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Somaxa – :
Very unique
Only for cilantro lovers
Clementines, cilantro and musk
Strong and powerfull
I love it!
nan731speagoessenda – :
This is quite possibly the worst citric scent that I have ever sniffed. It smells like a bowl of rotten clementines carried by a sweaty man. Urgh! The nasty rotten smell is probably neroli – I just can’t tolerate this note at all. To make matters worse, unlike a myriad of fleeting citric scents, this one is very potent and long lasting. Unless you’re a die-hard fan of the effin’ neroli paired with sweaty musks, better stay away from this orange monster! Heck it makes Kouros smell positively benign. 🙂
Valentina_53 – :
This has a lot of dislikes – I really do not understand why…
I received a decanted sample of this a few months ago. It was hot and muggy here and this just SANG to me. I always thought that my only true perfume loves were the orientals, but this last year has proved me wrong. I have experimented outside my normal comfort zone and am so happy that I have found some extraordinarily good fragrances which truly elevate my mood.
I have been extremely fortunate to receive a FB of Little Italy in a swap (thank you, rednut!) and have just sprayed it on my arms and chest.
My skin is dry and typically doesn’t hold on to perfumes for very long, so I tend not to comment on longevity as I don’t think my experience is a fair reflection of a perfume’s performance. In the case of Little Italy though, I will make an exception. This LASTS on me! It’s extraordinary, because citrus perfumes are renowned for their poor longevity. I can see a slightly oily residue on my skin, which suggests a high concentration of essential oils.
The initial spray just bursts with orange – it is THE most juicy and realistic I have ever smelled in a perfume. I don’t really pick up on neroli. Initially the sillage is moderate, but this quiets down to a persistent, slightly sweet, musky and sensuous skin scent within 30 minutes or so.
Just lovely in hot weather – so not ideal for early autumn – but I am enjoying this happy scent today, nonetheless. It makes me smile.
MarioDrugg – :
This smells like orange peel to me. Like if I zested an orange and didn’t wash my hands.
Reminds me of Clinique happy but mutch stronger. I find it wakes me up. I wear this when I didn’t sleep at night. Make me wake up and focus. Nothing sexy or attractive about it. May make people perceive you as younger than you really are. I think that’s a citrus thing. Cuts down my appetite . Maybe try it if you’re dieting. I wouldn’t wear this to feel sexy or pretty. Just to feel energized and to make people think you are younger than you really are. Maybe good for someone in sales.
alevtines – :
I love the house of Bond No 9 so it pains me to leave this review but this is one that completely misses the mark. I sniffed this at Saks and it literally smelled like orange cleaner. I thought I was going crazy so I had my best friend smell it and he said it smelled exactly like Orange Glo wood cleaner lol.
pdtplf – :
It smells like grapefruit cake had sex with flower.
Save your money.
anlpoprxbxb – :
I received a bonbon of this with a recent purchase. UGH, this one was not pleasant on me.
I really can’t speak on whether this represents Little Italy or not, so I will only explain the scent as i perceive it: to me, it’s more reminiscent of a cleaning product than anything. I get the obvious strong citrus but there’s a bleachy-semen like undertone that, to me, just gets worse with time. I’m not sure if it’s how the neroli and musk notes interact because I’ve gotten the same vibe from trees that grow in Davis, CA and other flowers.
There’s not much else i can say, after a couple hours I had to scrub my wrist and mask it with another scent. Not a keeper.
merentt – :
This smells nothing at all like NYC’s Little Italy. You want a whiff of that, get Demeter’s Pizza for $15. What a misnomer. I like a lot of Bond’s frags, but I can’t imagine who decided on the names.
Just a thought from NYC….
gregori – :
How funny – I came to the reviews to see if my nose was crazy and, while it may well be, it turns out mine isn’t the only one, because on my skin this scent gives me huge bunches of fresh cilantro/coriander leaf!
