Sag Harbor Bond No 9 for women and men

I have a sample of this.

I'm not impressed at all and certainly not for the price they want. If I were to get this in a swap, I'd try to trade it away.

Very floral. It smells like the air freshener in my Grandmother's bathroom.

For whoever it is, it's a pretty nice fragrance with a peony flower at its maximum strength and juicy mouth-watering grape candy. Very feminine but lively and fun. It's still have that really musky oud base like many other Bonds tho. I would really like it if the peony gets toned down just a bit. Not super unique, but it's something different for Bond No.9 lovers, I guess.

I agree, a stretch to call this unisex, and I gladly wear a few 'feminine' frags- aggressively flowery (I purposefully don't use the word 'floral'); perhaps the oud and grapes come later, but I had to scrub it off before I got to the dry down, so I can't say for sure. I really admire any nose that is both sensitive enough to pick out ivy and grape and tough enough to withstand the powerful peony onslaught while picking out the ivy and grape.

Way too flowery! I cant see a manly man pulling this off.

Beautiful, Unisex, RoseOud fragrance. I can't say more than that.
Going to get a bottle ASAP.

There was an episode in the show "Seinfeld" where they fought over a perfume called "The Beach". I always wondered what such a perfume would smell like. Well, Sag Harbor - this is it. The Beach. I have spent time on Fire Island, or on Jones Beach, and this atmosphere of salt water, shrubs in dunes, sun shine and lotions, all combined, with some slight booze aroma thrown in, that is The Beach. I like it. Never big on describing individual notes, just feelings. This could be an unisex cologne, lavishly put on when the day is hot. Wear it with ease, a non-pretentious go-to bottle of summer.

Nice floral. Peony.

NOT FOR MEN. 100% feminine

I'm going to agree with Sherapop that this is a HUGE Peony fragrance at opening, but the other note that doesn't get much recognition yet is noticeable...is honeysuckle. Go for a walk on a summer day, walk past a honeysuckle grove -- as kids, we used to pull the stems to release the liquid at the end that was so fragrant, this really brought back memories -- and you'll immediately recognize that element.

I mentioned in a previous review that I felt they did a bang up job on this, and that opinion hasn't changed much. What I appreciate more that I've smelled it in more detail by wearing it is the incorporation of unique elements. Ivy. Grapes. Honeysuckle. Bay leaf? Ok, maybe I could do without bay leaf, but it's interesting albeit not very noticeable. Oud probably doesn't lend much to the composition, other than the current popularity of Oud for its own sake; something more indigenous to Long Island might have been a better choice here or at least more authentic.

Nonetheless, this opens as a hugely floral scent, stays largely that way throughout, and dries down quite well. If you're big fan of peony, this is one to try. If not, you should probably avoid it as Sherapop recommended. Also, my wife noticed a bit of similarity to Chelsea Flowers. Me? Not so much, though the Peony, Magnolia and Sandalwood do lend similar touches. For me, they were very different experiences. But if you really want a lively floral where you can get a strong sense of a warm summer afternoon amidst a flower garden in August, this can evoke the right vibes or bring back lost memories.

I suppose it was inevitable, since Bond no 9 releases something like ten new perfumes each year, many of which I do happen to like. But SAG HARBOR opens somewhat sweetly and then marches directly to a large-sillage peony drydown familiar to me from such fragrances as Ann Taylor POSSIBILITIES, which I coincidentally tried again only last week, having happened upon a purse spray of unknown provenance lying around my humble abode.

Peony, I repeat: peony. Maybe it's just me, but this is a big peony frag, and the peony really drowns out all of the other alleged notes. This is good news for peony aficionados, but not such good news for me, someone with a long-confirmed peony problem. Fortunately, Bond no 9's version is not so overwhelming that I feel the need to go soak in the tub. No, but it's also not something that I'll be reaching for again.

I may be hyperosmic to peony, so my idiosyncratic experience should not deter others from testing SAG HARBOR, but I do believe that this composition is far more feminine than masculine. Another big, bodacious floral perfume from Bond no 9 occupying the same general olfactory neighborhood as some of their other recent launches, including CENTRAL PARK WEST and I LOVE NY EARTH DAY. Very floral, again, but this time it's nearly all peony nearly all of the time!

This analogy may be helpful:
Freesia: ASTOR PLACE:: Peony: SAG HARBOR

I definitely recommend this perfume for testing by women who love peony. If peony is your thing, you may have found your Bond no 9 at last!

Is it unisex or leaning toward masculine?

I smelled this a couple weeks ago and they did a bang-up job with the fragrance. Really a great balance of florals mixed with the woods and grape (I suppose a nod to Long Island wine-making?). The ivy was a neat touch! Superbly done.

Sag Harbor is one of the best offerings from Bond no 9 for the warmer weather. Citrusy, green, floral with a beautiful woodsy-ambery drydown. The scent gives you this nautical-beachy vibe which is great. Definitely worth trying.

a must have!!!! got to check this out in Vegas. Great stuff!