Bond No. 9's new eau de parfum is called Andy Warhol Success is a Job in New York. (Andy's first assignment in the 1950's as an illustrator was for a Glamour magazine article called "Success is a Job in New York.") The bottle is really cool - it's one of Warhol's famous dollar sign images in two different colors - coral on the front, bright blue on the back. I think the scent is as dramatic as the bottle - it's a unisex fragrance, warm and spicy. Bond No. 9 describes it like this - "Just like money, it lures and intoxicates all who give it a sniff. Its spicy-citrussy top- notes—coriander, cardamom, mandarin, bergamot—lead into a throbbing heart of jasmine, tuberose, rose, plum and pimento (of all things) that eventually segues into an oriental base of vanilla, patchouli, and amber." That's a ton of description, but to me, the word that instantly comes to mind when I smell it is "rich." (And not because there's a dollar sign on the bottle!) It's a really different fragrance - it's strong, so if you usually wear light scents, this one might not be for you. But I really like it - I'm a big fan of oriental scents and the vanilla and amber definitely stand out on me when I wear it. It's definitely more of a colder weather scent (I feel like it's the perfect fragrance to wear while snuggling up on the couch in front of a fire reading a book and drinking hot chocolate). And I really love the bottle - I have a secret fantasy of owning all the Bond No. 9 scents and lining them up on my dresser because the bottles are all so gorgeous (and the one I already own looks so lonely all by itself - it needs friends!)
Success is a Job in New York will be available starting on October 1, 2009 at all four Bond No. 9 stores in New York and at select branches of Saks Fifth Avenue.
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