Description
Bond No. 9 signed an argreement with The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to produce fragrances under the Andy Warhol name. They started with Andy Warhol Silver Factory in 2007. Since that 6 fragrances, including the very new one, have been introduced.
Andy Warhol by Bond No 9 is housed in a standard Bond No 9 bottle with an image of the artist himsel, which is repeated on each side of the bottle. “We chose a photo-booth portrait of a youngish, clean-cut, Mad Man-esque Warhol, circa 1963 – 1964, when he was 35, wearing sunglasses, along with the era’s essential trench coat, white business shirt, and tie.” Andy Warhol was launched in 2011.
curbuloumouri – :
Tom Ford Plum Japonais is a similar smelling fragrance, but this is far better. Beginning to end
Barin39 – :
I got a sample as intrigued looking through reviews. The sample lasted a while as its one of my favourites for autumn winter. It is amazing sexy scent. Its the best oud fragrance i have come across as oud can be very strong yet with this it you can enjoy the oud as its blended with other notes perfectly. I was lucky enough to come across a 100ml bottle recently. I compared the scents both sample and the bottle. The bottle smells fresher. Now 10 hrs later they both smell similar and still strong skin scents.
edunteeboolow – :
This stuff is very unique.
I dont love it, but I dont hate it.
At first spray I was surprised at how “mature” it smelled. As it dried down, I got a better feeling. The plum started to come out. It started to smell awesome.
As it is completely dried down, I am getting plum, vanilla and resin which come together to resemble an incense-like frag, which can only mean the oud is coming through as well. In fact, the oud is there.
At a quick glance (sniff) of the fragrance, it smells like pouring syrup over blueberry pancakes with a slight hint of smoke to take the sweetness away.
Good stuff. I feel like my 5ml will last me for a good while!
BodePuttoth – :
This is my all time favorite. My number 1!!! If im feeling down and just wanna feel like a million bucks… If i want to impress a woman, or ANYONE for that matter, (one spray) on the back side of my neck is all thats needed. Not sure how Bond no 9 bottled excellence, but they canned it with this sweet/vanilla rose/woodsy scent. If you’re looking for a fragrance with the “it” factor, you’ve found it!
10/10
Compliments: 10.
Head turner: 10
Sillage: 10
Sex Appeal : 10
Did i say sex appeal? :10
Dyrokol – :
Andy Warhol is my favorite New York artist so when I discovered the Bond No 9 fragrance bearing his name I thought it could only be as good as his art work. I was right! First of all let me compliment whomever designed the bottle with Andy W’s image. What a nice touch. He would have done that himself in a bottle of cologne and turned it into art.
The fragrance itself is a fruity Oriental woodsy cologne, totally unisex, wearable in spring and summer but because of the darker dry notes in the base consisting of myrrh, agar wood and musk, it becomes a much deeper warmer balsamic Arabic type of thing perfectly suited to winter nights.
This fragrance makes me feel very intellectual and like I’m back in college, studying all night, drinking coffee to stay awake and to keep calm smoking marijuana. This fragrance matches with tweed jackets for men and pea coats for women, turtlenecks, berets, it’s as academic collegiate a New York based fragrance as can get. I have nothing but love for this scent.
Andy Warhol opens with a deep rich plum like they made a plum juice inside a bottle of alcohol. There is a boozy almost aldehydic initial opening but which quickly fades revealing a sweet and decidedly fruity top. I smell citrus mandarin and bergamot orange and the big plum at the top. After a while it begins to smell like a type of fruit alcohol based beverage sweet with a slight vinegar-y type of smell.
The heart is green and floral composed of patchouli, rose, jasmine and labdanum or ‘rock rose’ which gives this scent a feminine appeal but the flowers are by no means the highlight or the main attraction. The florals are there to provide a touch of sweetness and has a really nice rose-patchouli blend that I like in fragrances that are patchouli-based or floral-patchouli. It’s herbal and green in the heart.
Finally dry, this thing smells of incense. It’s a detectable but not overpowering smoky myrrh very evocative of Middle Eastern perfumery. This takes you on a trip outside Andy W’s New York and perhaps to a psychedelic Oriental artsy place that exists only in his imagination. The labdanum is pronounced and mingles with the incense and the big oud. All come down to oud. The woodsy finish is quite nice and very much my type of perfume. I go for unisex fragrances with complexity and creativity as opposed to simple boring feminine stuff. This has something for both men and women but it’s clearly suited to more experienced perfumistas.
