Fire Island (2006) |
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The 26th scent from Bond is inspired by Fire Island and is designed to conjure up the scent of 'Premium Euro-Sunscreen'.
Bond No. 9's press release tells us:
"Fire Island is an experiential scent - the beach equivalent of Proust's madeleine dunked in tea. In this case, the memories conjured up are the sights, the touch, the smell of soaking up the sun the old-fashioned way - lying naked, or close to it, on the beach. We know, we know: Those UV rays aren't safe. So we thought, why not approximate the smell of skin in the sun, and recapture the bronzing sensation within the safety of a scent? To make Fire Island authentic, we took a risk and summoned forth the distinctive spicy-sweet aroma of the most sought-after of vintage Euro-bronzing oils - whose iconic smell has wafted all across the Mediterranean, summer after summer, for decades, defining the body on display, with its daydream hints of sex on the beach. Even when savored at a respectable distance, Fire Island is a reminder of skin sniffed up close.
This scent's barrier-island namesake, 90 minutes from Manhattan by train and ferry, is the hideaway where New Yorkers come in droves to let their hair down and uncover their skin. Fire Island may be made of sand dunes, but it's got distinctive New York-esque neighborhoods (Kismet ... Saltaire ... Atlantique), a heavy-duty night-life, shopping (natch), and a history, in the 1920s, as a Bohemian retreat. In other words, it's home not too far away from home. So it's a legitimate part of our scent repertory.
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   |  This is a very unique and interesting take on a fragrance. It essentially captures the essence of the beach and tanning. It has excellent longevity, good projection and a very captivating and alluring familiar scent. On the scent factor alone it could be very powerful in the terms of attracting another woman due to it's association with memories and the beach. Scent is the strongest factor for linking memories and this does what it's supposed to do very well. A tad expensive but then again it's Bond No.9 and what they aimed to do they did it with utmost precision. 14 April 2010 |
 | I DO find it a little bit ridiculous that this stuff even exists. Yes, it smells just like suntan lotion. It has super longevity & adequate projection. Very fun to wear; good for any time of the year (even in Michigan). Even as ridiculous as I claim Fire Island to be, I find it worth spending the money on a 3.3 bottle. Because I LIKE it. 24 January 2010 |
  |  Had Etat Libre d’Orange released this scent, it might have had a pair of hairy buttocks on the label and a marketing blurb that blathered on about the odor of gay male nude sunbathers. Coming from Bond No. 9, it’s presented as something far less puerile. In fact Fire Island is a very literally rendered “beach” scent, a tropical fruit and aquatic composition that knowingly evokes a high-priced suntan lotion. What elevates Fire Island beyond the merely cute is a lovely spicy/green neroli note that no suntan lotion has ever aspired to. Fire Island succeeds in its mission of smelling like a day at the beach without taking itself one bit too seriously – at least for as long as the neroli hangs around. Once the neroli’s gone the remaining white “laundry” musk and aquatic-themed aromachemicals are a lot less interesting. As an echo of the shampoo you’d use to wash the brine out of your hair at day’s end, this drydown is conceptually apt, but it’s still anticlimactic. Nonetheless, Fire Island is good, unpretentious fun, and belongs on the same shelf as other beach-in-a-bottle fragrances like Sugar Lychee and Jailia. Projection and sillage are both generous, and though the fruity neroli phase lasts no more than two hours, the drydown extends much longer. Like any good suntan lotion, Fire Island is pretty much gender neutral. 11 December 2009 |
  | I sort of like this, in that it's a very original idea and pretty authentically beachy, but it gives me SUCH a hadache- must be the aldehydes- and it's interesting as an artistic creation, but maybe not actually wearable as a fragrance. 28 November 2009 |
 | This is sublime. It is an exclusive scent. It is the scent of the Fire Island beach-house, the house owned by the art dealer. It is a scent for the summer morning. The scent you spray on the lapels of your robe. It is the scent for easing into your day. Promising. Promising other notes to come ... to complete the tapestry. But later. After having a French press coffee. And after reading the headline. After a spliff. And a little laydown with some amyl. And the sulphur it provides. It is a scent for making memories. Vassaari 24 October 2009 |
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|  I looked on the bottle for the SPF rating because this smells like an exact copy of Bain de Soliel Orange Gelee. Save yourself some money and some ultraviolet rays, run to Wally World and get the original.22 September 2009 |
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