Bond No.9 debuts its seventh ode to New York City's great parks for Spring 2012—Central Park West— which was inspired by two-and-a-half mile length of the City’s greatest urban grassland, just across the street.

 

Elegant thoroughfares with palatial buildings are in evidence elsewhere in Manhattan, but they’re the specialty at Central Park West, which urban planners and architectural critics regard as one of the most coveted addresses in America.  Central Park West is the epicenter of NYC elegance and history; the apartment enclaves of Central Park West—the Dakota, the SanRemo, the Majestic, the Century—are quintessential New York, complete with their ballroomsize, marble lobbies, private elevator halls, and banquet-style dining rooms.  And whether in Italian Renaissance, Beaux-Arts, or Art Deco style, many of these buildings look amazingly like the movie palaces of the Twenties—which may explain the street’s longstanding attraction for celebrity-residents, including Zero Mostel and John Lennon. It’s also home to the American Museum of Natural History, the New York Society for Ethical Culture, the New-York Historical Society, the acclaimed gourmet restaurant Jean Georges, and the Hayden Planetarium.

Central Park West Notes: Narcissus, ylang, pepperorris, jasmine, linden, gardenia, white oak, vetiver, and musk.

 

Central Park West will be available March 15, 2012 and will be sold at Bond No. 9’s six New York stores, Saks Fifth Avenue, and bondno9.com. Price: 100ml, $250; 50ml, $180; body silk, $130; candle, $110; shower gel, $75.