Memoirs Of A Perfume Collector Bond Street Leather Extrait

Description

Bond Street Leather is named for the stretch of Mayfair famous for its jewellers, tailors, and couture houses — Memoirs Of A Perfume Collector's British house style translating that Bond Street polish into scent. Perfumer Shadi Samra (who also created the house's Trouble in Paradise) opens the fragrance with an unexpected citrus-marshmallow brightness, then folds it into a ginger-iris heart before settling into the leather, oud, and cedar base that gives the fragrance its name. It's less a literal "leather perfume" than a study in polish: soft, worn-in leather rather than raw hide, dressed with amber and vetiver.

Scent Character

• Woody — 32%
• Floral — 18%
• Fresh — 18%
• Oud — 18%
• Spicy — 9%
• Sweet — 5%

Real agarwood is in the base, so the Oud accord is genuine — not a resinous stand-in.

Translation: A woody-floral-fresh base with a genuine leather-oud edge — sits closer to a refined leather accord than a heavy oud bomb.

Fragrance Pyramid

Top: Lemon, Marshmallow, Bergamot, Mandarin

Heart: Ginger, Ylang-Ylang, Iris, Geranium

Base: Leather, Musk, Oud, Vetiver, Cedar, Amber

Performance

• Longevity: Long-lasting — expect roughly 7-9 hours on skin.
• Sillage: Moderate-to-strong for the first hour or two (about 2-3 ft), then settles to an arm's-length, polished leather trail.

Best Occasions & Season

• Season: Fall, Winter
• Occasions: Evening, Special Occasion
• Gender: Unisex

Concentration & Provenance

Concentration: Extrait de Parfum
Perfumer: Shadi Samra
House: British niche house Memoirs Of A Perfume Collector, London
Year: 2023

Try Before You Commit

Not ready to commit to the full bottle? Sample sizes are poured from the same batch as the retail bottle:

• 1mL Sample — $7.99

100% Authentic

Every bottle at Venba Fragrance is 100% authentic — over 200,000 orders shipped and a 4.9★ Trustpilot rating. Free US shipping on orders over $100, with hassle-free returns.

FAQ

Is Bond Street Leather a men's or women's fragrance?
It's built unisex — the citrus-leather-amber structure wears equally well on any skin.

How long does it last and how far does it project?
Expect roughly 7-9 hours of wear, with a moderate-to-strong opening that settles into a closer, polished-leather trail after the first hour or two.

What does it actually smell like — is it a heavy oud/leather scent?
It's softer than that. The citrus-marshmallow opening keeps it from reading heavy, and the oud and leather in the base come across polished rather than raw or smoky.

What's the difference between the Extrait and the samples?
Same formulation at every size — the 75 ml retail bottle and the 1 mL sample are poured from the same batch, so the sample is a true preview, not a diluted version.