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fayfa – :
WOW this is such a beautiful zesty gem. I was reading the reviews and had cold feet before purchasing. The salty smell of a fresh frozen margarita, the lime blast you at first spray. It settles in my skin to skin to guarmound bozy type vibe. Instead of chocolate I get vanilla shots
pwa865speagoessenda – :
I’m really excited to try this in cooler weather. Something a lot of people don’t talk about is the gourmand nature of this fragrance. I feel like those gourmand notes would shine in winter, and the performance on my skin is good enough for it to cut through cold air
alexmac – :
I am ALL for polarizing scents, heck I absolutely WORSHIP Mugler’s A*Men! I’m dead serious – i have an altar for it like Christians do Jesus and Buddhist do the enlightened one. Lol
But this…this is the mother of all BEACHY scents and i just cannot stand anything with any sort of aquatic/oceanic vibes/accords/notes. It is limey, lemony, SALTY, did I say salty i mean SUPER SALTY, with this sort of weird alkazeltser vibe almost….just very strange!
i have to admit, for what it is it is VERY well done! If this is your type of frag then you will surely love it!
It just is NOT my thing! Good on bond no.9 for making something outside of the “normal” range of the niche/designer world.
tutamasdj – :
Lemon-lime, lemon-lime and more lemon-lime. And booze. And… house seasonings… Okaaay…
At first sniff I thought it was a gag scent. Like something you’d pick up in a novelty shop. I didn’t get what it had to do with Coney Island.
Listen: I live in New York, have been to Coney Island many times over the years, and for those of you not familiar with the area I can tell you it’s an experience. Of course there’s the amusement park, which is an endearing (very) poor man’s Disney Land. During the summer the boardwalk is teeming with every kind of character and color and ethnicity you can think of (especially Latino!). Coney Island isn’t exactly a romantic getaway spot or an idyllic beach you’d hit to relax and cool out. It’s basically a giant retro gritty social scene (yet oddly enough, family friendly). There’s always one or two boom boxes playing dance hits from the seventies and eighties, crowds of folks dancing along like it’s serious business. If you’ve ever seen the movie “The Bronx Warriors”, this is where the gang would theoretically meet up to chill and have fun.
And of course there are the stands lining the beach serving up the liquor and cocktails. Not just along the beach but all over the neighborhood. If you like to get wasted, Coney Island is the place for you.
So it didn’t take long for me to make the connection. I guess what Bond No 9 is saying is, “Hey, this is our interpretation of Coney Island… It’s a haven for booze heads!”.
Okay, fine. There are certainly decent boozy scents out there. But they missed the mark with CI. The scent is too schitzo. Unlike, say, Virgin Island Water which is sort of in the same olfactory family, Coney Island has no real balance; no cohesion in its composition. The amount of money they charge for this… stuff… is inexcusable. IMO they should have called it “Eau de Jigglypuff” after the Pokemon character. Adorable yet crazy. And not in a good way. Very lemony (despite lemon not being listed among the notes) and weird.
ram195 – :
It’s the smell of a margarita on the rocks. I can even smell the large-grain salt rim of the glass.
I happen to hate tequila and margaritas, so this one is not for me. If you like margaritas though, this might be a good Summer scent for you.
btr642 – :
A nice fresh,mojito-like scent. It lasts for about 5-6 hours in Indian weather and projects decently.
FriendCharlotte – :
This scent has to be a joke right? Are u trying to annoy people’s sense of smell? This smells like snowcone syrup, egg yolk & black pepper- It’s almost novelty like- SAMPLE 1ST!!!
stalker2693 – :
Bond No 9 put a fun, sunny Saturday afternoon in the park right into the bottle. Nothing serious, just some laughs, and maybe there was never any intention for this to ever be taken for anything other than just that. It just makes ya feel good when ya wear it.
Has good longevity and the right amount of sillage. Smells bright, clean, and fun. The quality and construction are very good.
Try it, you just might like it…
Sunshine and heat are good for this fragrance and bring it to life.
Borzen – :
I don’t understand all the whinging about this one and making out that it smells dirty, it’s the exact opppsite. Fresh citrus with some sweetness, if I see it discounted I’d definitely buy it.
jqw332JeomiWogkig – :
Egg yolk.
