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Byredo Inflorescence ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 27 February 2013 20 Comments

Byredo Inflorescence

Niche line Byredo has launched Inflorescence, a new perfume celebrating the beginning of spring.

...the wonderfully entitled ‘INFLORESCENCE’, is an Arcadian stroll through untamed bowers of full-blown, rambling roses, interspersed by the intoxicating, honeyed notes of pink freesias in their prime. Two of Spring’s very first flowers lie at the heart; the creamy-soft allure of the Magnolia blossom, its petals fully open about to drop onto beds of quivering Lily of the Valley or ‘May Bells’ –in the language of flowers, symbolic of a ‘return to happiness’ and the joy associated with the onset of spring. Finally, and most unusually, Ben has used Jasmine at the base, again luxuriant and overgrown, a veritable riot of fresh sweetness that supports the structure and furnishes a heady close.

The notes include rose, freesia, magnolia, muguet and jasmine.

Byredo Inflorescence can be found now at Colette in Paris, in 100 ml Eau de Parfum.

(via colette.fr)

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  1. littlecooling says:
    27 February 2013 at 10:49 am

    This seems like a nice Spring scent. The only note I am not too fond of is the fresia note…

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    • littlecooling says:
      27 February 2013 at 10:49 am

      Sorry Freesia…to e’s 😛

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    • Robin says:
      27 February 2013 at 1:06 pm

      I’m not always fond of freesia scents either. Pink freesia sounds worse, although it’s nonsense.

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      • Merlin says:
        27 February 2013 at 4:14 pm

        Given how impressionable I am to names, I always get a chill when I see freesia listed. Is there actually any cold facet to the note or is it entirely in my head?

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        • Mitzi says:
          27 February 2013 at 4:55 pm

          I love the scent of fresh freesias, but in perfumes they always seem to connect them to some sort of clean metallic musk, so maybe this is where this cold note comes from.
          I don’t like the name though. There is enough of ugly made up words in each and every area of our life. Well at least is not… Flowerlicious or something like that.

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          • Robin says:
            27 February 2013 at 7:04 pm

            Same here…love the fresh flower, have never found a freesia perfume I like.

  2. Coumarin says:
    27 February 2013 at 11:32 am

    “What an excellent name we picked, guys! Good going team! Pat on the back! Inflorescence! Brilliant.”

    After that first bit I lost interest, though admittedly Byredo is rather not for me usually.

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    • Robin says:
      27 February 2013 at 1:06 pm

      Usually not for me either.

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  3. mutzi says:
    27 February 2013 at 12:10 pm

    I live fairly close to a nuclear power plant and Inflorescence sounds to me like a condition I could develop.

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    • Lys says:
      27 February 2013 at 12:43 pm

      Mutzi I saw the name and thought of the hated Electron by A Dozen Roses. I think perhaps it’s supposed to sound radioactive?

      Anyway, with freesia and LOTV what are the odds that this Byredo won’t smell harshly chemical?

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    • Robin says:
      27 February 2013 at 1:06 pm

      LOL!

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  4. Lys says:
    27 February 2013 at 12:39 pm

    And its flankers Indeterminate Inflourescence and Compound Inflourscense? How is this a wonderful name?

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    • Lys says:
      27 February 2013 at 12:40 pm

      (typo, my own alternate spelling!)

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    • Robin says:
      27 February 2013 at 1:07 pm

      I do like the name, but those are excellent flankers 🙂

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  5. maggiecat says:
    27 February 2013 at 2:36 pm

    Byredo and I haven’t gotten along well, but this does sound like a pretty scent. Byredo does that to me though – the notes sound perfect for me, but the scent turns out all wrong. Still, and in spite of the silly name, I’ll try it when I get a chance.

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  6. Merlin says:
    27 February 2013 at 4:24 pm

    I like the name; I think the play on flowers and light works. Quite a few of the names they have used/come up with are interesting: Mr Marvellous, Baudelaire, 7 Veils – though some have been a bit lame: Oud Accord, Rose Noir, Green.

    Still, they have produced several scrubbers (for me) and not a single specimen that I can be more than luke warm towards.

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  7. PekeFan says:
    27 February 2013 at 5:03 pm

    Inflorescence isn’t a name the Byredo people made up. It is a botanical term.

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    • Merlin says:
      28 February 2013 at 3:08 am

      Oh! Yes, should have looked it up before:)

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  8. dolcesarah says:
    2 March 2013 at 11:44 am

    I actually love, adore three of their frags: Bal d’Afrique, Oud Immortal, and Seven Veils. I like everything about the brand and for Oud Immortal, I fell deeply in love. It’s an all enveloping fragrance. It just never stops on my skin which is a mystery and unusual occurrence. This sounds light. I don’t like light but there are others I want to try before this. I love going into Barney’s and getting a bottle or three.

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  9. quinncreative says:
    25 May 2013 at 11:38 pm

    I tried this today and loved it. I’m not a floral lover and dislike rose and freesia, but I hadn’t read anything about it until I tried it. For me, there is a lot of leaf and stem “green” in this, and the flowers are nicely paced and blended. It’s not too sweet and soft enough for our murderously hot summers. It’s FB worthy for me.

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