CENTRAL PARK SOUTH

Central Park South, the eau de parfum, captures the mesmerizing ambiance of this precious street of dreams that is lodged between Grand Army Plaza on the East Side and Columbus Circle on the West, and that simultaneously connects the most exquisite urban pleasures with the lure and profusion of nature harnessed - but nature nevertheless.

A fresh floral, bursting with elegance, it starts out with tangy and tonic wakeup topnotes that sing springtime: grapefruit flower, mingled with blackcurrant buds and green ivy leaves - the kind that thrive on trees dotted around Central Park. Their crisp freshness soon segues into more seductive heart-notes: a bouquet of classic, mesmerizing jasmine and ylang ylang, vibrant jonquil and honeyed lily of the valley - the latter a familiar early spring bloom in Central Park. The base, designed to extend the heady but volatile scent, contains those classic wood notes, sandalwood and cedar bark - grown on Central Park's meadows, along with durable animal musk.

For us at Bond No. 9, the mile-and-a-third long landmarked Central Park is a constant source of inspiration, not only vis a vis the scents of the park itself - but particularly in the way it's inspired both literal and figurative heights of greatness in its surroundings.

Think of the magnificent cultural institutions dotting Fifth Avenue and Central Park West, and, along the southern rim, the rows of handsome cabs and extravaganza skyscraper palazzos, whose sumptuous views are the ultimate real-but-mirage-like lure of Central Park South.