Bond No.9 Shelter Island UPDATE

Hi guys, just a short notification, so Bond No.9 Shelter Island is now available for Preorder on their website for shipment on April 30th. 

I will have a 100 ml bottle and I will update all of you about how I like it.

You can also read my previous post about this Bond Marine Oud scent. 

It is the standard 

$260 - 100 ml bottle

$195 - 50 ml bottle

The link for the page is:

http://www.bondno9.com/shop/eau-de-parfum/new-york-beaches/view/shelter-island. 

The DMV

Today I was wondering what cologne to apply for my driving test. I wanted to appeal to my instructor in hopes of increasing my chances of passing, however, I also did not want to choke them out with my powerful scents. My friends suggested Creed Aventus. I figured you can't go wrong with Aventus, and it pulled through as it always has. I passed the test, and the Aventus gave me the confidence to do what had to be done. This may seem completely irrelevant, but if there is a scent that can appeal to a middle aged woman working at the DMV, it can appeal to any female. Thank you Aventus, the king of scents.

Rochas Man Review

Rochas Man 

Backround information: This fragrance is made by perfumer Maurice Roucel, he is known to have made masterpieces such as Bond No. 9 New Haarlem, Frederic Malle Musc Ravaguer, and Nautica Voyage. This scent is said to be similar to Bond No 9 New Haarlem. The difference being, New Haarlem has more intense coffee notes and some cedar wood is incorporated into the middle. 

Recommended uses: Recommended for use in colder weather. This could be either a formal or informal scent. Perfect scent for a date, very sensual and romantic. 

How many sprays? 2-3.

Top: Lavender, Green Leaves, Bergamot
Middle: Lush 
Basenotes:  Amber, Mocha, Vanilla

Presentation: The presentation is pink themed, this is well suited for the cologne as it is a sweet gourmand fragrance. Rocha's box is a radiant pink and the bottle is nicely colored with a tinge of purple at the bottom and the light purple tone from the juice. The bottom opens up and reveals the atomizer, which lets out a lot of juice but not nearly as much as creed sprayers. Only qualm I could see people having is the shape, it is shaped quite eccentrically. However I find the shape comical and it is a centerpiece for conversation when people visit my room and they see the Rochas man sitting on my counter loud and proud, the show stopper.

Longevity: Gourmand scents usually last longer on me. Ive been pleased with the longevity of this fragrance around 8-10 hours.

Projection: This is a strong projector with 2 to 3 sprays people will definitely smell you. The projection in the opening is beast but the last few hours of the cologne, it will wear close to your body. 

Scent: The fragrance is beautiful gourmand, a seductive mix of lavender, vanilla, and coffee. The lavender is most prominent in the beginning and it is a smooth enticing lavender. Then comes the dry down which is vanilla coffee and lavender, if you have a sweet tooth this dry down is your one way ticket to candy land. 
 Scoring
Presentation: 7/10
Longevity: 8/10 
Projection: 7/10
Scent: 9./10 
Overall strong 8/10 
  Long Story Short ? 
Beautiful sweet gourmand fragrance
 can be found for around $25-$40
http://www.amazon.com/Rochas-Men-Toilette-Spray-Ounces/dp/B000C1W4T2

 




 

Lacoste LIVE

New Lacoste Fragrance, this one is made by Procter & Gamble, and is part of their L!VE Line. This collection has the habitual and in my opinion overused theme of a fresh, citrusy fragrance. 

Almost all Lacoste Fragrances are of the fresh type. This one is no different. 

Notes:

Top: Lime

Mid: Green Leaves, Aquatic

Base: Guaiac Wood, Licorice

The repetitive fragrance themes still evolve around the fresh, the wood should cut out nicely as well. 

Lacoste is a sports apparel company, and as so, may convey the standard fresh, athletic theme, but perhaps it is time for them to look for another theme.

Hopefully the Wood and Licorice will be a perfect addition to the cliché theme.

This particular fragrance will be released later in May, or even early June. It will have a full line including:

8 ml Eau de Toilette Travel Spray

40 ml Eau de Toilette

100 ml Eau de Toilette

150 ml Deoderant Spray

75 ml Deoderant Stick

159 ml Shower Gel

Have to say I'd wish they'd make some Eau de Parfum

I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a bottle of Eau du Toilette, hope you guys will too!

Mid Spring Check-in

So many things going on. School is going in full force with work, sports, and more. But there is always time for fragrance. As we all are in the middle of spring, the warm weather scents have emerged from our wardrobes, after a nice cool winter with the appropriate cool-weather scents. I'm honestly really excited for the new Creed Acqua Originale line and Bond Shelter island, as announced in my previous posts.

But this spring so far, I have been able to start wearing aquatics, and other fresh scents, which I enjoy. Time to put away the cold weather Tuscan Leather by Tom Ford and start wearing the Neroli Portofino! In Northern California, the weather has really warmed up, enough for me to start wearing the absolute summer scents that I will be rocking for sure all throughout this summer as well! Creed Virgin Island Water has already gotten some likes from the females. I've been anxious to try the new and latest Calvin Klein CK One Summer 2014 edition, and it has not dissapointed. The fresh citrus and coconut fragrance is a delight to wear, and for me, it will be a big and inexpensive hit for me ($52 retail at Macy's and Ulta).

