Inflorescence

Byredo Parfums Inflorescence I like when designers take something great from the past, and give it a new twist. One of my favorite websites is a blog called “new dress a day”. Every day, this talented and creative seamstress takes a one dollar dress from the thrift store and redesigns it into a current fashion, with all the before, during, and after photos. All of the things she’s created so far have been beautiful, unique, and creative, all on the tiniest budget. It’s proof that you don’t need to spend a lot of money to produce something great - the trick is to start with a great idea, find something with potential, to have enough vision to see something new in something old day after day, and to have the skills to pull it off – both technically and aesthetically. The downside is that if your creation clings too hard to the past, it’s going to be hard to revision it in the present and breathe new life into it. The same could be said for this fragrance. Inflorescence was a blind test for me and my first ever test of a Byredo perfume. I wore it today because of the name alone. I am wearing a dress with an embroidered floral print; so I wanted a fragrance with a strong floral heart, and the name, Inflorescence, seemed to fit. I had no idea what a treat I was in for! This reminds me so much of my beloved Lauren by Ralph Lauren, which has a heart of freshly picked and green mixed flowers against a background of greenery. That fragrance is what began my obsession with green bouquets where I spent quite a bit of time exploring fragrances like Calyx and Chanel No. 19. I absolutely love the pairing of green notes with freshly picked flowers. Byredo has taken this same idea – a freshly picked bouquet, paired it down to just a few flowers and amped them up, and put the green notes center stage. I would say that this is more of a bouquet of greenery with a few simple but strong flowers in focus. On my skin, the green is so fresh and vivid and just slightly herbal. On the first testing, I would have sworn that it had fresh cilantro and celery notes. Later, it dries down to a rather loud and clear bouquet of super green and slightly damp lilies of the valley softened by vivid pink and coral roses. It’s absolutely lovely and a very modern twist on an old classic. Thank you, Byredo.

“Inflorescence” starts off as a beautifully sparkling green and white floral. Underneath there is a medium current of good lemon reminiscent of Chanel „Cristalle Eau Verte“. After the sparkle is gone around 2-3 hours in, it turns into an expensive lemonade fragrance (think of Sprite or Mitsuya Cider but high-quality), that leans female, but not in a coquettish way. Also, you do get a defined undercurrent of white florals - could be jasmine but not sure - that I find exceptionally lovely. When I had to wash off the fragrance after roughly 6 hours, it was still moderately strong. “Inflorescence” is an exciting fragrance - ageless, elegant, refreshing, interesting, yet wearable. It’s a beautiful summer scent for female (or somewhat gender-nonconforming) professionals. To be honest, the only reason I will not buy it is the price. Where I live it’s about €330.- for 100ml and this much it is not worth to me quality-wise. Firstly, because with „Cristalle Eau Verte“ Chanel offers a great-yet-cheaper alternative and secondly, because I keep on thinking I could get a Frederic Malle for that same money. Of course, this is just my personal set of limits, but for me to pay over €300.- for 100ml (or less) of a juice, it must be overwhelming, not just very good. However, if the price point does not concern you, do consider Byredo’s “Inflorescence”. TL;DR: Well-blended sparkling white lemonade 🍋

Walking down a city lane today I caught a piercing whiff of this on a cool young thing striding out in a worldproof sound bubble. Almost wondered if it was Diorissimo, though it seemed more lemony. More like Envy. Straight to the shop then, to follow up. So for me it's been a totally addictive mix of fresh crushed stems, citrus and less-sweet flowers such as Lily of the Valley/Daphne perhaps, followed later with a dry/creamy combination that is quite strange, like freshly saddle-soaped tack spread with pulverised gardenias. There's a magnolia tree in my garden, but that lemony peppery scent wasn't there. Rather the citrus was directly clean and zesty. People tend not to like powerful citrus. There can never be too much for me, if nothing else jars. The creamy sweet/acid note seems the one jarring element to this. It's the thing I've always recoiled from in fragrances like LouLou and Poême. Never have chased down precisely what it is. If anyone could enlighten me I'd be grateful. Still, the absolute delight of the opening notes has me hooked and the leathery dry down is interesting, so this one is under serious consideration.

My first Byredo and by no means is it my last. Inflorescence is a lush, sharp green fragrance, I do pull out LOTV and some magnolia, but the scent is predominantly grassy and very botanical to my nose. Theres also something which gives off a citrussy undertone in this as well, its also very, very strong! 3 spritzes MAX and everyone around me could smell it, but despite it being so nuclear on my skin, its also quite inoffensive at the same time and smells very summery, it conjures up images of wearing white linen trousers and a white t-shirt and running through a wooded meadow of wild flowers and green grass Longevity is decent on my skin, I can get 7 hours out of 3 spritzes, but by 2hrs it does become quite close to skin, but throughout wear I will get little wafts of it from time to time, its really quite lovely! Overall, I'd say this is a unisex scent to my nose, it doesn't really seem to fall into either vein of being masculine or feminine smelling, it just smells good and is for people that want to smell good and feel like they're running through said wooded meadow, I love it!

Since I usually can't stand lily of the valley or freesia, it's bizarre that I love this fragrance. I guess the combination of those two scents together erases their individual unpleasantness to my nose. I think this is beautiful! It's uplifting, easy to wear, crowd-pleasing, me-pleasing, unique, and feminine. It costs more than I would like to pay, but doesn't everything? Whenever my husband like any fragrance of mine, at all, he claims, "Oooo - smells like orange blossom." (It doesn't matter if it smells like road tar, if he likes it, it's "orange blossom".) When he smelled Inflorescence, he said, "Mmmm - I LOVE it when you wear orange blossom!" In this case, I get what he means. The orange blossom we're used to in California (as well as the jasmine) has a airy, sweet quality that is prevalent in this perfume. As I said before, I don't get freesia or lily of the valley...so I'm happy to call it orange blossom if that's what suits it. I read a review below that compares this to Jo Malone Orange Blossom, and I absolutely agree!

Not like Jasmine perfume I've used before, Jasmine is not the dominant note in this one. It’s a combination of white flowers and a barely noticeable rose as well. Smell like a mist of fresh-cut flower concoction yet it has little green from the flower stem. Or it smell like freshly watered flower garden in spring that touched your skin. Smell familiar like flower dish soap, fresh linen, or mature baby cologne. Not long-lasting but it smells rare and realistic to flowers and you can smell the jasmine after the perfume dry-down. Bought this perfume during my business trip to South Korea and everytime I smell it, it reminds me of my spring-summer 3 months trip in Korea, also it does smell like the perfume that Korean girls wear- soft, barely noticeable, and smell like flowery soap. Definitely overpriced for the price of Byredo but I can't find the similarity to other perfumes. Oh! it also smell like a modern cotagecore and Monet's painting <3

Quite an interesting one. Firs of all - Inflorescence is an extremely functional perfume. It stays crisps as it dries down, has great longevity and a moderate, but noticeable sillage. The floral profile presented here is pure enough that it wouldn't annoy most people. Now moving onto the scent itself: indeed the Byredo signature base ("cool plastic") is very prominent. The base is mixed with LLOV and magnolia at about 15/70/15 ratio. Upon spraying there's a prominent citrus tone - almost grapefruity - green and a bit bitter. Unlike many floral offerings there is no musk or wood base notes in this perfume, so what we get is endless florals pushing through. I don't particularly think of jasmine as a base - it's almost freesia, but much cleaner. Essentially a very 21st century Diorissimo. I like it!

