Ganymede 2019 Eau de Parfum

Ganymede (Eau de Parfum) by Marc-Antoine Barrois
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Ranked 44 in Unisex Perfume
8.1 / 10 2554 Ratings
A popular perfume by Marc-Antoine Barrois for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is spicy-woody. Projection and longevity are above-average. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Spicy
Woody
Leathery
Synthetic
Fresh

Fragrance Pyramid

Top Notes Top Notes
SaffronSaffron Italian mandarine Orpur®Italian mandarine Orpur®
Heart Notes Heart Notes
Chinese osmanthus absolute Orpur®Chinese osmanthus absolute Orpur® VioletViolet
Base Notes Base Notes
Akigalawood®Akigalawood® Immortelle absoluteImmortelle absolute

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.12554 Ratings
Longevity
8.72389 Ratings
Sillage
8.32385 Ratings
Bottle
7.92125 Ratings
Value for money
7.41878 Ratings
Submitted by SirLancelot, last update on 02/11/2025.

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Reviews

44 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Rosymel

122 Reviews
Rosymel
Rosymel
Helpful Review 5  
There is nothing like it
This stuff has staying power. I put it on yesterday and I can still smell the base notes even through a shower and multiple hand washes! What the heck! I’m impressed.

At first glance this doesn’t seem like it has notes I’d really like. I’m not a big fan of leather, yet here it works because it’s done with a light hand. This is a cool, but not cold fragrance; there’s something otherworldly about it. The leather and florals work beautifully together. I like it more and more as it progresses, though I appreciated all stages and it was interesting to see how different it was as time passed. This is original and unlike anything I’ve smelled before, very impressive.
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Nushka

24 Reviews
Nushka
Nushka
6  
In space no-one can smell you
I am late to the game but finally discovering this modern classic thanks to a kind kindred perfumista soul who provided me with a decant.

Famously landing in a blind-spot for some (just like Baccarat Rouge 540 by MFK), I was very curious to find out whether I will be able to smell it at all or not! The reviews online are so different that it's hard to imagine or picture*what* this would turn out like on skin.

This doesn't smell like anything else - in perfumery, yet it does smell exactly like a plastic baby doll I got for Christmas once, a looo-ho-ho-ho-ong time ago. I must have been 4 or 5, but this unique aroma of new plastic always stayed with me for some reason. I loved smelling this doll's painted hair - a bit chemical, a bit fruity, indecipherable really. An ersatz of something that has no equal in Nature. A copy that's bigger than life (see "Annihilation" the movie).

This is probably why it's hard for me to pinpoint any distinct notes - I don't recognize anything, so instead of olfactory analogies it evokes images: this is what that girl in Blade Runner must have smelled like (which Blade Runner? Both!). This is what Gally/Alita from Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita smells like. This is what I imagine a fresh copy of the Japanese streetstyle magazine Fruits must have smelled like - I'll never know...

This scent is a bouquet of emotions. I don't know how I feel about it! I'm annoyed my brain can't classify it next to an image of a fruit or a flower like it does with other perfumes! I'm fascinated by the fact it's both sweet and salty! I'm appalled by how old I am when it triggers flashbacks from my childhood and my adolescence! I'm attracted by its uniqueness and elusiveness !

I think it's a new generation of scents that will replace the "freshies" of yesteryear. Instead of the scent of a freshly washed shirt or a freshly ironed one, this is the scent of a garment that is so new it's not just that it hasn't been worn, it hasn't even been bought yet!

A must-have for cosplayers of robot-like alien cyberpunk characters and/or people with always impeccable hair and styled outfits. I am neither but I don't always follow my own rules and non-sense suits this ambivalent scent . I just feel like I need to buy a mint or powder blue wig to go with it (and just like the wig, wear it only occasionally and for a limited time).
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10
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9
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10
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10
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Thewaterlog

23 Reviews
Thewaterlog
Thewaterlog
Helpful Review 4  
A singular scent experience
You know that scene at the end of Pulp Fiction when Jules finally opens the suitcase and reveals the glowing golden something inside?

It's a bottle of Ganymede.

This may very well be the best thing I've ever smelled. It's so smooth, balanced, blended, intoxicating. I don't know if I've ever wanted a FB of something so badly. I want to smell like this forever.
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Patj1994

31 Reviews
Patj1994
Patj1994
3  
I don’t really like it
I’ve actually grown to hate this the more i wore it. At first sray i loved it, it was unlike anything i had smelled before, i was convinced i found a new 10/10 fragrance. HOWEVER, the initial “awe” faded after the first couple wearings and i was left with something that gave me a bad headache and became irritating to smell for 12+ hours (this stuff lasts forever, literally. It gets stronger and stronger the more it sits on your skin)

The more i wore it, the more it smelled very sterile and almost like a hospital. The intense metalic and suede notes became almost suffocating. I ended up selling my bottle last week.
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Edda77

2 Reviews
Edda77
Edda77
5  
Ganymede by Marc A. Barrois - Unisex
In Trosus, three noble sons were born: Ilus, Assaracus, and the god-like Ganymede, the most beautiful among mortals. Such was his beauty that the gods took him to live among the immortals, pouring nectar into Zeus' cup ever since (Homer's Iliad, Rhapsody Y, lines 233-235).

