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Bond No. 9 · Est. 2005

Bleecker Street

Violet leaf and thyme open with a green, slightly metallic sharpness—urban garden herbs rather than meadow flowers.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2005
Perfumerdavid apel
Statusenriched
2005 · Fragrance
cin·ced·oak·jas
Rating
4.2
2.0k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 11 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Cinnamon
    40
  • Cedar
    35
  • Oakmoss
    35
  • Jasmine
    30
  • Patchouli
    30

By the editors · 2 min readViolet leaf and thyme open with a green, slightly metallic sharpness—urban garden herbs rather than meadow flowers. The cinnamon arrives quickly, warm and dry, weaving through jasmine that feels restrained, almost austere. Cedar adds a woody backbone that keeps the sweetness in check through the early stages.

As it settles, oakmoss and suede create a soft, textured base that recalls worn leather and old bookshops. The vanilla and caramel never turn sticky or gourmand; instead, they're muted by patchouli and amber into something earthy and skin-close, like suede warmed by body heat.

This is downtown New York rendered in scent—bohemian but polished, sweet but grounded. It works for someone who wants warmth without obvious confection, and prefers their florals tangled with smoke and soil rather than standing alone in bright sunlight.

Filed: Bond No. 9Sillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap