Bullion

The opening is plum so immediately I love it. I'm biased (usually) when plum is a main note. Although sincere, being biased towards a note means that I'm probably going to be overly positive for this review, so take it with a grain of salt. This is a sweet, beautiful, grown up, sexy plum fragrance with a little leather and a little bit of spice. Later on you smell some musk and wood as well, but it's not cloying. Well blended, very yummy, and perfectly unisex. There is really nothing left to say except that I want a full bottle now! longevity is moderate on me, as is the sillage. Normally this would bother me, but not when something smells this good. Attention: I will swap my MOTHER for a bottle of Bullion! lol. She's short, doesn't take up much space, and vacuums a lot....not so good at cooking but we're talkin' you will have the cleanest house on the block! ok, just kidding....I think

Overall: 8/10 Here's Why: SO promising and it nearly delivers! This starts out surprisingly similar to Creed Royal Oud, albeit more fresh and outdoorsy. Consider this a daytime Oud fragrance with a soft peppery background. The Leather is non-pronounced to my palate and is hardly there, The fruit smell that is present is more dense and jammy as opposed to citrusy. The drydown is ALL musk - linear and un-relenting. Leaving a soft veil. Easy to wear and hardly unlikable, this little gem could use a lesson in proper leather - but what remains is still easy to wear and wonderfully niche. Priced a little too steep for the quality of this, however, as sillage tends to be on the lesser side.

This fragrance is a masterpiece and It's addictive! When my tiny sample went out i felt really empty, like a big, important part of my life was missing. I bought two new decants as fast as i could and next time i'm aming for the full bottle because i cant live without this one. The name "Bullion" is such a genious, wellsuited name. It's like a brew of some kind; hot and sweet, well blended. It's mysterious but yet safe and soothing. It's very fruity with the obvious plum but for me; who usually dosent really like sweet, fruity notes, this is pure heaven sent gold in a bottle.

Plum and pepper opening. It tilts towards feminine, sort of like opium or playing with the devil. Slowly it morphed to a more subdued scent, woody with a floral undertone. Sandalwood is prominent but not loud or obnoxious. And surprisingly the osmanthus makes its apparition, joining the woods with the juicy, tender, slightly sweet scent of this flower. My biggest fear with this perfume is longevity. Silage seems to be medium. If you haven't tried yet or are thinking about buying it, I recommend and encourage you to get a sample and don't jump on the first impression.

Been searching for Byredo as it isn't sold in Bahrain. Had a sniff at Abudhabi airport and it smelled fruity and smooth. Even though I'm not very much into fruity scents, I was still drawn to it because I got a sense of the complexity of the blend and got a sense of the leather in there so i bought it instantly. Although, I must admit, I was close to buying the accord oud or oud immortel before convincing my self that this will be a nice addition to the family. In any case, this is a unique and a masterfully blended scent and I give it an 8/10

Why oh why has this been discontinued? Obviously, I have caught the last chance to buy some samples of it, but when I wanted to purchase the whole bottle, I couldn't anymore :( This could be my signature scent, I cannot even describe it in details why (and maybe this is unnecessary now, you cannot buy it anyway), but I love it so much. It is perfect plum scent with a character that suits my skin perfectly. I own Bibliotheque, which is also great, but this one was the original champion. So alive, so special. Saving my 0.5ml sample obsessively.

Bullion is a very well blend I just love it. The plum and the leather are the dominant accords and together with the woods, musk and the flowers I get a feeling of a verry expensive cognac. For me it feels more masculine than unisex but most of the ppl who smelled it on me says that they feel it's unisex. I just did the mistake and bought the oil, the longevety is bad, very bad (1-2hrs on my skinn) and the sillage are even more bad. The spray is a lot better.

“It’s a combination of places, food and, most, importantly people.” His spicy aroma finds its roots in a mixture of pink pepper, magnolia sandalwood, leather accord and sensual musks. Like all the other Byredo fragrances, Bullion is a unisex and I must confess this is one of the best ever made by Byredo, it is very well done. If you have not liked Byredo so far, give it another chance, try on Bullion, maybe you can change your mind.

Oh I’m in love. What a seductive, delicious, enchanting juice. Gorgeous soft plum and peach tea osmanthus with a naughty animalic, metallic underbelly. You can really imagine a gold bullion. I wonder why it was discontinued? The Osmanthus abs was too expensive? I just snagged a travel roller and the oil is heaven. Animalic in the best possible way. I can’t stop sniffing my arm! Help!

An excellent Byredo, one of the top five of this house. It balances fruit and wood in such a delicate way, using leather as a kind of glue between the two, quite a remarkable thing. It lasts a long while, turning quite deliciously sweet but not sticky or like candy. An easy wear for men who want a gourmand that is not over the top but still very elegant and refined.

Gorgeous leathery plum-skin osmanthus and musk. It is so close to Narciso Musc Noir, which is not discontinued or hard to find like Bullion. Both lightly animalistic, and perfect for fall, second skin scents.

I love it,creamy oud,not listed...That said, it smells exactly the same as Fredric Malle, Promise with less longevity and projection, it honestly is the same thing, of course this came first.

I really love this one and the oil made me so disappointed that I decided to buy the spray. Much much better sillage and longevety. I think that Bullion is Byredo's best one.

Oh God ever smell strange, indefinable, precious. I love it!

Plum, leather, cognac - just wonderful!

One of the weirdest things I've tried in while. The first opening was syrupy sweet combo of plum and osmanthus, soon leather appeared making this a weird mix indeed. I find leather in Bullion to be very dirty and smoky. Unfortunately I do not get any spices, but nevertheless this a very unique combination. Even though plum makes this very sweet and feminine, the leather and woody background makes this more suitable for a man, so I am very tempted to see how this works on a male skin. In overall - could be easily worn by both sexes and should be a "must try" for every lover of leather note in perfumery as this, in my opinion, is a completely new take on this note. And a good offering from Byredo.

Byredo Bullion is an odd one, no doubt. It involves the intersection of several different genres but doesn't seem to take on one in particular. It's fruity with plum, floral with magnolia and osmanthus, and woody with sandalwood, not to mention the leather. To my nose, the plum stands out the most, as it's fruity first, and the rest of the other attributes are featured in relative harmony with one another. Performance is decent, wearability is year-round and versatile, though I don't regard it in very serious terms, and it's surely quite unisex. I just find myself mostly puzzled by it and while slightly drawn to it, not inclined remotely to buy it. 7 out of 10

This one was a blind buy for me. First when I applied it on my wrist, I was confused cuz my nose was so familiar with this smell and I decided to figure out which scent smells like this. After 15 minutes of hard thinking I found it, Costume National Scent Intense. TRY IT YOURSELF!! If I didn't have Costume National, I would have liked Bullion but now that I have CN this one is so unnecessary and not worth the money I paid for it.

I'm pretty fond of this one, especially in the oil concentration, which allows it to act as more of a skin scent. Plums and leather have been paired before, but this one has real brio. Buttery leather and billows of incense smoke, all simmering beneath an ultra juicy, dusky, purple plum note. A bit funky, but elegant. I get around four to six hours of wear from the oil, but apparently I'm in the minority. That's a shame.

Testing my sample; this is a plum tincture infused with peachy osmanthus spread over leather. Gets noticeably woodier and muskier on my skin as it dries down. Reminds me a bit of Plum Japonais' opening. Autumn and winter, it's very strong off my skin but my little 5ml decant is quite old so that may be a factor. I'd consider a full bottle for this, but it's discontinued, a shame.