From the bottle, it’s a beautiful and sunny citrus, as refreshing as a tall, chilled glass of fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice on a hot summer morning. I’m reminded of some of Atelier Cologne’s photorealistic citrus offerings, though this Bond scent seems a little more like a proper fragrance somehow (perhaps the neroli?). It’s just tart and juicy enough to evoke fresh citrus without smelling like you’ve just splashed yourself with your breakfast beverage. On skin, however, the dreaded cilantro raises its head within seconds and I end up smelling like citrus salsa at a restaurant. What a shame! Sadly, I’m also one of those people for whom cilantro tastes like soap, so the connotations aren’t too pleasant. I can only assume that this is a skin-chemistry issue (I wonder if it correlates with the cilantro-soap taste?), so if you have issues with cilantro, it might be best to test this one first!
kalina34hg – :
This is my very first Fragrantica review! I was actually looking for blends of Bond no 9, like what layers well with what. Little Italy is not something I would wear on its own because like everyone says, it just smells like orange candy. But this is the Bond that I actually use THE MOST because I LOVE layering it with other Bonds! My favorite blend is Washington Square + Little Italy. Washington Square is kind of heavy and Little Italy lightens it up a bit. I have also blended Little Italy with Coney Island, Fire Island, I love NY for Her and for Mothers, Lexington Ave, and So NY. Basically I use it with the oriental and citrus Bonds. Just to give you guys some suggestions =) I have to buy a full bottle of this soon as my pocket spray is running out. This is the ONLY scent that I actually use up and I have a ton of scents I never use up.
Aerohoplenerioch – :
Super bright, sunny orange opening. Orange peel and juice, not too sharp though. Dries down to a tangy mixed base with something herbal (basil + parsley?). Love the opening but it doesn’t last long enough for me to buy it.
dia443JeomiWogkig – :
What in the world is wrong with the noses of some people these days ? Or maybe with my nose ? As hard as I try I cannot smell any cilantro here, that dreadful thing some reviewers mention ! I believe some people may have purchased expired, fake or turned perfumes… I bought mine at Hudson Bay, and it’s fantastic . If you were to take a tangerine and purposely rub the skin and juice on yourself you would probably get the Little Italy for much cheaper. But why should one agree that it’s worth paying lots of money for a good Ambre or Insense for example, but not for a good Tangeirne ? as a perfume it works impeccably . It’s quite similar to IL Profvmo Mandarine. Delicious, juicy, fresh, tangerines ans clementines !
I was craving citrus but not ordinary lemon or lime … I was debating between Hermes Pamplemousse Rose, Hermes Mandarine Ambre, Atelier Cologne Orange Sanguine, Il Profumo Mandarine… And I ended up with this, beautiful tangerine . I find it rather feminine and very pretty .
Silage and lasting power are both average to low, not good actually, but true citrus scents never last . The drydown is lsoft, clean, orange blossom, I cannot sense any musc, luckily.
Lovely in every possible way, even though it’s pricey . I will keep it.
MyrtojionZA – :
so much hate for this scent! i blame physiology! i can spray this on myself and on any of my close relatives (or any other scent for that matter) and it smells completely different on all of us. on me, this is an absolute MUST-HAVE summer scent; it smells like a gourmet blend of tangerine, grapefruit, and FRESH orange (not the bathroom cleaner citrus, but like a fresh-squeezed orange rind … sans the pith). i get a very tiny bit of the musk in the dry down; longevity at least 10hrs on me, i only need one spray to smell like fresh citrus for the day! a perfect summer fragrance for me; smells like real handmade italian sorbet. absolutely beautiful. i don’t often like citrus fragrances, but this is a must-have in my book. combined with something like atelier’s vanille intensee, or any other sweet, true vanilla scent this is even better (sorry atelier, bond beat out your orange sanguine for me!). a very pure citrus; you can smell the distinct grapefruit, mandarin, and clementine, but they also blend perfectly in harmony. wears about an arm’s length from the body. one of my top 5 from bond no. 9.
deli4ka – :
I feel this is best enjoyed with the correct expectations. This does not smell of orange fruit. It doesn’t smell of orange leaves or orange soda either.
Little Italy smells like orange candy. Specifically, those jelly-filled ones that are sold alongside flavors like pineapple and cherry. You can google Arcor Kosher Candies for an image that might ring some bells.
And that’s all it is, an orange candy scent, fairly linear aside from the cilantro that rears its head a bit as time goes on. Appreciated on the grounds of that imitation, I think it is very good. I’m a fan of scents that give a faithful impression of other things I’ve smelled in life, though. If that’s not you and you’re more about artful concoctions of scents that exist only in perfumery, this is probably not for you.
