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Coney Island Bond No. 9 2007

6.0 / 10 141 Ratings

A perfume by Bond No. 9 for women and men, released in 2007. The scent is fresh-citrusy. The longevity is above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fresh

Citrus

Fruity

Aquatic

Synthetic

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Margarita

Guava

Melon

Heart Notes

Chocolate

Caramel

Cinnamon

Base Notes

Vanilla

Sandalwood

Cedarwood

Musk

Perfumer

Richard Herpin

Ratings

Scent

6.0141 Ratings

Longevity

8.2103 Ratings

Sillage

6.884 Ratings

Bottle

7.2111 Ratings

Value for money

5.323 Ratings

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Reviews

17 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/11/2012

8Scent 10Longevity

Cooper20
19 Reviews

Cooper20

Very helpful Review 6

Take me Baby to Coney Island

This is so unique and so beautifully composed, i'm glad to have it as part of my fragrance collection. I know many people detest the Bond No.9 fragrance range but I am a big fan of them and Coney Island is definetly one of the stand-outs, not only for its uniqueness but for its quality.

The Margarita is the true star of Coney Island, it offers something Strong, Fruity, Salty and altogether something very unexpected. The initial burst is supported by the occasional whiff of Luscious Caramel and a very linear and creamy vanilla-chocolate note which seems to just blend with the Margarita, creating what smells almost like the perfect cocktail-dessert sort of scent.

I've in all honesty, never smelt anything like Coney Island before- its the perfect Party scent. Its very bold but avoids being obnoxious and has fantastic staying power to see you through til the next morning. Its a definite winner and very much worth its price-tag.

06/01/2013

5Scent

Awesomeness
247 Reviews

Awesomeness

Helpful Review 5

Interesting & Unique but neither Compelling nor Attractive

On paper, Coney Island should be right up my alley -- fruity-citrus top, cinnamon gourmand middle, sandalwood & vanilla base. Unfortunately, I get a 2-hour wear of some citrusy fruit concoction. To me, this phase of the scent seems more like a B&BW wallflower experiment gone awry than the listed fruit & margarita. Then POOF!, the top is gone, leaving a vague, sweet & woody aftershave that could be worn by someone like Situation Mike.

Was that the margarita, guava and melon that I smelled on top? Because, we all know that Coney Island is associated with tropical fruit drinks, right? (*snark*) The sweet cinnamon gourmand middle? It's not there. How about musk, sandalwood & vanilla? Not detectable to my nose, unless it's those faint base notes, which are definitely on the masculine side of the spectrum. For some reason, this aspect of Coney Island reminds me of Gaultier^2, and not surprisingly I dislike the aftershave that is Gaultier^2 even more than I dislike Coney Island.

Although Coney Island seems to have quality ingredients, the scent is neither compelling nor attractive, although it is interesting & unique, I'll give it that. Quality alone cannot justify a purchase at this price, particularly when the scent experience doesn't match my impression of the place. If anything, the scent experience might be like being inserted into an episode of MTV's Jersey Shore. Perhaps that is the point.

For the last 6 months, Coney Island NIB has been available at about 50% off Bond retail at a major beauty etailer. However, Coney Island is not one to blind buy ... at any price.

* tested manufacturer sample

06/18/2014

jtd
484 Reviews

jtd

Helpful Review 4

is there anything universally revolting?

There is something in the composition of perfumes from many houses that makes them identifiable. It’s not universal, but you can recognize a classic Guerlain when you come across it. Similarly, Caron, Estée Lauder, Montale, Amouage. It might be a similarity of style, it might be recognizeable notes. How many times have you heard people comment on the Guerlinade base, or that Andy Tauer’s perfumes having a similar drydown?

There are many reasons for using a common base. For some houses, Guerlain, de Nikolai, Amouage it’s the result of deliberate concept, or school of composition. In some other houses, it feels a bit more insular, the the range of perfumes in a line is smaller. Look at Montale, Juliet Has a Gun, Maison Francis Kurkdjian. I can’t really determine, and therefore try not to judge, whether the similarities among the line are intentional or not. A line might want to leave a calling card as it were. Recognition is the first step and branding, and most up-and-coming houses seek brand identifiability.

Christ, did Bond no Nine choose the wrong smell to identify their line.

Coney comes two years after it's direct predecessor, Bleecker Street, and in the same year as it's soul sibling in the Creed line, Virgin Island Water. Bleecker Street was a spectacular failure, attempting to merge the aquatic and gourmand trends in the same perfume. Not looking for nuanced composition, it simply thought it could get 200% fragrance in one bottle. Fulfilling multiple axioms in one fell swoop, bond No 9 is doomed to repeat the worst of their history. And while I'm not sure who got fooled first with Bleecker St and then again with Coney Island, to paraphrase W, I won't get fooled again.

