Saks Fifth Avenue for Her Bond No 9 for women

This scent last long and if you buy the body creme not lotion it compliments it immensely. This is my favorite and I will purchase it again.

It has a rancid coconut smell on me too! I like it though because I feel as if I'm at the beach with flowers nearby. Wouldn't buy it though.

My, what a gorgeous top note! Of all the gardenia-inspired scents I've tried so far, this one has by far the most beautiful opening. This could easily be the Holy Grail of big white florals. But the beauty disappears within a minute and makes way for a screechy, acidic-metallic beast that I had no intention of knowing, plus synthetic tuberose.

This does make me think of Fracas actually. Fracas is not my favorite scent, but this abomination of a tuberose makes me yearn for the intimate buttery feel of the former. And then there's this strange undercurrent to Saks which I can't help but keep noticing for the whole duration of the scent. It somehow feels like I'm wearing two scents at once: one is this vinegary tuberose, the other - a nose tickler in the vein of Clean Cotton - very dry and fabric-like, almost as if I were pressing my nose to a satin gown that's just come back from the dry cleaner's. Probably that's where the "sour washcloth" comes from in the review below.
The drydown is somewhat closer to the initial beautiful impression. It's rather soft and the acidity has partly mellowed out. Still, not something I would want to be exposed to for a long time.

Saks is not a bad scent per se. There are far worse white florals out there. It's just very very uncomfortable. Like wearing a tight dress with a scratchy label on the inside.

I was not expecting this to be gardenia coupled with plastic notes and rancid coconut suntan oil. I don’t see why anyone would deliberately make a synthetic rancid coconut accord, so in all fairness, the rancid coconut could be massoia oil, which does smell that way. Fortunately it doesn’t get into the remote sillage too much, leaving that as mostly a thick, heavy gardenia and/or some other tropical flowers.

I really can’t imagine why Saks Fifth Avenue would smell like a bad dream about a gardenia-infested wedding outdoors in the beating sun, with all the guests greasing themselves up from an ancient bottle of suntan oil found under a counter in the bathroom, oil spilling onto their fine clothes and their gardenia corsages and bouquets wilting in the heat. After reading some other reviews, I see that there’s supposed to be tuberose in the mix, but it’s completely overpowered by the gardenia and coconut. Just a tiny dab produces mega-sillage.

Eventually the tuberose does make an appearance, in its sour-washcloth guise, but the other notes are still there, vying for center stage. Two hours in, the coconut fades away, leaving gardenia and tuberose to fight it out. Of course the scent doesn’t know when to quit, hanging around all day, but after the first few hours it’s a fairly tame gardenia scent. If you like florals, especially gardenia, and don’t mind an opening with an odd coconut note, Saks 5th Ave might be just the thing for you.

This is what heaven smells like, sigh*! To me this hits the nail on the head and is the closest most lovely homage to the intoxicating tuberose! Trapp makes a candle that is truer still, but they do not produce personal fragrance unfortunately. So delicate and sweet but still has that authentic bite that others either lack or over do. Saks is gossamer and floating while Fracas is heavy, round and shiny. To me Fracas smells unpleasantly artificial and linear and miles away from this! Saks is the ingenue to Carnal Flower's wordly albeit reserved lady. There is one huge problem though, it doesn't last on me. Pure heart break.

I bought this for my wife after we smelled it. Yeah , Yeah you say it smells like other Gardenia and tuberose scents out there and their's nothing new. I disagree. What is different to me is that it doesn't smell like an old lady after the dry down. My wife and I have been to Hawaii many times and this is what the flowere smell like there and as she wears it it stays smelling fresh all day. Men and women both stop her and want to know what she's wearing. I have witnnessed this when i'm with her too. I gat a chuckle because that's the impact it had on me the first time i smelled it. It's a scent i don't get tired of on her. So she's on her second bottle now and she recently purchased the bodylotion too. I think this one's my favoite hands down. Ladie's if you want something to attract the guy's this is your scent.......worth every penny.

Funny.
I don't remember dousing myself liberally with Fracas this morning. And yet, that is precisely what anyone who gets withing 10 feet of me thinks has happened.
Tuberose, yes. Gardenia, dear God, yes. New, different, interesting -- hardly.
This fragrance has tremendous sillage, and is incredibly long-lasting. A light (I swear) splash on wrists and cleavage was easily detected 10 hours later. It is heady, feminine, rich, and lush.
I suppose that my negative comments stem from my disdain that that this fragrance all ready exists in the marketplace. Did I mention Fracas? Yes, I know, Fracas isn't the only tuberose/gardenia creation out there. There is EL Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia, Tuvache Island Gardenia, Chanel Gardenia, Giorgio Armani Gio, Gerlain Jardin de Bagatelle, to name a few. But Saks for Her is a dead ringer for Fracas.
And yet, Fracas will remain on retailer's shelves gathering dust, because the average consumer seeks out the new and different, and, in this case, spends big money when the newly offered is neither new nor different.
Fracas will go overlooked next to the newer, splashier imitation of it.
Pity.

