# Bal d'Afrique

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

## Notes
**Top:** Bergamotto, Ribes nero, Limone, Calendula, Fiori d'arancio
**Heart:** Ciclamino, Gelsomino, Viola
**Base:** Ambra, Legno di cedro, Muschio, Vetiver

## About Byredo
Byredo è un marchio di profumi di lusso celebrato per i suoi profumi unici ed evocativi che fondono arte ed esperienza olfattiva. Fondato a Stoccolma nel 2006, pone l'accento su ingredienti di alta qualità e design minimalista, creando fragranze senza tempo che risuonano con l'individualità e l'emozione.

## 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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