Bond No. 9 Dubai Emerald

You can buy the genuine Bond No. 9 Dubai Emerald straight from FragranceShop.com. The real bottle comes first; the accessible alternatives below are there if you'd rather spend less.

Bond No. 9 Dubai Emerald opens with Saffron, Hyssop and Rose; a heart of Balsamic Notes, Balsamic Notes and Orris; drying down to Patchouli, Sandalwood, Amber, Cypriol and Leather, from notes Brand-Official publishes. Those notes read as aromatic, floral, spicy, amber, woody, leather, the coarse families Bond No. 9 (official) cites. How it wears depends on your skin and the concentration. We only publish notes and accords we can trace to a source.

The genuine Bond No. 9 Dubai Emerald runs $227.95 at FragranceShop.com as of this page's last update, though retailers set their own prices and change them.

We rank the "smells-like" alternatives to Dubai Emerald by how closely their cited accords match the original, cheapest first. A dupe is meant to evoke Dubai Emerald, not match its formula, and we say as much. If we can't verify a genuine match yet, we leave it off.

Bond No. 9 Dubai Emerald is listed as a women's fragrance by the retailer. That's a marketing label, not a rule: fragrance has no gender, and plenty of "women's" scents are worn by anyone. We show how it's sold and leave the wearing to you.

Nishane Nefs (shares Balsamic Notes, Saffron, Leather); Al Haramain Portfolio Imperial Oud (shares Balsamic Notes, Sandalwood, Amber); Al Haramain Portfolio Potrait Scandal (shares Cypriol, Leather, Sandalwood). These share specific notes with Dubai Emerald, a closer match than a shared accord family. We rank them by how many of Dubai Emerald's cited notes they actually share, weighting rarer notes heavier than ubiquitous ones. Each is its own fragrance with real, sourced notes, not a copy of Dubai Emerald, and has its own page.

Dubai Emerald reads as aromatic, floral, spicy, amber, woody, leather. If that's the corner you like, you'll find Armaf Club De Nuit Precieux 1, Fragrance Du Bois Milano and Diesel Only The Brave nearby. We rank them by how many of Dubai Emerald's cited accords they actually share, weighting rarer families heavier. They're their own fragrances, not copies of Dubai Emerald, and each has its own page.