Don’t understand why chase this stuff if i have gems lihe Guerlain Homme and so on.
4 out of 10.
24042010 – :
Heaven help me, Mother of God, I could NOT GET THIS SCENT OFF MY SKIN!! I liked the sound of its ingredients, but since I have allergies, despite being a perfume addict, I only gave one, just one spritz, onto my left arm to try it out. It turned into a beachy, teenager super-fresh scent, just like CK One, or one of those 90s unisex beach and salty air scents. My allergies roared to life and I washed it off. It was still there. I took oily moisturizer, which would loosen up the oils, and swathed it over the skin and then washed off with dishwashing liquid. Still there. Remember, this was just one small spritz. I will give myself 4 – 5 spritzes of a perfume I like. My nose was tingling and eyes reacting and I had to get it off. All of those complex notes were not there for me. It was a CK One blast of bright sea salty air, fresh waves and bright sun. After four attempts at washing it off with different cleansers (short of trying Comet or Ajax bleach), the only thing that got it to finally leave my skin was Body Shop Hemp Moisturizing Hand Soap. Several hours later, I even had to take off the shirt I was wearing, since a hint of it still remained on the shirt sleeve that touched my arm. I mean. I know Angel is a powerful scent, but this thing is like industrial-strength enormous cling to the skin. One spritz and never, ever, again. And one of my all time favorite go-to scents is Chinatown by Bond No 9, and I am fond of the super-floral of Central Park South, so I like this fragrance house a lot. Just not this crazed lunatic of a long-lasting monster. If you want to drive a person crazy, spritz this on him or her and watch them try to get rid of it. This perfume should come with a warning label.
sanch – :
This is my signature. I don’t mind that not many like Coney island, it’s quirky sits well on my skin and all my family and friends know me by this. I think its unique.
I rocked it in my thirties ,enjoying it in my forties and know I will still be wearing this in my 80s (hopefuly I will still be around) wearing a fur coat and bright red lipstick not giving a shit riding the q train down to my beloved Coney island
shrek511 – :
I don’t like this. Too artificial citrus. Maybe it was channeling the snow cones of coney island.
cortezzzaur – :
I can’t get any vanilla from this scent. I get a very bright citrus top, something similar to ginger ale, and then a very salty note, that reminds me of the sea. Almost like seaweed. It is very long lasting, about 8 hours on my skin. The predominant notes on the drydown are cedar and musk. I think it is more masculine than just unisex.
stepan222 – :
It opens quite nice. Like a tropical drink. But something about the citrus is just too loud and in your face. Then it dries down extremely synthetic. A problem with most Bonds..
valdorosh – :
I used to get powdered Gatorade for the kids and this is what this smells like to me – artificial citrus, salt and sugar. Not so nice.
planovik – :
Smells like rank harbor sea water. A scrubber to me
jago – :
short review:
sour/salty/slightly sweet and sharp.
just like margarita cocktail. light aquatic vibe in the background. nothing too gourmandish atleast on my skin. summery party vibe.
pretty strong, lasts all day with decent projection, can be cloying if oversprayed.
not for everyone. this sourness/sweetness/salt clash may annoy some people.
a fun fragrance but not an ultimate crowd pleaser.
SlannyDax – :
Had to get a sample of this after watching Sebastian from Man Loves Cologne scathing review of it. Got a bon from Nordstrom.
Smelt it on paper. Definitely has the lime up front and transitions to a sweet candy like smell. Really the notes listed are present.
Tried it later on my skin, and found it pretty much the same as on paper. I guess I have neutral skin as I have yet to find a fragrance that has gone “funky” on me.
So my advice is to try it out. Especially if you do have fragrances that turn on your skin. But by no means is this a terrible smelling fragrance out of the bottle.
armany99 – :
If you want to smell like rotten garbage then this is the fragrance you can wear to do that with. I’d rather leave this under the deep waters of Coney Island where it belongs. Hideous fragrance! 🙁
BONE – :
Lemon head candy!
