doesn’t read as an oriental composition at all to me. It is utterly unisex. This smells good to me layered with a touch of vetiver or even lavender essential oils.
Sillage on me is light to moderate, but duration surprised me—overnight, and still going pretty strong in the morning!
It wouldn’t stop me buying this, but I must say I don’t care for the bottle at all, not being a graffiti fan.
felixrus – :
Brooklyn is one of my favorite Bond No.9 fragrance
OCTPOB – :
Smells just like Bvlgari Man for the first 20mins. Drydown brings out leather and woods to me. Bvlgari Man is more linear and basically has the Brooklyn woodsy opening for a few hours. Overall they are very similar to me.
Lanirius – :
Good GOD I love this stuff. It definitely can be offensive to some, I get it. It’s very dry, very dandilion/gin-like but I just adore it. It’s been my favorite for a long time now. The downfall with Niche houses is… the price. Over $200 for this at the store and still over $150 on most discounted sites. I wish someone could tell me of a cheaper designer fragrance that this smells like. OR better yet, I will swap with someone who has this and doesn’t like it or wants to try something different.
Update: I just bought it for a very resonable price. It’s my special occasion scent, since I cannot afford to wear this as a signature. It is by far my favorite scent in any fragrance I have ever smelled, however the projection is sub-par from how I like it. I’d rather wear less of something with a big projection than more with a small projection. The longevity is squared away though. It lasts 8+ hours easily on my skin, but it’s very, very subtle after the first hour. As for bvlgari man smelling similar, I agree to an extent. Bvlgari man has the same dry, woodsy, slightly sweet factor that is similar to Brooklyn, but the longevity is nowhere near to equal. If you want a much cheaper (price and quality) alternative to a fragrance in the same genome, than go with Bvlgari man. As the description says in the box of Brooklyn, this fragrance, and all bond fragrances are considered works of art.
yarik2 – :
Seems I grabbed the Tanqueray and splashed it on this morning, no wait its Bond No. 9 Brooklyn! Doesnt smell bad, opening gin note is powerful tho! Calms down to something very fresh, vague and unisex
джохан – :
This cologne wasn’t even on my radar, but I blind purchased it because the price was deeply discounted on Amazon ($120). Upon further research on Brooklyn, I found out that this cologne won the 2010 FiFi Award for Men’s Nouveau Niche Fragrance of the Year. I can honestly say I’m happy I purchased this. Brooklyn by Bond No 9 is very unique. What makes this cologne shine is the Gin note. The gin and grapefruit opening makes this scent very interesting. However, I can see how people gripe about it being harsh. Gin is an acquired taste all together (lol). You should expect to get the gin grapefruit blast for about an hour. The gin subsides, and the grapefruit is replaced with a herbal note. For the drydown, I get a woody herbal vibe after the 4 hr mark. In terms of longevity, I’m getting 8 hrs. The sillage is about arms length away. It should be noted that I’ve been wearing this during the dead of winter. I can see this projecting louder in the warmer months. Overall this was an excellent blind buy for my taste, but be warned, this might not be for everybody.
wolf619 – :
Not for everyone. The cardamom give an original scent that is hard to explain. Maybe i need to test that one during the summer, but for now (winter here atm) its not my thing.
grom14 – :
Goodness, or rather, badness! This stuff is simply horrible, I just cannot get over the overdose of cardamom in the opening flooding the whole scent with cloying greens.
Any citrus, booze, other notes, forget it- it’s all drowned, or rather- swamped by the ocean of cardamom. Nothing is inspiring here, apart from maybe the amazing way it killed a random small spider in my room so fast (fast spray)! Maybe it gets a point for just that. Super cardamom pest-killer extraordinaire.
More seriously (maybe), later on there seems to be some woods and geranium. This leads to the image of a scent devoid of sweetness. That’s fine, so long as the green/citrus notes have clarity and quality. They may have *some quality, but it’s all undone by the poor blending here. Everything seems like one fuzzy green whole again, and why spend this money when you can just buy Paul Smith’s Story say, or LiveJazz? They’re both overall the same in quality terms. Bond hasn’t used it’s niche status to any effect.
Balance, Bond No9 people, balance is key! Cardamom is a great note, but try a leaf out of MDCI’s book, who champion the use of the note to show just how engrossing and invigorating it can be. This Bond is just not. Throwing a bucket load of the stuff over any other notes will only lead to bad things.
Another awfully disappointing offering from the now almost farcical bond house. To think what could’ve been a classic will end up turning your head into a huge green cardamom pod. But hooray for less spiders.
2/10.
Sample 1st always everyone.
safo – :
Will with out a doubt be my first niche perfume…
Defiantly unisex, but i could put this on at any time/ season. It is exactly how i feel i should smell. The cypress is amazing!!!
Sub-zero – :
Cypress beauty.
qkk758speagoessenda – :
I do not like the top initial scent. It’s very sharp and hits you like a ton of bricks. But if you are patient, after a couple of hours or so, the dry down is a very pleasant smell. Very gentle and somewhat classic. A little sweet but not too much. Just enough ruggedness to be obviously a male scent without being overbearing or too spicy. It’s just a pleasant, nice fragrance. However, your nose must be practically touching the skin to smell it. No projection whatsoever in the dry-down. The only time it projects is during the offensive initial blast. So considering all the good and bad points here, I don’t see this being worth the price tag.
alvi_kos – :
In my nose this scent is weak and generic; nothing special; could have been anything you found in a market stall as a copykat of a more respectable scent.
I shall stick to Morgan de Toi pour homme which is more vibrant and energetic and costs a fraction of the price and has a cool bottle too…sorry Bond but this one is not for me…thumbs down !
nmviow892 – :
Bond no.9 totally out did themselves with this wonderfully blended fragrance. Honestly I have never smelled a fragrance like this ever.
Brooklyn is the correct name for this fragrance. The bottle is the correct design for this fragrance. This fragrance is vibrant, energetic, ruthless and in your face…AT FIRST. Then like anywhere it begins to settle and becomes a place you can call home.
This fragrance is a woody-spicy-oriental. It features cardamom, geranium leaves, cedar, grapefruit, juniper berries. Guaiac wood, cedar wood, cypres and leather. Its hard to detect all the notes at once because all of them come flying at you left and right, up and down. As it settles I definitely get the grapefruit, woods, and leather. To me these 3 are the dominant parts of the fragrance.
As far as projection and longevity this fragrance is just weird. Others have said that this fragrance has very poor longevity 3-5hours max and that projection is non-existent. I must admit when you first spray this fragrance on you will swear that that it has vanished within 30mins. YET when it hits that one hour mark this stuff starts projecting hard. I have had people 5 feet away able to smell me. The more this stuff settles on your skin the stronger it gets. I consistently get monster projection and longevity.
This is one that is really hard to describe. I would just suggest everyone to sample this extraordinary fragrance as I will not be able to give an accurate description of the goodness of this fragrance. I feel that Brooklyn is the perfect name for this amazing composition as it is bold and in your face. Representing BK to the fullest!!!!
Sillage/Projection: 9/10 (Projects for a good 5 hours)
Longevity 10/10 (12+ hours typical from all Bond no.9 fragrances)
Scent: 10/10 (Never smelled anything like it, which is a good thing)
Compliment factor: 7/10 (Will get compliments,