Firey Island

Firey Island opens exactly where you hope a beach scent would: an airy ozone-and-cardamom shimmer that reads instantly as warm sea air. The heart blooms into orange-blossom neroli laced with clean white musk, that unmistakable high-end-suntan-lotion accord the Bond original made famous. Underneath, creamy tuberose, a whisper of honey and a soft patchouli-and-skin-musk base give it body and a faintly sensual, sun-warmed-skin finish. Against the Bond No.9 it copies, this Perfume Parlour version is recognisably the same idea but flatter and more linear - the floral facets feel a touch plasticky rather than luminous, and where the original projects for hours and lingers all day, Firey Island settles into a close skin scent fairly quickly. As an affordable summer holiday scent it delivers the daydream: bright, solar and carefree, ideal for hot days and casual wear, just without the depth and tenacity of the niche it imitates.