Bond No. 9 Brooklyn
Bond No. 9 has crossed the bridge with it’s new eau de parfum, Brooklyn, a scent that captures the vibe of the fresh and ever changing legendary city within a city.
Brooklyn is a unisex scent with a desirably masculine attitude. It’s officially a woody, spicy-filled oriental that mingles cardamom, geranium leaves, and cedarwood while grapefruit and juniper leaves accelerate the scent, and South American guaiacwood and leather bring a tender, beckoning touch. On the cutting-edge of perfumery, Brooklyn also has what’s known in the trade as sillage, which is to say, it doesn’t cling to the skin, but rather diffuses, leaving a trail behind it. It’s romantic, sexy and distinctive.
And for the first time Bond No. 9 has decorated directly onto the transparent glass surface with edgy, urban, handwritten script. With the words BROOKLYN and BOND NO. 9 spelled out in a vivid array of colors, this is an example of contemporary street art with a message. In fact, the dynamic lettering transcends the Bond No. 9 centerpiece token logo it’s meant to be enclosed in—and almost seems to take off beyond the curved and angled shape of the bottle itself.
Brooklyn, the eau de parfum, will be available by March 2009 in two sizes: 100ml ($220) and 50 ml ($145), at Bond No. 9’s four New York City boutiques, www.bondno9.com, 877.273.3369, and at Saks Fifth Avenue nationwide.
The notes:
Zesty, fresh-cut Grapefruit
Cardamom — Grapefruit’s equally outspoken spicy partner (These two opposites do so attract)
Tranquil Cypress-wood – picture the Koi Pond in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Geranium Leaves drifting along the DUMBO waterfront
Juniper Berries with the whiff of gin in a Williamsburg martini
The Cedarwood scent of a Fort Greene antiques shop
Leather that’s redolent of Red Hook
The tender-hearted tea-rose-esque aroma of Guaiacwood
