Andy Warhol Montauk Bond No 9 for women and men

Another sad joke by Bond No.9. A boring and generic fresh woody fragrance sold at high-end prices. It opens with a green and fresh bergamot note to quickly evolve into a woody drydown. Nicely executed but way too similar to countless (cheaper) compositions of the same genre. Otrageous.

Rating: 4/10

I was eagerly anticipating trying Montauk, as Montauk is probably my favorite beach in the whole wide world and all the times I've stayed there with family it's just been wonderful. It really is a great place, and it beats the shit outta the Hamptons. Long Island is simply beautiful.

So after smelling and enjoying Hamptons, Montauk can't be that bad, right? Well, it's certainly not unpleasant, but it's nothing special either. Montauk is another standard issue woody aquatic characterized by the cucumber-like note of calone. In fact, I'm reminded a lot of Bulgari Aqua Marine or any other recent "fresh" scent of the type. Montauk has excellent longevity and projection.

It's not a BAD fragrance, but Montauk is just another aquatic in a sea of millions. I've smelled this before in Bulgari, the cK one flankers.... it just gets old, and for the price, it should be something exceptional (especially when representing the best fuckin' beach in the world!)

If you're a fan of aquatics, give this a go, but it didn't impress me.

Even though this did not POP as I would like for my colognes too, I really liked this one. I opened myself to the idea of unisex and even fragrances suggested for women and this one is definitely on the list. It definately is a nice of for romance when you and that certain someone will be close to one another.

I think Montauk smells like a combination of Bleecker St, Wall St, and Hamptons. It is somewhat sweet. It has a fruity berry start, then bergamot shows up; making the scent a bit citrusy fresh. Then it gets mild floral smell with strong woodsy notes and a trace of musky amber at the very end. Because I don't really get much flower out fo this, I say it's more masculine than feminine to me. The scent is very pleasant and inoffensive. It has a bite or something sharp as well. It's a character that I get from all Bond fragrances, which I don't mind. The bottle is beautiful and I am very glad that I have one.

In addition, it reminds me of Creed Aventus because of its fruity woody character. Montauk is not as masculine as Aventus however. It is lighter and more feminine in comparison to Aventus.

Bond no 9 ANDY WARHOL MONTAUK smells very similar to BLEECKER STREET (to most, this observation will be but obscurum per obscurius, I know...).

I have noticed in my travels through the ever-expanding universe of Bond no 9 (who for some reason have fragrances named NEW ORLEANS and TEXAS, though neither to my knowledge is a neighborhood in NYC!) that they tend to produce clusters of olfactory offerings. MONTAUK is very close on the olfactory map--if not their arbitrary assignment of scents to neighborhoods--to the coordinates of BLEECKER STREET.

Blueberries combined with green culinary herbs (there thyme; here bay leaves), along with wood. Mix these components up with a few light florals, and the resultant two products will indeed smell more similar to one another than either will probably smell to anything else. So it's no mystery how MONTAUK came about: they found another cool bottle, tweaked the BLEECKER recipe, and voilà: a new release. The most notable distinction between the two is the suede note in the drydown of BLEECKER, which is not present in MONTAUK, making the latter a slightly lighter fragrance, but with a very similar overall effect.

MONTAUK, like BLEECKER, is more masculine than feminine and best suited for warmer weather. If you like either, you'll like both. And if not, not!

Today, I had the chance to try Andy Warhol Montauk. I was really curious about this fragrance because I love the smell of blueberry and driftwood. And I love the idea of a sunset fragrance. After the first spray I was shocked!!

In the opening, I can detect a big bergamot, mixed with some aroma chemicals, who are supposed to smell like the ocean (maybe it's calone?). But instead of the ocean, I get a simple and synthetic citrus, wich smells like dozens of other mens fragrances. Kenneth Cole Black, for example, is similar. Or Hugo Element. And some Axe deo-sprays are also similar. After an hour, I can only smell a quiet and cheap wood.

Montauk is the worst Bond fragrance ever! It smells cheap. This is a standart mix of synthetics and every perfumer can do something like this in a few minutes. Boring and uninspired. NEXT!

This is a great fragrance for the Spring/Summer.

It comes on strong at first, but it does warm down quickly and stays close to the skin.

The the combination of bergamote, bay leaf and black current have a natural blueberry smell finish. It is pleasant but short lived. The hyacinth, honeysuckle & lily-of-the-valley give more of a sweetness to the blend, instead of a feminine floral characteristic.

Each time I have worn this scent, the warm down reminds me of a rainy day on the beach with the scent of driftwood.

I have come to love the collaboration of Laurent Le Guernec & Laurice Rahme.
This scent is on my want list and will be added to my collection eventually. At the moment, I am enjoying the other Bond No. 9's in my collection.

Summary:
- a light scent when in the mood to wear something close to the skin. It will invite people to come in closer to smell you.
- longevity: 3 - 4 hours.
- worn by both sexes.
- I agree with drswonder, "It gets more interesting the longer you wear it."

Got this and what's interesting is that it's basically a top-notes-straight-to-bottom-notes fragrance. You get citrus, and you get woods. The floral notes are not there, as far as I can tell. Therefore, it seems to lean masculine as far as my nose is concerned. Having said that, I will say that it gets more interesting the longer you wear it . . . almost to a Top-notes, bottom notes, then mid-notes type of composition, smooth and soothing. Not the best Bond (my favs are Wall Street, Bleeker Street, Hamptons, Riverside Drive, and Brooklyn), but definitely the best of the Warhol collection. Advertised as a Summer frag, but I can envision it as a year round one.

I got this as a sample and have tested it at least 3 times. It starts out with a strong citrus scent that develops into---nothing much. All I know is the citrus is gone, leaving only a vaguely woody? scent behind. Dissapointing to say the least.