Coney Island
Bond No. 9 (2007)

This used to be my beach scent in 2009/2010/2011. I kid you not. I'd spray this and hit the New England shores in the summertime.

I was quite fond of it at that time for its margarita with lime meets ethyl maltol cotton candy meets dessert caramel homofuranol (of course I didn't know what either ethyl maltol or homofuranol was at the time, this was a number of years before I dove into perfume making).

Yes, there is also a watermelon ketone and other aquatic materials here, too, and it does verge on egg custardy, which would account for why some are put off by it. I somehow had no issue with it then, but I had long ago sold what was a half bottle of it left and haven't smelled it for ten years or so. Now that my palate is much more discriminating, I wonder how I'd react to it today. It's certainly not a style of fragrance I'd seek out today, though. I'll give you that.

This was the one and only Bond No. 9 I ever owned. I could never get past just how infuriatingly garish the bottles look.

Margaritas and caramel corn fill the air on the boardwalk. Salty brine laps against the shoreline, spraying mist into the air that soaks into the weathered timbers of the pier. Nighttime descends, and the air is getting chilly as summer concedes to the onset of fall.

Set Sail St Barts comes to mind in the opening. Salty, blue(aquatic), lime. Later, it becomes more "blue", like a mix of D&G Light Blue, Cool Water and still some of the Set Sail St Barts. Later in the drydown, it becomes slightly lighter, less sharp and even more feminine with the musks.

Overall, it is clean and mostly aquatic. Feels casual and good for warmer weather.

Performance is solid on my skin with good projection and all-day longevity.

This is a really unique fragrance that smells like nothing else out there. It opens with the scent of a margerita on the rocks - full with the scent of lime, tequila, and ice. As it dries down, I smell oddly the notes of chocolate and guava. I think they were trying to capture the feel of Coney Island in New York with treats and fruit juice and margeritas everywhere. Performance is also stellar. Due to the gourmand nature of this fragrance but with its fresh opening, it may be a bit strange for some. However, I personally really like it. I feel it's like a niche version of Tommy Bahama Set Sail St. Barts (a fragrance which I sold once I smelled Coney Island).

4/5

This one ranks pretty low on my scale for a Bond.
At first, it smelled like candy in a trash can. It works well layered with Little Italy, but is not worth retail price.

heavy salt and there is something in there that's very off putting to me. just doesn't work for me.cant get pass that pungent bitter salty vibe....