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Kishovec – :
On me it opens with a blast of orange that conjures up Terre D’Hermes. However, a couple of minutes later the tea note comes out. As the scent dries down it pretty much stays like a less intense and more transparent Terre D’Hermes with an accent of tea. The floral note is minimal and I don’t get any amber or powder at all and I wish I did as it would make the scent more well rounded. Nice and unisex, but I have Terre D’Hermes and find it more intense and intriguing. Like I said, this is perfectly unisex, but I think it would smell great on a man.
kinyunrerge – :
Smells like hairspray.
aak74 – :
Ok I was sent this by Scenttrunk.com A bit upset about it actually. Seeing that this site has it listed as a Womens only scent. They list it as Unisex. Let me tell you. There is nothing unisex about it. It is very feminine. Now the scent itself. Unimpressive. Very loud citrus and tea. No thank you.
ppusernamei2 – :
Chemical Bonding is perfect summer scent and very delicious as well as. Unlike many comment about this perfume, I found it very uplifting and pleasure to wear. I wore Elizabet Arden’s Green Tea time to time but this is better in my opion. Yes not very natural but one of the best one if you like body mist or light perfume for hot summer days.
Влад999 – :
Im surprised to see what his is compared to, not what I am sensing at all. This is a superbly documented epic drama playing out in my brain. The powder is masked by a light citrus that supports a fronted green. The powder and green remind my of some of the best perfumes available, such as Geurlain LHB, Prada No7, and Meteorites. I am so in love with this scent and I have only worn it one full time. This is straight neuro”chemical” in a bottle, pleasing my nucleus accumbens and amygdala over and over all day.
10/10
ВОНУС – :
Ineke Chemical Bonding opens with a soapy blast, which is not unlike the opening of After My Own Heart from the same house. The tea and citrus is overshadowed on me by the soapy note and a clean white musk for quite some time.
It’s not until after 4 hours that the tea and citrus finally get to shine. The interpretation of tea in Chemical Bonding kind of reminds me of Atelier Cologne Oolang Infini, as both showcase slightly sweet, slightly smoky and tannic black tea in a fresh way. However, on me, Chemical Bonding seems much less realistic than Oolang Infini, and the reminants of clean white musk and soapy notes certainly don’t help in this regard. Moreover, the citrus is more evident and more tart in Chemical Bonding, which unfortunately makes the tea feel kind of stale.
The sillage is moderate to soft and the longevity is around 9 hours. Because of the overwhelming soapy note and the extremely clean white musk, Cheical Bonding is unfortunately not my cup of tea. For a natural and realistic fresh tea fragrances, I think there are other more intereting choices around the same price range.
seoajsdhd – :
This was too lemony for me and in actual fact, reminded me of Elizabeth Arden’s Green Tea, but slightly more citrusy. It’s quite pleasant in the dry down, but it has a lemon soapy kind of smell to my nose.
stadler – :
This one was a miss for me. Something in it smells incredibly unnatural to me. It smells to me like a stale orange candy that has gone seriously off. I’ve had a problem with many of the alphabetical collection in that they smell stale or musty to me, and this one fell in that boat. I really cannot say anything redeeming about it, sorry.
hert – :
Disclaimer: I dislike most citruses and almost all tea in scents.
BUT…
I, like this?? How strange. It’s like wearing a cold glass of sweetened iced tea! I think it’ll be very refreshing in very hot weather! It is zesty and uplifting and fun, but I can’t speak for the longevity yet. Sillage is great at this early stage.
Doesn’t seem to have great longevity (3hrs then I applied over it something heavier, this was my ‘go to breakfast w/ dad’ scent today) but it is SO refreshing and calming. Really enjoy it.
cxm100Unlogrere – :
Thank you Ineke, for the gorgeous samples. They remind me of meticulously packaged Japanese gifts, in that no detail of the presentation is overlooked.
Chemical Bonding opens with a very tart citrus black tea. I detect a light green floral thickened with musk as the fragrance opens up on my skin, though the sour lemon is persistent. I can see what you mean about the lemon being like cleaning product, Doc Elly. On my skin the lemon treads that line, but the tea and musk manage to keep it in check.
During the dry down, Chemical Bonding becomes an inoffensive peony musk. It makes me wonder what the whole thing would have been like without the musk. I wish the peony weren’t muddled by the musk and the brash quality of the lemon. If the tea and peony were louder, and the lemon and the musk softer, I think it would be gorgeous. Longevity is quite good, and sillage is moderate.
As it is, It reminds me of a petite and slightly disheveled brunette, on a rainy mission to the bibliothèque to continue her research on caryatids. Everyone seems more attractive when the alternative is studying.
arif1998arif – :
Nice orange lemon and tea up front. As the Orange fades you get a hint at some light floral notes while the white musk sits in the back waiting for dry down. If you want to smell classy and different, this is a good one. I don’t sense anything that smells “fuzzy” or like “drug store green tea”, but I guess we all detect some different things when it comes to olfactory. Longevity seems good most days but not every day. I have a nice size sample direct from Ineke’s website.
