Byredo

Bal d'Afrique

VersionEau de Parfum

Byredo says

You’ll smell buchu, African Marigold, bergamot, blackcurrant, cyclamen, Jasmine Petals, violet, Tonka Bean Absolue, cedarwood, musks and vetiver.

More from Byredo’s description

It also mentions tonka bean, vibrant citrus, African florals, Woods and Tonka Beans.

The house’s page

The drawn Bal d'Afrique bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Bal d'Afrique’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, blackcurrant, cyclamen, jasmine, violet, tonka drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Bal d'Afrique, top notes: Buchu, Tagetes, Bergamot, Blackcurrant

Heartthe first hours

Bal d'Afrique, heart: cyclamen, Jasmine, Violet

Dry-downhours later

Bal d'Afrique, dry-down: Tonka, Cedar, Musks, Vetiver

On the label

What’s inside it

8 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender3 florals1 sweet1 powder

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals3

HydroxycitronellalCitronellolGeraniol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterAvobenzone (a UV filter)Octinoxate (a UV filter)BHT (keeps it fresh)

Named by Byredo, never on a label

BuchuAfrican MarigoldBergamotBlackcurrantCyclamen, not in Ingredients yetJasmine PetalsVioletTonka Bean AbsolueCedarwoodMusks, not in Ingredients yetVetiver

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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