Lafayette Street

$410.00

Lafayette reads like a French classic filtered through a New York sensibility: the lavender and galbanum opening is austere in the way that pre-war masculine fragrances were austere, precise and slightly green, before bergamot and lemon brighten the structure. Geranium and rose give the heart a clean floral quality rather than a romantic one, and vetiver with amber in the base gives the whole thing a dry, authoritative finish that wears well in offices and otherwise. Named for a street, built for a particular kind of confidence.

Why We Carry This

Lafayette represents Bond No. 9 working in a more classical mode than its neighborhood novelties usually allow. The galbanum-lavender opening is genuinely interesting, and the vetiver base gives it staying power that earns the price. A composed, architecturally sound fragrance.