New Haarlem
Bond No. 9 (2003)

Lavender coffee
Roasted to some perfection
Beyond mere gourmet

Galactostarstuff
Spiced to some unique pleasance
By your chef Maurice

Welcome to New York
What brings you to this taste of
Future memories?

Beautifully complex fragrance.

Perfect for the autumn and winter; on me, this is a close-to-the skin fragrance, which would be great for interacting with people in close quarters ;) One gets a warm, fuzzy feeling smelling this fragrance so I can imagine being curled up with company by the fireplace on a cold night.

I don't get that much of a coffee note from this, rather a syrupy sweet - quite medicinal - scent with vanilla/tonka undertones and hint of cinnamon. It certainly does not smell like freshly ground coffee to me; a milky, overly sweet cup of coffee if anything.

Just got a bottle of this hard to find juice and WOW I'm blown away. Being a huge Roucel fan to begin with, I was fairly certain I'd love it. I get slight coffee, burnt sugar, caramel, and maple syrup balanced with lavender and woods. The lavender and woods keep it grounded and almost masculine even though it has so many gourmand notes. An absolute stunner and one of Roucel's best in my opinion.

I love coffee..but this..this is 3 sprays of headache. You wanna headache? It gets cloying and over the top in no time. Spray more than 3 to get a stuffing migraine. The coffee is on the last part..too subtle and stick close to skin..nobody will notice it. And the coffee isnt like real coffee at all..its like a simulation that doesnt work. Dont blind buy this. Not for everyone.

I love maple syrup. The idea of a fragrance that smells like pancakes and coffee sounded amazing to me, so I knew I had to give this a try. And to be honest, it doesn't disappoint. It's a lovely scent.

I don't know if the performance is quite as strong as some make it out to be. Upon reading that it was pretty nuclear I skimped a bit on my spraying to eke another wearing or two out of my sample. I put a spritz (from a small 1ml sample) on each wrist and one on the neck. It doesn't project too strongly, the longevity is there, but on me it seems to sit pretty close to the skin. I don't mind terribly as I find myself going back to sniff at my wrist periodically throughout the day.

My biggest grievance is that they took this one away now that I love it! The only bottles I see available are on Amazon and most of the Ebay decanters have sketchy (ie. seemingly fake positive) reviews. I managed to order a 10ml from a seemingly legit decanting website. I'll have to see for sure if it's the real deal once it comes in.

Amazing!!

I will state for the record that I an not a massive fan of the house of Bond. NH is most definitely the exception. Amazing gourmand with memories of coffee, syrup, sugar and the likes. Great staying power and although a gourmand it still gives off quite a classy vibe.

Alongside Pure Tonka, this is my favorite full on gourmand. The only issue I have is that Pure Tonka smells so similar to NH that it is hard to justify the price especially as NH as now been discontinued pushing prices even higher.