# Bal d'Afrique

**Brand:** Byredo · **Perfumer:** Jérôme Epinette · **Year:** 2009
**Rating:** 4.0 / 5 (15 ratings) · **Popularity:** #1047

## Notes
**Top:** Bergamotte, Schwarze Johannisbeere, Zitrone, Ringelblume, Orangenblüte
**Heart:** Cyclamen, Jasmin, Violett
**Base:** Bernstein, Zedernholz, Moschus, Vetiver

## About Byredo
Byredo ist eine Luxusparfümmarke, die für ihre einzigartigen, suggestiven Düfte bekannt ist, die Kunst und Geruchserlebnis miteinander verbinden. Das 2006 in Stockholm gegründete Unternehmen setzt auf hochwertige Inhaltsstoffe und minimalistisches Design und kreiert zeitlose Düfte, die Individualität und Emotionen ausstrahlen.

## Top reviews
- ★5/5 — Spring, Summer — Special — "Bal d’Afrique feels warm, smooth, and quietly joyful. It opens bright and slightly citrusy, but quickly turns soft and creamy, with a gentle sweetness that never feels heavy. There’s something airy and sunny about it, almost like clean skin after a day in the sun.



As it settles, the woods and vetiver come through in a very elegant way, giving balance and depth without taking away the lightness.…"
- ★5/5 — Spring, Summer — Casual, Office — "Oh my lord, this is lovely. I got myself a full bottle even before I had run out of my tester ;)

It opens with the most beautiful warm, rounded out, sexy, tropical citrus note. Not a screechy zingy blast, but a fragrant, tropical one. And the citrus lasts and lasts, which is wonderful for a note that is usually fleeting.

On my skin the longevity is easily 6 hours and during drydown it morphs sli…"
- ★5/5 — Spring, Summer — Casual, Office — "Ever since I first smelled it I’ve been in love. It’s smooth, slightly citrusy and appropriate for literally every occasion."
- ★5/5 — Spring, Summer — "I’m feeling so good when I wear this!"
- ★4/5 — Spring, Summer — Casual, Office — "On my skin it opens with a very aromatic, woody citrus. The vetiver and musk are prominent before leading into fruity green florals. 

It's quite a dry scent, both light and with body, and pleasent for everyday use."
- ★3/5 — "What sounds like an interesting array of notes is totally obfuscated by heavy musk. On my skin a get loud, cloying musk and coconut, but I have to shove my nose into it to get the faintest suggestion of anything else. It's like aqua universalis painted over with musk so you can't smell it properly."
- ★3/5 — Spring, Summer — Casual, Office — "This fragrance appears to be very popular for awhile now and I never understood the hype, as the notes did not sound like something I would usually try. But a few weeks ago I randomly tried some of the Byredo perfumes at the airport and the only one I liked, besides Gypsy Water, was Bal d'Afrique. The notes blend so well, so it creates this beautiful citrus/woody/floral scent. Very enchanting and…"
- ★2/5 — Summer — Casual — "Straight up reminds me of a chill mango ananas sorbet in summer. Very sweet and very very fruity."
- ★2/5 — Spring, Summer — "Smells like buttered popcorn. Not good."

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