West Side

Bond No 9
Good priceWest Side by Bond No 9 ranks among the best perfumes for women .This top flowers fragrance blends Amber, Musk, Peony, Rose, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Ylang-Ylang notes with flowers, woods & mosses, musk, amber and animalic, spices accords, earning high praise in our perfume review community. West Side excels as one of the best perfumes for fall or spring, shining during day wear. Our PerfumeRates community ranks West Side as a leading flowers fragrance for women, a must-try from Bond No 9's top perfume brands. Dive into the best perfume reviews, explore top women's fragrances, and discover cheap perfume deals on PerfumeRates!
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spring229
summer141
fall272
winter189
day486
night346
Longevity(254)
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Sillage(353)
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Price value(80)
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female (56)
unisex (35)
male (2)
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Oh West Side how I am utterly stupefied by you. Part of me is addicted to this warm marsala rose. West Side is a little dated, a little modern. What a juxtaposition here. It’s a warm hug from a boozed up second auntie. Am I buying a bottle? Yes. Am I wondering why? Also yes.
I love this scent! As "Francopop" has so brilliantly described, think of over-ripe, fading, potent and sweet Rosepetals harvested in the warm afternoon sun, dunked and drunk on lukewarm Rosé Wine....let it rest and add 5 scoops of vanilla ice cream, more roses, 1 or 2 peony heads, some rose-pedal jam, break in some toasted ice cream wafers, a dash of amber, musk, Ylang-Ylang and sprinkle with some real vanilla pod granules, and let it rest in the afternoon warm sun. Fill up with champagne, dress with more toasted wavers and serve! This is a totally 100% cheerful, feel-good skin scent with very moderate projection (the vanilla accord stays on the longest) starting with that boozy, alcoholic whiff of roses, then the vanilla/ wafer/ baby-skin scent takes over and becomes sweeter and sweeter....nothing much else happens to this reliant "Labrador" of a scent. Personally, I love this for the summer months, despite being a fairly sweet scent and I do funnily prefer it to the more potent and stronger, yet "cooler" and somewhat louder, more complex and crisper "Lyric Man" by AMOUAGE (some people might kill me now but despite liking "Lyric Man" I prefer it on a woman). "West Side" also reminds me of "L'Eau D'Hiver" by Frederic Malle, also a very pleasant skin scent with similar soft (yet more milky and more almondy nature) character and little projection. This is not a "head-turning" perfume but more of an intimate feel-good scent that you might wanna enjoy on those special and relaxed summer evenings.....perfect soundtrack to this would be Otis Redding's "Dock Of The Bay". Very 'gourmand', you cannot stop sniffing, you wanna eat it as it smells so good. Advice, spray also on fabric to intensify scent.
The rose is very forward in this one, it is FAR too much for me! It is weirdly fruity for a floral and VERY overpowering on opening!!! It scores very highly though so, to be fair in assessment here, i am aware it must be a polarising fragrance. Definitely worth a test, but definitely not for me, and DEFINITELY not a safe blind buy!!!
Actually this is the only Bond I could wear and could actually own. Rather simple take on a vanilla gourmand rose, soft yet warm, just like a mother's embrace. Soothing and care free, yet balanced and gentle on the skin. Projection and longevity is amazing. 5 of 10
Now having added this fragrance to my collection, I have to keep myself from wearing it every day. I like to keep others guessing what fragrance I am wearing. Today, when I spray this fragrance on, it reminded me of my mother baking a cake (vanilla)and my father bringing her a bouquet of roses. I Love this scent. It is one of my top 5 favorites.