Description
Astor Place is a floral woody musky fragrance by the niche house of Bond No.9. The perfume was introduced in 2009 and inspired by sculpture The Cube by Tony Rosenthal, located at the plaza in Manhattan where Lafayette Street meets the Bowery, which is based and rotated on one of its edges. Model for its bottle was the sculpture, painted with colourful triangles and decorated with tiny gold details.
Astor Place is presented on April 1st 2009 as a unisex edition with feminine tendencies – says founder of the house, Laurice Rahme. The nose behind the perfume is Laurent Le Guernec of IFF, who enriched top notes with mandarin and violet leaves, a heart blooms with freesia, red poppy buds and iris root, while base notes add accords of teak wood, musk and amber.
Astor Place can be found as 50ml (1.7 oz) and 100ml (3.4 oz) edt, as well as in a special bottle of 100 ml edt decorated with Swarovski crystals.
FriendJordan – :
What if Dior’s J’adore, but dryer. Gentle projection, good longevity, but the actual scent is something we’ve all smelled a million times before. If you like to smell like floral shampoo and don’t mind the price tag, give it a shot.
ERMEKUTILOV – :
This is a beautiful light warm weather daytime fragrance, fresh, greenish-floral, slightly spicy with great versatility and.. feminine. This is not unisex IMO.
Dominant notes are strong freesia, well balanced violet leaf mixed with mandarin and poppy. The rest notes are very mild. I do not get orris root.
Performance is above average overall. Long lasting scent with strong sillage for about the first hour. Beautiful feminine scent.
михей2012 – :
At first i kind of get bleecker st with heavy florals around it.. super nice… it is a bit fem but a guy can pull it off. It is super long lasting and well worth checking out. Someone in the comments mentioned blending it with West Side and it works sooooo well. It just makes this beautiful combination and more unisex that way.
hawka – :
the opening is screechy but as soon as it fades a bit, ure left with a warm and beautiful flowery fruity accord that is indescribable. smooth, sexy and very long lasting. as i suspected, a 10/10
edit: omg this is super duper long lasting! ive been wearing this since 8am this morning and its now at 11.45pm its still going on strong! one thing about bond no 9 is they hv good longevity with moderate projection, which suits my personality (im quite an introvert). im loving this even more now and im looking forward to try others from this brand
ann71444 – :
I’ve heard this described as a boring floral. I disagree. I do need to disclose that this is one of my more favorite bond bottles so I would buy it for the bottle anyway. But it is a lovely long lasting and loud floral. Red poppy orange freesia musk dominate to my nose. I don’t quite smell j’adore. But it’s sweet and loud and poppyish. Good for poppy fans. And you know I’m going to buy it for the bottle anyway.
vladya – :
Purchased a sample on the basis that Astor Place smells like J’adore, which I love (but the reformulations have somehow killed its former glory).
To me, Astor Place doesn’t smell at all like J’adore, that has fruity overtones and a ‘late afternoon glow’ (Luca Turin’s, not mine). On the contrary, Astor Place is a floral with a morning, fresh outline; I get lots of freesia and lily of the valley (a line I personally do not cross often). AP smells nice, polite, uncomplicated, innocent.
I like it but unfortunately have happened to meet J’adore first 🙂
Balepka – :
I love this scent! It is soooo sophisticated and elegant!
xpom0190 – :
I like to wear this on a warm day with my colorful Ralph Lauren chino pants. This is a colorful scent and it’s very loud like I like.
tsarapkabel – :
this is beautiful. doesnt get enough love in my opinion. not only the bottle but the scent is so invigorating! i need more wearings to come to a fair rating but from what im experiencing so far, i could see this is going to be a 10/10!
p/s: for those who think that this is overtly feminine, give it some time till the teak wood aroma comes out. its really nice and completely unisex, not to mention it really is unique
afteftRen – :
HUGELY similar to Dior J’Adore, my wife’s favorite.
I get a strong almost strawberry candy-like smell. Just like J’Adore, this is a youthful and playful scent, very “20-something girl still trying to live out her teeneage years”.
