chypre Archive

Budget Options: Claiborne for Men

For this week's Budget Option, we review a fresh chypre from the late 80's as a good bet for spring and summer weather. Claiborne for Men.
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Review: Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue

Review: Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue: There tend to be certain fragrances in a line as extensive as Bond No. 9′s that become the unsung heroes and well worth closer inspection. Those with a passing familiarity will know some of the more noteworthy selections, Brooklyn, Wall Street, New Haarlem, Chinatown and other among [...]
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Gucci by Gucci Pour Homme (Review): Is there substance behind the hype?

If Tom Ford is to be credited with one achievement other than establishing his own fashion house (and himself as a brand), it is the resurgence of Gucci and its return to its former iconic status. Under his designer leadership and vision, he turned a very moribund design house completely around and the name Gucci [...]
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What’s in a name: Guerlain’s Coriolan vs. Les Parisienne L’Ame d’un Heros.

“Everything old is new again.” – Attribution unknown A funny thing happened on the way to the turn of this century. Guerlain produced a wonderful woody chypre that would become a ‘sleeper’ for a few years as they neglected the marketing aspects and selected a different time and place for the product to re-emerge. That product? [...]
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Guerlain Arsene Lupin Dandy (Review)

Not long ago, I happened upon Guerlain Arsene Lupin Dandy along with its companion fragrance, Joyou. I was also faced with an immediate decision: The fragrance was going away for reasons not known at the time and therefore not discussed. It’s a habit that Guerlain has had for some time now, I’ll talk about another [...]
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Bond No 9 New York Cooper Square: Review/Impressions

I often wonder whether the marketing types at Bond No 9 haven’t gone a bit far afield at times in their quest for the hip & trendy neighborhoods of New York. After all, these are the people who’ve tried to capture the sense of place in fragrance, and used such monikers as “Brooklyn”, “Coney Island”, “Chinatown” [...]
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