First spray: Realistic lime margarita
Mid: Lemon head candies…I get a lemonade vibe with this sweet funky undertone..very unisex leaning more towards the feminine side..honestly this could be a children fragrance.
Dry down: fresh aquatic (aqua di gio feel) with lemon lime in the background
Fun scent for the summer…close to skin but last a long time…don’t think its worth the price tag though!!!!!!!
evgenii64 – :
I get a sharp chemical citrus with this perfume, but that doesn’t mean that I dislike it. The scent is so sharp, so biting, so sour and lemony, that it is doing something intriguing, something interesting, and because of that I’ll give it a slight thumbs up. It’s not great, but it’s certainly good, and it leaves me questioning. I like that.
negredo – :
I was very interested to smell coney island for a long time before trying it. I’ve got to say, while I admire the creativity that went into this fragrance, it was ultimately a let down.
While an adult version of coney island was a cool idea (usually carnival memories are only associated with childhood) like others there is something about this fragrance I find very off putting.
For starters the very aggressive margarita note smells like frozen, artificial, slurpie. I wasn’t expecting top shelf, but wow does this booze smell cheap. Of course, this is what a margarita from a carnival would actually smell like, but err I wouldn’t want it on me.
The saltyness of the fragrance is brilliant, capturing the feeling of being surrounded by the ocean. Unfortunately, with the gauava and margarita I get a weird combination. I am getting sniffs of something pleasant like caramel but then whiffs of this gross salty margarita. I feel like I’ve been on one too many spiny rides and I can’t seem to figure out if I’m having fun or I’m going to be sick.
2 hours into Coney Island and it mellows out quite a bit. I get more of a melony sweet mellow margarita. Like all the ice chips have melted and you just have a little pool of sweet syrup in your cup. The caramel is stronger.
What a day.
I do like the dry down, but it isn’t worth the 2 hours of sharp, confusing, slight nausea I feel. Very interesting and creative fragrance, but a pass for me.
wcc941InsuffBooni – :
Do not blind buy. I wanted this so badly to be a hit but sadly it was a miss. Something in this made me want to scrub my arm near the mid notes. Maybe it was the chocolate maybe something else. I may never know. In the future i might try again with this offering once my memory fades of how it reacted with my skin. Try it, you may like it.
GrorpzepApamp – :
Bond no. 9 Coney Island
Opens with a tart lime, then a salty, sweet and sour mix of guava and melon in a backdrop of aquatic and ozonic accords. There is a musky sourness in it within the first hour which kind of puts me off. I feel like I am smelling a male’s sweaty, cologned skin, but the cologne has been worn for half the day and the skin had turned it sour. That is to say that Coney Island has a masculine leaning, complete with its salty skin quality, Furthermore, Coney Island reminds me of fresh-citrus style colognes of the 00s, the memory of their synthetic scents, and their questionable sweet-sour presence. If I think long enough of a tropical island setting, complete with the cold, tart tequila, sun tan lotion, seaweed and salt water, I can come up with the overall fuzziness in texture of many summer memories rolled up into one. I am really not sure if i like it or not, but I do find it worthwhile to test. After all, a full bottle of any Bond is out of the question without sampling. Nothing out of this world nor unique, a bright citrus eventually masked by salt and sea or said less figuratively – body sweat.
Vovchik80 – :
I love Bond No. 9’s style. I admit that their cool bottles and great fragrance names draw me in. I mean, they promise to take me places–who doesn’t love that? But I’ve been wearing Coney Island for a few days now, and unfortunately, it doesn’t take me to New York. In fact, it doesn’t take ANYWHERE.
Coney Island opens with a blast of tart lime and sweet-and-salty magaritas, with some melon mixed in, and those notes stay for the entirety of the fragrance’s life span. Underneath that, but not very well blended, is a dry woods smell. The notes list cedar, but this doesn’t smell anything like the sharp, warm smell I usually get; Coney Island’s cedar notes are very synthetic. There’s the hint of a few other notes–sandalwood, musk, and guava–but those lime notes are dominant. And again, none of it smells particularly well-blended. It smells like two air fresheners sitting next to each other, quite frankly: one a cheap margarita, the other the classic pine tree.
