Byredo
Byredo
126 votes
A unique visual signature based on accords, character, and seasonality
Black plum's tart, slightly vinous character bursts forth immediately, cutting through the white gardenia with sharp, bright acidity. The top notes feel almost candied, like preserves before they've set, creating immediate interest and preventing what could have been a one-note floral affair.
The Indian tuberose emerges in full force, creamy and intoxicating, whilst carnation introduces a subtle spiced warmth that dances with the plum. The composition becomes lush and velvety here, the creamy accord reaching its apex as tuberose's indolic richness fully develops, though the plum's tartness still lurks beneath, maintaining balance.
Brazilian rosewood and honey take the fore, the base becoming warmer and drier as top and heart notes recede. What remains is a honeyed, woody softness with gentle spice lingering at the periphery—less floral intensity, more amber-tinged warmth with faint tuberose memories.
Night Veils - Casablanca Lily announces itself as a tuberose-forward composition with genuine sophistication, eschewing the common trap of turning indolic florals into cloying sweetness. The black plum opener provides a crucial counterbalance—tart and slightly fermented, it prevents the white gardenia and Indian tuberose from tipping into headache-inducing territory. There's a distinctly creamy texture here, likely from the tuberose and carnation interplay, which reads almost like the floral equivalent of silk against skin rather than the plastic florals many associates with this genre.
The honey in the base is subtle enough to enhance rather than dominate, sweetening the composition without making it dessert-like. Brazilian rosewood lends a woody spine that keeps everything tethered to earth, preventing this from floating away into pure fragrant abstraction. The spice accord—possibly from carnation's clove-adjacent warmth—adds an unexpected peppery prickling that makes the composition genuinely complex.
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