The Bottle
B9 gives Bond No. 9's familiar silhouette a darker, more sculptural character. The glossy aubergine body narrows at the waist before opening into an uneven, wing-like outline, with a large gold-coloured looping emblem taking centre stage. A broad flattened dark cap makes the top feel imposing, while the clear neck exposes a gold-coloured spray component. The nearly black-purple palette is moodier than the house's bright graphic bottles, and the emblem supplies almost all the decoration. Dramatic rather than subtle, this is an unusually hard bottle to forget.