For orange fruit, Atelier Orange Sanguine.
For orange foliage, Roger & Gallet Bois d’Orange.
For orange candy, Bond No. 9 Little Italy.
Metcv971Negeltzex – :
It’s a travesty that Bond No 9 can sell this as a perfume for the price they do. This goes into the top 5 worst perfumes I think I’ve ever smelled.
A burst of sweet mandarin with some nice zesty tones behind…very quickly turn into a watery mess of muddy petals and revolting smelling wafts.
I see below people are saying..Cilantro. I’ve smelled this in fragrances before and it’s just awful. This perfume dries down to this “cilantro” note almost immediately and it’s hideous!
A weak…watery…muddy mess. SHAME ON YOU Bond No 9 for bottling this crap and charging people for it! SHAME!!
ValBrat – :
This is not a thorough review by any means.. I got a sample of this stuff, and all I can say is it smells a lot like the lemon wipes you get at a restaurant after your meal. At least that is the opening for me. I didn’t think orange, I thought lemon wipes. As it dries down I get almost a soapy vibe or something with a little sweetness. I don’t know I am not that impressed. Even if this was cheaper, I would prefer something like allure sport or edition blanche over this.
alex900 – :
I went through this perfume it catches my attention in the beginning but its monotony made it not pleasant after some time , i didn’t feel anything other then mandarin , it is nice for citrus perfume lovers but the fact of being composed of ingredients from the same nature made it boring for me , i think it can be better with a warm base ingredient . Sorry Bond 9 .
leto2121 – :
Smells like I have rubbed orange and mandarin peels all over myself. I am not a big fan of this, as it does not give me the nice fresh citrus feeling I thought it would. However when my mum wears this, it smells fresh and sharp. I guess it just doesn’t work well with me 🙁 – oh well.
dtf594intitytek – :
Little Italy is all about citrus & musk to my nose. Clementine mandarin & maybe tangerine’s is what I smell, I get no grapefruit. This is a unusual composition because you have a wollop of citruses fighting to be top dog, but it appears that clementine is winning the battle here. The opening of Little Italy is very strong, there is also a cheese note somewhere in here that makes this somewhat off putting. Yes I pick up a cheese note, and I despise cheese.
Once the fragrance starts to dry down, the musk enters the ball game & mingles with the citruses which never fade away. It is a simple yet weird concoction that I have difficulties with. I admire strange & unique fragrances, but Little Italy leaves much to be desired. It is not terrible, but it is not great either. As much as I love Bond No 9, I am afraid I will have to pass on this one as there are better fragrances in this category that are done way better than this. Average projection & longevity.
dim7769 – :
“Wow! I feel like I’ve been splashed in the face with cheap pop, and I LIKE it!” Is my husbands comment. I got it in a purse size bon bon kit, and find this one to be a lot of fun in hot weather!
howards – :
This is the truest, purest, freshest orange scent I have ever smelled. The only other one that even comes close for me is Creed’s Zeste Mandarin Pamplemousse, but that one has a dirt-like drydown on me. And I found Tom Ford’s Neroli Portofino to be too bitter. But Little Italy is perfect. Just a true orange that is not cloying or bitter, and stays light and fresh. On me it lasts about 8 hours and even smells a little sweeter toward the end. (Perhaps what keeps Little Italy from turning bitter on me is its musk base versus the amber/ambergris bases of the other two fragrances I mentioned–not sure.)
Also, because this is such a pure, linear orange, it is perfect for layering. It gives a little citrus zest to sweet perfumes (especially great with pure vanillas or pure chocolates), and can make any light floral into a fruity floral. It can even complement some orientals! I am still experimenting with layering, but I haven’t yet come across anything that it did NOT go with. (I probably wouldn’t want to put it with other citrus fragrances, though.)
All in all, I enjoy this scent on its own, but its versatility in layering is what really elevated it to “love” for me.
001NaTySiA – :
Basically a citrus fragrance with emphasis on Clementine, but not lose the tone of sophistication, this is undoubtedly one of my favorite citrus.
