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Originally Posted by Jasmin de Grasse I never wear Fleurs d 'Oranger in the winter, it stays harsh on the skin and never quite develops and blooms to more sensual stages. from my experience, the warmer, the hotter, the more humid the weather is the more beautiful Fleurs d 'Oranger is. I have to concur with jasmin de grasse the fleurs d'oranger is the fragrance that does it for me when my girlfriend wears it especially summertime ,most of serge lutens can be worn by either sex but this one just screams WOMAN to me.

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This is a great thread and I love reading everyone's impressions here.
My two cents are:
L'artisan Voleur de Roses, and Safran Troublant
Bond no 9 West Side
Serge....serge, serge....sigh....
Daim Blond - it sounds like you really responded to that one...
Ambre Sultan...sultry and sexy

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I think Chelsea Flowers is supposed to remind one of Chelsea Market....

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Originally Posted by theminx I think Chelsea Flowers is supposed to remind one of Chelsea Market.... Chelsea Market? it 's a huge building with food shops inside, smells like fish and meat lol, it 's not far from the (ex) meat market actually.
Chelsea is such a diverse community of people, a mega mecca of healthy proud gay men but also a lot of housing projects ethnic people mostly hispanics, art galeries and the famous Chelsea Hotel!
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Originally Posted by fenton_t_fox I have to concur with jasmin de grasse the fleurs d'oranger is the fragrance that does it for me when my girlfriend wears it especially summertime ,most of serge lutens can be worn by either sex but this one just screams WOMAN to me. I m not surprised fleurs d 'oranger has become Lutens most successful best-seller. I think it is exactly what many guys want women to smell like...

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Originally Posted by Jasmin de Grasse everybody has their own perceptions on that. Memories for my boyfriend a born and raised New Yorker is Flushing,
I think Bond did Fire Island and East Hampton scents too, well nice but what about Coney Island? I just wish Bond 's concept was more authentic and less touristic. I agree, but I don't know how well the scent of Spuyten Duyvil would sell in an international market, LOL! (I often wonder how many people who wear Champs Elysees or Rive Gauche, etc. know they are named for neighborhoods.) Some of the names of NY could be funny as perfumes...Meatpacking District...Hell's Kitchen... Or how about DUMBO? tee hee...

But seriously, I know exactly what you're saying. The concept behind the fragrances is to sell traditional, idealized ideas about New York, in much the same way that Hollywood sells itself...and that just not the way New Yorkers work.

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Originally Posted by Tovah I agree, but I don't know how well the scent of Spuyten Duyvil would sell in an international market, LOL! (I often wonder how many people who wear Champs Elysees or Rive Gauche, etc. know they are named for neighborhoods.) Some of the names of NY could be funny as perfumes...Meatpacking District...Hell's Kitchen... Or how about DUMBO? tee hee...

But seriously, I know exactly what you're saying. The concept behind the fragrances is to sell traditional, idealized ideas about New York, in much the same way that Hollywood sells itself...and that just not the way New Yorkers work. yes I understand but you know New York is not Paris. New York it 's the energy and the diversity of people that makes it unique!
even Hell 's Kitchen, the Meatpacking District , the East Village have lost a little of their identities over the years, New York it 's not Akron either, it has changed so much.
If I was working on this project I would focus more on the diversity concept than traditional "neigborhood" concept. I would launch a Chelsea scent that smells like poppers coming in a bottle honoring Gay Pride flag colors, a Coney Island scent that smells like cotton candy, I mean I d be so so so more creative than what they ve been doing and these would sell like crazy!

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Shouldn't the Coney Island scent smell like Nathan's Hot Dogs?

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so i went ahead and purchased daim blond, b/c it really was love at first, second, third, (and on) sniff but, i've been wearing my sample of so new york, and i think i might be falling for this one too. it's got the right amount of sweetness, without being overpowering, and just seems somehow comforting to me. i've never been a gourmand lover, but this one might just change my mind. i agree that bond seems to have a more "touristy" understanding of nyc, but as a native, i'm not sure i care as long as the fragrances smell good on me. so, like all things, some will be winners, and others, well, not.
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oh, and btw, i did read in an interview that they're working on fragrances for brooklyn neighborhoods, coney island and spanish harlem . . .

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Originally Posted by Indiscreet Shouldn't the Coney Island scent smell like Nathan's Hot Dogs? Coney Island has a lot of history, it was run down for a lot of years but it s coming back, from what i heard they ve renovated and made it more hype than it used to.
but yes it s popular and so what, I m sorry but Bryant Park it s a boring concept or at least they should have called it Fashion Week which would have been more exciting since the rest of the year nothing s going on there and that after business hours it s an empty ghost area because nobody lives by Bryant Park.
besides Central Park, The Chrysler Bldg and the Statue of Liberty (which they havent done) the historical neighborhood concept doesn t work for a city like New York like it does for Paris. You can do Parc Monceau or Parc Montsouris in Paris, that would be rather lame too and I m sure they are more exciting things about Paris than "pretty" parks but still it would work more.
If they dont see that New York it 's all about the diversity of people and the 24/7 energy out there then they don 't understand anything about this city.
again it 's a touristic concept and besides Upper East side clientele I doubt average new yorkers from all walks of life relate to Bond s concept.
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Originally Posted by sark so i went ahead and purchased daim blond, b/c it really was love at first, second, third, (and on) sniff but, i've been wearing my sample of so new york, and i think i might be falling for this one too. it's got the right amount of sweetness, without being overpowering, and just seems somehow comforting to me. i've never been a gourmand lover, but this one might just change my mind. i agree that bond seems to have a more "touristy" understanding of nyc, but as a native, i'm not sure i care as long as the fragrances smell good on me. so, like all things, some will be winners, and others, well, not.
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oh, and btw, i did read in an interview that they're working on fragrances for brooklyn neighborhoods, coney island and spanish harlem . . .
thats great news then, really glad they re doing Coney Island! Spanish Harlem, finally something hispanic for a city that has half of its population spanish, that was long overdue lol
so you fell for Daim Blond? that s great.
what so new york smells like? I was at the boutique last year and after trying many scents that didnt thrill me I thought Chelsea Flowers was really nice but also realised "generic" so I only got a large sample. I may fall for Chelsea Flowers and buy it, I really like even though it 's not a masterpiece perfume and that it s overpriced, I like it the way it is.

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so new york: (from beautycafe.com)
"So New York is a Chocolate fantasy.
It starts out with a fruity scent of bergamot and plum (as in plum pudding).
Then come two unique new accords: bittersweet espresso, and a seductive warm milk accord.
Patchouli, lily of the valley, peony, musk and precious woods add to the grown-up flavor.
Notes of Mirabelle, Espresso Accord, Cocoa Powder"