She loves it. I love it on her, even better than J’Adore as it doesn’t have such a nagging, synthetic feel to it. And the bottle is SO COOL, i wana buy it just for that.
snotlynob – :
all I smell is aldehydes & musk…. Chanel N°5 has lost one of her great great grand children
former48 – :
Sweet, flowery opening. Green with something sweet and melon-like underneath. A fruity floral with something more (the green note from the violet leaf?) I agree with a previous commenter about it smelling like freshly washed college girl hair, lol! After reading that I can’t not smell it. Up until then I got a pleasant, if a little pedestrian, fruity floral with notes of green. One thing I notice is that it smells better the further you are from it. I always go a little heavy on applying niche fragrances because I don’t want to have to reapply if I can’t really smell it and mix up the top, middle, and base notes. Astor Place is pleasant from a distance but when I bring my hand up to my nose it becomes stridant and shampoo-y. This is my first Bond No. 9 and I’m not impressed. I could see this being something Gwen Stefani would put out; sweet and playful, not particularly challenging but fun. It’s enjoyable if a bit screechy but not worth the price in my book.
FeraTynceramn – :
I find this scent incredibly familiar. Actually it smells like many other things, I see some have compared it to J’adore, and yeah it is present but with a more bitter quality. It also reminds me off notorius by RL, and to a lesser degree Sicily by DG. Bright, sweet floral and citric scent, very good sillage and longevity.
Leonora – :
Scent – sweet bruised flowers, musk & mandarin orange.
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
andrei154 – :
This is synthetic, run-of-the-mill, fresh to a fault, floral and rather serious composition. It lasts well, but it’s not well-blended and it is screechy as many of today’s fresh-synthetic-florals are. A disappointent. J’Adore with its solar quality is a masterpiece compared to this. I see no other similarities then both being floral scents. Astor Place is a disappointment.
wandererv7 – :
To me this one wins the stinkiest bond competition. Just like I hate J’adore and other sweet “good girl” annoyingly cloying fragrances, this fits in the same shelf.
0 out of 10
matizesr – :
I can’t help it, it reminds me of the OFF mosquito repellent. It’s not horrible, but I wouldn’t buy it. I live in NY and to me, Astor place is more vibrant and punk. I expected this scent to be more energetic.
ataka123 – :
I blind bought this and now I regret doing so.thoroughly agree with gaz525.Although not quite rotting flowers I detect a floral slightly past its use by date and oh so synthetic.When compared with Tom Ford’s Jonquille de Nuit there is no comparison for freshness for the spring months we are currently enjoying.Granted all perfumes are synthetised these days,there are well blended ones and ones not so well blended.This falls into the later category.I gave it a chance and wanted to like it but unfortunately it hasn’t grown on me and its now about to be regifted.Smells like a cheap $4 Glade air freshener.
urimez – :
Absolutely rotten smells like sour flowers and I usually love floral scents,got bond no 9 high line on its way,hoping it will be better than Astor place
mi7ha – :
Got a few samples from Bond no 9 and Astor Place was one of them. I like the smell, it’s a “cute” smell if that makes any sense. Ok longevity: on me it lasted about 5 hours, then I reapplied and the second time around it lasted another 6 hours. Floral, sweet but not cloying. Will try a few more days to decide whether this is worth the price they ask.
PS: Definitely wouldn’t wear it if I was a guy. Way too floral.
vcherskyy – :
goes on very floral. after about 2 hours the base notes really come through, and this becomes basically a very clean musk. even so, still more feminine than unisex.
boroda198787 – :
I cannot believe lily of the valley is not listed. This has it in it , and it is divine!
vladimir.goobin – :
I find this to be a floral, woody musk. Pretty and IMO very feminine. I get a sweet (freesia) floral that dries down to a soft woody musk. I understand the comparisons to J’adore, they would be in the same genre, but I find them quite different. This has decent silage and good lasting power. One of the few that I have been able to empty the bottle, and will repurchase.
suarez – :
I went to dinner with my female friend and as she opened the door to get in my car she said……FUCK…what perfume are you wearing you smell so fucking good!!!!!!
