Tag: Byredo
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Byredo’s Casablanca Lily was love at first spray
I went in to the Byredo store on a mission: I was going to buy something. After falling in love with Blanche, perhaps that would be the one. But as I sniffed my way through the Night Veil collection, my goal shifted. This is the one I should get: Casablanca Lily. To say that it…
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The fragrances I’ve been wearing this week
This week, I’ve been going back to some old favorite scents. Here’s what I’ve been wearing. From Kilian Paris Apple Brandy on the Rocks $275 for 50 mL Notes: Bergamot, apple brandy accord (rum, moss, vanilla), cedarwood, ambroxan, cardamom I have a travel size of this sitting on my desk. I sprayed it on for…
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Wrapping my head around Rouge Chaotique by Byredo
I am smelling my arm, nearly 12 hours later. I sprayed Rouge Chaotique by Byredo on my wrist before bed. The scent has lingered on me into the next day, leaving behind the scent of patchouli or oud, with a touch of sweetness. Let me get a fresh spray on my skin. Now, this will…
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Bal d’Afrique is a fragrant ode to the continent
As he developed Bal d’Afrique for Byredo, Ben Gorman called upon his father’s time in Africa. The fragrance is an interpretation of those memories and with a sprinkle of his own imagination. It is a journey throughout the continent in scent, as can be clearly seen in the notes breakdown. Bal d’Afrique eau de parfum…
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Smelling Sundazed by Byredo + Why you need to smell more fragrances (even the ones you think you’ll hate)
I went in and blindly sniffed Sundazed by Byredo without the notes. I didn’t know what to expect, but I expected the tried-and-true notes often in summery fragrances. Instead, I was surprised to smell warm florals. Sweet warm florals. Byredo Sundazed Eau de Parfum $205 for 50 mL Notes: Top: Lemon, mandarin Heart: Neroli, jasmine…
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Eyes Closed by Byredo, to smell like you, but better
When I tried Byredo’s Eyes Closed in store earlier this year, I was hooked. It sultry, it was different, but it had been a long day of fragrance sniffing. I needed more time with it to gather my true opinion. Trying a fragrance on paper is one thing. I needed to know how it would…
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Mixed Emotions by Byredo is aptly named
I have been testing out Mixed Emotions from Byredo, and for me this perfume has me feeling its name. I cannot tell you what led me to go ahead and just buy this after a little sniff on a card. That is so unlike me. What happened to me that day? The brand describes…
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That one time I went to the Byredo store
While in Atlanta, I was walking through Phipps Plaza and decided to wander into the Byredo store. I was greeted when I walked in. There was another woman in there who was picking up an order. She raved about the candles. I for my part wanted to just smell everything. At the counter, the associate…
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Byredo Blanche, when you’re looking for a good clean fresh scent
On first spray of Byredo’s Blanche, I thought, “This smells nice.” But since I am trying, mightily, to get better at understanding fragrances, I tried to go deeper. “Is it clean linen, with maybe white florals, a touch of citrus?” Here are the actual notes: Byredo Blanche $200 for 50 mL Notes: Top: Aldehyde, rose…
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