Great Jones

This is so simple, it's genius: An orange opening over cedar and oakmoss. It sounds almost too simplistic to be any good or much too linear. It's somewhat linear. As the orange fades to s ubtle dry-down, the woods take over and from there it's a great, very masculine fragrance that is versatile, wears well with either a suit or jeans, and works almost year-round. It's not cloying, projection is great, longevity is excellent. It's a hidden gem in Bond's collection that, much like West Broadway, tends to be forgotten among more popular fragrances like New Haarlem. For someone seeking a woody/green scent, this is a terrific choice in Bond's line. It's not overly green, it's a balanced wood combination, and the orange is a refreshing open (and I say that as someone who tends to dislike citrusy scents). Well worth seeking out, sampling, and it will probably require a special order in retailers like Saks.

I am really into the Barber shop scents lately... love the fougere and chypres..Great Jones is good juice...my favorite of this house.... Very masculine..for Men only... But not as manly as Patrick of Ireland or Paco. R....They just project stronger and have more kick in the opening... Great Jones get's it done with A softer approach very subtle... but man is it good..Actually one could layer Great Jone with Patrick....1/2 knockout punch..women left drooling on the Floor...HMMM..I am going to try that... Ok..I have worn this now for 2 days and I can say for Certain that Patrick Of Ireland Blows this away!!.. Patrick is A much better value for your $$ and there is just no comparison between these two scent...Patrick is the Juice..

There just can't be any real oakmoss in this - but I'd be lying if I said it doesn't smell authentic. I have a vintage bottle of Paco Rabbane and while it starts off different, due to the lavender, geranium and honey - the dry down is where these two become similar. If you have ever smelled Vintage PR, that green mossy, distinguished element is unmistakably here. However, I'd classify this one as a chypre due to the heavy citrus, but one could easily call this a hybrid. I'm not a fan of Bond as a house, but Great Jones is definitely worth owning. It's an overall more polished/refined, better smelling, and even smoother version of PR. I love it. It has nothing to do with Gucci Nobile.

Have to say that I totally LOVE this fragrance. Very unique and uber-classy according to a few of my in-the-know friends. Can't stop sneaking a whiff when this is on my inner forearm and a few sprays lasts 16-20 hrs. Mind you, the first couple of hours after a few sprays can render you a perfume-bomb, so be very mindful of that. At home, I have on occasion purposely indulged in near-drowning myself with this stuff. My poor ol' dogs do their best to stay as far away as possible, but I really do LOVE Great Jones...they didn't name it "Great" for nothing!...In my opinion, it truly is GREAT...in fact, it absolutely AMAZING!!

It pains me to admit it, but Great Jones is excellent, though discontinued, with eBay prices borderline highway robbery. Its scent profile is similar to Paco Rabanne Pour Homme and Patrick Fragrances of Ireland, but with better quality and performance. Ranking them: 1. Vintage (90's) Paco Rabanne, 2. Great Jones, 3. Patrick Fragrances of Ireland. Is Great Jones worth 10x the price of Patrick Fragrances of Ireland? Hell No. In addition, with vintage Paco Rabanne available at fair prices, there's no reason to pay exorbitant prices for Great Jones.

I agree with Fuggerone below. If you have used and loved vintage Paco Rabanne Pour Homme, smelling Great Jones will be like meeting an old friend. Wonderfully updated version of it, Oakmoss, Citrus and woods blended to perfection. Get it if you can afford it and if you cant, atleast get yourself a decant, you will be glad you did. I am not a fan of much of the Bond No.9 line but this is one of the gems in their line up. Outstanding.

Very versatile fragrance, you can wear it any day, any season, anytime. It is classic aroma, I'd even call it vintage. You must have smelled this one before... The silage is moderate, but it stays for about 8 hours. This one is hard to find, but you dont actually have to have this one, i think there are plenty classic men's perfumes that smell the same. But if you find joy in finding a rare fragrance, by all means, buy this.

This is a Cardamom bomb. After the initial green herbal blast you are left with Hermes Voyage with a an oakmoss base. Reasonably good alternative to the traditional cologne genre but it is screaming out for a touch of added complexity. Some lavender and coumarin might have done the trick to turn it into a proper fougere for the ages. As it stands it is a less complex Paco Rabanne Pour Homme, which is better and much cheaper

Starts like a fougere and finishes like a chypre. Think of Paco Rabanne turning into the drydown of Chanel Pour Monsieur after 5 minutes and you will know what to expect. It's almost a 2-in-1 deal. Quite nice, decent performance and amongst the best packaging in the business.

