Bond No. 9 vs Lafayette St.
Side by side. Scored honestly.
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Verdicts
Bond No. 9
A fresh woody gourmand fragrance built around bergamot, grapefruit, white musk, amber, woody. Scent profile not yet written in our editorial pass — the listed notes are the most reliable summary of the wear character until that's filled in.
Lafayette St.
A fresh floral woody fragrance built around bergamot, grapefruit, violet leaf, iris, cedar. Scent profile not yet written in our editorial pass — the listed notes are the most reliable summary of the wear character until that's filled in.
How they overlap
Bond No. 9 and Lafayette St. share 2 notes (bergamot, grapefruit). The same note name doesn't always mean the same scent — different houses use different vanillas, different woods, different musks — but a multi-note shared spine usually does indicate genuinely-comparable wear character. The remaining notes (3 unique to Bond No. 9, 5 unique to Lafayette St.) are where the divergence happens.
The buying decision
Lafayette St. is the cheaper original at $275 compared to $295 for Bond No. 9 — about 7% less. Bond No. 9 has 1 scored dupe, with the top accuracy at 7/10 from Jo Milano Wildcard ($35–$60). Lafayette St. has 1, top accuracy 7/10 from Jo Milano Wildcard ($35–$60).
Recommendation
Both Bond No. 9 and Lafayette St. have credible top dupes (within one accuracy point of each other). The choice comes down to which scent direction you actually prefer — the descriptions above are the better guide than the scores.