Launched in 2009, Bal d’Afrique is the woody floral Jérôme Epinette composed with Ben Gorham for Byredo, as a tribute to Africa, its dance, its art and its music: buchu, tagetes, bergamot and blackcurrant, a heart of violet and cyclamen, and a base of cedar and vetiver softened by tonka bean and musks.
The house places South African buchu, African tagetes, bergamot and blackcurrant in the top, cyclamen, jasmine petals and violet in the heart, and tonka bean absolute, cedar, musks and vetiver in the base.
A luminous opening
Its story opens on the luminous freshness of bergamot, the bright floral touch of tagetes and the juiciness of blackcurrant. Violet and cyclamen form a delicate, textured heart, reflecting, it says, African creativity.
Cedar and vetiver
A base of cedar and vetiver wraps the skin in woody depth, rounded by tonka bean and musks. The 2009 list cited by Now Smell This also included lemon, neroli and a black amber, absent from the current list.
Similar perfumes
Similar notes and family, from other houses.
- The Sky FallSedra Perfumes
- Very DemureYours Truly Perfumes
- BreezeLattafa
- Little WomanIKKS
- Fresh LilyPo ONE
- Boss Bottled UnitedHugo Boss
- SycomoreChanel
- Touch for MenBurberry
More perfumes from Byredo
Also composed by Jérôme Epinette
- Vanilla CanyonPhlur
- Thank U NextAriana Grande
- Mimosa IndigoAtelier Cologne
- FlashpointVilhelm Parfumerie