Description
Dubai provides inspiration for the New York-based brand Bond No9 which promotes the Dubai Collection with three new fragrances Dubai Ruby, Dubai Emerald and Dubai Indigo in luxurious flacons with characteristic star-shape. The new fragrances arrive in transparent glass flacons in red, blue and green color, covered in gold color metal creating the shape of door on the flacon, which can be seen on beautiful Arabic palaces. Metal shuttering with its perforated slits create ornaments through which you can see the body of the bottle and discreetly passing light.
BOND NO 9 DUBAI EMERALD is an oriental-leather fragrance with top notes of saffron and hyssop (Hyssopus officinalis). The heart incorporates gurjum balm and rose flowers, resting on patchouli, sandalwood, amber, cypriol and leather. The fragrance can be purchased as 100ml Eau de Parfum.
Dubai Emerald was launched in 2015.
VitaliyNemetc – :
This smells really dusty, I’m not sure why this is the case- genuinely gross, the lady was trying to sell this as a good leather scent but I just thought it was pretty bad.
oleg-football – :
This is a strong scent for mild cool weather, fall/winter, day and night. The opening is very strong and very harsh, it burns slightly my nose.
Cypriol is way too much, dominates in everything. Feels like a storm which covers the rest notes. Rose is here trying to emerge but it is suffocating in excessive spiceness and cypriol. There is an acidic smell in this scent. Saffron is milder than the rose. There is also intensive leather note and strong patchouli. The rest notes are very mild. I also get camphor.
This is not for rose lovers and it’s much harsher than Bond No 9 New York Oud which feels like velvet compared to Emerald.
Overall it feels like a mediocre arabic scent, like an experiment. Like an orchestra where everyone tries to be louder than the rest. There is no harmony.
It is a very long lasting scent with heavy sillage.
Hibsquins – :
This one is definitely for rose lovers. If you want a very rare unique rose fragrance that doesn’t have that typical smell that you expect a rose perfume to have, look no further. Emerald is the fragrance for you, with its very exotic notes almost like rubber/tire/plastic woody smell mixed with a lot of rose and saffron, makes this fragrance a rose gem. The rose is slightly sweet but gurjum balm, cypriol, saffron and leather give this fragrance a very unique oriental smell that I cannot get enough from. Amazing projection and long lasting performance. This one is definitely on my list to buy.
Meohc138Bessinepome – :
Exotic out of the bottle, this one dries down on me to the base notes described above. The patchouli, sandalwood, cypriol, and leather aren’t combined as much as they are interwoven together like summertime vines. The blend is beautiful and will, hopefully, make for a nice, light warm weather scent. Not heavy enough on me to be worn in the colder months as others have suggested.
sergeiksp – :
This fragrance is amazing – strong, long-lasting, with excellent projection, beautiful and exotic. Similar to New York Oud, but less sweet and much more dramatic. Likewise, somewhat Reminiscent of Kilian’s Gold Oud, though the elements differ, and Emerald definitely standing out as much more crisp. Having tried all 3 exclusives, this is by far my favorite. I purchased almost immediately.