Nuits de Noho Bond No 9 for women

I selected this for a girlfriend and she chose Bond no 9 Saks DNA for me. Its a spicy perfume.I don't know what it smells like after a dry down of 3 hours.

Were somebody to describe the strategy that appears to have lead to this perfume, you'd stop them midway and tell them it won't work.

Take something that is defined by its volume, its dissonance, its creativity, its unabashed sense of purpose. In this case, Angel. Take the edges off the deliberately juxtaposed notes, remove all creative intent along with much of the idiosyncracy, fear that you might offend a delicate sensibility. Oh, yeah, keep just one thing: the volume. NdN crystalizes the problem of derivation among the post-Angels. It seeks to repeat Angel's success by throwing cotton candy and flowers at us. It supposes that by copying a few notes, it is like Angel, but by being risk-averse, it becomes the antithesis of Angel. Cheap yet expensive is the only juxtaposition that NdN poses.

I'm not going to waste time on a detailed description.
Nuits De Noho is to Angel what Wall Street is to Cool Water; a much better, more refined version.
Personally, I love it.

UPDATE (03 DEC 2011): The more I wear this, the more I can distinguish this from Angel. This is far more "polite". To my nose, Angel has far too much going on. Bond No.9 got it just right. No nose-twitching spice, no cloying sillage and a very balanced unisex quality. I don't care what anybody else has to say about it, Bond No.9's Nuits de Noho is far more classy.

:( Too bad. This looks like something that I would have loved to wear. When I saw the breakdown, I could've sworn it was going to be a unisex, but - to no avail.... I also see a lot of women saying that it smells like Angel, which means it also has similarities to A*Men. YAY! Now, if there ARE any guys out there that are wearing this and pulling it off, PLEASE let me know what you think. Thank you. Oh well, too bad :*(



P.S. - Hey ladies and guys, just a heads up; I'm seeing that some of these "discount" sites are actually selling these frags (Bond No 9) for MORE than Bond themselves do. So make sure you check out their site first; that way you'll be sure to get the real thing :)
-ie: Fragrancex has this very same one for $19(usd) more than Bond does...LOL, too funny.

A favourite of the actress, Kathleen Turner.

This is a really nice fragrance, and I can see why everyone compares it to Angel. My review will be a comparison of the two perfumes.

I put Nuits on one wrist and immediately thought it was identical to Angel. But then I grabbed Angel and sprayed it on the other wrist. I was shocked when I sniffed Angel and it suddenly smelled like bitter dark chocolate instead of sweet fruit like I used to think. As both fragrances wore down, Nuits clearly became cleaner and more floral, with wild jasmine dominating, while Angel became increasingly mossy and earthy.

I bought Angel when it first came out because the salesperson said it had chocolate in it. For the life of me, I was never able to smell the chocolate. But obviously in comparison to Nuits, chocolate becomes the strongest note.

The similarity is astounding, and yet when put to the test side-by-side, they are radically different perfumes. Hence some people who hate Angel love Nuits.

I am going to wear Nuits as a lighter, day-time "version" of Angel.

I dislike Angel, but love Nuits de Noho. It is gentle, soft, and reminds me of something tropical, a faint pineapple note. It is refreshing, a morning scent - quite unlike the name ! However, if I were wearing it at night, I would just apply more.

I've never been a fan of Angel, even after recently digging out some samples I've had for years and giving it another go, it's just not for me. Too masculine for my taste, I don't know if it's the patchouli or bitter vanilla or what.

Nuits is the same. Upon opening my sample and I caught a whiff the first thing that came to mind was Fahrenheit, (can't find Hubby's bottle to sniff and compare the two) but after reading the comparisons with Nuits and Angel I can see it being nearly the same as Angel, at least in my opinion. Oh well, can't love them all....

I finally got my samples of Angel. Sadly enough I hate it,hate it. It smells of rancid body odor for the first hour or more. I love Nuits, because I absolutely love to smell those sweet, complex and oh so pure notes on my skin. To me, Nuits fulfils the promise which Angel sadly destroys.

I too noticed the resemblance to Angel, but with different undertones. I stopped trying to figure it out, and then I wondered what the heck that horrible smell was!!! It was Nuits De Noho, and those undertones smelled exactly like halitosis. Seriously, I know someone who could have donated mouth bacteria to make this. Trust me, it wasn't a bad Bon Bon. (Thankfully, not everyone knows someone whose mouth smells worse than a**!!!)
So, while I love Angel, I can't say the same for Nuits De Noho :(

This is definetly copy of Angel, but I like it very much. It is more wearable and without these funny synthetic vanilla smell, witch I get from Anhel...