I wasn't expecting to face a big like here as I usually dislike lily of the valley dominant fragrances but something makes me wanna smell it again and again LOTV is the strongest floral note with it's creamy,green facets but I can also detect whispers of other flowers It's a very beautiful springy floral scent.simple and fresh at the same time elegant and ladylike.it reminded me forever and ever Dior which I also like.I've sprayed it six hours ago and I cab still smell it easily so while being light it's not weak or faint By far this one and rose noir are my favorite byredos but I'm not going to add them to my wantlist yet as their price tag makes me picky.I have to test it side by side with forever&ever Dior and diorissimo which seems to be another similar perfume and choose one between them

Got a sample. It’s my favorite Byredo so far out of a handful (Gypsy Water coming close, Mojave Ghost, Biblioteque, Animalique, and Sunday Cologne were the others)....its got this addictive scent trail that I attribute to lily of the valley. I had a musk that had that scent note (Swiss Arabian Musk Malaki oil) and was the best, sweetest, non screechy, non warm musk I’ve ever used. That’s how this is for me. The opening of the freesia gives a bit of screech, as always, but the lily of the valley along with bright magnolia really make this so pretty. Then with the sweet and mysterious jasmine note, gives it some depth. The rose is almost not there, thank goodness. Best floral I’ve smelled this year. May get this one for Spring.

Initial impression- smells like a fresh, wet bouquet of flowers upon first sniff. This is the type of scent I’d wear if I wanted to pretend I was a florist at a cute little shop. It’s a lovely light white floral with a somewhat creamy drydown. After that initial photorealistic flower scent began to fade— it was still very floral but I swear it began to smell a little like the fragrance in sunscreen?? I enjoy sunscreen scents though, so it was a pleasant surprise for me. Sillage-wise, it’s very close to the skin, you can definitely be generous with the sprays. Lasting power is also pretty short; I wish Byredo made a travel size of this one that would be easier to carry in a purse.

The first I thought was, wow, finally I can smell real flowers! Like sticking your nose into a magnolia flower! I hope my nose still can remember the organic smells and not only the notes in a perfume. After 10-15 minutes the rose and lily of the valley presented themselves. Like a stroll in a beatiful blooming garden, very romantic, very fresh and kind. I use perfume for myself, and I hate living in other peoples perfume clouds, so I don't think that they have to live in mine. I spray on my chest, so if you feel my perfume, you are too close!! ;-D So sillage and projection is nothing I really can comment on.

As soon as I sprayed this beauty on my skin my memory brought me to my childhood and happy moments when I was running in the spring forest in Russia.... It was filled with blooming double buttercups ( also they are called globeflowers). It's definitely a spring scent and lasts longer in spring temperatures on me.... Unfortunately it's not a long lasting scent but I just couldn't resist it and bought a full 100 ml size anyway... Whenever I feel down I just spray it all over me and immers in happiness.... I can see this perfume as perfect scent for a wedding as it's very inoffensive and delicate.

This is by far my favorite from three of the Byredo I’ve tried(la tulipe, Blanche and this one) it’s a fresh floral scent, very good reflection of fresh lily of the valley and freesia, not the old fashion aldehydic but more fresh modern lily of the valley and more youthful and fresh. My problem with it is that it doesn’t last long at all, 30mim-1hour and it’s gone. Im not sure if it is worth the high price tag but may be look for used or discounted. It reminds me a lot of jo Malone wild bluebell in the floral freshness, not quite the scent but the freshness of the perfume.

Love at the first sniff. When I first smell it, I can smell frangipani, straight up frangipani even when there’s no frangipani note in here. Frangipani and Magnolia but in a sensual way, really mature, elegant and sophisticated. This is the smell of feminine to me, I can imagine myself wearing a white dress dancing under the Magnolia tree on a spring day. Absolutely gorgeous scent, definitely my all time favorite white floral scent. Only problem was the price, I still couldn’t buy the full-size bottle yet but definitely need it asap.

