New York Archive

Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol Silver Factory: Review

Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol Silver Factory was the first of a bespoke line of fragrances created by Bond No. 9 using Andy Warhol’s art and vision as the inspiration to each of the scents. With the newest fragrance – Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol for men – just being released, I felt it was time [...]
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A new Bond No. 9 on the horizon?

There’s some evidence floating around in fragrance circles that niche perfumer, Bond No. 9, might be giving the New York treatment to a new ‘Amber’ fragrance. Pictures first emerged on Fragrantica.com of a new amber-colored Bond No. 9 bottle with the wording “New York Amber” clearly scripted across its face, photographed at the TFWA Exhibition [...]
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Welcome to Autumn: Fragrance Picks for 2011

We’re already a few days into Fall and it’s probably time to share some thoughts on fragrances that are best suited to the cooler days and nights to come. Of course, everyone seems to have their own opinions about what they feel constitutes their fragrance preferences or “Top-10 List”, if you will. I won’t pander [...]
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Bond No. 9 New York “I Love New York All (For Men)”: Review

Yesterday, I touched on Bond No. 9 New York’s new mass-market eau de parfum, “I Love New York For All”. Unless you read that entry, I’m not going to provide plot spoilers for that review. For All is clearly unisex in all views of that term: It lacks the extremes that you might find in [...]
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Bond No. 9 New York “I Love New York For All (Unisex)”: Review

Bond No. 9 New York announced recently that it had reached a licensing agreement with the state of New York to brand a line of fragrances with the iconic “I love New York” symbol. If you aren’t sure what that is, need clarification, or have been living under a rock since the mid-1970′s, the picture [...]
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Similar yet different: Bond No. 9 New York Bleecker St. vs. Ralph Lauren Purple Label for Men

There was a time not long ago that Ralph Lauren’s Purple Label EdT for Men had virtually disappeared from the market. Summer was also high upon us, so with Purple Label being a staple of my lighter collection, I’d become somewhat worried that a perennial favorite was abruptly being discontinued. Purple Label was a nice [...]
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