I was able to buy a full bottle of this for a reasonable price on e-bay and it is definitely authentic. I smell chocolate and caramel notes along with more berry notes and NONE of these are listed in official notes. Also, I looked at all the notes of Angel, which are about 4 times the notes listed, in comparison to Nuits. So I have got to get a sample of Angel to compare with my own nose. I remain very happy with Nuits scent and lasting ability. It is one of my top 5 favorite perfumes.

There can be no denying that Bond no 9 NUITS DE NOHO is very ANGELesque, which is *not* to say angelic, and I hasten to add that Bond's shadowy stalker is considerably less demonic than the original dark ANGEL.

Still, the fault-lines are pretty easy to predict: if you love ANGEL, you will love NUITS DE NOHO. If you abhor ANGEL all the way down to the finish, then you will equally abhor NUITS. However, there is a glimmer of hope for one category of ANGEL haters here: NUITS DE NOHO does not have any of ANGEL's strident purple opening. Basically, the creator of this fragrance cut through all of that repulsive moldy white bread smattered with grape jelly and offered up only the ANGEL drydown.

So, for me, NUITS DE NOHO is wearable enough, but my purse spray will suffice for the foreseeable future, as this stuff is quite potent, with big sillage. In fact, it totally disrupted my dinner just now. But, over time, as it subsides into the twilight, I find that NUITS DE NOHO becomes closer and closer to a fragrance that I can even claim to like, which was never the case for ANGEL.

I love this one. I find it to be warm, sensual,sweet ,but not too sweet with a delicious blend of citrus, jasmine and rosewood that I find delightful. I'm probably the only woman in North America that hasn't sampled Angel so cannot comment on how alike they may be. I got a bon-bon sample of this with a package of 39 (got the 39 samples of Bond on e-bay for $73) This is the one thathas appealed to me the most, so far.


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this smells good, BUT..I am an Angel lover and it is my 1st love, as well as favorite perfume, and for the 1st time in my life I can say THIS perfume truly does resemble Angel (*gasp, blasphemy!*) It really does, not identical, but very similar. I still think Angel has something hidden and special about it that sets is apart, but this is very darn near close. I am falling for the Bond No 9 line! My signature is Chinatown, and I love this one too.

Angel with jasmine. At first, I thought I got the wrong thing, but the vial is a manufacturer's sample, printed right on the side. It lacks the body odor note I get from Angel, but the sillage and the waft, the full sniff and the onset are all Angel. I kept wondering why I was wearing Angel? It's got a nice creamy jasmine note that Angel lacks, but on my skin, it's Angel with less patchouli. A shame for something this expensive: It should have an identity of its own and not keep reminding me of something else.

A fragrance that I enjoy, but don't necessarily love. To me, it has a very woody note like balsam perhaps. Just enough vanilla sweetness to make it sexy and alluring. The balsam I think is what keeps me from loving it, as I have a strong history of leaning toward florals in my fragrance wardrobe as well as the earthy patchouli and sandalwood notes.

Overall, I still really like Nuits de Noho as it is very unique - you won't often come across anyone else wearing this and I love that! It also has a rich depth and great staying power....be careful not to overapply or you will be drowning in it all day (or night).

It's like Angel with lemon cream and less chocolate sweetness...

Nuits de Noho shares comfortable, soft and tender nuances with Innocent by Thierry Mugler, like the (very good) combination of those two scents, but it's still different. I like it!

Angel was in my perfume wardrobe for so many years, but today I'm enjoying it's lighter variants. This could be a good substitute or choice for fans of Angel-type fragrances.

Both fragrances are interesting in its own way; Angel has perfect gourmand nuances, and Nuits de Noho gives more serious woody notes that I like so much.

i think the patchouli and vanilla notes remind me of angel, but nuits de noho is of MUCH better quality. nuits de noho is fresh and sensual at the same time. i always get complements.

I love it. Right along with Astor Place. These r rated # 1 on my frag list.

I have to try this one again. It did kinda remind me of Angel, though

This is Angel, without the dry feeling and the gourmand notes. It's a tad more floral, subtle and soft. The staying power is above average, sillage is good.

A really nice perfume, but the similarity to Thierry Mugler's Angel is too big for me.

This is what I call senuous! Men just start following you around. Be careful!
This scent is very ATTRACTIVE!

Bond No. 9 fragrances keep surprising me each time I try them. I have a sample of this one and I am getting to the last bit of it.

If A*Men and HM (Hanae Mori for men) were to magically have a baby fragrance, this is how it would smell. It is a great blend of both scents.

I have tried this fragrance several times. It reminds me of A*men by Theirry Mugler. It is a little softer than A*men. It has a long lasting vanilla note.