This is a beautiful, sweet and soft Muguet perfume that I cannot stop smelling. I don’t understand the indifference. It is a powerhouse floral with a modest profile. It is gorgeous and light, perfect for my multiple spray days. Don’t be fooled...it is still there even though one does not smell it strongly. Perfect for Spring and Summer office wear, but I will try it in winter as well. It captures my attention every time I wear it. It doesn’t remind me of Jessica McClintock but it does remind me a tad of a less intense Diorissimo.

I don't know if I'm crazy but aside from the lily of the valley and carnation fresh and very green opening and soapy yet I get some type of oriental resin. Could that be the jasmine? No idea but it's very lovely. I do get something incensy... This is how I wanted Baiser Vole to be! That one is a bit too dry, a bit powdery and well, regular Lily rather than muguet. I guess I'm a bigger fan of this Lily than that. Would be perfect in warmer weather but I'm wearing it right before Christmas.

Springtime dewy Lily of the Valley, followed by an accord of roses, freesia and jasmine. Mostly Lily of the Valley and rose though. Sweet, delicate, subtle. Moderate sillage and longevity. Would like it to be stronger and longer, but overall, this is an excellent spring perfume. The fragrance is very pretty, and fresh. The Lily of the Valley is realistic and natural smelling, right out of a woodland garden. The hint of rose gives it a rich undertone. Uplifting, happy perfume!

Very prominent breezy lily of the valley with freesia.Lily of the valley in here is the one very similar to Dior’s vibes.I don’t get any rose nor jasmine.Reminds me a musky floral beautiful handmade soap from good old times.A little sharp at the beginning but then it’s settling to a gorgeous springtime floral trail.Pretty decent wear,I can feel it good 3-4 hours but in my car where I sprayed it on a blotter around 2 days.Perfect spring addition.

Instant love! This has all the lotv/white rose beauty of Existence without the aldehydes icepick to the sinuses. Wish they would have disclosed the perfumer here, but I have a hunch. My new fave lotv, beating out every iteration of Guerlain’s Muguet by a mile. Two light layers (spray/dry/spray) over monoi oil moisturized skin gives 6+ hours of a 3ft scent bubble and intoxicatingly fresh and glowy silage. Immediately dropping into heavy rotation.

Spring breeze in a bottle! I fell in love with it 😍 It is such a fresh and energetic floral scent. I especially like its drydown since the bubble-gummy jasmine became noticeable to my nose then. Actually, I didn't expect it to like this much it but now it is on my to buy list 😅 I highly recommended if you like fresh floral scents. It has a good sillage and longevity, too!

Lilly of the Valley is one of my favorite flowers in the world. But I have always hated it as a note in perfumes because this note is far from the actual flowers and can be very annoying, synthetic or old lady like. This perfume is the best imitation of the real flowers and this is the only note I hear from A to Z. Big love! Dina_France (YouTube perfume reviews)

This is nostalgia in a bottle for me! It reminds me of the little lily of the valley bath cubes I used to get for Christmas in my stocking from Crabtree and Evelyn. I don’t know that I’d want to wear it as a perfume but I’d definitely use it as a bath scent!! That would be one expensive bath though so I might just stick with the body wash.

100% on board with the "love at first sniff" crowd. Everything about this fragrance speaks to me and my inner happiness. So about the fresh green, delicate rose, pink freesia and the underlying and lingering lily and jasmine notes. I have actually created my own fragrance and this is very reminiscent...so ya! it's a total LOVE <3

A really underrated byredo perfume smells like actual innocence in a bottle. I’m not a fan of florals that way but byredo just does it for me everything is just so well blended and light. It’s also a bit powdery and lactonic also in a light and fresh way. It would be perfect for a new born because it’s not a perfumy perfume.

This is an absolutely ravishing scent, flowers upon flowers, but it completely disappeared within four hours on my skin. I would probably wear this all the time if it had more of a base. EDIT: Actually, I've decided it's a perfect fragrance for warm summer days when I want a light scent without any muskiness or woodiness.

