by affi — Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
in Beauty School, Fragrance, Shopping and tagged with B18, Bond No. 9, Marc Jacobs, Marc Jacobs Cucumber Splash
Bond No.9 Perfumes!
Bond No.9 is a collection of perfumes created as an homage to the great city of New York. It was created by Laurice Rahme, formerly handled Creed perfume lines, who has restored the grand art of perfume blending, using only high 18-22 percent concentration pure eau de parfums. Each scent of this collection represents a specific downtown, uptown or midtown locale in NYC with an iconic star-shaped bottle embossed with Bonds No.9 logo which resembles NYC subway token.
I have been wanting to get my hands on this perfume ever since I read about it a few years ago but have not come across any even on my recent trip to HK – which is said to be the only location in Asia that carries a full range of Bond perfumes. I could buy it online of course, but I have made a mistake of buying expensive perfumes unsniffed and am not going to repeat it again! So imagine my euphoria when I saw a neat row of star-shaped bottles on the glass case in B18 Pondok Indah Mal!
Surprisingly, they had quite a selection of this particular fragrance. I spotted So New York, Eau de Noho, Park Avenue, etc amonga few others. However, they did not have any of the special-edition bottles, which I lust after, like Chinatown, Scent of Peace, Fire Island, etc. I was sniffing the fabulous So New York (it has espresso accord and cocoa powder notes!) when I asked the sales lady how much damage one bottle can create to my bank account. The answer made me feel stone-cold.
2,7 million rupiah. 2 freakin 7 million rupiah!!
Okaaay, so this is on top of my wish list in the fragrance category but there is NO way I will spend that much on a bottle of perfume where I could get it for approx. $120 online!
So I carefully put the lovely bottle back to its shelf, waved silently goodbye to the other bottles and moved on to the next shelf.
Luckily, the next perfume I found was an equally great find – one that I’ve also been looking for everywhere! Marc Jacobs Cucumber Splash!
I was informed by a friend, who used to work for MJ parfumes distributor, that Cucumber Splash will not be available in Indonesia so I was very very happy to see it in B18. Moreover, the300 ml Eau De Toilette is “only” Rp. 600.000 (525 thousand with my mother-in-law’s discount) which I think is totally worth it considering you’ll get a huge bottle! I quickly snapped one and have not stopped wearing it ever since. Marc Jacobs Cucumber Splash is a great everyday scent that has cucumber accord, lotus leaf, cactus flower, blue tiger lilies and Dutch freesia. It’s a fresh, pretty and subtle floral fragarance. Oh btw, B18 also has MJ Orange Splash, which also smells incredibly yummy.
Though I sometimes hate how much they jack up the prices in this store, I have to admit, B18 does serve as a nice alternative to our poorly-stocked department stores.
Aduh marc jacobsnya bikin penasaran deh … soalnya gw suka banged wangi yg ada cucumbernya
waaaaa koukla…EDTnya MJ ada yah di B18?? kmrn pas lo beli, stoknya masih ada kah?
gue tuh suka rada mls loh ke B18. Males ubek2nya..hihihi abis ga beraturan gitu kan….
thanks say
emang worth it banget niih splashnya MJ, gue beli yang cotton dari summer taun lalu masih penuh aja..:D. Tapi kalo spray pump nya di pake jadi nggak bisa di tutup kan? agak nggak asik juga jadi nya kalo di bawa traveling. lagiaaan travelling bawa EDT segede gini..:D
Juleha
Sebenernya MJ Cucumber Splash ini wanginya nggak timun2 amat sih Jul, hehehe, lebih ke floral menurut gue, tapi tetep seger kok!
Ambung
Waktu gue beli masih ada kok stocknya! Dan kalo yg di PIM, parfum MJ ini dipajang di glass case yg paling depan jadi nggak susah kok nyarinya. Moga2 pas lo ke sana masih ada ya
Hanzky
Betul sekali! Makanya gue langsung beli spray bottle yg kecil, trus gue isi penuh dgn EDT ini jadi kalo ke mana2 gue bawa botol kecil itu.
Klaaa,
gue juga mau pengsan pas tanya harganya di B-18. gila deeehhh …. sabar … sabar …. dan gue juga sama kaya elo, gak berani beli parfum kalo gak nyoba dulu …. apalagi seharga that precious Bond no. 9 …. huhuhuhu ….
about MJ, terakhir pas sblm lebaran gue ke B-18, belom ada lohhh !!! soo going back tomorrow !!! thanks girl
Lita,
Iya gila2an ya harganya, 2,7 jt udah dapet berapa brushes tu coba? Hehehehe..kayaknya gue mendingan nitip aja deh
Ayo buruan beli MJ-nya…ntar keabisan loh!
b18 emang paling top parfumnye dari jaman dulu,
Bond No.9 Perfumes ni parfumnya kesukaan si Syahrini deh and dia pamerin tu parfum berdus2 di tv dia acara intens..ya ampunnnn