My favorite from the Bond line so far. Haven't tried them all (I've tried many) and this one stood out from the rest. Creamy, dreamy, ultra feminine, just beautiful. Starts out sweet and mellows out to smooth gardenia, jasmine and vanilla. I think the smokey notes of vetiver keep it from becoming cloying or too floral. I don't really smell any coconut in this, but maybe the vanilla notes give the impression of coconut, as I think they sometimes do.

I'm wearing this today, in the dead of winter, I've worn it in the fall, and plan on wearing it in the summer, feels appropriate for any season. I've gotten so many compliments when I've worn this, one person told me I smelled so good they could just eat me!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this scent!
I got a few vials of Bond No 9 scents as a gift. At that time, i never heard of the brand. I remember loving all the scents but this one is the most memorable to me because i always got compliment when I wear this. I think they have changed the name into DNA now, cos the one named Park Fifth Avenue on their website has different packaging the last time I checked. I definitely will buy the full size once I get the money (which would be a while bcause its so expensive and not available in my country) :(

Those who headed to Harrods on a quest for flowers but found themselves surrounded by endless belts and bags would do well to mosey on over to Saks, Bond no 9 SAKS FOR HER, to be more precise.

I always knew that amongst Bond no 9's dozens of offerings there must be a BWF (big white flower) fragrance, and in SAKS FOR HER I have found it: tuberose, gardenia, and jasmine commingling amicably along with a touch of vanilla-tinged vetiver. I find the tuberose to be dominant in the opening, while gardenia and jasmine become stronger in the still slightly sweet drydown.

Although SAKS FOR HER is a good Big White Floral fragrance, with the characteristically superlative sillage and lasting power of that genre, there's nothing really new here. I do like the bottle design of SAKS FOR HER quite a lot, but the contents do not beat out the best of the competition in this cup-runneth-over category. For sweet tuberose, I'll continue to turn to FRACAS and, for less sweet gardenia, to MARC JACOBS.

Why does this perfume smell bad on me? Maybe it is the vetiver. There are only 4 notes in this but for reason of body chemistry, this does not work on me at all. I am compelled to wash it off after 10 minutes. Too bad- I'm glad it is only a sample.

A lush, dense tuberose/gardenia scent. Very rich and creamy on my skin, but not different enough from other tuberose/gardenia heavy scents to make it worth the price. Still, that being said, it's truly well blended for someone with my chemistry. And Carla is right: the touch of vanilla in the dry down really makes for a lovely ending. The white florals almost always go into mothballs on me and this doesn't, so it gets points just for that. Downside, I don't care for big white florals, and this is most certainly one of those. Would suck on a hot day, though. This is not the scent for humid climates, as lovelylavender so astutely points out.

This reminds me of Beyond Paradise, only withouth the deapth - I only get gardenia. But also without the extreme soapy-ness.

It is really long lasting, even where I got it in my palms. But it is not a strong scent. I put on (accitdentaly) quite a lot, and I still do not "reek". It keeps close to the skin.

I am on a quest to try all the Bond No.9 scents well, this is one I did try on at Saks in NYC and it kept haunting me. I finally made this purchase and am in love with the scent - to me it has a smokey, alluring scent that just lingers and remains beautiful in what seems like forever. It is now one of my current favorites. I would love to have all the Bond fragrance bottles lined up on my perfume counter to admire and enjoy. I have a feeling I could fall in love with the whole line!

This is a fantastic fragrance. I can smell gardenia and very creamy vanilla and coconut. There is an almost medicinal note in the opening, but this medicinal note is really pleasant. In the drydown the creamy vanilla is very present and makes me feel very comfortable. This perfume is sweet and floral and is perfect in the coldness of winter.

This is heavy on the gardenia and smells JUST like Sand & Sable. It's not bad, it's just not special and is way overpriced for something that has a dupe.

*edit* I had my four year old son take a whiff, his reaction: "Smells like medicine."

I get the Gardenia....lots of Gardenia in all its rich, spicy goodness. Reminds me of "Sand and Sable", but a more opulent version. Too heavy for summer, but good for spring! Nice, but not FBW in my opinion.

For me this starts out with something that reminds me of dried rose potpuri. Then it smells like a very sweet 80s suntanlotion. After that it turns into something else that I can't name, but it is like a alien, supersweet, bitter, powdery, medicinal scent. There the developloment stops and I try to bear it as long as I can. After 40 minutes it has become a little softer, but then I can't bear the smell and have to go to wash it of.

Beautiful sweet perfume. The sweetness remind me a little bit of Annick Goutal's Le Chèvrefeuille. One dab, and it goes all day long. It blend nicely on my skin, but not in my hot and humid country.

This one is for a young modern women, wearing a well dressed suit, going to the office on the cold day.

After purchasing this fragrance and wearing it for a few days I must say this is a runaway hit in my book. I'm guessing this is a yellow Italian gardenia because in this blend it is totally mellow, a pleasant surprise because gardenia's are often known to be poignant.The opulant jasmine creates the right amount of sweetness and the vetiver brings it down to an earthy, warm feel with it's evident essence of balsalm and amber. The dry down of the sensuous vanilla make this a notable New York scent worthy of wearing.