Chez Bond (2003)
by Bond No. 9

I'm reading all these review of Chez Bond and wondering did I get the correct sample?

I get a marine fougere eerily similar to Monsieur Morabito.

I'll join the gang on this one just we can all emphasize how this isn't even worth trying... Chez Bond is such a close rip-off of Green Irish Tweed that it might as well be GIT repackaged in a Bond No. 9 bottle and sold for a higher price! At least when Sean John/Puff Daddy plagiarized Creed's Millesime Imperial in his release of "Unforgivable," he sold it for a small fraction of Creed's retail price. Shame on you Bond No. 9! Bad house, bad house!

Yes, it smells great, but that's because it smells like GIT!

0/10

I love love love this cologne. I first smelled it from an empty bottle my friend owned and couldn't stop smelling the bottle. It was just wonderful. I then took a trip to Saks and sampled it and I just couldn't stop smelling myself. It was heavenly, magical and it kept putting me ina nostalgic mood which is ideal for a fragrance. If a fragrance is able to bring back fond memories of your past then trust me, that fragrance is worth being on your dresser. Chez bond didn't strike me as similar to Cool water nor GIT so I don't understand where other reviewer's comments were coming from. Maybe it's because I evaluated CB based on it's individual worth than what fragrance it reminded me of. This is by far the best of the Bond house fragrances and it is definitely my signature fragrance. I purchased a bottle just last weeks from Saks over Creed's GIT and Millesime Imperial

Wow another copy of GIT. Atleast Cool Water came out just 3-4 years after GIT was released. This took 17 years and its just a dull version of GIT/CW. People wont be able to tell the difference between a $200 Bond and a $30 Cool Water. There is no way I would give this anything but a thumbs down.

I have a question for you

Would you pay 200 US dollars for a bottle of Cool Water?

If you are looking at me like I am crazy, let me remind you that I am not. That is what Chez Bond smells like, exactly like Cool Water with a slight reference to GIT by Creed.

This scent has a very feminine dry down and there are so many Green Irish Tweed clones these days, if you buy a cheap knock off from Target or Wal Mart, or buy this scent from Bond 9 no one will really know the difference.

Its more violet scented and feminine and less herbal and masculine than GIT.

I will stick with GIT,

The least original and most obvious blatant knock off of Creed from Bond 9. I think I will pass...

I also agree with ZZ topp. I am testing each, one on each wrist. Yes, Chez Bond is closer to GIT than is Cool Water. I could not pinpoint what was making the Chez Bond smell a little more powdery and less floral or aquatic-like, and vanilla, yes, I can see where that would temper the GIT notes. So far, after two hours, they seem to be wearing about the same as projection, but my wife likes the GIT over Chez Bond. Close enough that were the Bond much cheaper than the Creed, I would go the Bond version. However, having worn Creed for a few years and then Bond being the newcomer, I won't downgrade it for maybe being 'like' GIT (okay, call it a copy if you must) but I would go with the GIT as I like the little bit of brightness it has to my nose over the Bond. If I did not know GIT was out there, then yes, I would be over this scent.