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Bibliothèque Byredo 2017 Eau de Parfum

7.3 / 10 642 Ratings

A perfume by Byredo for women and men, released in 2017. The scent is fruity-leathery. It is being marketed by Manzanita Capital.
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Main accords

Fruity

Leathery

Sweet

Floral

Spicy

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes

Plum

Cinnamon

Heart Notes

Leather

Violet

Base Notes

Birch wood Vanilla

Vanilla

Patchouli

Ratings

Scent

7.3642 Ratings

Longevity

7.4523 Ratings

Sillage

6.9516 Ratings

Bottle

7.8484 Ratings

Value for money

6.0306 Ratings

Submitted by Michael, last update on 11/13/2025.

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Reviews

37 in-depth fragrance descriptions

10/14/2023

5.5Scent 6Longevity 5Sillage

Philyrae
21 Reviews

Philyrae

Helpful Review 2

Check the weather if you want to wear this

Be warned that this is a fall/winter scent as heat affects the scent very much. Bibliothèque becomes very sweet and fruity and the notes are flattened in warmer weather but if worn during cooler days, you’ll get everything it promises to deliver.

I find the notes listed are incomplete. For me, the opening is a burst of peach, patchouli and bergamot. 10 minutes later, it’s a pronounced parchment and musty old books, an old bookstore that has taken over. The vanilla and leather appear and interweave with the old books, plum and raspberry in the background. I get hints of incense and vetiver. The problem for me is the drydown where a peony powderiness takes over. No leather, no fruit, no smoke. Just old books and Victorian bathroom talc.

Overall, Bibliothèque is a dry, dry, dry scent. As with most Byredo fragrances, the notes are detectably synthetic, which may or may not be a deal breaker for you. Just make sure to keep it cool if you plan to wear it.

07/31/2024

Bmblbee
11 Reviews

Bmblbee

3

sickeningly sweet and heavy

As others have said...not actually for people who love books, libraries, and the scent of those things. Opening reminds me of Marc Jacobs Decadence. I love plums and other stone fruit in real life but apparently not in perfume. I felt like I was being dragged down by a dark, oppressive cloud of sweetness. Sickening and not in the good way. Gave me a headache and I could not wait around for the dry down. Scrubbed it off.

In general Byredo fragrances are too sweet for me and this was no different. In theory I like the fruit notes. I wish they were juicy instead of smothered in high fructose corn syrup and synthetic leather. I imagine a leaner, fresher, less opulent interpretation would those notes shine.

06/04/2025

7.5Scent 8Longevity 7Sillage

mochimicho
50 Reviews

mochimicho

3

There is a hipster speakeasy in the library basement. Nobody dances, but rainbow strobes still pulse.

Bibliotheque has an inscrutable character of discovery and familiarity. In that ambiguous sense, I can see how it resembles a library: a third place simultaneously dedicated to quiet comfort and deep growth. But beyond that, I find the comparison rather limiting. I perceive her as leathery-juicy but not in a gourmand, fresh, or chewing tobacco kind of way. (Get used to negative definition in this review.) The opening is old but resilient pleather and powdered juice mix. As overbearing as that sounds, it actually packs the punch of a feather. Enveloping but not overpowering. From this distance, the dissonant accords of leather and fruit basket appear natural, congruous. The mind tricks do not stop there.

In its heart, Bibliotheque’s fruity character takes on a subtle aquatic sensation. It is not oceanic or river-fresh. It calls to mind Softsoap brand aquarium hand soap. Thematically consistent with the paradox of a library, this aquatic tint is sanitized but with an uncannily cozy charm. Like the fruit, leather too has not fully disappeared, only taken on a new energy. I find the leather note here wanders across a continuum of woody, spicy, and smoky. In the heart, it leans woody with a hint of green sweetness. Overall, this phase reminds me of first playing Galatea by Emily Short.

The dry down is the weakest part of the fragrance—which by all means should not be the case. For some reason, Bibliotheque picks now to veer hard right into a sugary, synthetic quality that hasn’t had prevalence since the opening. Grape cough syrup and musky vanilla woods try and fail to synthesize into something not vapid. With leather nuances absconded, I am left with a fragrance on par with Claire’s perfume. Forgetting this unsuccessful finish, I am in awe of my first Byredo. It’s unconventional and enigmatic without resorting to anything off putting and remixes some of my favorite notes in striking ways. I hope the dry down is something that grows on me because I would love to add a bottle of this to my perfume shelf.

07/19/2024

8Scent 7Longevity 6Sillage

Psmellsnice
3 Reviews

Psmellsnice

3

Love.

This scent is wonderful and evokes two strong images for me, and so I will share those rather than delving into the notes.

The first and probably the reason I love it so much... My grandpa was a cigar smoker and this scent reminds me exactly of a humidor. The old wood mixed with dry tobacco leaves is a scent that brings me joy and this fragrance, presumably accidentally, NAILS it like nothing I've smelled before. If you know what a humidor smells like and enjoy it, regardless of whether you are a smoker, you will enjoy Bibliotheque.

Second, and probably more to what Byredo was going for... anyone remember that episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender where the gang visits the ancient library hidden below the sand in the desert? This fragrance smells like that library. I'll leave it at that.

Lovely.

08/23/2025

6.5Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

BigLis222
12 Reviews

BigLis222

Helpful Review 1

Drinking cognac and sucking on berry candy in a dusty old chateau

Wow! This scent is very, very weird to me.

It smells like two songs or two movies playing at the same time. One is youthful, sweet, juicy, and bright pinkish purple. The other is spirituous, antique, the warm amber color of an expensive aged liquor.

Or perhaps this fragrance has a background and a foreground. The background is dusty and evocative of a library (but only if we're talking about a private library in a big old chateau where the beautiful antique furniture of an eccentric duke is gathering dust.) It's also very alcoholic, like cognac or whiskey. The foreground is bright fruit candy, almost too sweet, and clashing so much with the background as to be dissonant.

This is actually the first Byredo fragrance I've ever smelled. Are all of them this weird?? I'm so intrigued.

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