New York Amber Bond No 9 for women and men

This is great stuff. My wife and I have been trying other oud fragrances and have found this to be the perfect one. The oud is so well blender with the amber and rose that it doesn't become tiring. Yes, I mean tiring not cloying. I've tried Montale Black Oud, New York Oud, Tom Ford Oud Wood, M7, and Christian Dior Leather Oud. I find the oud in this to be closest to Black Oud and New York Oud. The biggest difference is, I don't get tired of smelling this on myself. IMHO, this is a great entry level oud fragrance and overall, very beautiful and well blended.

Mmm warm hot hot hot woody spiced amber. I really do get all the notes listed, even the jasmin stands out amongst the heat and brings some creamy quality. VERY peppery, this is sort of the fragrance equivalent to burning/sparkling fireplace mixed with chai tea. Still debating if it's worth $300+... Probably not but I would buy it in a second if it was cheaper, love amber!!

I do not care for this Bond fragrance. It is somewhat similar to New York Oud. It has a very strong smelling and powerful top note, which I believe is the oud. It smells like Asian incense or medicine. On my skin, it does not smell feminine at all. I love the smell of amber, but I can't smell it underneath the heavy oud note. I feel if they removed the heavy oud from this fragrance, it would be perfect.

This one is hard to explain. This is an "unsweetened" amber. It smells green for some reason to me. This smells cool like ice would have a smell. This is odd I know but that's what i get.

After having this one for a week it turned into liquid plastic on me, really wanted to like this on but the liquid plastic smell gave me a headache

Got this for Christmas. I love the opening --really great, rich, dark fragrances. And it's probably the longest lasting parfum that I've ever worn: if you put it on in the evening, it's there the next morning. But I have to say that for a men's fragrance, the longer it lasts, the more floral and rose (feminine) it becomes, which is not what I had bargained for. So it's great at first, but later on, the men may have to take it off before they smell like grandma.

★★★★★
i was flashed in a strange way, when today i first smelled this perfume. it felt like going to a place i have never been before, fascinating but frightening as well, like a nightmare i don't want to leave because i want to understand it. what is it that makes this product so singular? glad to have smelled it - but the price keeps me away.

Yesterday I tested Harrods Amber and New York Amber, one on each arm. Harrods Amber is quite harsh, I could not see myself wearing that. New York Amber seems to be the softer version of it. It also starts out with an edge and then evolves into a creamy flow of amber. I don't see how the high price tag can be justified. There are lots of other ambers, one of them Balmain Ambre gris which gives you that green edge throughout, similar to this creamy amber, but much, much softer. Perhaps it is the roughness of oud that I am smelling. Of all the oud perfumes tested, this one is wearable (for me) because the oud is not that prominent. It just lends some oiliness to the aroma.
Is it wearable ? Yes. With a leather jacket outfit, ready to ride a motorcycle. There is something tough about this scent.
Note that all of the Bond No. 9 have an energetic "leitmotiv" like the houses of Guerlain or Caron have their particular theme.

Sherapop's review is pretty much right on the money. The opening of this is a little harsh to say the least, but just as Natt and Sherapop said, this evolves into a scent similar to New Your Oud, with a serious saffron note, and a lovely rose, except this has the amber and also very noticeable myrrh and benzoin, giving it a little more of a masculine feel. I don't think I would even wear this juice, though I am a fan of amber, and I would even say I prefer the New York Oud to this. A nice complex sniff, but nothing for me to rush out and buy. Even if you love Amber, try this scent before blind buying.

I decided to compare Bond no 9 NEW YORK AMBER with HARRODS AMBER tonight and have confirmed that the former is a stronger solution of the latter. Both offer a somewhat sharp presentation of amber, with a bitter quality that persists through to the drydown. Both open with a bang.

The first time I wore HARRODS AMBER, I felt that it was an extremely boozy fragrance and wasn't that excited about the overall composition. When I applied NEW YORK AMBER earlier today, the opening was startling and even a tiny bit turpentine-like. However, after a few moments the volatile components waft away leaving a fairly potent and complex amber layer.

However, this is not smooth and caramel-like amber à la Hermès AMBRE NARGUILE (which I love...). I find these Bond ambers closer to ANNE PLISKA but less spicy and more sharp and somehow surfacey. The notes overlap quite a bit with NEW YORK OUD (to my nose, primarily a saffron-rose perfume), which I would definitely choose over these two more masculine-leaning ambers.

I don't think that this composition (at either concentration) is bad, but it's not my personally favorite presentation of amber--a bit too abrupt and rough-edged for my tastes. People vary a lot when it comes to oriental perfumes, so it probably goes without saying: try before you buy!

It turns out that the difference with New York Amber and Harrods Amber is concentration (30% vs. 18% in Harrods). The combination of myrrh, rose, oud and saffron in addition to the rich amber makes this a very interesting, very unisex, and very wearable amber that has fantastic longevity, superb projection, and a very calming musk dry down.

The benzoin projects well off the skin, and the nutmeg does add that certain depth that combined with pepper adds the right balance of spice to the combination. I agree with the prior reviewer on it's luxurious feel right from the opening, but the comparison I would make is to New York Oud since there are some shared elements between the two. I'm wearing both at the moment, and the combination of the two shows a certain signature shared between the fragrances that seems unique to Bond's pure perfumes.

Excellent job done on this, quite the right elements and concentrations for an Amber that makes a very elegant and warming statement.

I really don't rememeber what Herrods Amber smells like, but I am pretty sure it's bot much different from one another. For New York Amber, I can say that this one reminds me of the Bond No.9 Signature perfume and a tiny bit of New York Oud when it comes down to sweet oriental Oud woody base, but there is a lot of floral action going on here, especially jasmine ( and spiced saffron) Benzoin is quite pronounced too with warm and rich feel. The scent is so nice and luxurious. Try it and you may be hooked like I am.