Andy Warhol Union Square

SamCitychick — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:09:00 EDT

So today before work (here at Edge NY) I made a quick stop to Bond No. 9 here in Noho. I've seen the store numerous times and read about it in different fashion magazines but never really had enough time to stop in...until today. If you are not familiar with Bond No. 9 it is a New York based fragrance house that is best known for creating fragrances that pay homage to New York City and its neighborhoods. A little background:

Bond No. 9 (named after its flagship boutique at 9 Bond Street in NoHo) was the brainchild of French perfume expert, Laurice Rahme, a resident of New York for 25 years.Their line of scents includes Chinatown, Chelsea Flowers, Nuits De Noho & Coney Island. They currently have four stores in Manhattan and is sold exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue nationwide. In Canada it is sold exclusively at Kiss & Makeup and at Holt Renfrew. Internationally it is sold in Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia. Bond No. 9 Fragrances are fairly expensive, all ranging over $100.

Anyways, the real reason why I stopped in today was to check out the Andy Warhol Collection. I have always had a lifelong love for art and it was even one of my two majors in college (the other was history)..so my curiosity got the better of me when I heard that they were designing the bottles to mimic Andy's paintings. I figured, pretty bottles inspired by paintings and perfume...how can you go wrong..right?

When I walked in to the flagship store for the first time I fell in love with it. It was so fabulous and chic and everywhere I looked was perfume...ahhhhhhh.....anyways I started sampling the three fragrances in the collection...Andy Warhol Success is a Job in New York

Andy Warhol Lexington Avenue

and my personal favorite..Andy Warhol Union Square (main pic). I liked the other two fragrances but they were not my cup of tea. I loved Union Square so much because it's the type of fragrance that I wear..strong, fruity, feminine..a la Chanel No. 5, Boucheron, White Diamonds, etc, etc. It's notes includes Lily of the valley, green stem, blue freesia, white birchwood, amber, and musk. I loved it so much that I wanted to purchase it right then and there but the $250 price tag put a stop to that dream real fast lol..That and the fact that the salesguy was a douche! After inquiring about the price (which he told be was $250 but which clearly says $205 on the website www.bondno9.com) he proceeded to ask me what do I know about Andy Warhol and then threw about 100 questions at me in less than 30 seconds. Who does that? And honestly most of the questions I didn't know the answers to...like where are all the places that he lived and other stupid stuff like that...he then scoffed at me at my ignorance. I was like "dude, I just want some damn perfume but not from yo condesending ass!" Now I'm gonna just buy it on ebay...Jerk...

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Andy Warhol Union Square