Best Mojave Ghost by Byredo Alternatives & Similar Perfumes

I was inspired while visiting Kew Gardens in London in May. Every May there are hundreds of blooming magnolia trees in different sorts, sizes, scents and colours. Usually it is a very rainy season and my inspiration was to create a scent of the water and rain on magnolia trees.  

The symbol of this modern perfume is an American modern dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis. She is not only a very talented performer, but also very feminine. 

Divine Dancer is an ethereal, watercoloured, light, fresh, feminine floral perfume. It is modern and vivacious fruity floral scent .

The Divine Dancer perfume is dedicated to one of the first American modern dance and ballet performers Ruth St. Denis.

Her vibrant and spirited art of dance, influenced by the East and South Asia, her divine body move and incredible costumes made Ruth St. Denis a worldwide well known star. Her body projects as Temple of femininity. 

When the dancer emerged from the darkness of the stage, her presence was immediately captivating, the air suddenly fragrant with her appearance. Adorned in jewels from head to toe, radiant in a special gold sari, her hair crowned in jasmine, she is an embodiment of divine feminine, mirroring the images of goddesses of Lakshmi and Saraswati but with the talented Ruth St. Denis touch of modern dance and ballet movement.

In the beginning, there was confinement. Arbitrary walls and borders. Then you woke up, and you were no longer locked in a box you didn’t make. Now you’re in a forest temple breathing in the heart-opening smells of sandalwood, spices and violet leaf. No one will contain you ever again.

Perfumer: Angéline Leporini

“One night we found ourselves wandering in the light shining with a full moon and, stopping at contemplating, we felt like smelling a scent of wood and flowers…” [travel notes]

A perfume that captures a moment, an emotion, an image, enveloped in the light of a shining moon.

A fresh and luminous departure of Pink Pepper. Then, an olfactory kaleidoscope comes to life that combines a flowery heart of Magnolia, Jasmine and Rose with a base of Cedarwood Virginia and Sandalwood, softened by Cashmeran, Iso E Super and Musk.

The fusion of flowers and soft woods reveals a surprising, refined and magnetic jus. A celebrative fragrance, emotional, evocative, that captures the magic and poetry of the moon…

L'espérance est violente.

Mirabeau, what a pretty word, peculiarly Parisian, suspended above the Seine. It composes a memory, joins another bank, and returns by following its trail of sandalwood, pink bay and cedar. In the heart of the City of Light, on the way to the twilight of the day, there is a bridge, a poem and a perfume.

A discreet and symbolic bridge, of the master-builder spirit which transcends borders, becoming better by coming together. Those solid foundations of cedar, sandalwood and orcanox span love and musk.

A poem as slow as it is violent, expressing the brutal and desirable hope of the one who would like to believe, of the one who wants to love. Vanilla, I write your name on the water, with muffled traces of incense and violet green.

A perfume to save us, fish us silently out of the water, bringing us above the Seine, our spirits on the water of our essences, bergamot and pink berry mingled with fig in a glass bottle, fiercely reuniting bodies in unison with souls, coming back to her by following her wake.

Purple line

Perfumer: Karine Vinchon

A beautiful floral abstraction, sheer delight for the olfactive imagination: is it a lilac, or spicy carnation or all the aromas of many humble meadow flowers mixed in the spring rain?

The shady cool and crisp orris (made very dry with cedar and tonka) offers a floral riddle which every nose solves in his or her own way.

The primal sap of the forest. The dew-soaked ground releases the smell of damp earth that awakens an animal joy. A soft cloud of oak moss and mushrooms rises. Sandalwood envelops, clary sage enlivens. The benzoin drydown reveals amber and resinous notes, prowling like a wolf.

A sensual perfume with a powdery retro touch of orris and violets against the clean white musk background.   

Eau de Madame got inspired by the fields filled with irises and violets around Maine Gailard, the little French city where Feret are based.

Perfumer: Mathieu Nardin

Creamy rich sandalwood with a hint of smoke and a lot of ambery vibes. 

Also available as an extrait.  The EdP version smells drier and woodier (there is more focus on carrot seeds in the opening). The extrait option is smoother and somehow has a stronger violet flowers presence.

Perfumer: Mathieu Nardin

Perris are fascinated by nature’s fragrant treasures and make perfume materials THE story of each of their perfume. So much so that they experiment with the same perfume material in different perfume architectures: eau de parfum and in extait.

How does this work?

The EdP version of Santal du Pacifique smells drier and woodier. The perfumer added more dusty sharp carrot seeds and shifted the focus to the lighter top layer.

The extrait option is creamier (softer) and somehow has a stronger floral presence with an echo of leathery violets or some fantasy black orchids.

The rose in Italian is “la rosa”. Reverse the perspective, come at it from a different angle, go right to left, and you get “Asoral”. This extrait burrows into the very essence of a young, dewy-petalled rose, taking you on a journey from the outside world to the inner you. This is achieved with a union of Turkish rose and Rosa Lani, a complex rose with vibrations of liquorice, tea and hay. Creamy magnolia, rosy-esque peony and soft musks add even more plushness, elevating Asoral to a radiant smile-bringer.

Perfumer: Cristiano Canali