Really green, photorealistic fresh cut stems and white flowers. This is the scent of the flowers fresh out of the cellophane, when the leaves and stems are in your hands. Absolutely beautiful. This is a lily of the valley forward scent, so if you're not a fan it may not be for you. But I am a fan. And this is for me.

Upon the opening, it smells of fresh cut lilies and the green notes really pop. It dries down to reveal the delicate sweetness of the other white florals. This encapsulates the essence of a fragrant white floral bouquet in a bottle that is light and airy, and smells so real and natural. Just gorgeous.

Inflorescence feels very feminine for me with a rather complex blend of florals in the opening. But it only lasts for about 30 mins as it dries down to a realistic jasmine scent on me. I wish the opening stays on longer. This one has a much better sillage and projection than most Byredo EDPs though.

Nowhere near Diorissimo! Much sweeter and not nearly as sharp.. I like this one a lot because it's truly a floral scent not tempered by anything else (citrus, woods, musk or powdery notes)

A really beautiful white floral. I love the combination of lily of the valley, magnolia and jasmine. Very clean, classy, sophisticated and lovely. Also feels somewhat nostalgic to me.

This smells more white fressia bouquet than lily of the valley for me. I love it because it smells like sunny spring mornings after night rain. Fresh, green and uplifting.

I love this one. It captures Lilly of the valley in its initial fresh bloom. Very bright and green and unripe

Wet,juicy, fresh floral! It could be unisex because it's not overly sweet. It's beautiful! I love it!

Pretty, fresh, photorealistic florals. Light, ethereal, a beautifully fragrant whisper.

This works very well in tropical weather, it keep its freshness particularly well.

green freshly cut lily of the valley that still has some dew drops on it

I have to say I expected more regarding lily of the valley from this based on the reviews because I bought it without testing first. Lotv here is more like the one in Penhaligon's -- green and not that natural (although green is good). So for me, it just does not beat the Yves Rocher Muguet En Fleurs by the lotv smell -- once again, so after having tested many lotv scents (Amouage Ciel is waiting for a retest) the YR seems to be above everything else, on another level so to say, if only it would last longer too. Lotv in Inflorescence actually lasts longer and is quite good on my shirt while on skin it is more like the Penhaligon's version. Based on this I think this is overpriced but I got it cheaper anyway so nothing too much to complain. Edit 01.06.25: I just smelt a BIG bunch of EARLY lotv flowers and unlike the single plant in the middle of the blooming period, this bouquet was much more similar to Inflorescence because there is so much more green in both of them. In other words, thanks to this experience I see that Inflorescence is closer to the real thing than I thought before. Yet the single plant's sweet smell is still unbeatable.

A light drenched garden at dawn, petals unfurling into sparkling light, their edges still dewy, trembling with the remnants of sleep. Inflorescence is the hush of awakening, the moment a floral stretches into its own existence, thin yet invigorating as the air on a mountain peak. Lily of the valley rings out first, crystalline and green, its tiny bells chiming in a language of freshness, of wind dancing through the first blush of spring. A soft rosiness follows, delicate and soft yet radiant, intertwining like immature, smooth vines reaching toward the sun, adding a gentle powdery touch. A linear yet vastly alive fragrance, an impression of florals at their most ethereal. No syrupiness, no weight, no nothing—just the fleeting, radiant beauty of petals before they fully open, before they get introduced to the touch of time.

This opens very green and fresh like cut flowers. It feels cold and dewy, probably from the aldehydes. It’s just a little bit spicy too. The freshness of the opening is fleeting but like another reviewer said, this performs well in that it maintains its delicacy throughout wear. It’s soapy but it doesn’t go stale on skin. It’s a classic white floral, made modern with greenness and transparency. The longevity is poor and the sillage is almost undetectable after an hour. It quickly fades, leaving just a faint sensation of having slightly soapy, freshly washed skin. It’s nice as a hygiene product to apply after a shower.

