Is Jo Milano Game of Spades Wildcard a dupe of Bond No. 9 Lafayette Street?
Close match Widely recommended as a substitute, and most people who compared them agree.
Jo Milano Game of Spades Wildcard is a close match to Bond No. 9 Lafayette Street. Of 35 independent sources that compared them, 34 say it is near-identical or close and 1 disagree. Game of Spades Wildcard costs US$63.00 for 100 ml at MicroPerfumes (US$0.63/ml); Lafayette Street costs CA$685.00 for 100 ml at Bond No. 9 (CA$6.85/ml), so the alternative costs 87% less per ml. Prices are checked every 20 minutes. These figures last changed on .
Bond No. 9
Lafayette Street
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| Price | $507 50 ml | $88.36 100 ml |
| Per ml | $10.14 | $0.88 |
| Verdict | Close match of Lafayette Street | |
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| Buy | See prices | See prices |
The evidence
- Say near-identical 6
- Say close 28
- Disagree 1
Confidence: 87%. It combines how many independent sources agree, how strongly they word it, how recent they are and how many disagree. How confidence works
In their words 16
Wildcard Is a dupe of Lafayette Street from BondNo.9 is easily 9.5 soo close to the original scent.
A Reddit post, Feb 2026, 8 points
Wildcard usually runs about $20 less and is the best Lafayette Street clone to date.
A Reddit comment, Jun 2025, 3 points
Jo Malone Game of Spades Wildcard (Lafayette Street dupe)
A Reddit post, Sep 2026, 3 points
Full House smells amazing, is great quality and smells super similar to Imagination (though Imagination’s quality is just elite) but WildCard is almost better than Lafayette Street to me, which an identical dna to my nose.
A Reddit comment, Jun 2025, 2 points
Game of Spades Wildcard (Lafayette Street clone)
A Reddit comment, Aug 2025, 2 points
Game of spades wildcard is easily my favorite clone of all time I enjoy it way more than my Lafayette Street!
A Reddit comment, Oct 2025, 2 points
Wildcard smells exactly like Lafayette Street and has much better performance
A Reddit comment, May 2025, 2 points
I will say Wildcard is closer but Luminous ghost improved it.
A Reddit comment, Jun 2025, 1 point
For reference, I had the original bond no 9 Lafayette street and sold it as these two are 1:1 copies, the hype with Wildcard is because is being pushed by social media, wildcard deserves the hype but honestly so does Onyx and again they are literally the same you can't go wrong with either, just fin
A Reddit comment, Apr 2025, 1 point
9 Lafayette Street clone like Game of Spades Wildcard, Alhambra Luxe Street (mentioned in thread), Dunhill Desire for a Man, or even Frank Olivier's Sun Java Intense.
A Reddit comment, Feb 2026, 1 point
-Game of Spades Wildcard (Bond no 9, Lafayette street clone).
A Reddit comment, Apr 2025, 1 point
Bond no 9 Lafayette street or the dupe is GOS wildcard.
A Reddit comment, May 2025, 1 point
My bottle of wildcard actually arrived today from Jomashop and this fragrance smells just like my lost bottle of Lafayette Street R.I.P.
A Reddit comment, Aug 2025, 1 point, disagrees
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I also have Bharara Onyx and Fragrance Story Untold which are both Lafayette Street dupes and Wildcard is by far the best.
A Reddit comment, Nov 2025, 1 point
I should have mentioned that earlier, Wildcard is a dupe of Lafayette Street which inspired from Nimos Sculpture.
A Reddit comment, Jun 2026, 1 point
Hi guys, I have been looking for a good clone of Lafayette Street by Bond no.9 for a while and it seems like Jo Milano Game of Spades Wildcard is the closest you can get.
A Reddit post, Dec 2024, 0 points
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