Andy W is good for wearing in the fall and winter during the evening, good for wearing to symphonies, art galleries, museums, and the theater/opera. It’s formal but not stiff, it’s quite alive and fresh green clean and smoky as one of the most beautiful American based Oriental perfumes I’ve ever come across.
ralex71 – :
I’m willing to pay good dollar for either a 50ml or 100ml bottle of this juice- No games, no stupidity, no foolishness… Only contact me with AUTHENTIC JUICE in its original packaging, or slightly used- but still AUTHTENTIC!!! Message me with the good news please! Ron
zelaAnneree – :
Just got this after my father passed and my god it smells divine!
kino2010 – :
I’d heard much about Bond No. 9 Andy Warhol, as I’ve been keener on plum-dominant fragrances this year, and have just purchased a bottle of Tom Ford Plum Japonais, and Andy Warhol similarly does not disappoint.
AW is overall slightly sweeter than PJ, as a reference point, with the plum being very much front-and-center in the topnotes along with a fresh cypress and bergamot pairing. I definitely get a hefty dose of rose in the heart, which is welcome, and blends unexpectedly well with the plum. It almost creates a new type of sweet rose aspect that I’ve not experienced previously, despite the omnipresence of rose as of late.
The oud in the dry down is quite subtle, and there’s no sense of a rose/oud combination (an especially pervasive pairing that I quite like). The base notes are not particularly detectable to my nose; vanilla may be there, but the plum still creates most of the sweetness to my nose. Musk and sandalwood could contribute to a soft, woody dry down but I don’t get much of either, frankly.
Perhaps except for the bottle (purple with Warhol’s head), it’s difficult to distinguish from some of flankers so one needs to be careful in seeking this one out.
Performance seems solid, comparable to other Bonds and perhaps even some of the Tom Ford Private Blend line that are not the strongest of the line, and I’m by no coincidence thinking of Plum Japonais.
Use-wise, I could see this having year-round wearability though I’d certainly gravitate toward using it in the colder weather, and men and women alike could use it for both formal and informal occasions.
Overall a great composition and one I now want to track down.
9 out of 10
jht973speagoessenda – :
One of the best Bonds ever produced! Shame they had to discontinue it. 🙂
has – :
It must get the kind of love it deserves. It is what a plum should smell like. Amazing and out of the world. Too tacky to be worn as daily wear but too welcoming if you really want to enjoy this scent and douse yourself in its sorcerous beauty. A class that is different, unorthodox, and unique to enjoy if you compare it with what you come across now a days. I only wish it was available and with a little lesser price tag.
Scent: Amazing
Projection: Great
Longevity: Great
Price: ok, not so great
kotenko34 – :
Great juice hands down !
German777 – :
Such a beautiful masterpiece. Pretty unique and so seductive.I love it.One of the best fragrance from bond house!It’s very bad that this is disconnected and rare and very hard to find.I really want to know why such a beautiful fragrance like this and many other’s must be discontinued and out of order?
Scent 10/10
Longevity 9/10
Projection 10/10
Overall 9.75/10
reedybarm – :
Scent – vanillin wood, sandalwood & patchouli.
Season/Time of Day – I prefer to use this one in the colder months, day or night.
Projection – I didn’t get noticed, I didn’t get a compliment.
Longevity – I get 12hrs consistently.
beipiemia – :
This Bond No. 9 has been on my gotta try list for a long time. I really enjoy TF Plum Japonais, which has recently been replaced by Vintage CD Poison as my favorite Plummy fragrance. This gorgeous scent is a bit like both of them, although not “smokey” or “incensey”.
Andy Warhol maintains a semi-sweet Plum throughout wearing. I found that the TF lost a lot of Plum after about an hour, sadly. Plum Japonais also is much more Oud-filled to my nose.
The Vintage Poison wins again! This could be a second choice if Vintage Poison becomes unavailable. but, I just don’t think I could bear looking at the bottle (all due respect to Mr. Warhol) I’d have to decant into another vessel.
Yann – :
beautiful…just beautiful….one of the best from bond period!!!
lekova – :
A delicious scent.
For me completely linear, it is a conjuncture of grape with vanilla, you realize very discrete nuances of oud, something kind incensed but nothing to change the main focus.