NipoccapCat – :
This is a burst of refreshment! It calls to mind eating orange gelato at a sidewalk cafe on a warm summer evening. Truly addictive…
Andrew_fg – :
I have a 100ml bottle w/box and cap willing to SWAP or SELL. Just PM me 🙂
REALLY love this scent, but the dry down does not mix to well with my chemistry.
evgeniymur – :
This smells exactly like the orange stuff i use to mop my hardwood floors. it’s amazing that Bond no.9 have the gaul to charge such a price for this junk. Shame on them.
alena2000 – :
very low duration and citrusy all the way…a very expensive “cheapo”!
p.s I love Bond but this really is disappointing to say the least!
moumatveu – :
This opens up with a FRESH NON-artifical orange scent. It literally smells like someone cut into a fresh ripe orange… peel and all. Then it warms up, the orange is still prevalent, BUT there is a creamy sweetness that I am trying to determine. After doing some research elsewhere on the internet, I discovered that unknown creaminess was coming from Neroli and JASMINE that is mixed into the middle notes. Then everything settles down and the musk really holds it in place. All the smells mixed together remind me of a summer boozy salty, tequila, orange, and cilantro drink that the Hispanics use to mix-up when I lived in a primary hispanic immigrated town. It was back when I was just discovering drinking 😉 lol …. Cilantro Cooler…. yummmm…. I LOVE IT!!!!!
Personally i think this fragrance needs to be called “Little Mexico” vs. Little Italy…. I have never known Italy to use cilantro or very much citrus in their cuisine. Mexico or anywhere in the Caribbean, LOVE oranges and cilantro in everyday life and is very prevalent in their cooking. I personally love this!!!!
I also do agree with earlier reviews that it is very dependent upon the weather and temperature in which you are smelling this. I also noticed that the largest amounts of negative reviews for this fragrance were written in the colder winter months. I smelled this back in December and was like “YUCK, orange cleaner”. However, now that I am ready to be beach bound and craving warm weather, it is SO DELICIOUS! I’m thinking… eating at a Mexican restaurant and watching the sunset on the Gulf of Mexico!
yuretc007 – :
Cilantro BOMB! Hard to think anyone will like it.
A pass guys…
Maga_05 – :
Incredible bad, cheap and synthetic fragance from Bond No. 9.
Smell like synthetic mandarine with a metallic dry-down.
I don’t understand the price of this.
Orange Sanguine from Atelier or Orange Verte from Hermes, are much better than this (and a lot of cheap too…)
scent: 2/10
longevity: 6/10
sillage: 3/10
Jiesta – :
Received a sample of this and sprayed it on two days ago. Unfortunately, it smelled nice, like orange peels for the first 10 minutes, but after that it smells like something that I can pick up at The Body Shop for a much smaller price tag.
Pros to this is that it is fairly long lasting and smelled on me 12+ hours little from one spray from the sample vial.
Did not like it on me but I hear that it is a good layering fragrance for other Bonds.
Worth a spritz but you can get a citrus smell from other perfumes or lotions that are much cheaper.
Taniken – :
I’ve smelled many bad colognes up to date, but Little Italy deserves a medal. It begins nicely with tangerines but after 5 seconds its pure cilantro! Terrible.
A scrubber for sure.Overall: 1/5
Suemundulse – :
Count me as one of the sad members of the Cilantro Club. This smells lovely and sunny at first spritz, then after only a few minutes it begins to morph into the inevitable cilantro. 🙁
oridginal – :
it hurts me when i put it on. It smells like orange oil cleaner, that you use to brighten furniture, or like oven cleaner. It is not sexy or gourmand. It is herbal and very hard on the senses. I threw it away. No one i knew would even take it for free. It took up to much space in my limited fragrance cabinet. R.I.P little italy. If you are looking for a sexy citrus spice scent. This is not it
ewgen_80 – :
I can only think of go gone cleaning product 🙁
FiltQuielia – :
Opens with orange peel, Cointreau, and a touch of grapefruit candy, all synthetic but not unpleasant. But that all soon fades to the faint smell of a dog who just rolled in some wet cilantro. The clean drydown notes are nice… if you can smell past the dog.
Ninourbadraro – :
An amazing scent for summer wear, and increasingly, a wonderful supplement to lots of toasty weather favorites. I love combining this with scents! Bond advertised its mingled brethren…for instance, try Hamptons with this.
