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Bond no. 9 Saks Fifth Avenue Texas ~ new perfume

Posted by Robin on 26 August 2010 32 Comments

Bond no. 9 Saks Fifth Avenue Texas

Bond no. 9 has launched Saks Fifth Avenue Texas, a new limited edition unisex fragrance exclusive to the Texas Saks Fifth Avenue stores.

The scent is meant to evoke "a tour through a scenic South Texas garden"; the notes include mandarin, bergamot, black currant, pineapple leaves, jasmine, gardenia, hedione, neroli, lily of the valley, vanilla, vetiver, cardamom, musk and oakmoss.

Bond no. 9 Saks Fifth Avenue Texas is $360 for 100 ml Eau de Parfum; 400 bottles were made.  (quote via culturemap, additional information via beautypackaging, )

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  1. Sunski says:
    26 August 2010 at 9:30 am

    OMG, my stepmom – a “Winter Texan” – would flip over that bottle. Good thing she’s not a perfume wearer.

    Next time I’m at the grocery store, I’m going to have to try to smell the pineapple leaves.

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    • Robin says:
      26 August 2010 at 9:47 am

      It looks very Texas, but then, I don’t know Texas all that well.

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    • pigoletto says:
      26 August 2010 at 10:46 am

      Funny, if by leaves they just mean the spiky tops, they just smell green and waxy to me. Most leaves (attached to fruit) do – except for fig leaves, which really do smell sort of unripe fig/coconutty.

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  2. markdavid says:
    26 August 2010 at 9:43 am

    I’m sorry.

    Have they LOST their minds?

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    • Robin says:
      26 August 2010 at 9:46 am

      You don’t think it will sell?

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      • markdavid says:
        26 August 2010 at 9:51 am

        No, that’s the problem. It will probably sell out because people have no shame.

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        • Karin says:
          26 August 2010 at 9:53 am

          Ahhhh…then, they’re very smart!!! ;-)

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    • parfumnut says:
      28 August 2010 at 12:05 am

      LOL…slightly and yes it will probably sell out :) I jumped on Bond No 9 New Orleans, gorgeous bottle :), i guess that means i have no shame. It called my name, thats the only excuse i have .

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  3. Rictor07 says:
    26 August 2010 at 10:25 am

    Since when is Texas a place in New York? Isnt Bonds gimmick supposed to be that their fragrances all represent an area of NYC?

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    • Robin says:
      26 August 2010 at 10:41 am

      They’ve done several for Saks now, plus one for Harrods.

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      • Robin says:
        26 August 2010 at 10:41 am

        Oops. Make that 3 for Harrods.

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        • Kankuro says:
          26 August 2010 at 11:30 am

          They made 4 for Harrods:

          Harrods for Him
          Harrods for Her
          Harrods Limited Edition Swarovski
          Harrods Rose

          The Swarovski is different from the other three perfumes. It’s a strong and fecal oud fragrance, very edgy and some poeple say it smells like cheese…

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          • Robin says:
            26 August 2010 at 11:38 am

            Thanks — totally forgot Harrods Rose.

          • nathanthomas says:
            26 August 2010 at 4:09 pm

            PS – they also now do the Harrods Oud fragrance as a non-swarovski non-limited edition version for £230 instead of the £495 for the swarovski version but only in store – not via their website.

            PPS – i LOVE the Harrods oud its one of my favorites- i don’t get any cheese from it though!

      • pigoletto says:
        26 August 2010 at 10:44 am

        interesting. No NYC as far as I know to Harrods, but I guess they’re branching out. What huge dept store would not want a bespoke big name fragrance?

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    • pigoletto says:
      26 August 2010 at 10:41 am

      I think it’s more because Saks is an NYC store. I suppose Texas is a stretch, but as long as you have a tenuous link to NYC, why would you miss out on cashing in? (sorry for the cynicism today)

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      • Robin says:
        26 August 2010 at 10:44 am

        They already did a Saks New Orleans too. And possibly another, I can’t remember.

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        • Robin says:
          26 August 2010 at 11:00 am

          Remembered…they did 2 for the Saks store in Boca Raton.

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        • Carlos BFL 319 says:
          26 August 2010 at 11:57 am

          I know Bond is not one of the overly loved lines around here, BUT the New Orleans Juice is IMO one of their BEST. Go figure! I participated in a split and I am soooo happy I did.

