
Jo Milano
Best Bond No.9 Lafayette Street Dupe
Game of Spades Wild Card captures the crisp citrus opening and elegant iris-driven heart of Lafayette Street fairly well, making it a serviceable alternative. However, the clone tends to feel slightly sharper in the top notes and the base lacks the refined complexity and longevity of the original, with the cedarwood and vetiver coming across as more linear and less sophisticated.
The clone offers good initial similarity but falls short in projection and base note development, lasting 4-5 hours versus Lafayette Street's 7-8 hour wear. The original's refined iris and woody base feel more polished, while the clone presents a somewhat flatter evolution.