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maddust – :
This is very well blended, easy going, wearable.
I like woody florals, and this is a great one. The fruity pear like note is very nice
I thought at first it does lean slightly feminine. But if your a guy looking for a nice floral dominant fragrance that does not get too feminine, this is perfect.
It’s a woody floral musk, with the nice fruit.
It reminded me of MFK Aqua Universalist a bit, the fresh floral musk part
Immetademearo – :
i dont enjoy this. Very faint and pale. It s got to be that one has to hve certain powers or a sixth sense to smell it. The body lotion however, is weirdly more potent than the perfume. I would definately wear that.
saushka2011 – :
Simply stunning. I have tested a couple of scents from the Byredo house and this is according to me one of the best.
Warm and ripe fruity, slightly musky but also a crispy metallic.
To me, the dominant scent here is the sapodilla and cedar.
This is a very unique scent, i can not compare it to any other perfume. Pleasent, clean and unoffending. It is very non gender, for sure unisex.
I used to live in New Delhi for a couple of years where the Sapodilla fruit is very common. However the street name for it is Chicu in India. Size of a plum but with 2-3 seeds and texture of a pear.. The taste is very unique. A very ripe pear, honey melon, a bit earthy, agave nectar….. unique and fantastic. I wish Chicu was available in Europe.
It is delishious and MG perfume smells exactly like it. Once i realized it I fell in love with this scent.
Good longevity of around 10 hours but more of a skin scent that comes and goes.
I got a 100ml bottle of this beauty and have been enjoying it basically every day for the past 5 months. The bottle is finished and I am now half way through my second bottle.
I love it.
Dim37x – :
Pretty disappointed that this is by Byredo, it just smells like a generic floral and not what I expect from them. Like Bibliotheque it could be from any high street perfume house (Lancome or Chanel) and certainly doesn’t warrant the price tag IMO.
Give me Bal d’Afrique or Pulp or Seven Veils or Oud Immortal, give me niche, give me different, but please stop giving me these insipid, average perfumes that could be from anyone and not the Byredo I thought I knew and loved.
Elalpally – :
sehr schön beginnend mit fruchtiger Note, gemischt mit meiner liebsten blumigen Note (Magnolie). Es ist ein Parfum für Frauen, aber durch seine Grundnote Materialien können für Männer verwendet werden.
DerBomber – :
Byredo Mojave Ghost.
Probably the loveliest fragrance I have. Having said that I can’t see myself repurchasing. It has no lasting power or sillage. In my opinion it’s over priced for its delivery, or lack there of. I am so very disappointed.
PANTHER – :
OMG, I think I love this… it opened so nicely- clean, citrusy and even a hint of peach backed by the amber which sort of sneaks up as the violets peek out for me. I find too many musk/ambergris/musk mallow notes often overwhelm on my skin and they tend to make me feel a little queasy if they are overpowering. There is quite a bit of amber/musk to this scent for me but the balance is genius, at least with my chemistry. And I love that it is a slow developer, sort of hitting me with a new note a while after I’ve forgotten I’ve put it on. I don’t find this particularly fruity or heavily floral, its like a swirling combination of just this and just so at the right time. It’s a warm, heady scent. I can imagine being back in the desert, maybe a little bit in monsoon season, while wearing this. I love how fresh it is while still having those deep, warm notes. I think part of it is for me, Magnolia isn’t often very floral-floral- sometimes it can be downright rotten smelling after a bit but when done right, it has a very gentle touch of flowers mixed with sort of a citrus smell to me? And Violet, violet when done right is the scent that Cleopatra used to wear because it is a scent that loads up our receptors for smelling it and our brain can’t register it after a while, then suddenly, wham, receptors are unblocked and the Violet hits you like you’ve never smelled it before. I think both the violet and magnolia notes in this are of particularly good quality to exemplify the best of what they can bring to a scent.
yran1976 – :
I got a sample of Mojave Ghost from Luckyscent. To be honest I bought it because I was stationed in 29 Palms, CA which is in the Mojave Desert. So really if it was like my actual experience in the Mojave Desert it would smell like sweat and axe body spray. The fragrance itself has a strong pear or some kind of fruit smell like smell. It also has a floral smell too. I would describe as pretty.