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          • Joe says:
            26 August 2010 at 3:48 pm

            That’s interesting. I’m not sure I ever heard of the N.O. scent. I really enjoy a couple of Bonds and hate others with a passion.

  4. CynthiaW says:
    26 August 2010 at 11:15 am

    I have to admit, the bottle would probably get me even though the scent doesn’t sound very “Texas”. HOWEVER – and this a big however – it says NYC right on the bottle and that makes it a non-starter.

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  5. Aimee LOndee says:
    26 August 2010 at 11:39 am

    From someone who lives in Texas: HAR! Half of the plants listed as notes couldn’t possibly survive in Texas, for one thing. Lily of the valley is supposed to represent a South Texas garden???? Gimme a break. Try agave and native honeysuckle and the grape-Nehi scent of mountain laurel, for a start. And that bottle is ridiculous.

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    • audreylicious says:
      26 August 2010 at 1:22 pm

      THANK YOU! I was thinking the same thing……what about bluebells? lavender? sage? grasses? Do they do any research at all?

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  6. sayitisntso says:
    26 August 2010 at 11:46 am

    One word: OBNOXIOUS.

    I wouldn’t care if it was handcrafted by blind, tonsured, Tibetan monks. The kind of people who hand over their cash for this nonsense only do it for bragging rights – and to know they own something (the sparkly bottle) that not many other people have – it surely ain’t because the juice is so spectacular.

    And while I’m on my little rant, I’d like to pose a question: How special can said juice be when you seem to churn out 15 new scents a year? Really? Ugh. I’m over it already.

    We now return you to our regularly scheduled program….

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  7. maggiecat says:
    26 August 2010 at 1:13 pm

    I live in Texas and snorted over the description of a “typical south-Texas garden” as well, since almost none of those ingredients could possibly grow there (or here in Dallas for that matter). And even for Dallas the bottle is a bit over the top…

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  8. maggiecat says:
    26 August 2010 at 1:13 pm

    We do have a lot of Saks stores here though….

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  9. Fuddy Duddy 101 says:
    26 August 2010 at 1:30 pm

    I bet Sue-Ellen Ewing would just love the scent and the bottle too ;)

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  10. Calypso says:
    26 August 2010 at 3:58 pm

    I saw the bottle in Saks at the Houston Galleria, and I confess that I coveted it–they had some kind of mega-version and it was just so sparkly. Kind of like the blonde girl on the palomino at the rodeo who opens the show with a Texas flag and fireworks. So ultra-Texas, ha ha! Sort of like a joke, exaggerated version of the state (my adopted state, btw). But I do agree with the other Texas posters above, the idea of those flowers in a south Texas garden is preposterous.

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  11. VanMorrisonFan says:
    26 August 2010 at 6:10 pm

    When I think of a South Texas garden there’s always the sound of cow mooing in the background, and the smell is not something I would want in a bottle…or anywhere else, for that matter.

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  12. thenoseknows says:
    26 August 2010 at 6:35 pm

    The Scent Sounds Wonderful But Bond is such a Hit or Miss with me… some of them smell lovely, others smell just plain ICK! Or Blah, Maybe… but i can surely forsee a Bond Chicago, A Bond Seattle, Bond Boston, A Bond ANYWHERE in the U.S that doesn’t sound like say, Bond Troy or Detroit. because as you know anything associated with Michigan means instantaneous Death by gang bangers or Drive by or mugging, so they can’t POSSIBLY associate a scent with Michigan, unless it is by most peoples assumption the scent of FAILURE! Just gets on my nerves. i KNOW as sure as i am 34 years of age there will be more cities with Saks Scents made just for that city. Saks Troy will never be one of them, GUARANTEE! Screw Em!

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  13. 50_Roses says:
    26 August 2010 at 8:32 pm

    I live in south Texas, and of the listed notes, only the jasmine, gardenia, and citrus are plausible for a Texas garden. How about some rose or wisteria? In the spring, the air in my garden is usually fragrant with the smell of wild onions, but I suppose an onion-scented perfume might be a difficult sell. Of course, a true “Texas” scent should smell like steak or barbecue, only Andy Tauer already did that. Why is it that a Swiss guy seems to understand Texas better than a bunch of New Yorkers?

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    • boojum says:
      27 August 2010 at 12:18 am

      Probably because he lived there (? I think?), where they’ve only seen it in the movies. ;)

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