The original: Bond No 9 The Scent of Peace for Him
Bond's masculine bestseller and the one people compare to Aventus. Pineapple and juniper berries over currant buds, on a dry cedar and vetiver base — one reviewer describes it as a pineapple lifted out of a cedar crate, which is exactly right. Linear after the first half hour and very loud: two sprays fill a room. Fans call it a signature; detractors say it reads as laundry detergent at a distance.
| Dupe | Match | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Jo Milano Paris Game of Spades Boston | 91% | $60 |
The Scent of Peace for Him retails around $295.
How we score. Every percentage comes from cross-referencing note pyramids against Fragrantica and brand-official sources, then weighting what people who own both fragrances actually report. We don't publish anything below 85%, and we say when something barely clears.
#1Jo Milano Paris Game of Spades Boston
Shares with the original: Pineapple, Bergamot, Juniper Berries, Currant Buds, Cedar, Vetiver
The pyramids are identical — all six notes, same arrangement. The testimony matches. A reviewer who bought Boston blind and then smelled the Bond at Neiman certifies it is ninety-five per cent similar with no clear differences, and says the same of Lafayette Street against Wildcard. Another goes further and sold his Scent of Peace for Him to keep this one, with a reason worth knowing: he says new batches of the Bond do not last, so the clone now outperforms the original. Read the dissent too, because it is specific rather than sour. One owner finds the Aventus comparisons that follow this fragrance around make no sense beyond the pineapple, and thinks his bottle is neither as strong nor as long-lasting as the votes suggest. And there is a fair complaint about the price: Jo Milano list at designer money on their own site, which is a lot for a clone even at discounter prices. A warning that applies across the Jo Milano line: a buyer of the nine-piece sample set from a reputable retailer reports the scents did not match the notes on the box or on Fragrantica, several were headache-inducing, one had no scent at all, and Jo Milano never replied when asked whether the set was genuine. Full bottles review far better, so this may be specific to the sample sets — but buy where returns are accepted.
Sources: Fragrantica owner who compared both at a counter · second owner who replaced the original with it · pyramids from Fragrantica, Bond No 9 official copy and four retailers
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