You get rich, juicy orange… the freshest I’ve smelled. I get the fresh juice mixed with the pith – the white part – of an orange. Wow! How’d they do that? Its inherent linear behavior allows it to play with other scents.
It’s not terribly sweet, but it’s very faithful to what a sliced orange would smell like. Very juicy, very yummy: very summer!
I can understand how this would be a little boring by itself, but I bet some people can wear it well (as is the case with any scent).
gopak – :
CILANTROOOOO!
denigraf1987 – :
Not my favorite smell. This was rather annoying. Too citrusy, I don’t want to smell like mandarine and lemons. Opens up with a hit of mandarine, but it also turns creamy towards the end, the citrus dominates this all the way. Try it.
fartex – :
Uck! In the vial, this smelled like a warm & sweet citrus – fine, if a bit generic. On my skin, it transformed into a horrible chemical abomination. Smelled of cilantro! I hate cilantro. Someone, please, come relieve me of this sample.
netupapuas – :
Ugh, this is a bad one. I love citrus scents but this is extremely chemical smelling, from the very fitst ugly spritz to the very sad drydown. I feel like i bathed myself in a household cleaning product. Sorry to be so harsh about it but i dont understand how a $200 plus fragrance can smell so bad. Not enjoyable – no freshness, no beauty, just… sad 🙁
Thank goodness I tested a sample and didnt waste my hard earned money on a $200+ bottle of floor cleaner (or toilette bowl cleaner for that matter.)
PS: my nose is probably the only one that cant smell oranges in this. Yes, it does smell “citrus something” but if real oranges, which i love the smell of, smelled like this, i’d probably quit eating them right away!
Al1224 – :
I wanted to branch out my perfume collected and decided to order some samples of Bond no. 9 perfumes. Little Italy was one of my choices, but call me unsophisticated, but it smelled awful on dry down. It started out with a blast of citrus, including mandarin which was OK…I like a bracing citrus on a hot day. But, on dry down…ugh! It smelled like wet dirty money with some moldy mandarin lingering. It reminded me of a walk down a Little Italy restaurant back alley late on a hot summer night. I had to take a bath to get the stuff off.
nur92adam – :
I too am one that finds the musk in this disagreeable. It starts with a wonderful citrus blast – very fresh and juicy and extremely natural smelling. All too soon a metallic/wet-dog musk begins to present itself, and sadly only grows stronger in time. It’s the same metallic, spermy and just downright weird musk that is used so prominently in Secretions Magnifique.
Immisporpm – :
To me, basic citrus notes are lemon, orange, bergamot and mandarin orange. Nowadays there are plenty of, say, new citruses, like yuzu, grapefruit, litchi, lime, 101 variety of orange and mandarin.
Of all the varieties Bond No 9 took the ugliest one. Clementine is a seedless mandarin, and while being juicy its aroma is much weaker than either mandarin orange or tangerine. It’s neither sweet nor sour, neither refreshing nor warming, somehow faceless, I’d say.
When you have something like that as a center of your fragrance, there is a possibility it can be bad. And this one is not bad, it’s just not nearly niche-worthy and its price tag is ridiculous. Basically you get a clementine juice in top and heart notes, with some orange flower and musk in the base – and, believe me, it’s nothing special either.
This scent is clear and inoffensive though it projects at least a little and has a decent longevity, especially for a citrus scent.
A decent summer scent. Considering how expensive it is – and 200 USD is a hefty price tag – it’s literally not worth it, there are hundreds of better fragrances out there.
5.5/10
inattfitembew – :
I can’t believe all the reviews and not a mention of the original Sunny Orange Tree air fresheners ?! It brings me back to my teenage years and my first car. Sunny Orange straight out of the wrapper, in a good way. My one complaint is its longevity is weak.
артур – :
how about Hermes CONCENTRE D’ORANGE VERTE?
which one is better?
Apolynariy – :
Little Italy tries to be a reminiscence of places like Capri,Sicily,it tries to capture the mediterranean breeze and sun’s warmth although I am pretty convinced it doesn’t manage to. This is not an orange scent at all,it is a pure and sour clementine perfume with an acid aspect. You will smell lemon,tangerine,clementine,neroli,all the kind of citruses but not orange. Very plain and unattractive scent which doesn’t justify it’s high price. The only thing I like is the bottle but I am going to spend 175$(50 ml) or 230$ for this one. Also very weak staying power.
