BLEECKER STREET

Fragrance follows fashion … so when the three-block stretch of Bleecker Street bordering on Abingdon Square became a touted designer hotspot, Bond No. 9 was quick to create its 24th New York-centric scent―an ultra-contemporary unisex eau de parfum named Bleecker Street, that captures the dynamic of this tree-lined shopping promenade that’s lately been called the West Village’s Madison Avenue. 

Like the designer-wares now sold out of the Federalist-style store-front boutiques that line Bleecker, the fragrance, is of the moment. A leading contender in that newest of scent families, the woody gourmand oriental, it consists of a) vanilla (our salute to Magnolia Bakery, next door), the pastry essential that's also famed for its aphrodisiac powers; b) the latest edible notes - cassis, caramel, cinnamon and thyme; c) aromatic woods that prolong the more delicate food flavors; d) musk, for warmth and sensuality; e) patchouli, another fabled aphrodisiac, poured in, like gin, to balance the melange of sweet flavors. Result? A not-too-heavy day-into-evening fragrance with overtones of seduction and dessert.