Sarawerhuqtaq – :
This smells like a niche version of Nautica Voyage with added nasberry note. It’s very inoffensive and pleasant to smell, and performs quite well. It basically smells aquatic, clean, and fruity. It leans kind of feminine.
4/5
JurOk – :
It opens really strong with what i would suppose is sapodilla, a bit sweet but sour when combined with ambrette, almost creating an illusion of a leather effect with the deep-seated ambergris.
After the opening, the first one hour, it smells sour, piquant yet more and more sweet like a bubblegum on my skin, carrying the fragrance to a more feminin side in this hot weather of Istanbul, losing its real characteristic. I find this part really strong and not at all easy going, contrasting how it works for some other people (Which i think also shows the quality of the production).
Then magnolia comes into the scene more distinctly than violet, well combining with the ambergris. This reminds me of the scented doll hairs of my childhood. I think this is the best part of this creation for me.
The drydown is more flat than the rest, just a bit of sandalwood-led woody base notes show off more.
Should be tried in a cooler day.
damir777ka – :
To each their own. This magic is incredible. Lot’s of comps~ LOTS~ and most of them are from women who are of the classy variety..I put this on at 11:30 am, still smelled it at 11:00 pm when I went to bed and still smelled it on my skin and big time on my clothes from the day before at 7:00 am the next morning. For those of you who say it doesn’t last for you, Boooo Freakin Hoooo…………..It lasts for me and ultimately, that is what matters, what it does for ~ME~
GakBeergogege – :
Mojave Ghost is a great release from the house of Byredo. MG opens up with loads of Sapodilla (it smells kind of citrusy and a bit peachy with the addition of the seeds within giving it a bitter edge) combined with magnolia and violet leaf. Once this fragrance dries down, I get mostly sandalwood with the top notes in the background. It doesn’t last long though, maybe 4-5 hours with very soft projection. I can get wafts if I am on the move or am outside when it is windy. Otherwise it is barely there. If it projected more, I would definitely recommend it, the scent itself is signature scent worthy (especially for the office). Sadly that is not the case. I do suggest trying it out though, Byredo offers this one in sample form on their website.
Wolf – :
I love this scent but it seriously lasts less than 5 minutes on me. Hundreds of dollars spent for a perfume that fades in seconds. I’m incredibly disappointed.
gregoryx – :
Mojave Ghost may be my favorite Byredo. I love how it wears on the skin. It’s so interesting, yet comforting.
medayonen – :
I have to say this is the most unique fragrance I own, mostly because of the way it develops on my skin, from citrus to floral, then musky, then ambergris for a longer time. I feel like wearing 3 to 4 different fragrances in a few hours. Unfortunately, it’s more moderately lasting than long lasting, but after about 4 hours, I can smell a hint of ambergris from time to time, when I move. For sure, I will try other Byredo fragrances soon, my next purchase will be Bibliotheque, which also smells amazing on my skin
perekatovansy – :
I am seeing a lot of negative reviews describing the sweet smell of Mojave Ghost fakes floating around. There are so many on eBay now especially from Russia. Please don’t base you’re reviews on these and just get an official sample instead of blind buying these on eBay, there’s so many fake Byredo’s going around.
oda806Bessinepome – :
smells like clean, crisp pear. reminds me of – a fresh spring day, just stepped out of the shower, with nothing to do but roam with streets of a new foreign city. delicious and happy and pleasant. only drawback might be that its a little linear for such a hefty price tag, but linear is exactly what we need sometimes.
dsmaks – :
Same experience for me as gabricookies a couple reviews below. I’m not a huge fan of Byredo to begin with but this sounded so unique and intriguing, both the notes and the name. And instead all I’m getting is…a sweet kind of fruit smell, sort of like a pear but not quite, with a little bit of woods and that’s all. This is supposed to be a sapodilla scent and I guess I do like the smell of sapodilla, but not enough to buy a fb. Very linear & sweet. Actually makes me think of a grown-up Escada, which is not what I was looking for.
hqn238Diobtetty – :
As you can imagene Byredo is extreamly popular in Sweden and this one is all over Stockholm. I spot this almost every time I go out to a bar or restaurant. I Think this one start to become even more common than Bal d’Afrique and I dont mind. This is one of my absoult top perfumes for women!
