Bond No. 9

Founded 2003 · New York, United States · Laurice Rahmé

Bond No. 9 does one thing and does it whole: it perfumes the neighbourhoods of New York. Each fragrance takes the name of a street, a park or a district, and the bottle is a starfish carrying the image of the place.

History

Laurice Rahmé, Lebanese by birth and trained in French perfumery, with spells at Annick Goutal and Creed in the United States, founded the house in 2003 at number 9 Bond Street, in NoHo. The premise is geographical and has not changed: every perfume portrays a specific place in the city. The catalogue passes a hundred references and runs from Wall Street to Coney Island. The house kept up a trademark dispute against Bond Street for years and another against Lattafa over copies, and both episodes are documented.

Iconic models

New York Nights
An amber with saffron and plum; among the best sellers in the catalogue.
Signature Scent
The one the house presents as a portrait of the whole city.
Little Italy
A mandarin citrus, one of the lightest in the house.

Worth knowing

The name is not wordplay: the house is literally at number 9 Bond Street in Manhattan, and every perfume in the catalogue portrays a specific point in the city.