Юля Смирнова – :
Love love love this scent in the heart of summer in Toronto… So soothing on a 34 degree, hot and sunny afternoon or summer evening… Yes, it does not last as long other powerhouse frags, but one can always carry an atomizer and re-apply periodically…. The orange in this scent is scrumptious and like laying in a Tropicana field in mid-summer…. One of my BIG gripes with the Bond No. 9 line and I have three scents, is that the sprayers are dreadful.. Absolutely pathetic… Really guys, you can a lot better than this for the price you command per bottle of your juice.. You oughta take a page out of Creed’s blueprint when it comes to the design of sprayers……..
lordihe16 – :
I don’t know, I am so trying to like this but I have to be honest with myself. The cilantro note is definitely there, only for me, it also has a kind of fishy undercurrent, and I don’t mean fishy as in awkward, but fishy as in squid.
All in all it ends up smelling like my grandmother after cleaning shrimp and washing her hands in some crazy dollar store liquid lemon soap. Serious “ew” factor, unfortunately.
specto – :
LOVE LOVE LOVE this scent! It goes on bright and citrus-y. After it dries, you begin to smell something green and then you realize it’s CILANTRO! Heavenly, amazing cilantro! But then after a couple of hours it fades to a soft, quiet musk. To me, this scent is amazing and addictive. I wish it lasted longer. But like all good things it comes to a quick end.
FellHelpStold – :
I agree with Grottola, it definitely has cilantro (in addition to all kinds of citrus) but I like it. Unfortunately it did not last long enough for me, though. Only about 3 hours.
skorobogatov07 – :
SOOOOOO DELICIOUS!!! I can’t stop smelling it it smells so yummy and fresh. This fragrance is best for summer and is absolutely my most favorite to wear during the summer! This smells like fresh oranges and mandarins. It smells very candy like! I think it kinda smells like pez in a sense! This fragrance is absolutely delightful! Though, the longevity is very bad on my skin. This is the downside of the fragrance. Overall I absolutely love the scent!
bosun – :
Interested on this one? PM me! 🙂
I have one unused (First grazy about this one then I noticed I make a misstake..
This doesn’t suit me..) 100ml/1,7oz. Original package.
Preferably from EU. I live in Finland.
Rumeesr – :
Man oh man! I adore this scent! This is the juiciest orange I have ever smelled! If you like citrus, this is a winner! Just like peeling a ripe orange and you still smell the white skin of the peel. Nicely done Bond!
Just a tip, the SA at Bond mixed this with Wall Street by Bond and it was fantastic together!
bocanesco – :
“Little Italy” is probably the most expensive orange juice on Earth… Oranges, oranges and oranges. A citrus parade on your skin.
HoOkiQ – :
nice citrus smell, but not outstanding,
only lasts for about 4 hours…
yhw823speagoessenda – :
I have a huge orange garden and I can tell you this, Little Italy does not remind me of real orange. It doesn’t last long, and I can hardly smell the musk.Also, it is extremely expensive…I can live without it!
BurberrySandal – :
Oranges….
And CILANTRO. FROM HELL.
The orange is marred by a big, fat cilantro note that ruins Little Italy for me. I hate cilantro in my food and to me it smells just like what it tastes like. An unpleasant, plastic-like, metallic sort of odor. The same odor emitted from french fry stands at a high school football game.
It may just be my skin chemistry, or my nose, but Little Italy does NOT work on me.
One plus, I guess, is that it lasts forever.
bandit541 – :
The idea behind this fragrance is make you think of a *PLACE* – not a people, and to give you an idea of what & how this perfumier associates with. It is Bond’s take on the town called Little Italy, nothing more and nothing less.
P.S. – Keep in mind that many Bond’s fragrances are very gourmand-ish (if you will) and purposely done in a “thinking outside-the-box” sort of way.
kaz90 – :
Yep orange plastic popsicles. Very linear with below average sillage. Another sub par fragrance from the most overpriced house on the market.
lipsswawips – :
Of the many Italian people I have known, not one ever smelled like an orange Popsicle. Neither did their homes, nor their neighbourhoods. But if I forget about the name, and forget that it is a perfume, I like this as a sunny, happy, linear aromatherapy scent.
