Byredo · 2012

Black Saffron

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Byredo asks $330 for 100 ml
50 ml$235
100 ml$330

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Pomelo, saffron and juniper over black violet, smoky leather and rose, ending on raspberry, blond woods and vetiver.

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The drawn Black Saffron bottle

When you spray ittop notes

As it settlesheart notes

What staysdry-down notes

Black Saffron’s scent picture, a draft: pomelo, saffron, juniper, violet, leather, rose drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

When you spray ittop notes

Black Saffron, when you spray it: Pomelo, Saffron, Juniper

As it settlesheart notes

Black Saffron, as it settles: Violet, Leather, Rose

What staysdry-down notes

Black Saffron, what stays: Blonde woods, Raspberry, Vetiver

What’s inside it

What the label names

11 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.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender5 florals1 spices1 powder1 green

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

Not for the smell6

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

La Vie Est Belle L'ElixirLancôme · shares violet (sweet violet), Accord Cuir, rose and raspberry$137 for 50 ml · about the same as Black Saffron’s $330
SequenceAmouage · shares saffron, Accord Cuir, rose and raspberry$475 for 100 ml
La Yuqawam Pour HommeRasasi · shares saffron, Accord Cuir, rose and raspberryabout $75 for 75 ml · about a third of Black Saffron’s $330
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.