Bitter Peach by Tom Ford and New York Nights Bond No 9

Bitter Peach by Tom Ford 

You can't get away from hearing about Tom Ford scents especially if you are a fragrance fan and it seems like every scent that he puts out, gets overhyped to the max. I asked in my local Nordstrom's if they had Bitter Peach because I been hearing about it from literally every fragrance vlogger. She told me they got it last week and it was already sold out. Good grief, are people drinking the stuff? She had the tester so I was able to sample it. Since I heard it was all about peach and I LOVE scents with peach notes, I figured it was a sure winner for me since I tried number of Tom Ford scents by now and most failed to impress me. 

Notes from Fragrantica: peach, blood orange, cardamom, heliotrope, rum, cognac, davana, jasmine, sandalwood, patchouli, cashmeran, tonka bean, vanilla, labdanum, styrax, benzoin and vetiver.

Well, it doesn't smell like what I expected, not even close. There ARE peach notes in the opening but it's more of a "drunken" peach that had too much rum and fell into the bunches of flowers and spices to sleep off the hangover. Basically a peach alcoholic drink, with spice. It IS sweet so it you don't like sweet fragrances, don't even bother.  I sprayed it on my wrist in the store, and 2 hours later it was gone. I just resprayed it from my sample because I wanted to see how lasting power is but I am not holding my breath. I guess the jury is still out whether I will actually like it-right now I am on the fence. Although for me personally, its not worth $350 price tag.

New York Nights Bond No.9

My local Bloomingdales has a huge selection of scents so if I shop in regular retailer, thats the place I will usually go. And it seems like the closest place to me that sells Bond.  Out of all niche brands I prefer Bond and Mancera because those have unique fragrances with good lasting power(generally speaking). I bought Gold Coast recently because I just fell in love with it(more on that later) and I didn't intend to buy anything but wanted to see if they had anything else I may like for later. SA suggested New York Nights when I told her I like sweet fragrances as a rule. I loved it at first sniff. Before we go into description, notes according to Fragrantica as follow:

Gardenia, jasmine, carnation

Patchouli, sea notes, sandalwood

Caramel, coffee.

I would have never guessed there was gardenia in this because my nose is usually finely tuned to it and I couldn't smell it for the life of me. It's smells sweet and creamy which I guess is where all the white flowers went and fresh, most likely fresh note is from sea notes. Most Bond fragrances marketed as unisex but I don't see it on a man, to me its way too feminine but whatever rocks your boat. Lasting power has been pretty decent. I sprayed once in the store and it's still lingering on my hand 3 hours later with one very light spray. Love that! I think this one is going on my "want" list. Right now it retails for $260 at Bloomingdales for 1.7 oz