Bal d'Afrique

Editorial notes

1. 01

   A neroli-violet citrus floral inspired by the cultural collision of jazz-age Paris meeting West African culture, a bright marigold floral with a deep amber base.

2. 02

   Named after the 1920s Parisian African Ball at the Bal Nègre on Rue Blomet, the mythical meeting point of Josephine Baker, jazz musicians and Montparnasse artists.

3. 03

   The fragrance that anchored Byredo's early cult following alongside Gypsy Water, the pair that put the Stockholm house on the international niche map.

4. 04

   Composed by Jérôme Epinette in 2009 around neroli, bergamot and African marigold over a violet-jasmine-rose heart with a musk-vetiver-amber base.