Byredo
Bal d'Afrique Absolu
Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
The houseUnisex
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Bergamot, lemon and blackcurrant over sweet praline, musk and violet, drying to cedar, vetiver and warm dark amber.
A shop’s page says
You’ll smell bergamot, lemon, Black Currant accord, musks accord, praline accord, violet accord, cedarwood, vetiver and black amber accord.
More from Byredo’s description
It also mentions Blackcurrant, Praline, Sweet musks, Violet, Cedar and Black amber.
What’s inside it
What a shop’s page names
What the label names
23 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.
7 citrus4 herbs & lavender5 florals1 woods1 sweet3 spices1 musks1 powder
Herbs & lavender4
Sweet1
Musks1
Top notes11
when you spray it
Heart7
as it settles
7 more lines on the label, not there for the smell
Our match of the notes
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Bal d'AfriqueByredo · shares bergamot, blackcurrant (cassis), cashmere knit, violet (sweet violet) and 2 more
Elysium Pour HommeRoja Parfums · shares bergamot, lemon, blackcurrant (cassis), cashmere knit and 2 moreMatched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.