Other people have mentioned getting spices and warmth in the drydown. I didn’t too much of that. There was a dash of vanilla and a slightly stronger musk at the end, but it was still smothered with the heavy, heavy lime smell.
Projection is soft to moderate, depending on how much you apply. Longevity is average: I got about 6 hours of wear on my wrists, which is fine by me. Because of the tart sweetness and average staying power, I’d say this is best for summer or spring during the daytime.
HameleonMaks – :
Pretty odd and messy fragrance. Totally unappealing to me.
Funt_ZT – :
Blaah, this is Davidoff Cool Water with extra sugar….:(
Merdu417JeomiWogkig – :
Coney Island is a weird yet fun fragrance. First of all, I was surprised to see a fragrance with these type of notes being marketed for summer use. Cinnamon, chocolate, cedar? YIKES! Well…… Not so much. 🙂 Coney Island is a unique composition that starts off with a blast of melon, cinnamon & aqua notes. The beginning is strong & comes at you full force, but don’t let that steer you away from this beauty. As it mellows down after a couple of hours, the musk, chocolate, lime & melon all appear on my skin in harmony with no note outdoing the other.
Coney Island projects nicely and last about 8 hours on my skin, which is good for a summer marketed fragrance as many of them are fleeting. I would think the cinnamon, chocolate, cedar & sandalwood are responsible for the fragrance holding up thus far along with higher quality of materials used. The only thing problem I find with Coney Island is versatility! If your not going to a beach & or amusement park, picnic, maybe even a zoo, I don’t see where this would fit in. I would not wear this to the office as it does not fit in with that type of setting at least for me.
I do applaud Bond No 9 for creating a fragrance such as this. They stepped out on a limb & ran like the dickens! Rather you like this or not, it deserves credit for what it is.
ulikowski3593 – :
Giving this an initial full wearing today, and I must say, I have never encountered anything quite as unique, creative, versatile, and all-around wonderful upon first wearing as Coney Island. This will DEFINITELY become part of my collection and in the top 5 as well! Every sort of fragrance one can imagine, rolled into one. Unless you’re only into “florals”, you WILL find SOMETHING you love about this incredible fragrance! Worth every penny!
A GENRE DEFYING… LOVE!!!
ojars1984 – :
For some reason, the note pyramid and the scent itself doesn’t match up 100%! Judging by the “highest voted” prominent notes, you’d think this was a crisp, clear, light, summer fragrance… and it’s not!
Sure, the opening is a crisp, delicious, tangy lime! But immediately after that, I’m met with leather, which is not listed. The rest of the composition is pretty complex for a “warm weather” scent – thick, fuzzy, sweet, leathery and deep… all throughout it’s SEVERAL hour (at least 7-15) life!
A little bit tropical, a little bit unisex, a little bit sickly, and a little bit unique. Overall, pleasantly surprising. Finally a win from Bond No. 9!
wrooney10 – :
This perfume was given to me as a gift a few years back. I was a bit reluctant to use it because Bond No.9 has become “en voque” and was no longer a secret juice. I tried it a few times and at first i was deterred because I though it was too strong on the lime, almost cleaning solution strength. I revisited this potion past December. It was a gloomy, morose day with snow outside and I just needed to get revitalized and thought to try a summer fragrance in winter. That was such a dash of summer! One thing I noticed, the vibrant lime is a lot more subdued in winter with warmer caramel and chocolate coming through more noticeably with scruples of cinnamon. Slight trail of spicy sandalwood would show up on the drydown.
In summer, lime is a lot more stronger on my skin and I’m finally able to detect tequila and hints of guava , but in mid accords and not in top notes.I’m in love with NYC and Coney Island is a place where I go to escape the asphalt jungle. And this perfume captures the smell of the ocean, seaweed, shells, even the metallic rides and cotton candy and suntan lotion so perfectly! So whenever I need to get refreshed or get into good summer mood(in cold months) this is my escape.I absolutely adore the gourmand smells and I think it’s a very creative step on mixing citrus/aquatics with gourmand notes. This juice has great longevity, up to 6 hours on me.
klaus1243 – :
I am LOVING THIS! Perhaps THE most creative creation from the Bond No.9 house. And one that truly works (at least for me).