Very nice citrus/floral scent at the beginning. Then turns into a soft cedar/musk that I love. This is my second Bond No. 9 and I am very pleased with it. It lasts a very long time on me.

I love this perfume and because it has been discontinued but can be seen at eBay for a very high price. Got me thinking to sell mine but still contemplating if I should coz I love it!

I got a sample of this and love it. To me it is more a unisex fragrance. It only has 3 notes but they are combined beautifully!

wonderful cover version of Paco Rabanne pour homme...green and huge on sillage and duration, in my Bond top ten!

I was very excited by this fragrance. Having read so many positive reviews, however similar-ish the scent may be, I simply had to try a bottle. It definitely hearkens to an older time. A time, as many have pointed out, before the world of blue aquatics - is it the oakmoss? I'm not a scent guru but there is something very distinctly archaic about this... and it's refreshing, in both the aforementioned way, and in the way it smells. I don't have anything against aquatics, other than they were the scents of my teens and early twenties. I've since moved on - not with an upturned nose, but with a basic sense of 'been there, done that.' I say, as I purchase a cologne with many scents similar... ah, who cares. Anyway! The smell. I was intrigued by having read so many descriptions on websites and many, many reviews. There's a faint orange note here, and I tend to agree with the previous reviewers in saying that it's the first scent to dissipate. You actually smell the wood and oakmoss in the beginning as well... though it dries down into such a lovely, yet manly scent. I hesitate to mention 'powdery' and I'll follow with rage - I hate powdery. It's synonymous with 'old lady' for my nose. And yet I do detect it in the drydown. I hesitate to say... I like it? Perhaps it is this aspect of the cologne that makes reviewers comment that this is an older man's fragrance. I think any successful guy in his late 20s and on would be suited for this. I think it'd be difficult for a gal to pull this one off. Yes, I know, Great Jones isn't androgenous, but really, scents are to be worn by whoever the scent complements. It's not that complicated; some scents smell a lot different on different people. So I go with the flow with whatever works on me. And this does. **Update - So this cologne apparently mixes very well with other woody fragrances. So far, my favorite pairing is Marriage Equality with Great Jones, in a 2:1 fashion, respectfully. Formal, classic, yet playful!

Received my bottle of Great Jones Saturday and wore it all day Sunday. Enjoyed the scent for me but especially when there came a breeze and the scent was carried for others, not in arms length, to smell. I did get a couple questions about what I was wearing. I did not elicit any comments if they enjoyed what they smelled. However, went to the gym this morning and as my body temp increased the GJ from Sunday came out and was very much present warm and smooth. Surprise, in the gym I did get "what do you have on" and "that's nice" from men and women. GJ radiated so well from the heat that I know on a hot summer day I would need only three sprays max. There is talk about it being old mans perfume, this is a scent for a mature man no matter what his age. If you don't know the difference this may not be for you. With that being said, it also depends if it's what you like PERIOD. The scent is like a citrus gourmand. It has the citrus you smell then a transition into a soft gourmand, not sickening sweet, but a elegant gourmand. I like this very much very versatile for warm weather casual, formal, or just anytime. I can still smell GJ as I sit to write this before jumping in the shower...

i was so exciting to try this blind buy, after tried Brooklyn i add bond no 9 to my trust brand, so what i got. its classy intense woody and incense , its liner all the way, similar to kouros by ysl but without the horror note "civet". longevity 7 to 9 hours , but i really expect more. not agree with mocha43 , this is so manly stuff, far far away from unisex. classic , strong , good for cold season . if u like kouros usually will like this its kind of similar, even if u hate kouros like me this is good alternative choice without the ugly part "urine thing in kouros" first day impression , i like it , will see in future if it gonna upgrade to love it !

Does Bond No.9 smell like to PRPH and Patrick of Ireland? No. Are they similar in scent ehh kinda but not exactly. The one thing that all three have in common though is that all three are spicy soapy fragrances and all three have a use in my collection. You can buy with confidence that these three fragrances are not the same and if you like masculine soapy fragrances then you cannot go wrong with having all three.

Great Jones absolutely does smell like Paco Rabanne Pour Homme but with the top notes toned down/smoothed out and the oakmoss base turned way up. The oakmoss base reminds me of Armani PH. I like this one quite a bit. It's nice on it's own or sometimes I layer it with modern Paco. Average projection, good longevity.

