Byredo · 2024

Mojave Ghost Absolu

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5

The houseUnisex

VersionParfum

Juicy pear and sweet nesberry with musky ambrette, then magnolia, violet and sandalwood, drying down to cedar, musk and amber.

A shop’s page says

You’ll smell ambrette, sapodilla (naseberry), magnolia, sandalwood, violet, cedarwood, musk and amber.

More from Byredo’s description

It also mentions Sapodilla (jamaican nesberry) and Pear.

The shop’s page

The drawn Mojave Ghost Absolu bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Mojave Ghost Absolu’s scent picture, a draft: ambrette, sapodilla, magnolia, sandalwood, violet, cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Mojave Ghost Absolu, top notes: Ambrette, Sapodilla

Heartas it settles

Mojave Ghost Absolu, heart: Magnolia, Sandalwood, Violet, Pear, Cinnamal (cinnamon)

Dry-downwhat stays

Mojave Ghost Absolu, dry-down: Cedar, Musk, Amber

What’s inside it

What the label names

3 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

1 florals1 spices1 powder

4 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Mojave GhostByredo · shares ambrette, sapodilla, magnolia, sandalwood and 3 more$330 for 100 ml · about the same as Mojave Ghost Absolu’s $400
Reflection WomanAmouage · shares magnolia, sandalwood, violet (sweet violet), cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Mojave Ghost Absolu’s $400
IrresistibleGivenchy · shares ambrette, cedar (Atlas cedar), cashmere knit and pear$167 for 80 ml · about half of Mojave Ghost Absolu’s $400
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.