“Sherapop” has already reviewed this in a fantastic and most accurate story, so I cannot add much to this, other than it is perhaps THE best and most enduring ozonic, aquatic, gourmand scent I have ever encountered.
If you think you have smelled all those “wish washy watery scents” before, think and smell again, for this one really wowed me.
I love guavas and their delicate, aromatic fragrance is just magically captured here.
This entire concoction is masterfully blended (Michel Almairac needs no intro) and I would recommend it as the ultimate summer holiday fragrance.
If you live in the tropics and you are sick and tired of elusive and short-lived aquatics, you must try this one.
SUMMER STORY MASTERPIECE! 10/10
maya – :
Probably the longest lasting summer fragrance.
tixLibQueuere – :
There is something in the composition of perfumes from many houses that makes them identifiable. It’s not universal, but you can recognize a classic Guerlain when you come across it. Similarly, Caron, Estée Lauder, Montale, Amouage. It might be a similarity of style, it might be recognizeable notes. How many times have you heard people comment on the Guerlinade base, or that Andy Tauer’s perfumes having a similar drydown?
There are many reasons for using a common base. For some houses, Guerlain, de Nikolai, Amouage it’s the result of deliberate concept, or school of composition. In some other houses, it feels a bit more insular, the the range of perfumes in a line is smaller. Look at Montale, Juliet Has a Gun, Maison Francis Kurkdjian. I can’t really determine, and therefore try not to judge, whether the similarities among the line are intentional or not. A line might want to leave a calling card as it were. Recognition is the first step and branding, and most up-and-coming houses seek brand identifiability.
Christ, did Bond no Nine choose the wrong smell to identify their line.
Coney comes two years after it’s direct predecessor, Bleecker Street, and in the same year as it’s soul sibling in the Creed line, Virgin Island Water. Bleecker Street was a spectacular failure, attempting to merge the aquatic and gourmand trends in the same perfume. Not looking for nuanced composition, it simply thought it could get 200% fragrance in one bottle. Fulfilling multiple axioms in one fell swoop, bond No 9 is doomed to repeat the worst of their history. And while I’m not sure who got fooled first with Bleecker St and then again with Coney Island, to paraphrase W, I won’t get fooled again.
The common thread to Bleecker, Coney and Virgin Island is the concentration of artificial flavors and qualities. Synthetic aromachemicals have made contemporary perfumery possible. But if quality is ignored, the synthetic/’natural’ dichotomy isn’t even worth discussing. In more careful hands, the aquatic/gourmand proposition might work. All I mean to say is that for a successful joining of disparate elements, more is required that pouring them into the same bottle, which is fundamentally what was done in Coney Island.
As if attempting to create a hyper-flavored 100% calorie free superfood, Bond squeeze the rancid quality of fat replacements, such as pure ‘butter flavor’, and the musk-buoyed motion sickness of fake piña colada mix (is there any other kind of piña colada mix?) into one lingering sick feel. You know story of the drunk vomiting person saying it was the last martini that did it, implying that puking had nothing to do with the eight that preceded it? Coney Island is the legendary ninth Martini.
I don’t understand these perfumes, and facetiousness aside, they present me with a question to consider. I’ve read reviews at Basenotes and Fragrantica, and apparently there are people who like Coney Island. Is there any scent that is universally revolting? I don’t find Secretions Magnifiques completely unappealing, but most find it universally repulsive.
Coney Island does inadvertently bring up an important point in perfumery and criticism. I don’t like the smell of Virgin Bleecker Island, but preferences and opinions aren’t the whole point. I started this website in order to separate myself from public sites that tend to make the consideration of perfumes just a weighing in of opinion. In all subjective matters, opinions will be formed. Should opinion be the last stop in the discussion? My conclusion that Bleecker St, Coney Island and Virgin Island Water are similarly flawed compositionally and unsuccessful in their aims, isn’t simply a loud way of saying that I don’t like them. It’s a critique of an aesthetic product.
from scenthurdle.com
krumplis – :
Watermelon, grass, lime, sea, a bit salt.
