Bond No. 9

Governors Island

Warm Spicy

IncenseResinAmbroxCedarwoodWhite MuskVetiver

Notes checked against a published listing.

Typical occasion
Smart Casual/Social
Typical season
Autumn / Winter

These describe how the fragrance is generally reported to behave. Skin chemistry, weather and how much you apply all change it, so your own experience may differ.

Reviewed profile

Incense and resin in dense, shaded woods. Seductive and grounding.

Taste Profile

The Anchor archetype

The Anchor

The Dry Warmth

Warm enough to be felt. Dry enough to mean it.

The warmth here is firm. It arrives unapologetic and stays put. Substance comes first, every time.

How Governors Island smells, measured

On Zenyra's five taste axes, Governors Island keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere, and feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there.

Reviewed profile. This profile has received a focused catalogue review.

Warmthwarm, close0.68

Governors Island reads warm and close to the skin, in amber and resin territory. That is 77th percentile for warmth across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projectionmid-range0.60

Governors Island sits mid-range on projection. That is 75th percentile for projection across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Riskmid-range0.50

Governors Island sits mid-range on risk, neither a clear crowd-pleaser nor clearly divisive on the evidence available. That is 89th percentile for risk across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Texturedense0.72

Governors Island feels thick in the air, saturated and physically there. That is 80th percentile for texture across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Sweetnessdry0.20

Governors Island keeps the sweetness pared back, dry and austere. That is 14th percentile for sweetness across 5,283 scored fragrances.

Projection, risk and texture describe how a fragrance behaves in a room and on skin. Where wear reports are thin, those scores rest near the middle by design, so a mid-range reading here is a statement about the evidence as much as about the scent. Warmth and sweetness are derived from composition and do not carry that caveat.

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