Dhrhguty – :
Note to perfumers: please do not name your creations in ways that immediately evoke visions of an organic chemistry laboratory! Ineke CHEMICAL BONDING would be an example to avoid. In fact, the composition is much better than the name would seem to suggest to those of us who have tested way too many of the sickeningly synthetic fragrances on the market today. To be perfectly frank (quoi d’autre?), I actually do not understand and am indeed mystified by the weird “molecule” trend in avant-garde perfumery, with single synthetic notes being poured into bottles and sold as perfume at niche prices. Hello? Does this make any sense whatsoever? Why not just go to a chemical supply shop and buy yourself a bottle of the “special molecule” for a tiny fraction of the cost? But I digress…
CHEMICAL BONDING is another masculine-leaning composition by this house—along the lines of FIELD NOTES FROM PARIS, and I find it about as appealing. I wouldn’t mind smelling it on someone else, but it’s not something that I would go out of my way to acquire. Nor is it something that I’d go out of my way to wear, if I happened to have a bottle. To me, CHEMICAL BONDING seems like a generic men’s citrus cologne which falls just this side of the natural/synthetic divide. Vetiver, citrus, light florality…you know the drill.
S64B – :
Hello ctruses! Loads of oranges and lemons right off the bat. There’s a sprig-of-mint feeling, but it’s probably the tea. Not altogether unpleasant.
Reminds me a lot of Bath & Body Work’s Orange Ginger body lotion from their Armoatherapy Energy line.
Probably best worn in warmer weather when the citrus/tea combination might have a cooling effect.
stason6071 – :
It’s a cute name, but doesn’t seem relevant to the perfume. Initially this is an extremely strong citrus scent with a background that smells like a typical “men’s cologne” made with lavender. However, there is so much lemon that it pretty much overpowers everything else, making the overall impression that of a harsh, cleaning-product odor.
Within a half hour it has developed a fuzzy, scratchy drugstore green tea note, the one that makes me sneeze. I really couldn’t take it once this super-strong and irritating note developed, so ended up scrubbing – and scrubbing – and scrubbing. Even after scrubbing with alcohol and acetone I still smell it. On second thought, maybe the name is apt, indicating that it bonds permanently to skin. Definitely not for me.
n_com – :
Chemical Bonding is a very nice tart citrus/tea scent that I find to be completely unisex. The citrus notes last and last, and the tea/peony notes compliment the citrus very well. It’s a bit too astringent and biting for me (kinda gives me a headache), but as a plus my 51 year old mother loves it. Not bad, just not for me.
tyd854elipseskism – :
Wow, what a lemon! Is it just a burst of lemon with leaves, tree and bark? Is it just about to melt into a lemon meringue? Is it — God forbid! — just a lemon scented dish soap??
Just when I thought that lemon will overpower my senses, the lovely note of peony rose up. Stayed like that for about three hours and went into a very mild drydown.
This one is nice… but… it makes me think about L’Eclat d’Arpege by Lanvin and the comparison is definitely favors this old favorite of mine. It has the beginning of Sicilian lemon leaves, a lemony beginning, too, but a far more interesting one. A peony note it delivers is sweeter, and the lasting power is definitely 8 hours+ rather than about 5-6. I guess it’s just me — now I know what it feels like to find a Holy Grail since I’m turning down two new peony fragrances (this one and Paeonia by L’Occitane) with the same phrase: there’s nothing this fragrance does that L’Eclat d’Arpege doesn’t do for me.
прохвост – :
Chemical bonding smells of bitter lemon peels on my skin. Pure citrus fragrance,that’s what it is. I find it extremely similar to Carthusia’s Mediterraneo with the average staying power. Must try for citrus fragrance lovers.
DG CROS – :
An extremely uncharacteristic perfume from this house. Light to the point of anonymity with generic citrus and overwhelming tea. Between samples and purchases I’ve now tried A-F and this is my least favorite of all of her perfumes. If you want a bright citrus try D&G Sicily or some of the Tocca summer colognes.
fashistwp – :
Chemical Bonding is a lovely light fragrance that, for me, offered a nice contrast from the more wintery fragrances full of incense or wood. Chemical Bonding smells like spring or summer; starts with fruit but not like a tween fragrance. After the berry fades, you can smell the fresh peony. It was all but gone in a couple hours but while I could smell it my mood was lifted.
Litwin2605 – :
With such a name, couldn’t ‘Chemical Bonding’ have been something exciting, some kind of explosively harmonious synthetic blend? This is sheer ennui on me. Where’s the rush and tingle of chemicals? Aside from the misnomer (after all, there is no rule about this: witness MJ ‘Daisy’), I would still have to complain about the lethargic citrus and the faintest drydown imaginable. Doesn’t last on me, but that is to my relief. Very nice for fans of Elizabeth Arden ‘Green Tea’ and some of the lighter Davidoff fragrances. For me, too much of a limp handshake — no thanks.