Dominating is the note what comes together as a grass and water.
Summerly, sporty, but not unique.
Tends to masculine side.
Payne27 – :
I really believe that a lot of people have based their satisfaction with this frag based on the opening only . they haven’t taken Into account the heart of this fraq . if they did ,no body would call this a summer frag .
Don’t get me wrong , the opening is awesome beautiful rich scent , but a chocolate , caramel and cinnamon dry down for summer ? Are u serious ?
Seriously? Such a Franken-scent .
Fraken-scent !!
A bastard frag , with no real category to call home.
smappainy – :
A true margarita scent. As a gourmand aficionado, this scent seemed right up my alley. I was a little skeptical about the ability to harmonize something as sharp and acidic as a margarita note with chocolate and caramel, but it sounded unique and whimsical. The initial spray was overtly fruity, with tons of lime and a burst of salt. After about an hour, I sensed the sweeter, candied notes coming through. While I enjoyed the dynamic quality of the scent, it became a little cacophonous. I would have preferred that they focus on either the fruitier notes or the muskier notes rather than trying to whip them into one scent. Additionally, Coney Island has a very domineering marine note that lingers throughout the evolution of the fragrance and comes out in the drydown just when the caramel starts to show. As someone who absolutely detests aquatic notes, this was the nail in the coffin. While my body chemistry just does not do well with these notes, it is still a fun idea and a pretty creative scent on the whole.
Edit: I will say this: I tried CI again last night and it has lasted on my skin for 12 hours.
emilgemil – :
Witnessing a human being, a friend, a young gentleman with a wife and children being overtaken by the horror the wendigo spirit embodies is a terrifying thing. My hunting party had found itself stranded in the northern Rockies as winter fell back in 83, and we knew things would be grim, but watching Stevensen go mad like he did, running off into the tall pines, driven by hunger, the endless cold and snow, the isolation, to what we believed was his death nearly drove us to despair. However, when he started hunting us, when we saw O’Grady’s bones stripped of flesh in that clearing, with the gnaw marks of human teeth on them, when we saw him fall upon Clemens and begin ripping and tearing like a savage animal, it was beyond despair, beyond terror.
In the end there were only two of the ten of us left, just Giovanni and I, and putting the monster that was wearing Stevensen’s flesh down, like a rabid dog, remembering who he had been… I’m sorry, I cannot speak of this anymore.
Coney Island is a fragrance that tastes nothing like it smells. It is bitter, foul to the mouth. It also burns when applied to the eyes. I strongly advise against doing so, and instead recommend that it be sprayed upon skin or clothing, for its scent, or the marvelous sound the sprayer makes when it sprays.
wSzrhidzCJI – :
UPDATE::::
This is definitely one of the fragrances that is dependent upon the time of year…
DO NOT SAMPLE THIS IN THE COLD WEATHER! IT WILL NOT DO IT JUSTICE!!!!!
This has OFFICIALLY become my FAVORITE summer fragrance! I was COMPLETELY unfair to this beauty before when I tried it back a couple months ago in the dead of winter!!!! I just tried this on a couple days ago, when the temps hit 78 here. IT WAS AMAZING IN THE HEAT! YUMMY! SO FRESH! Back in the winter all I got was straight lime and margarita… overwhelming so… to the point it knocked it down a notch on my love list. HOWEVER, in the heat, the sweetness of the caramel and melon started coming through mixed with saltiness of the margarita. The smoothness of the sandalwood and hint of cedar blends in nicely to allow everything to mingle in perfect harmony. MMMMMMM so refreshing and fun! I went to bed that night and woke up the next morning, and COULD STILL SMELL IT! The sillage is moderate to heavy depending on how much you spray. I sprayed on the crook of each elbow and once on my clothes and that was ENOUGH! The longevity lasted a good 14-16 hours!
When I smell this I instantly thought sitting on the beach smelling the salty sea air, sipping on a margarita, and eating fresh melons and caramels… THAT IS MY HEAVEN!!!!!!