The sandalwood is most dominant for me but in a great mix of Magnolia which makes it more femenine. I could not imagene this on a guy but love it for Girls.
zek21 – :
I like this one. On me it dries down heavy on the musk and ambergris with some melon. Smells very much like something creed would have made.
shadaymarat – :
I had high expectations for this as I pictured it as a dry, austere fragrance. I hoped this smelled like dust, incense, maybe with a hit of green notes.
But it has a fruity note that is just appalling – I assume it’s the sapodilla?
The note is melon-y and frankly quite disgusting, and it never dries down .
As some other reviewer stated, the name is good but to me at least, it suggested something COMPLETELY different from what the final product is.
DjeyMIG – :
I have been wearing this on a regular basis since I bought a bottle at the end of the summer. I have grown to really appreciate this perfume. It has become my signature scent. It is so easy to wear and is classy and understated, but performs as you would expect for a high quality fragrance. The scent itself is difficult to describe – floral, pear, musk, amber. It is the ultimate dumb-grab luxury scent. I get lots of compliments when I wear this.
I am growing to really love the house of Byredo. Their offerings are unique, they perform well, and they are quality all the way. Thanks to Mr. Gorham!
IGROK731 – :
This one ghosted away the moment I sprayed it, so I sprayed it again…I can barely smell this and what I do smell is a very light soapy scent…from other reviews it appears some of us cannot smell certain ISOs…I must be part of that camp…try before you buy…
KuZeN – :
This starts out smelling really similar to the green Palle kuling candy beads we have in Sweden, which in turn taste like a candy version of an ice cream called päronsplitt which is a pear flavored popsicle with a soft vanilla center. The dry down gets less sweet, more woody and slightly sour.
alex230598 – :
Mojave Ghost definitely smells the most unique out of all of the Byredo scents I’ve tried. It’s a very intriguing fruity, floral top with a slightly woodier ending. I’ve never seen a sapodilla, let alone smelled one, but there’s something familiar about the fruity element of the opening… but when paired with the floral elements, it has a really intriguing feel. I can’t quite stop smelling it!
bojak – :
Oh my lord, I love this fragrance! It’s a sweet floral with a hint of wood. I dislike floral fragrances, but this is amazing. The violet and the sweet sapodilla are gorgeous, I keep sniffing my wrist lol.
I love this. I will buy this. What a breath of fresh air!
** edit – by the end of the day is changed my mind. There was no longer any sweetness left and all I could smell was cold magnolia and big of wood. Ugh. No thanks! I’ve never experienced such a change, so disappointing.
tronnar – :
One sentence: too feminine for a man.
For a woman it’s alright. It’s floral and long lasting. I do not get attracted to female floral scents so I cannot tell you much further.
Eroriaunula – :
It is now a top 10 for me
The dry, earthy floral that develops slowly into something truly magical and personal.
Cold, metallic floral rounds out with a warm and dry desert feel. It’s lightly sweet and somewhat medicinal. After wearing for a few weeks this really has become my go to fragrance.
9.5/10 across the board
ikapatuka – :
I really can’t tell what the notes are in this one, but it smells masculine to me. Something is overly floral and not the nicest smelling about it.
I don’t know what it is, but something bothers me in it. Something’s missing in it. I would like to smell more warm notes, but it’s kind of watery.
It’s okay, but not among my favorites.
Ninochka24 – :
I couldn’t review this at first. I went into this fragrance right after smelling flowers blooming in Death Valley and was so disappointed I couldn’t do it justice. In particular, the wispy little white gravel ghost was what I hoped this would capture. Alas, this was different beast: soapy, floral and perfumey vs fruity and vanilla sweet like a tobacco flower.
