Byredo Bal d’Afrique Eau de Parfum 100ml

Byredo Bal d’Afrique — Paris in the 1920s, Africa in the Air

Bal d’Afrique by Byredo is a luminous, vibrant, and deeply evocative Floral fragrance for women and men — the most iconic, most celebrated, and most widely recognised fragrance in the entire Byredo collection. Inspired by Paris in the late 1920s and its extraordinary infatuation with African culture, art, music, and dance — the era of Josephine Baker, of jazz clubs and avant-garde salons, of a city intoxicated by the beauty and vitality of a continent it was only beginning to understand — Bal d’Afrique captures that singular, electric moment: the collision of Parisian elegance and African exuberance, the intense life, the excess, and the euphoria of a cultural revolution in full, magnificent bloom.

The fragrance opens with a vivid, sun-drenched accord of sparkling bergamot, zesty lemon, luminous neroli — the blossom of the bitter orange tree, honeyed and slightly watery — vibrant African marigold — the intensely fragrant, slightly green-herbal marigold of the African continent, with a warm, golden, slightly medicinal character entirely distinct from its European counterpart — and buchu — the rare South African shrub of distinctive blackcurrant-like, slightly minty, deeply aromatic character, one of the most original and most geographically specific raw materials in contemporary niche perfumery — creating an opening of extraordinary freshness, luminosity, and quietly original African-botanical vibrancy. The heart blooms into a beautifully balanced floral accord of velvety violet, heady jasmine, and delicate cyclamen — the cool, slightly watery, spring-like floral of extraordinary freshness and luminosity — creating a heart of refined, quietly radiant floral elegance. The dry-down settles into a warm, enveloping base of black amber — darker, richer, and more resinous than golden amber — soft musk, smoky vetiver, and warm Moroccan cedarwood — the dry, slightly smoky cedar of the Atlas Mountains of Morocco — creating a base of remarkable warmth, depth, and the kind of effortless, skin-fused longevity that has kept Bal d’Afrique at the top of the Byredo collection for over a decade.

• Top Notes: Bergamot, Lemon, Neroli, African Marigold, Buchu
• Heart Notes: Violet, Jasmine, Cyclamen
• Base Notes: Black Amber, Musk, Vetiver, Moroccan Cedarwood
• Fragrance Family: Floral
• Concentration: Eau de Parfum
• House: Byredo
• Size: 100ml
• Gender: Unisex