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.
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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:)
Denise - October 26th, 2008 at 1:12 pmYou have a great attitude and pizzazz. These bottles surely are dazzling.
Adrilia - October 27th, 2008 at 5:02 amLove 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.
astrorainfall - October 28th, 2008 at 12:19 amBreath-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…
Suzy - August 21st, 2009 at 2:15 pmSuzy, i think Bond’s bottles are refillable. and not so long ago they offered a free refill too, lol
Anna S. - August 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 pmWhat a waste of money!
Tina - August 23rd, 2009 at 6:08 am