Andy Warhol Union Square Bond No 9: The Smell of Pop Art

05/31/08 01:33:49

“My favorite smell is the first smell of spring in New York,” Andy Warhol once said. Perhaps in a similar spirit, Warhol began painting and silk-screening a series of highly stylized, phantasmagorically colored flowers during the 1960s.

He returned to this age-old painter’s subject in 1970, when he developed a portfolio of vibrantly colored flower screenprints at the first of his two studios on Union Square.

Both the florals and the location were the inspiration for Andy Warhol Union Square, the latest in Bond No. 9’s series of collectible Warhol eaux de parfum.

The scent, a seductive green floral that’s simultaneously cool and warm, is housed in the slim Bond No. 9 superstar flacon, this time displaying Warhol’s flowers as its surface design.

The Fragrance:

Let’s start with the scent itself. While most floral fragrances just hint at cool, and vice versa, this one is an ambi-sexual, daringly balanced mix of sweet and cool.

Sometimes the gentle scent of lily of the valley seems about to prevail, looped together with blue freesia, golden amber, and animal musk to enhance its sensuality.

At other times, crunchy green-stem notes and white birch wood are poised to turn this scent into one of pure, clean energy. But then the sweetness and the coolness merge, and stay merged.

And for the serious collector who desires complete Warhol series (Is there any other way to collect?): We present a Portfolio of ten different bottles. They are meant to be viewed as one, as Warhol intended for his Flowers.

Like New York and all the U.S., Bond No. 9 is going green. And we need your help to get it done. Just bring your empty perfume bottles—ours or anyone else’s—to Bond No. 9 boutiques and Bond No. 9 perfume counters at Saks Fifth Avenue nationwide. We’ll take care of the rest.

And by way of an eco-friendly thank-you, we’ll give you a refillable pocket spray. Free with any purchase.

Warhol’s Union Square

The second of our Warhol collectibles is named for the environs of the two Union Square studios that the artist and his crew successively occupied during 1968-1984—his years of notoriety.

It was at these downtown locations Warhol created the Mao paintings, the commissioned portraits of the rich and famous, and his portfolio of 10 Flowers screenprints.

Marking the junction of Broadway and Park Avenue South between 14th and 17th Streets, Union Square and the park within it have a storied history as a choice location for outdoor public gatherings—notably labor union rallies from the early years of the 20th century.

These days, Union Square is thriving, with a busy Greenmarket selling fresh flowers.

Visit the official web presentation of Bond No 9

(via press release)

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