Mixed Emotions Byredo 2021

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7.2 / 10 262 Ratings

A perfume by Byredo for women and men, released in 2021. The scent is fruity-woody. It is being marketed by Manzanita Capital.
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Main accords

Fruity

Woody

Smoky

Spicy

Fresh

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Top Notes

Blackcurrant

Maté

Heart Notes

Ceylon tea

Violet leaf

Base Notes

Birch wood

Papyrus

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Scent

7.2262 Ratings

Longevity

7.4212 Ratings

Sillage

7.0212 Ratings

Bottle

7.8199 Ratings

Value for money

6.1151 Ratings

Submitted by Morpheus1, last update on 09/09/2024.

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Statements

7 short views on the fragrance

OliveAutumn 14 days ago

7
Bottle 4
Sillage 4
Longevity 10
Scent

Stunning blackcurrant top with a warm black tea note and a light but present woodiness at the base. Unreal. Delightful. Superb.

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FreshKatsu 2 years ago

6
Bottle 6
Sillage 6
Longevity 4
Scent

Interesting scent but unfortunately the opening is unpleasantly salty & sour on me. Feels like smoky liquid lorenzo. Very intriguing

2

PerfumeaholK 4 years ago

10
Bottle 7
Sillage 8
Longevity 7
Scent

contradiction in a bottle. Mate mixed with tar makes very strange combination. Not an easy wear. It's like you are about to get a headache

2

MariaS 4 years ago

5
Bottle 5
Scent

Not mixed emotions... Sour emotions! Where does this sourness comes from?

2

Omnipotato 8 days ago

8
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 7
Scent

Drydown is very nice but the opening blackcurrant syrupy sweetness combined with the smoke gives off a distinct hickory bbq sauce feel.

1

MihaelaA 13 days ago

I feel blackcurrant, then smoke, then mint, all combined smell great! A bit sweet, a bit minty.

1

TimoF 7 months ago

7
Sillage 7
Longevity 6
Scent

Strong blackcurrants, sour and sweet at the same time. Accompanied by smoky tea notes. It smells pleasant and unpleasant at the same time.

1

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5 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/09/2024

6.5
Scent

DogiCoco
412 Reviews

DogiCoco

3

Do you ever miss being sick?

Sometimes, when I was a kid, having a cold felt kind of cozy. Sure, having a runny nose and a cough sucks, but it had its perks. Not having to go to school and having your mom pamper you, maybe watching more TV than usually and getting some magazines... It wasn't all bad, but it's not something I'm really nostalgic for either. As an adult with responsibilities, being sick is even worse.

Why do I tell you all this? Because Mixed Emotions kind of smells like being sick!
Not in the gross "sickly human sweat" way, but like things you might have next to you when you have a cold: Blackcurrant flavored throat lozenges, vaporub and a nice cup of hot black tea. I don't know where it's coming from, but something in here really makes me think of eukalyptus, which I'm not a fan of.
Besides the medical notes, the violet is quite strong and adds a bit of a magical forest vibe.
All in all this fragrance is sweet and lush, and does a nice job replicating the texture of tea, but it's too camphorous for me to really enjoy. Interesting in a way, but not what I'd ever want to smell like.

03/01/2021

5
Pricing 10
Bottle 6
Sillage 7
Longevity 7
Scent

MontanaB
27 Reviews

MontanaB

2

off-putting.... or not?

Not sure about this one. I have official sample now and it's wonky. Opening is more raspberries than blackcurrant to me. Tea is there and a lot. Also some dark tar vibe. Like hot asphalt almost. Very odd release. Yet here we are, I still I want to sniff it a bit more. Very unexpected and name fits the bill perfectly.

05/18/2021

4
Pricing 8
Bottle 7
Sillage 7
Longevity 6
Scent

Taurus
341 Reviews

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Taurus

Top Review 21

Red smoky fruit tea blend

At the name Mixed Emotions I clearly get a bad feeling, because that was exactly the name of a Euro-disco pop duo in the mid-80s, which was initiated and produced by Drafi Deutscher and produced some small hits.

The music was definitely not my thing and I can hardly remember the titles, but the name has been negative for me ever since.

Byredo most likely didn't think of that, which is understandable though. Who still knows "Mixed Emotions" today? Especially on an international level? And who associates it with a questionable fragrance?

The olfactory Mixed Emotions gives accordingly from the first note the marching direction: namely, a lot of currant or possibly red fruits in a huge teapot with smoky pieces of wood in it. In between, a fresh citrus signal right at the beginning, which fades away in no time. That's it ... no more and no less.

Inevitably, you ask yourself the question of whether this is really as artificial as it comes across and how big the headache factor is.

I'll admit that when I first sprayed this on for the very first time a few weeks ago, I was a little smitten. But during yesterday's Intensive Testing, the sweetish-fruity-tea-like aroma got on my nerves in record time - probably just like the pop duo at the time. And headache I got as well - and that is clearly due to the Eau de Parfum and not to other circumstances.

Still living fans of the duo probably already have the fragrance on the watch list or in the collection ... and fans of smoky red fruit tea or currant drops may already rub their hands in pleasure. Everyone else better not play with their feelings and think hard about whether they actually need to know everything.

02/28/2021

6
Bottle 6
Sillage 8
Longevity 4.5
Scent

Tobajes
5 Reviews

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Tobajes

Less helpful Review 3

Artificial Grain

I received this fragrance as a sample to an order and find it really repulsive sweet and artificial. But it has good longevity which is rather a bad thing in my case. He also has a great headache potential if you overdo it. For me, no recommendation to the women who want to buy this fragrance from the men's point of view

07/30/2021

6
Pricing 6
Bottle 8
Sillage 5.5
Scent

KaliP
6 Reviews

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KaliP

Helpful Review 4

Mixed feelings

The first moment makes me think of hazmat cabinets in the chemistry lab. Alcoholic-synthetic, Meliseptol disinfection of the work surface. Aldehydidic.
Not attractive at all.
Then it smokes and smokes unpleasantly bitter and dry, it really scratches the throat.
Too wet wood probably. Or dried tea leaves.
I don't know anything about Ceylon or Mate, I prefer Darjeeling.

I can see the currant emerging from the haze.
My grandpa's black Johanna, which was always in my grandparents' fridge, smelled like this. There remains something burnt about her, though, something medicinal.
Maybe I should hold the fruit over the flame of my gas stove sometime?

Rubbing my wrists together, the warmth awakens a dusty library full of old scrolls, stored on rotten wooden shelves in a sanitized basement by the glow of a rusty kerosene lamp.

Not to be underestimated. What remains is eccentric and anything but ordinary. I wonder if I'd want to smell like this every day I have pretty mixed feelings about that

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