When I got home from work, I changed my clothes because my husband and I were going to go riding the backroads with the windows down to enjoy the beautiful weather. I spritzed this on before we left. When we got in the car and rolled the windows down, he got a sniff of it.. his responds “What in the hell do you have on? It smells amazing!!!!!” I THINK I HAVE A WINNER HERE!
hazova45 – :
this is a bold scent and i love it for that, because
it’s uncommon to come across a real citrus bomb like this one.
i don’t really smell any of the chocolate or sweet notes listed above, on me i get big-time citrus (lime mostly), seaweed, and a bit of tropical fruit in a current of saltwater and booze. i think maybe testing this in warmer weather might bring out more of the chocolate note. despite its boldness, it can be a bit finnicky, having trace amounts of the wrong body lotion left on my wrist can really bring out some disconcerting garbage-y notes in this which can easily lead to weird queasy feelings.
definitely don’t blind buy coney island, and if/when you go to test it, pull this out in warm weather. longevity and sillage are good, and it’s a bit on the masculine side, but works for either gender. overall it’s a fun scent and it’s making me very antsy for summer!
optotruro – :
In this aquatic boomblast i can only smell fresh limepeel & strong blue-mint! My daughter said “and a little bit of roses too!” 🙂
Much similaritys to Clean- “Clean fragrance” but this one lasts.
kraislers – :
This is nice. Summertime def comes to mind on the seashore. I like this gem of a cologne. This is in a class of its own. Nothing I have ever smelled is similar to Coney Island. Nice Work!!
fesfen – :
I got a sample of this yesterday and I really did not like it. I was expecting something citrusy, salty, warm, but sweet at the same time from the notes listed, but I got none of that. It smelled liked eggs, then it smelled liked rotten seaweed and dirty seaweed, just like dirty water at a beach.
I got no margarita smell, no vanilla, no woods, chocolate or any other combination of the notes that were supposed to be there.
I had to scrub it off as I could not stand the smell. One thing is that it lasts, even after trying to wash it off, the smell was still there.
This is a case of my skin chemistry not working with this perfume and on others it must smell great.
I prefer the salty note in Lys Mediterranée.
A definite must try before buying and blind buying is not recommended.
vovasit1 – :
just got a sample for this after a little time away from smelling and I remember why I love this one; so unique and now I will be buying a nice fresh bottle for the warm weather coming in a few months.
queuextabilla – :
I like this ALOT. To me, it’s summer in a bottle. Whenever I smell this I’m reminded of summertime. It’s like that episode of Seinfeld when Kramer had the idea of a cologne that smelled like the beach…
lenka555 – :
This scent is definitely something that I haven’t smelled before (well, at least not from the 180 EUR range).
I was looking for some new perfume together with my boyfriend and while I was looking at Creed and Clive Cristian, my boyfriend called excitedly, saying that he found something “really good, you have to try it!”.
I was expecting something fresh and floral, with a slighty oceanic twist, but my nostrils hit… caiprinha. It was like sniffing my boyfriend’s favourite cocktail – no wonder he liked the perfume.
I didn’t buy it though – it was too expensive and I’m still not sure if I want to be a walking cocktail.
leo-116 – :
I got a sample of this from Nordstrom and really like it at first. It is a wonderful scent for the summertime since the strong margarita and lime citrus is so prominent. However, there is seemingly absent note of carmel that is suppose to be reached that never developed on me. It lasted quite a while on me (7-8 hrs), but for the price I should smell it for 24hrs.
guff – :
To me this is the exact smell of Étoile de Rem, just stronger and more intense. Like EdR, it is this kind of ‘ozonic’ scent indeed, in which I’m having difficulties to distinguish different stages or notes. It is just limes and tequilas blended into this vanillic thing. I love a lime and tequila (with salt), and I adore vanilla… But even though it sounds like it, it is far from a pearl-sand-‘nd-turqoise-sea-island fantasy for me. I swapped my EdR, and I would do the same if I’d had a bottle of Coney Island. The notes individually sounded so tasty and lovely to me, so many many many thanks to the lovely spidola for sending me this sample! I’m very glad to have tried this… Just no ozonic/aromatic lime/vanilla combinations for me.
katamura – :
I was really attarcted to