Modern take on the classic Diorissimo. I had a brand new vintage mini with the houndstooth pattern, and I gave it away to someone who treasured it more than I could. This reminds me of it. Really nice, green muguet; but the surprise was the enormous and very true jasmine note. Without seeing the notes first, I thought I had hit the jackpot of jasmine perfumes. I find the lily of the valley here to be quite realistic, as close to Diorissimo as I think I have ever encountered. I have sampled so many from Byredo, and I am beginning to think they can do no wrong in my eyes.

I really love green lily of the valley perfumes and have a bunch. This is sort of on a knife's edge of realistic mashed-up lily of the valley plants and fake plastic, and so I can see how some people don't like it. Definitely if you're a lily of the valley fan there are way better options out there (Diorissimo, Envy, Live in Love, Brindille, Jaipur Bracelet, etc). This has sort of an aloof "Scandinavian minimalism" to it. I liked it, but it didn't last long at all and wouldn't be worth the price to me for a full bottle.

So innocent and ladylike. Nothing heavy. It reminds me of a woman who's always nice. She writes thank you notes on engraved personalized stationery. She's always carrying an umbrella, in case. She's prepared, never careless, always on time, always forgiven. But she chews her fingernails, and despite what's in fashion, she always prefers things simple. Her fish is grilled, and her favorite flower is the Daisy. This smells like sunshine, like a little girl delighting in matured weeds.

This is really green and definitely a photorealistic scent of a flowershop. The thing is however, that a flowershop (to me at least) doesn't really smell like flowers; it smells like greenery. The same is true for this scent - on my skin at least. This is a good spring and summer scent I think. For me it's a little too harsh-green to be wearing in winter like it is right now. I will definitely come back to my sample to try it again later in the year.

Airy, pretty, fragrant flowers. Not my usual style but it is very compelling. I would happily wear this on a bright spring or summer day, but not when it is too warm or it could easily become sticky and cloying. I love each of the floral notes listed, and don't find that any overpower the others. This is one I would perhaps spray in my hair or on a light spring jacket to get a lovely flower trail around me. Very nice, but definitely situational.

Inflorescence is a sister of Jo Malone's Orange Blossom -- at least 80% identical in terms of the citrus/orange note, and the only difference is the small touch of greenness in Inflo. It's definitely one of the most (if not the most) pleasing, pretty, easy-to-understand frags from Byredo. It's also very similar to Bal d'Afrique as both have a bright uplifting and dominant citrus note.

To my nose, the initial spray immediately reminds me of freshly cut flowers. The smell of the green stalks is very prominent. This perfume can uplift moods and feelings. It's a very pleasant scent. Not too heavy and not too airy. Inflorescence and La Tulipe are two of my favorites from Byredo. Such a fresh and clean scent.

Prominent lily of the valley which I like; a very nostalgic scent. Hardly memorable though, or long lasting. However, I wore it above Byredo's Rose hand lotion, and the mix is very luscious, perfect for spring. Stays close to skin, but I keep getting whiffs for the next 4-6 hours. Not FB worthy for this price however.

It is really a nice scent - no more - no less. For me it is a mixture of Pleasures (because of the prominent lily of the valley) and Tulipe (another fragrance of Byredo). So far I have not found anything innovative in the fragrances of Byredo - they just don't captivate me enough to become a fan.

Testing my sample; this is fully bloomed, photorealistic lily-of-the-valley and freesia in a sunlit greenhouse. There's a hint of spice but overall it's fresh and soapy. Warm & hot weather only, no other feasible temps to wear this. I'd definitely get a full bottle of this for summer.

This is the perfect white floral blend with a touch of something powdery. Not cloying. Just sweet spring. It always reminds me of weddings with the dry down of Jasmine and Lily of the valley! A daytime fragrance. Lasts about 8 hrs on me. Not overwhelming.