The Scent
The sales associate warned me it was ‘a lot.’ She wasn’t wrong — and I’ve never been more grateful for a fragrance that refuses to behave. Bergamot, lemon, saffron, and blackcurrant collide in the opening like a cocktail spilled across a spice market. Then the heart: warm praline and dark plum collapsing into each other, while oud rumbles beneath — not the medicinal kind, but something raw and woody. Vanilla and patchouli in the base smooth things without ever making them safe. This is Byredo’s first gourmand Night Veils, and it lives up to its name.
The Collection + Performance
Jérôme Epinette’s most audacious Night Veils composition — bergamot, lemon, saffron, blackcurrant, praline, plum, oud, vanilla, patchouli, labdanum, and papyrus in a 50ml extrait that lasts deep into morning. Discontinued in 2025 — this is the original old-edition formula.
Who It’s For
Gourmand lovers who find vanilla-sugar scents infantilizing. Someone who wants their sweetness dangerous, their indulgence complicated. The praline-oud tension is genuinely polarizing — which means it won’t smell like anyone else’s signature.
Epinette’s most audacious composition for Gorham’s Night Veils — preserved in its original, unreformed state.
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