The Ultimate in Luxury Beauty: Bond No. 9 for the Holidays

Have a little extra cash to burn this Holiday season? No? Me either. Surely that shouldn’t stop us from window shopping and oohing and ahhing over something so luxurious as Bond No. 9′s Holiday collection.

Bleecker Street Bejeweled
The choice this holiday for the annual “Swarovski treatment” is Bleecker Street (a gourmand oriental mingling of patchouli, cassis, caramel, woods, and musk.) The limited-edition 100ml lime green-chartreuse-amethyst-gold starburst watercolor flacon is studded, back and front, with a checkerboard pattern of matching crystals—and for good measure, an extra-large crystal front and center. $395.

The Swarovski All-Stars
Why stop at one new Swarovski-enhanced flacon? They’ve gone overboard and embellished three more of their most coveted scents with the tiniest and most reflective of all the Swarovski stones—five thousand of them per 50ml bottle. The pearlized milk glass Eau de New York bottle (citruses-cyclamen-jasmine-vetiver) is studded with diamond-colored aurora borealis stones. Chelsea Flowers (peonies-magnolia-rose) is decked with emerald-colored stones. Chinatown (peach-gardenia-tuberose-sandalwood) features ruby-colored stones. $650.

The Crystallized Amphora
I’ve saved the show-stopper for last: The outsized 42 oz amphora vitrine, breathtakingly covered with 16,500 hand-applied platinum Swarovski stones. Not to forget the bottle top—an elliptical mirror with honeycomb base, the Bond No. 9 signature and a handy golden spigot. Contents? Your choice among Bond’s 32 scents. This bedazzlement comes in a white patent leather gift case, also adorned with crystals. $3,500.

Window shop some more at www.bondno9.com

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Shannon Nelson in beauty, holiday, perfume 6 Comments

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Shannon Nelson

Shannon Nelson launched A Girl's Gotta Spa! in 2005. She currently works with beauty brands as a social media consultant, freelance writes for magazines and is a public speaker at beauty industry conferences. You can also see her every Tuesday on PA Live!

6 Responses to The Ultimate in Luxury Beauty: Bond No. 9 for the Holidays

  1. Denise October 26, 2008
    I see these every year and just laugh. I’m sure they give these away to most of the people that can actually afford to buy one:)
  2. Adrilia October 27, 2008
    You have a great attitude and pizzazz. These bottles surely are dazzling.
  3. astrorainfall October 28, 2008
    Love the new Bond perfumes but I would have to agree with Denise — that’s a lot of moolah for perfume. I love the complex, sexy fragrances they product. My fave is Chinatown.
  4. Suzy August 21, 2009
    Breath-taking is right — absolutely, BEE YOU TEA FULL! I wish the container could be put to a second use when the perfume is gone — like a mini clutch, or something, if it had a chain, for example??? I’m just not into empty perfume bottles — no matter how pretty…
  5. Anna S. August 22, 2009
    Suzy, i think Bond’s bottles are refillable. and not so long ago they offered a free refill too, lol ;)
  6. Tina August 23, 2009
    What a waste of money!

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