I consider this perfume a fruity gourmand refers me to a dessert i never eaten, it would be a grape mousse, it´s creative, creamy and yummy.
Rating: 8,5-9/10
olololololol – :
Always wanted to get my nose on it but due to poor availability it was hard until recently, and oh boy it is very nice. Last a good amount of time but is not a sillage monster, very nice plum note and yes I can see similarities with Plum Japonais by Tom Ford, but this one is sweeter and more casual to me when Plum Japonais is darker spicier and smokier Plum, both very nice and bottle worthy in my book. I give Andy Warhol 10 out of 10, one of the best Bond fragrances.
san1088 – :
disappointing in sillage and duration.. great plum opening but, surely not worth its price tag!
kuleba22 – :
I really love this fragrance, to me the 5 big notes are Plum, Oud, Sandalwood, Vanilla and Frankincense, lasts a really long time but for me it´s not a projection monster, but sometimes it´s a good thing because it´s made the fragrance more versatile, so as being said it is my signature fragrance, I bought several tester bottles of this fragrance to make sure I don´t run out soon of this beautiful juice 10/10
lexa_syper1996 – :
I bought some samples. I absolutely adore this scent. It’s warm and inviting. Where can I buy a full bottle?
kozlov_as – :
Great scent. Nothing new to add except that this resembles Tom Ford Plum Japonais (which came out after Andy Warhol) and smells nothing like 24 Gold by Scentstory.
Thumbs up and glad to own a bottle!
slach_23 – :
One of the best fragrance from bond house!!
Scent 10/10
Longevity 9/10
Projection excellent
Overall 9/10
dimon03 – :
This is a masterpiece. If you like plum scents, than this is your signature scent! An amazing plum with a light vanilla is what are the main notes I get from this fragrance. It lasts all day and projects well! Very hard to get but if you get a chance, get it!
10/10 for plum lovers!
Dmitriy Rodionov – :
Love the reviews, having tried this…., there is NOTHING MORE I could say than what most of you guys haven’t already covered: Incense, dark, a bit smoky, Oud, Plum, sweet, but not overly sweet, mysterious, purple, mellow, boozy, beast longevity…, BRAVO
nytka94 – :
This right here. Manly vanilla , and plum with a deep smokey feel. Damn it’s addictive ! Your gonna get some hair playing from the ladies when you walk by with this on too..
shx429Negeltzex – :
This does actually remind me of a church also, but it also makes me think of some badass that was out smoking cigars all day while gunning down bad guys. It’s sweet, but it’s so smokey, it’s relaxing but intriguing, it’s church but it has a dark side. I guess they really made one that fit Warhol’s personality. I just have to wait until winter to wear it now… In the summer this will cause asphyxia.
betrezen2010 – :
Pretty unique and so seductive – I love it. Lasts forever but its not that great to have such a price tag!
anatoly-dvornikov – :
csodas illat és beszerzem 🙂
slotserv – :
smells like burberry woman like almost identical
kassites – :
I have had a large sample vial of this for months now. I actually stumbled upon Bond over a year ago looking at “Best fragrances for men 2011.” This made the top 10 list.
I probably sniffed it mid summer… maybe in August? Apparently that didn’t sit well. Fast forward to January… I was more intrigued. Now I just plain want a bottle!
I can attest that this smells only faintly of incense, but more of smoke. I adore the honeyed, plum, deep, dark fruit base that this fragrance rests on. There’s some vanilla and woods… but different types, you can tell there’s oud, but it also smells of trees…
Lovely cold/cooler weather scent. Really has me craving that smell.
sipunya – :
It seems i have to try this one but there are not products of bond no.9 in my country :Hoam
flame82 – :
Made in Heaven featuring the Devil.
Absolutely amazing.
Andy Warhol By Bond is one of my favourite perfumes of this brand (with Coney Island and Madison Square Park).
I don’t love Bond scents, I find them very subtle and quiet, and I prefer chaotic and theatrical perfumes (Serge Lutens ones, Angel by Mugler, Black Orchid by Tom Ford).
But this is something subtle and gentle, but in an extravagant way.
Incense base, very deep and dark, with olibanum and oud, and a fruity heart of sweet, greedy plum.
And this couple is so strange, but so good!
The oud gives a particular aroma of liquor, plum and vanilla give a pretty twist to this dark blend.