Ganymede, with his incredible beauty, was among the most handsome princes. The cunning Zeus, described as a highly impulsive god, transformed himself into an eagle and abducted the young man, taking him to Olympus and making him immortal (immortelle) and the cupbearer privileged to pour the nectar of the gods. One version of the mythological story about Zeus and Ganymede suggests that Zeus placed Ganymede, symbolized by the constellation of Aquarius, as the cupbearer or pitcher-bearer instead, showing his favoritism towards him.

Throughout the centuries, the mythological figure of Ganymede has been an inspiration for artists, writers, philosophers, and poets, including Homer, Plato, Pindar, Euripides, Goethe, Apollonius of Rhodes, Virgil, Cicero, Leochares, Michelangelo, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Thorvaldsen.

As a tribute to the ancient Greek myth, the largest moon of the planet Jupiter was named Ganymede. Being the ninth-largest object in our solar system, Ganymede is a world of mineral rocks and icy oceans, with a thin atmosphere of oxygen and a magnetic field.

If we do not know the story behind a perfume, we cannot fully appreciate it. However, I must admit that Ganymede reminded me of something "sterile and abandoned" at first, which somehow suits me. By nature, I am a bit introverted, born under the sign of Aquarius, and the perfume evokes a strange emotion that lasts for hours. From nostalgia and coldness to a sense of comfort, these sensations alternate, just like in a good science fiction drama. This is not a Blade Runner perfume; it is more like Interstellar, interplanetary love, visible yet untouchable. There is a lot of pleasant dry flowers, electrified cumin, and immortelle that acts as a fragrance chameleon, creating the magic of a salty wind on an abandoned planet. Immortelle pleases me because it reminds me of forests, moss, and the feeling as if I can sense the salty geological personality of Jupiter's moon, which is truly incredible. The connection between immortelle and Ganymede, the immortal, is also wonderful and shows how deeply the perfumer thought before giving this wonderful liquid its name. Immortelle has been significant since ancient Greece until today, cherished for its cosmetic and therapeutic properties, and is considered a symbol of eternal love and happiness. This fragrance is the scent of air we are not familiar with unless we climb high enough on a mountain and experience all the counterpoints of urban air, combined with violet and osmanthus. Ganymede constantly changes, it is not linear at all, even slightly masculine and self-assured. If I were to choose the perfume of the year, without delving into ten more perfumes, then I have found it. This is a true olfactory journey to Jupiter's moon and beyond!
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BertolucciKBertolucciK 5 years ago
10
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8
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9
Longevity
9
Scent
Elegant, bright suede for James Bond. Masterpiece.
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PallidusPallidus 3 years ago
8
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10
Sillage
10
Longevity
8
Scent
Sharp, fresh, metallic, oceanic suede leather.
Alludes to high tech architecture and large scale minimalistic interior spaces.
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Ch03npCh03np 1 year ago
Immortelle+akigalawood smells like curry on my skin, which is extremely disturbing and disappointing. Might be magic for you, not for me.
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TombbbTombbb 5 years ago
7
Scent
Definitely tangerine in the opening. The rest is quite disappointing for me - all I can smell is soap. Not bad, but a victim of overhype
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MikePiccoliMikePiccoli 6 months ago
5
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10
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10
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8
Scent
Really nice metallic leather fragrance All season wearable for a real man like terminator
2 Comments
MarcassouletMarcassoulet 1 year ago
8
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8
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9
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4
Scent
WoW, very special. As others have said, it's hard to imagine wearing it. Beautifully made, but the smell reminds me of plastic.
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LukbabLukbab 3 years ago
7
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9
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9
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10
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Gorgeous modern fresh scent. Similar (in first 2-3 hours) to Nishan Colognise, probably due to fruit and saffron. Love it!!!
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ArkangelusArkangelus 1 month ago
6
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8
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8
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7.5
Scent
Cold, metallic, almost sterile in feel, but at the same time slightly sweet and so addictive. This stuff revolutionized perfumery !
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SrPumpkinSrPumpkin 4 months ago
7
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8
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9
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10
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My top 1 fragance of all time. It blew my mind when I smelled for the first time, very difficult scent ti describe, simply classy.
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Lmr4j3ireLmr4j3ire 3 years ago
What I can smell is basically metallic suede w/ sterile vibe, "medical" even. But it's not unpleasant, on the contrary, it's very addictive.
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