This one is a pain in the ass to find. Every store I go to that has Bond never seems to have Great Jones, but I eventually stumbled upon it at a Nordstrom in San Diego. Great Jones is an old-fashioned fragrance done very well, a sort of cross between a chypre and fougere. And yes, there are obvious similarities to Patrick. A very strong tobacco/leather accord that also brings to mind Aramis Havana - but at the same time, there's a slightly evergreen, oakmoss-tinged chypre accord underneath all of that. Otherwise, this fragrance is mostly linear, but the longevity is incredible and the sillage is pretty noticeable, so I'd go easy on this one. Also, like Aramis Havana and other fragrances of that ilk, it has a very "hot" vibe to it. Dunno if I'd buy this, but I definitely appreciate it and think Bond No. 9 should promote it more.

My favorite Bond No. 9, Great Jones sits halfway between a chypre and a fougere. This suave aromatic fragrance occupies a familiar territory but in a wonderfully unassuming way. It opens citrusy with fresh orange and dries down to a dry, solid vetiver-cedar base infused with the bitter humid earthy aspect of oakmoss. Top notch materials, perfectly balanced composition supporting a masculine, traditional accord following the wearer all day. Nothing affectedly complex or needlessly flashy and non for the worse of it since in this frequency the effortless, inherent beauty and elegance of the structure is best supported by understatement. As in most cases such witty fragrances become irresistible in the “wrong” persons. Youth and ladies keep track.

It has taken me over a year to add this one to my collection. Just because so many others have been introduced and I just forgot about it. I was re-introduced to Great Jones the other day I went to the Fragrance Counter @ Saks Fifth Avenue here in San Francisco to say hello to Paula (Bond No.9 Specialist). I asked for something woodsy. Then the memory scent hit me like a brick. "Oh yeah, this is the one I did not get back then when I had my 1:1 w/Ms. Laurice Rhame...I'll take it." The opening is a sweet orange citrus blast that last about 10 minutes. Then the cedar wood and oakmoss come to play. The finish product is very woodsy and green. This fragrance has reminiscence of Acqua di Parma. A great fragrance for the Fall.

This is as classically masculine as it gets. Pleasant, clean, and soapy in a non-headachy way. If you grew up in the 60s, 70s, or 80s your dad or grandfather probably wore something like this. The opening is really powerful. A projection beast for the first hour or so. Good longevity too. This can be worn anytime and anywhere provided you go easy on the trigger. (Seriously. Just a few sprays.) I wouldn't call this original, but it's an excellent example of what a clean dude should smell like. Might even be a head-turner on a brave woman. Good stuff.

This is truly a surprising fragrance. It sounded heavy to me at first, but having met Laurice Rahme, Creator of Bond No. 9. She suggested this and 5 other fragrances. I enjoyed the orange and cedar notes of this fragrance. I ended up buying 4 different scent, but this is on my "next to purchase list" with Riverside Drive. I have now become a loyal Bond No.9 customer.

I like paco rabanne pour homme and was just about to look for a fragrance that doesn't have that indolic smell that sometimes pops out especially if you spray it on clothes, it seems this one by Bond no.9 might be it. My question does it smell like a more refined paco rabane pour homme with all the good notes - cherry picked, and the bad notes taken out?

They copied Patrick of Ireland, note for note. I own both. For 1/20th the price you’ll thank me. I have over $15,000 in fragrances (not proud of that sentence), and buying Patrick instead of this is the best money I ever saved. Great Jones is TERRIFIC, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, but for $400+ from the resellers? Not even close.

@ AaronT In my opinion, Great Jones is heavy on the evernyl (sneeze inducing level). And I think it sits between PRPH and Gucci Nobile. All in all, it doesn’t dry as mossy as PRPH and doesn’t have the funky edge or the honey, but it’s not great. It’s a decent modern “vintage aromatic fougère”.

Scent - lime, orange, cedar musk & oakmoss. Season/Time of Day - I prefer to use this one in the warmer months, during the day. Projection - I did get noticed, it garners compliments. Longevity - I get 8hrs consistently.

@FMilan thanks for the reply, I guess I'll have to get a sample, but it looks like my search for a more refined PRPH (without the indole or toilet cubicle smell) continues.

Nothing spectacular, but not bad either. I get a 80'-90's feel about that one. A OK spring-summer scent, and like many other Bond perfumes, way overpriced.

Pleasant, timid, Clean, reminded me so much of shaving cream !! Nice performance, but nothing unique or special to warrant the flashy price tag.

No doubt, this is vintage Paco Rabanne PH all over again. Hard core masculine fragrance. Nothing unisex about this fragrance.