hmmmm...Not my bag I'm afraid. I knew nothing about this fragrance or house for that matter before I tried this. I had a sneaking suspicion from the juice and it's thick amber hue that it might be something heavy, and I wasn't wrong. This is a dark patchouli fragrance which is moody and dense in the opening, slightly burned and rubbery. Then a huge dose of positive cacao, not patchouli masquerading as chocolate but the definite and deliberate attempt to make this fragrance a gourmand. In fact as it dries down and settles the cacao is the main player with one added kicker...an animalic quality which is potent and raw in the opening but again settling to a bassline hum far too quickly. Three distinct notes which in perfumery terms are actually very complimentary and for those who enjoy this sort of thing Bond T is probably a really good fragrance. However, on the flip of that patchouli lovers maybe alienated by the chocolatey feel and castoreum lovers will likely crave more power. I don't know if it's my changing tastes after sampling so many niche fragrances that have a patchouli base but there's something here. Still I wouldn't wear this and after a strong start projecting heavily, Bond T has petered out pretty quickly.
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Bond-T, from Sammarco was released in 2013. The perfumer behind this creation is Giovanni Sammarco. The notes are Cacao Pod, Castoreum, Osmanthus, Patchouli, Tonka Bean, Vanilla.
hmmmm...Not my bag I'm afraid. I knew nothing about this fragrance or house for that matter before I tried this. I had a sneaking suspicion from the juice and it's thick amber hue that it might be something heavy, and I wasn't wrong. This is a dark patchouli fragrance which is moody and dense in the opening, slightly burned and rubbery. Then a huge dose of positive cacao, not patchouli masquerading as chocolate but the definite and deliberate attempt to make this fragrance a gourmand. In fact as it dries down and settles the cacao is the main player with one added kicker...an animalic quality which is potent and raw in the opening but again settling to a bassline hum far too quickly. Three distinct notes which in perfumery terms are actually very complimentary and for those who enjoy this sort of thing Bond T is probably a really good fragrance. However, on the flip of that patchouli lovers maybe alienated by the chocolatey feel and castoreum lovers will likely crave more power. I don't know if it's my changing tastes after sampling so many niche fragrances that have a patchouli base but there's something here. Still I wouldn't wear this and after a strong start projecting heavily, Bond T has petered out pretty quickly.