The common thread to Bleecker, Coney and Virgin Island is the concentration of artificial flavors and qualities. Synthetic aromachemicals have made contemporary perfumery possible. But if quality is ignored, the synthetic/'natural' dichotomy isn't even worth discussing. In more careful hands, the aquatic/gourmand proposition might work. All I mean to say is that for a successful joining of disparate elements, more is required that pouring them into the same bottle, which is fundamentally what was done in Coney Island.

As if attempting to create a hyper-flavored 100% calorie free superfood, Bond squeeze the rancid quality of fat replacements, such as pure 'butter flavor', and the musk-buoyed motion sickness of fake piña colada mix (is there any other kind of piña colada mix?) into one lingering sick feel. You know story of the drunk vomiting person saying it was the last martini that did it, implying that puking had nothing to do with the eight that preceded it? Coney Island is the legendary ninth Martini.

I don't understand these perfumes, and facetiousness aside, they present me with a question to consider. I've read reviews at Basenotes and Fragrantica, and apparently there are people who like Coney Island. Is there any scent that is universally revolting? I don't find Secretions Magnifiques completely unappealing, but most find it universally repulsive.

Coney Island does inadvertently bring up an important point in perfumery and criticism. I don't like the smell of Virgin Bleecker Island, but preferences and opinions aren’t the whole point. I started this website in order to separate myself from public sites that tend to make the consideration of perfumes just a weighing in of opinion. In all subjective matters, opinions will be formed. Should opinion be the last stop in the discussion? My conclusion that Bleecker St, Coney Island and Virgin Island Water are similarly flawed compositionally and unsuccessful in their aims, isn't simply a loud way of saying that I don't like them. It's a critique of an aesthetic product.

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04/21/2018

7.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Thatsmr2usir
67 Reviews

Thatsmr2usir

3

Unique Summer offering

Coney Island is a weird yet fun fragrance. First of all, I was surprised to see a fragrance with these type of notes being marketed for summer use. Cinnamon, chocolate, cedar? YIKES! Well...... Not so much. :) Coney Island is a unique composition that starts off with a blast of melon, cinnamon & aqua notes. The beginning is strong & comes at you full force, but don't let that steer you away from this beauty. As it mellows down after a couple of hours, the musk, chocolate, lime & melon all appear on my skin in harmony with no note outdoing the other.

Coney Island projects nicely and last about 8 hours on my skin, which is good for a summer marketed fragrance as many of them are fleeting. I would think the cinnamon, chocolate, cedar & sandalwood are responsible for the fragrance holding up thus far along with higher quality of materials used. The only thing problem I find with Coney Island is versatility! If your not going to a beach & or amusement park, picnic, maybe even a zoo, I don't see where this would fit in. I would not wear this to the office as it does not fit in with that type of setting at least for me.

I do applaud Bond No 9 for creating a fragrance such as this. They stepped out on a limb & ran like the dickens! Rather you like this or not, it deserves credit for what it is.

05/09/2011

TAAKE
22 Reviews

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Top Review 47

The Miasma of the 21st Century

To get straight to the point: From the depths of my being, with incredible passion and without any doubt, I HATE THIS FRAGRANCE! Coney Island is aggressive - it smells of plague, decay, and rot, and it does so to the heavens!

Well, a scathing review is quickly written; it is rarely insightful, but it is nice to read. I would like to elaborate a bit more here, not to annoy the sympathizers among me, but rather to serve as a warning to potential blind buyers.

Coney Island is a brilliant deceiver: Famously named, beautifully packaged, hotly debated, and possessing a fragrance pyramid that makes the gourmand crowd's mouths water and gives many niche explorers the final push to click. With all due respect, dear Mr. Herpin, but if deception through a manipulated fragrance pyramid were to be punished, it would warrant a life sentence - without parole.

Guava? Melon?? Caramel??? Chocolate???? Cinnamon????? Vanilla?????? Nothing, absolutely nothing of these ingredients can be found here. Where, please, do you smell anything gourmand? Where are the orange cream cakes, where are the Nimm2 candies? I attribute my completely contrary perception to nothing other than the undeniable existence of diverse and differing tastes - and I am not alone in this.

I experience Coney Island as an extremely piercing fragrance; I smell an excess of my number one hate candidate: OZONE! This scent takes my breath away, it literally bites into my lungs and seems to want to corrode from the inside out. The citrus note is terrible, the heart note overwhelms with a truly disgusting scent accord of smoldering fire, decaying animals, and the contents of a compost bin that has been simmering in the blazing sun for hours. An exceedingly unpleasant fragrance that has nothing, really nothing to do with how it presents itself and is labeled. Here, the infamous Emscher flows directly into the heart of Rabbit Island. Coney Island has the temperament of a hearty gulp of lukewarm rusty water.
The longevity is, cynically, unfortunately impressively good…

CONCLUSION: Those who like Bond No.9's illustrious Wall Street or Demeter's Ocean MUST grab this, those who are tired of all the good fragrances and want to be thrown back onto the bare, cold ground of reality should spray this on, and anyone who has always wanted to know how the true devil smells from the throat should inhale this quintessence of evil and surrender to the full fragrance development of the island - the fish starts to stink from the head!

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