A classic that I have also been wearing and earning good reception from is Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue Pour Homme. This was a blind buy that I had early this year, and I have no regrets buying this bottle of fragrance. This is the perfect balance of fresh and musky. The citrus, floral, woody, and musk notes all tie in brilliantly, and lead to this wonderful fragrance. Usually available for 2.5 oz at $62, you can pick it up at most department stores and at Sephora, where I got my bottle.

For now, that's all I really have to rave about, and all that I have to say. It is still early in the Spring-summer season for 2014 and you will all hear more from me on these wonderful fresh fragrances!

Jajuicy's guide to clubbing scents

     This post is to ensure that when you enter the club you smell superior to your male competition. The novice male goes to club ethier wearing no deodarent, or axe deodarent with some aftershave You can maybe get away with this if you look like Channing Tatum, but my guess is that you dont look like Channing Tatum. The intermediate male showers and wears a fragrence, most likely wearing Acqua Di Gio, One Million, or Le Male. The intermediate male is on par for sucess, but with the help of this post your fragrence club game will put the peasants and average Joe's to shame.
    The first thing you want to consider when selecting your fragrence for the night is the weather and the formal/casual the venue is. If the weather is warm you want to wear scents from these categories : aquatic,citrus, or floral. Most warm weather scents are combinations of these. Designer Colognes that fit this criteria are Chanel Allure, Versace Dreamer, Blue Du Chanel, Cartier Roadster, Versace Pour Homme, Acqua Di Gio , and any sport version of a cologne fits the criteria.  There are numerous warm weather colognes suitable clubbing. Then there is cold weather clubbing scents, these project farther and last longer than warm weather colognes hence why they are cold weather colognes. Designer cold weather colognes Good for clubbing are Lolita Lempicka, Rochas man, Abercrombie Fierce, Spicebomb, Eau De Baux (smells similar to Tom Ford Tobbacco Vanille) , Angel men, Pure Malt, Burberry Brit, Burberry London, One million, Le Male, Pi. Most cold weather scents are gourmands meaning they have notes that smell edible, (Angel men for instance). However dont overspray on these no more than three sprays or it will be nausiating and offputting for the females.
      Now the fun part niche fragrences. Niche means exclusive fragrences and that the brand is soley focused on selling fragrences compared to fragrences and apparel which is considered designer. Niche fragrences are usually eau du parfum concentration which is 12-18 percent concentration. Niche scents last longer than designer and have better logevity, silage, and projection. Not many people will be wearing Niche, this will be a prodigous advantage over the other males. Also all niche fragrences are suitable for formal wear. Some recommened warm weather scents the king Creed Aventus, Silver mountain Water, Green Irish Tweed, Erolfa, Creed Virgin Island Water, Tom Ford Neroli Portofino,The Entire Acqua Di Parma Blue Mediterranean Line, Bond Scent of Peace, Bond Wall Street, Bond Bleecker Street, Bond Riverside Drive, Bond Hamtons, and  Bond Coney Island.
     Cold weather niche club scents, Kilian Straightto Heaven, Tom Ford Tuscan Leather, Tom Ford Tobacco Vanile, Tom Ford Oud Wood, Bond Manhattan, Bond Riverside Drive, Bond Fire Island, Creed Royal Oud.
     Top  5 warm weather club scents
1. Creed Aventus
2. Bond Wall Street
3. Blue Du Chanel
4. Versace Pour Homme
5 Neroli Portofino

Top 5 cold weather clubbing scents
1. Tom Ford Tuscan Leather
2. Angel Men Pure Malt
3 Tom Ford Oud Wood
4 Abercrombie Fierce
5 Rochas Man/ Bond Riverside Drive (same perfumer)

Bond No.9 - Shelter Island

Another Bond No.9 Eau du Parfum will be available soon, on Memorial Day (May 26, 2014). Bond No.9 Shelter Island was announced some time ago, but it looks very promising. This new addition may just be in the top fragrances this summer. From Bond, it seems that this will be a Marine fragrance but it will be an oud as well. An interesting combination that we will want to check out and collect.

The Notes that we have found from Bond are:

Top: Lemon, Black Pepper
Mid: White Lily, Algae Extract
Base: Sandalwood, Myrrh, Musk, Oud

This will be available, again on Memorial day and it will have the standard options at the suggested retail rates of:

50 ml - $195
100 ml - $260

New Creed Line

So we heard and saw the new Creed additions, known as Acqua Originale. A bit surprising that they chose Italian influences to the name to their new line for the French company.

The new five are to be:

Asian Green Tea

Top: bergamot, mandarin, lemon, neroli
Mid: violet, heliotrope, green tea, rose, black currant
Base: sandalwood, musk, amber

Vetitver Geranium

Top: green Granny Smith apple, bergamot, lemon
Mid: geranium, cinnamon, rose
Base: patchouli, cedar, musk, amber

Cedre Blanc

Top: bergamot, cardamom, galbanum, bay leaf
Mid: geranium, lily, jasmine
Base: cedar, sandalwood, vetiver

Iris Tubereuse

Top: galbanum, orange, violet leaves
Mid: tuberose, lily of the valley, lily
Base: musk, orange blossom, vanilla

Aberdeen Lavender

Top: wormwood, bergamot, rosemary, lemon
Mid: lavender, lily, tuberose, rose
base: patchouli, leather, vetiver

Be sure to vote on the Poll! (Now updated with Notes)

Just Starting Out

Hi Guys! So this is all about our cologne life. Just a few students, but we enjoy collecting our fragrances! We'll try to update at least once a week, and look forward to sharing with you!