If you absolutely adore the scent of zingy sweet oranges and want to smell like one yourself, without much sillage, this is the scent for you…
easenueBult – :
If you love oranges and clementines (big time) you might kill for this. But, at the price point being charged, this one dimensional frag is a hard sell. Can’t imagine it being one of the top sellers at Bond.
And, does Little Italy remotely smell like this?!? lol. More like an orange sorbet crossed with Lemon Pledge. Also, where is the musk, I ask?
Got to pass on it this one.
krolik777 – :
Little Italy starts with a huge bunch of citruses. Each note of Mandarin Orange, Grapefruit and Clemetine is pretty good to recognize. On my first impression it is chemical, like some cleaning agents, but then it is turning into one of the most natural scents I ever smelled. Delicious and fresh, without being a typical Citrus Aromatic.
Combined with Neroli the citruses notes make Little Italy smell like a addictive! bonbon. The Musk is skulking somewhere in the background and therefore it is hardly noticeable.
To me Little Italy is pure relaxation in a bottle, bright, sparkling and joyful. Unfortunately it also got the lasting power of a bonbon.
MCRichard – :
This literally almost induced me to gag. First sniff revealed a burst of citrus (nice) subsequently followed by a nasty, old cheese smell. Yuck.
mqzkmooesg – :
When I think of Little Italy, I think of Pizza, Pasta, Gelato, and the foul odor from the nearby Chinatown. But this Bond No.9 Little Italy is nothing like that (Neither the Bond No.9 Chinatown!) People at Bond must be really creative!
This Little Italy packs a big punch of orange. It’s the most concentrate orange scent I have smelled. It smells natural and there is nothing else to smell really, but just pure strong oranges til you get sick of it, and it lasts forever. Musk will eventually show up and blend in with orange, but by then it becomes uninteresting. Anyway, I still don’t get it why it’s named Little Italy.
operanj – :
Another addictive composition by Bond no 9, LITTLE ITALY opens with a blindingly bright burst of citrus, with an emphasis on orange zest. This is the nicest presentation of fresh orange that I have ever encountered in the world of perfume. But wait, there’s more: as the citrus melange subsides slightly, a beautiful neroli-musk complex comes through, making this creation not just another citrus-in-a-bottle frag.
I have two concerns about LITTLE ITALY: first, the longevity is not great–I have zero difficulty spraying on large volumes of this delectable cologne-like edp and could easily empty a bottle in no time at all. Second, the very deliciousness of LITTLE ITALY makes it suitable only for those days when I really can just indulge in the conscious appreciation of the fragrance that I am wearing. When I don this juice, I find myself thinking about how wonderful I smell rather than whatever I was supposedly doing… LITTLE ITALY is a top-notch “I’m on vacation” frag!
Robo – :
Smells pretty strange on me- And not in a good way. Maybe it’s the citrus blended with the musk. It smells bitter citrus and like it had a bunch of herbs mixed in. I waited for it to develop but it did not develop into anything that I liked. I have been testing samples and with this, I’m glad it was just a sample.
taras.veter – :
Lot’s of fresh juicy oranges. Usually, when things are super citrusy I find that they smell like kitchen cleanser. But this was a nice surprise, no kitchen cleanser or anything medicinal.
Taummamom – :
Great orange scent. You can add this fragrance on top of another. It blends quite well.
Vijey – :
This one is another Bond No. 9 that was pleasant but nothing special and not quite right on me.
Little Italy opens with one of the truest orange aromas I have ever smelled in a perfume. It’s like a fresh, sweet blood orange being peeled in the room right next to you. The effect of the orange fruity note was amazing, but citrus notes are generally fleeting and Little Italy was no exception.
Most scents with prominent orange notes either veer into the “fruit salad and cream” direction or into the “clean citrus and herbal” direction. Little Italy gives way in about 15 minutes to a fairly typical soapy “Clean” type of scent. I loved the opening of Little Italy, but the dry-down “Clean” scent lingered for hours and I don’t think I like it well enough to purchase.
I do give Bond No. 9 credit for having good persistence and sillage in all of their scents I have tried, and given their price, I would expect nothing less.
Metallurg-AAK – :
UGH! I really love the initial blast of this, but 5 minute