I blended Astor Place with West Side…..this is a knock out combination. If you want to impress and have people swearing at you because you smell phenomenal….try mixing Astor Place with West Side!!!!!!!!
vados88 – :
a fresh, handful of hand picked flowers…..drenched from the rain. id describe it exactly as that. as a guy who wears this regularly, i get a lot of comments cuz it mixes well with my body chemistry and personality. im more fun and flirty when i put this on. the sillage is awesome but beware this edp is extremely powerful. i almost cannot put it on my neck cuz it chokes me out….thats how strong it is. be careful on the application (as with most Bond’s)!
dyadyalera – :
If Escada & YSL had a love child. A bit on the aqua side as well. I also detect a bit sort of berry in there too.
Viridis – :
Second only to High Line for my favorite Bond. I just can’t help myself when it comes to freesia, and this is so well mixed and multi-dimensional it really takes the prize in all the freesias I’ve sniffed. Fairly well lived too, I could smell it faintly the next morning after putting it on around noon time the day before. Sillage is good, it’s not a bomb, but people within a small radius of you will get just such a sniff as to appreciate it. Win!
qwyeter – :
Agree completely with huzayfa. This stuff smells GREAT – but really not unisex – this is very feminine. If I were a woman, I would get a bottle of this ASAP.
irina levina – :
I did try J’Adore and it does not remind me of this scent, not more that J’Adore reminds me of Paris.
ProduceR – :
For men and women?? Oh, I would never present this fragance to a man!! I must say the flacon is quite attractive, as is almost the whole Bond Nr.9 line. Then the fragance, it reminded me of Paris, I smelled quite a lot of violets. I have not tried J’Adore but will soon to compare. Last but not least, the price: well, it’s a nice bottle but the fragance is just so over… I could buy Paris at half the price and will probably get much more for the dollar.
onaw – :
Great bottle! Almost worth the price of admission (almost).
Yes, I do get the J’adore comp here (which I do like) but it is no copy. Less floral (more serious) and a little warmer. Fem without the girly.
The mandarin orange upfront is excellent (a fave). After a decent time period the freesia takes over and keeps the bottom dwelling amber and musk at bay.
Sillage is excellent and the longevity is better then some Bonds(Chez Bond, Riverside, Saks for Him) which at these prices they all ought to go all day/night long!
FYI – this was a 2010 FiFi Women’s Nouveau Niche winner.
Nmyanmiod – :
This is like a limey cucumbery Sunflowers. Interesting but not breathtaking. Decent staying power. Could be memorable because it is kind of unique. Thank goodness for the Bond bottles!!!!
ltp517elipseskism – :
I got a sample of J’Adore which is supposed to be so much like Astor Place. Astor Place has much more of a mandarin, violet leaf kick where J’Adore is sweet and floral. Also on me Astor Place has much more sillage and lasts 4 or 5 hours on me and J’Adore only lasts 30 minutes and then fades away. Maybe the sample is to blame. At any rate I do not find much similarity between the 2 scents. At this time Astor Place is in my top 5 fragrances.
ildar201132 – :
I received my 3.3 oz bottle from an auction on e-bay for a very reasonable price and I am loving it! Definitely the genuine article. It is fresh, invigorating and lasts about 4 hours on me which is acceptable since I soak up scent. I think the notes that make it so special for me are the freesia, mandarin orange and violet leaf. Comparing to J’Adore, I notice j’Adore has 18 notes in the EDP and 11 in the EDT. A number of reviewers notice a similarity between these 2 fragrances although, I personally do not think they are that similar. They do share several notes, which are freesia, mandarin orange and violet. So they have these similarities. At this time Astor Place is in my top 10 fragrances. I will have to update my favorites in my profile.
yarah – :
I am not sure about the notes here but this smells too damn similar to J`adore by Dior
suzanatra – :
it is an ok scent, nice but not outstanding….the quality does not correspond with the price tag.
ersh – :
It’s usually a bad sign when the first remark in a review refers to the bottle, but I cannot resist saying how beautiful is the vessel in which Bond no 9 ASTOR PLACE is harbored.
