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Side Dish
WHAT IT IS
The spiced carrot side dish you throw together in a rush for your friend's Thanksgiving party which becomes an unexpected star next to dry turkey, craggy stuffing, and salty green beans. This is a savory-ish gourmand which opens with peppery cinnamon notes, then quickly settles into buttery braised carrots and fresh grated ginger. It's strong for a Byredo with an easy 3-4hrs of noticeable sillage and a lightweight patchouli dry down which can stretch to the 6hr mark. Gets a little loud in warm weather, utter knockout in fall & winter.
WHO IT'S FOR
You just want a little something special for sweater season, but don't want to smell like cotton candy, a speakeasy, or a humidor. You want something unique, a little classy, a little odd.
ALTERNATIVES
Goldfield & Banks' Ingenious Ginger runs parallel in a citrusy fresh direction more suitable for warm weather - if you love ginger, a bottle of each could easily be your only fragrances. On the men's side, Roja Enigma and YSL l'Homme both feature prominent ginger notes, but it's quickly subsumed by the other spices in the blend and neither has the green sweetness of Epinette's carrot.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Most Byredos have a sheer, gossamer-like quality which I find beautiful, but fleeting... and while I'm not usually hung up on projection or longevity, they're expensive for a 1-2hr flash in the pan. Eyes Closed was a shock, an off-chance spritz on a warm June day because ginger and carrot sounded delicious. Two hours later I wandered back to the shop and bought a (small) bottle which has now become my staple for fall. Great stuff *if* you like ginger and carrots.
The spiced carrot side dish you throw together in a rush for your friend's Thanksgiving party which becomes an unexpected star next to dry turkey, craggy stuffing, and salty green beans. This is a savory-ish gourmand which opens with peppery cinnamon notes, then quickly settles into buttery braised carrots and fresh grated ginger. It's strong for a Byredo with an easy 3-4hrs of noticeable sillage and a lightweight patchouli dry down which can stretch to the 6hr mark. Gets a little loud in warm weather, utter knockout in fall & winter.
WHO IT'S FOR
You just want a little something special for sweater season, but don't want to smell like cotton candy, a speakeasy, or a humidor. You want something unique, a little classy, a little odd.
ALTERNATIVES
Goldfield & Banks' Ingenious Ginger runs parallel in a citrusy fresh direction more suitable for warm weather - if you love ginger, a bottle of each could easily be your only fragrances. On the men's side, Roja Enigma and YSL l'Homme both feature prominent ginger notes, but it's quickly subsumed by the other spices in the blend and neither has the green sweetness of Epinette's carrot.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Most Byredos have a sheer, gossamer-like quality which I find beautiful, but fleeting... and while I'm not usually hung up on projection or longevity, they're expensive for a 1-2hr flash in the pan. Eyes Closed was a shock, an off-chance spritz on a warm June day because ginger and carrot sounded delicious. Two hours later I wandered back to the shop and bought a (small) bottle which has now become my staple for fall. Great stuff *if* you like ginger and carrots.
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