Stunning scent.
andrysha09 – :
This is another incredible bond scent. If you love frankinscence like I do- you will love this fragrance. I was looking for a scent with Frankinscence in it and I finally found one. Worth every cent.
Nevalner – :
I grew up Irish Catholic & this totally reminds me of the incense ball that the priests spread around during mass. You know, where it is dangling from the chain and they swing it back & forth over the parishioners. Does anyone else know what I am talking about?? I found the scent very soothing & comforting. I would not buy a FB but I enjoyed trying it out.
MITY1991 – :
When I first smelled this, thanks to a great SA at the Bond No. 9 counter, my first reaction was “they finally did it right!” I was comparing it to Silver Factory. When I first smelled SF, I fell in love with its light, woody, incensy smokiness, but later discovered there was an undercurrent of something that smelled urinous, or at least that’s how my mind interpreted it. The love was gone…
Andy Warhol is an addition to the study in incense, probably still a work in progress. Striking is the warmth tempered by the incense itself, although I would’ve exercised a little more restraint in order to fully make obvious the oud note, which just sits inbetween the incense and the plummy sweetness. The amount of oud is perfect–it’s not superinjected like many offerings, therefore it doesn’t smell sweaty or out of balance.
In humid weather, like where I live most of the time, the scent billows and envelops, but in air conditioned settings, the scent is well tempered, light smoky and sweet.
AW is pricey as with all BNo.9 oud tinged offerings, and as with such high end niche perfumery, I gotta love it to buy it–I only liked it.
Burtalkro – :
Plum, incense, oud, labdanum. All of these come together to create a sort of less intense, but not-as-satisfying Jubilation XXV. Still, the drydown is seriously one of the few oud-heavy drydowns I’d recommend, and the stuff lasts all day long.
I’d honestly rather get Jubilation XXV, but definitely check this one out.
goncharov.volodya – :
This probably requires a bit more adjustment, so I can only give some initial impressions.
The plum in the top is nice, not overly sweet, but a pleasant note for the fragrance. I wish it had more of a chance to unfold and develop, which sadly it didn’t before the entire mixture evolved into only the distinguishable notes of sandalwood and vanilla. I’m told it’s a Madagascar Vanilla, but it’s so subdued that it also is underdeveloped and doesn’t emerge from the base. And perhaps it’s an unfair comparison since I’ve had the chance to wear Spiritueuse Double Vanille recently, and the Bond pales by comparison.
This isn’t bad, but I don’t see this as the best effort Bond has put forth. The plum and other elements could have either been explored more fully or removed to make the core elements more pronounced. This is a melange that didn’t have much chance to open up beyond a very vanillin/sawdust base. People might examine for the sheer novelty, but this could do with more of a reformulation to bring it from its present state of mediocrity.
tar140InsuffBooni – :
Incredible!Sweet but not too sweet like blue sugar or rochas a masculine sweet plum,vanilla,oud,sandlewood great for winter.Last great scent for the class of 2011!!!
Radis163 – :
Purple seems like the perfect color for the image of Andy Warhol on the bottle of Bond no 9 ANDY WARHOL, because it contains a very inky, plummy, incense perfume. Oddly enough, there is also a very marked peach note, which hovers over the top of the composition and can be teased out by my nose (if I concentrate..) from the more intense purple amalgam which dominates the scent.
The inkiness reminds me a bit of the opening of Lalique ENCRE NOIRE, but the dark plum and peach really make this unique. There is a strong, deep, cooked fruitiness to this composition, without its being very sweet. With such *great* longevity and pretty big sillage, this latest entry in the Bond line up seems to me like a straight-up perfume, not a cologne. I don’t think that it is more feminine than masculine, but it definitely has a depth and heft which are more characteristic of women’s fragrances than men’s. Apply sparingly for full enjoyment. (-;
Outlaw – :
First impression; I love the presentation but not so much for the scent. I get a weird plumy sweetness throughout, strong patchouli, dry and spicy oud (best part), some sandalwood with a mild spicy kick, and something powdery. It gets sharp silvery smokey later and I suspect it’s the frankincense. The scent is heavy at first but will settle down and last a long time. I think this is a unique Bond. I like the smokey and woody quality in here, but this confirms that I am still not a big fan of the plum. In fact, I don’t even like to eat plum. 🙁 I would like it better if the sweetness comes from something more oriental like amber. I would to try again tho. Maybe my mind will change about this.