As for the juice inside, I must agree with those who find ASTOR PLACE redolent of Dior J’ADORE. Unclear why, given the rather disparate list of (admitted) notes. Freesia, perhaps? Is this a big freesia frag? All I know for sure is that whatever the culprit is in J’ADORE which makes that composition essentially unwearable for me, it is happily absent from ASTOR PLACE.
So, all in all, ASTOR PLACE is a winner in my book: the bottle is even more beautiful than the J’ADORE bottle (which I cannot give up despite my inability to wear the juice inside), and yet this edp is an appealing and feminine floral which works well with my skin chemistry and seems pleasing to others (non-wearers in the vicinity) as well.
All of that said, I am unsure as to why ASTOR PLACE won the best nouveau niche FIFI. It’s not really new, IMNSHO. But it certainly has good longevity and sillage, and anyone who likes J’ADORE will appreciate ASTOR PLACE–that’s virtually a guarantee!
naruto2017 – :
Women’s Nouveau Niche
Bond No. 9 Astor Place
Bond No.9 New York
– not sure if I would give this perfume an award like this…
– it is ordinary, so floral and regular…
ZVERushka69 – :
Have tested this 3 or 4 times, and I just love it more and more. The interesting thing about Bond scents is that several of them develop in the most delightful and unexpected ways. It does not smell like J’adore to me. All the notes just come together so beautifully that this is definitely on my “buy list, if I can get it for a decent price,”
phossexpesild – :
I got this in a 39 package of samples from e-bay. When first applied it smelled pleasant but not special But Then it evolved into a very intriguing blend that I had to keep sniffing. It lasted about 4 hours on me. I look forward to sampling it again tomorrow because it was an interesting trip today.
demicus – :
I often put a bit of a fragrance on the back of my hand to sniff during the day at work and sample. Today, I decided to grab a random Bond out of my desk drawer at home – I grabbed Astor Place and thought I’d give it some more attention since I’d only briefly smelled it in the store up til now.
When I first put it on, I got a pleasant, but not exceptional plummy fruit note. It seemed nice enough and I thought perhaps it could be something the GF would like when she wanted something light or girly. By the time I had gotten to work, it had fallen flat. I’m not sure exactly what the culprit is, but it’s turned into the smell of shampoo. I lived with a number of girls one year in college, and this is the smell of their just-washed hair while getting ready to go out for the night. I think the freesia may be to blame, but I can’t be certain. What I get now is nothing more than wet Pantene hair. Every now and then, I get a pop of citrus, likely the mandarin sticking its head out for a breath of air.
I wrote most of this earlier and then headed to a meeting. Astor Place did evolve some, but not much. There were a few minutes that I felt like it was going to turn into something better, more tart – but then it settled back into a shampooed head. The juicy mandarin is smothered with the hammering freesia and white florals.
I’m left pretty disappointed for the most part. It’s a pity – the bottle is quite a sight, and the real location seems to be very cool. Perhaps that intersection has a lot of recently washed heads of hair.
Schtirliz – :
I would say this smells very tuberosish! It reminds me a lot of Jadore. My best friend agreed with me. She loves this, and she Loves Jadore!
Munhunt – :
There’s something about this fragrance that hits between the nose and throat. The smell diminishes when you put your nose right up to your skin – when you do that you get a huge whiff of the mandarin and flowers. Beyond the mandarin, which is nice and very much at the forefront when this goes on, there is a quality that reminds me of walking into a shop that sells soap or candles.
I’ve come to the conclusion that the violet leaves are what elevate this fragrance above the mundane and keep it from being just another nice fruity floral.
On me the longevity is about four hours, but my skin can eat fragrance.
Бука 44 – :
The last time I stop by Bond No.9 counter at SFA at Union Sqaure in San Francisco, I spay some of Astor Place on a Bond No. 9 Blotter and a little on the back of my hand.
It opens up with the most beautiful floral blend and has a sensual warm down of teak wood & amber.
I am using the blotter as a bookmark. I get a waft of this EdP, which has a “feminine” feel to it. Each time I open my book to read, the smell of Astor Place puts a smile on my face.
I so enjoy this scent. I will buy the candle once it comes out so I may be able to fill up a room with this beautiful scent from Bond No. 9.