Baudelaire Byredo for men

Spicy, woody, and a little sweet, but basically a typical generic lavender-tonka-woody “masculine” scent pumped up with something that to me smells like saffron, and some low-key incense notes. Maybe what I perceive as saffron is a hefty dose of safraleine that was used in the leather accord.

This is an odd scent in that I smell a whole lot of sillage for a few hours, but not as much up close, a transparent scent that ought to be opaque and full-bodied. As the sillage recedes, what’s left is a slightly floral smelling leather skin scent with a trace of sandalwood, a microscopic bit of patchouli, and something musky in the background.

Why so many people say they hate this perfume is beyond me. It seems to be a case of one initial nasty review forming public opinion, so that everyone rushes to jump in and kick the poor guy who’s down with no thought as to whether he deserves it or not. In fact, Baudelaire is no better or worse than most of the other perfumes that are out there, be they mainstream or niche. Yes, it’s ridiculously overpriced, but not as much so as some other lines.

Longevity is not great, but Baudelaire is basically a nice herbal-spicy-woody-incense fragrance with plenty of sillage. I would not hesitate to wear it and enjoy it provided I didn’t have to shell out the big bucks for a whole bottle.

indeed I cant understand how people are judging a perfume....if this is not an original perfume then were we stand? Some persons said that this has similarities with Polo or Antaeus.....I do not see any similarities, I have them all.....this is a higher class perfume. I understand that the leather note or the incense is something that may not be welcomed by everybody but this does not mean that you can find this perfume near the corner. The fact that for the time being, Byredo has only one male perfume shows a lot....they are releasing also now the fantastic man, under the name Sunday man, something like this...it will be available from the mid of June.
As i realized, niche perfumes are not the favourite perfumes for everyone. those perfumes are for the few who do not compramize with the ordinary perfumes and the normal realeases.

I must say this is a wildly expensive stuff for an oddly unoriginal perfume. I'm glad I got the small size and didn't spring for the bigger one. It's a compentent amber/herbal/spicy type. The quality of the ingredients seems high, and longevity is good too. There are hints of new car smell and lavender among the richer spices and pepper but I have to say this does smell like any number of mainstream men's fumes one might encounter.

The packaging and design are gorgeous, especially the little envelop of info that comes with and the magnetic cap.

Most perfumes Byredo I almost got to test and almost all of them liked but between them Comment Baudelaire and Green drew my attention more. Baudelaire as a fragrance can be used unisex (As Michael Edwards said on his website) But I feel like Fragrantica that Baudelaire is a men's cologne and not unisex because I think for some women to be strong... but if a woman wants to have the Byredo's cologne I suggest Gypsy Water or Green to test.
If your age is above 30 Baudelaire could be a special offer for you. (Provided that expensive is not important to you!)

Another sad joke from Byredo parfums. Again, they try to sell you a massmarket fragrance with niche prices. This is you typical spice woody fragrance, with a pepper opening of black peppers and juniper berries that leads to a base of patchouli, amber, leather and some tobacco. The base is very reminiscent of Jil Sander Man Scent 79. The only difference is the absurd price of this one. I cannot see something that justify paying twice for an aroma that you can easily find in massmarket fragrances and that doesn`t add anything new to the theme. Pointless

I had high expectations for "Baudelaire" and... they are almost fullfilled. The beginning and first hours with this fragrance are stunning and simply beautiful: herbs [with characteristic note of wormwood], pepper, soft leather, "tamed" incense, sweet vetiver. Pure perfume heaven. But then comes this base note, that I cannot stand. Woody, but not in the easy way, blended with agar, nauseating, dirty.
Can it be the papyrus? I love it in so many fragrances, it seems almost impossible to blame everything on this ingredient. To sum up, I love it, but won't buy it. Or, maybe, small bottle. I guess I'm this kind of poetry-freak, who will buy everything named with the favourite poet ;]