Musky Aldehydes

I own Dossier Musky Aldehydes as well as Byredo Blanche. DMA is a great dupe for BB. They are so similar, at this point I am using DMA with abandon, and saving the BB a little bit longer. This is because I spent more on BB, and because I like the BB bottle design better. So I'd like to keep that one longer. But if I'd known I would have enjoyed the DMA scent equally, and if I'd known I was going to acquire the same Byredo bottle design in another of their fragrances (Inflorecense), I would have saved my money on BB and just bought DMA in the first place. Having said that, I like the DMA bottle too: it is nicely minimalistic in its design. And just like the cap for Byredo bottles, Dossier bottle caps are magnetic. Very satisfying to hear them snap shut. 🦋🧡🦋

So many YouTube perfume reviewers have hyped this one up! Musky Aldehydes is an interpretation of Blanche, by Byredo. It is such a beautiful sparkling clean freshie, with great longevity and silage. The aldehydes are glimmery and opalescent, giving the fragrance a sheer freshness and invigorating energy. Blanche is the Byredo interpretation of the color white, and you can feel this fresh, expansive influence in Musky Aldehydes. You could say that it is like a hug from a beautifully put together person who smells so good but you can't really pick out what fragrance notes you're smelling, only that they smell fantastic and that you're so glad to be in their presence! It is just a lovely scent, and can layer to add freshness and zing to a quieter scent.

I'm so glad Fragrantica finally added this to the database! Dossier was my introduction to perfumes back in 2022, and Musky Aldehydes was one of my first loves. It's clean, sheer, soapy, and floral. I've described it before as the scent of brisk morning air coming through the window of a room that's just been mopped. While this scent is definitely aldehydic and soapy, I don't find it sharp; the freesia and peony soften it into a lovely white-pink cloud. I haven't tried Byredo Blanche, but I think MA definitely holds its own. Plus, it's quite a compliment-getter!

Dossier discontinued this and I couldn't understand why. Today, I got my answer. They just released their own aldehydic/linen fragrance. They swapped out some of the florals for different ones and changed the base from sandalwood to a mossy/cashmeran one. Meh.

Ok, this fragrance took some time to grow on me. At first, I had a really hard time with the Aldehydic note, I am on a personal quest to find laundry/clean linen fragrances that I love, and Aldehydes as a note never came across as "clean linen" to me. It just reminds me of my great aunt. This, however, has come around to me as an almost squeaky-clean still wet out the washer- linen to the point where it smells perfumed and somewhat floral. I enjoy this, but I likely would not recommend it as "blind buy safe" unless you have 30 bucks.. then by all means! I am just a little neurotic, I think. It lasts moderately.. not an insane amount of time, but I am personally okay with that.