This is modeled after a different dessert flower, I guess. Taken with that, it is quite a wispy, epheremal scent, heavy on the violet to my nose, and I generally have a tough time finding that note, being anosmic to beta-ionone. It is quite powdery in that regard, smelling smooth and somewhat velvety (iso e super? I’ve seen that mentioned and if so, I may have id’d the note I find so repellant in many fragrances..I can taste it, it is so forward to me, despite being a ‘soft’ scent, if that makes sense..)
Saraev_vova – :
As a fan of Byredo, and having owned FB of Seven Veils and Pulp, I am struggling to identify this one.
In the reviews below, roughly 1 out of 10 mention that it wears close, or has no smell at all. I’m part of this camp. Many people are anosmic to certain musks, and if that cedar is ISO-E Super, then that’s a double whammy. Escentric Molecules smells like water to me, and I can empty many Hermes 3.4 mL’s in a week.
Mind you, I can totally sense Ambrette in Nasomatto Baraonda, and L’Aromatica’s Animus, so this is a different chemical formulation.
What I *do* get out of Mojave Ghost is this. Sapodilla, also known as Sapote, or Chikoo in Hyderabad India, is a floral fruit, to my nose. Just like lychee has an underlying rose; or Asian pear has a white floral backdrop, sapote has a flowery scent. There’s that, and a tiny drop of violet.
At about 5% of the olfactory volume of Pulp. If you can smell this, all the more power to you!
olenj48 – :
I was incredibly keen to try Mojave Ghost as it is one of those Byredo scents that is constantly mentioned on forums and YouTube. Many describe it as a crisp floral, and seeing that I still have not chosen my wedding day scent, I placed this fragrance high on my agenda.
Mojave Ghost is quite an abstract, cold fragrance. It is almost reminiscent of a laundry musk with a woodsy, dusty drydown.
I do enjoy Mojave Ghost, I even consider it a work of art, however it’s a little too out there to be worn as a wedding day scent. The opening is both weird and wonderful with notes of magnolia, ambrette seeds and a rare fruit, sapodilla which lends an almost pear type aroma to the composition.
It’s a clean, musky fragrance for the most part, becoming a touch heavier in the base with notes of sandalwood, cedar and ambergris. Whenever I wear Mojave Ghost it makes me feel quite melancholic. This may come across as strange, but Mojave Ghost smells like a handful polished pebbles to my nose.
I am slightly anosmic to Mojave Ghost, so every now and then I find it difficult to detect on my skin. When my nose does kick into action Mojave Ghost can be quite strong, so a few sprays really does go a long way.
emreyurek – :
I can barely smell this and don’t find anything remarkable about what I do smell. Maybe I’m nose-blind to something :/ ?
mfr – :
Remarkable name for a rather unremarkable, but pleasant feminine scent thats reminiscent of a shampoo/scented beauty product
JelenaKre – :
Mojave Ghost was on my try list for a while, but eventually I won’t be purchasing a full bottle.
It smells fruity, floral, musky but not pleasing to my nose. I can’t pinpoint exact accords, and it doesn’t smell groundbreaking or of exceptional quality (in accordance to its price tag).
Good sillage and longevity, and more feminine than masculine if anyone is concerned about this.
PS: a reviewer mentions resemblance with CK Beauty, and I can totally see it!
va912 – :
Byredo Mojave Ghost walks the unisex line well while performing admirably for a warm-weather-leaning option.
Full of magnolia with other supporting elements like sandalwood and cedarwood, I’m mostly miffed by how the top notes—somewhat unfamiliar to me—factor in. They ambrette seed and sapodilla fruit. I’m curious, as I know neither, but they seem to facilitate sweetness and freshness that complements the burst of magnolia that comprises most of my experience of the fragrance.
MG performs a bit better than most of the Byredo fragrances that are geared, in my opinion, toward warmer weather use, perhaps slightly better than the Sunday Cologne EDP that I own, and on par with some of the other EDPs in the line that aren’t like the heavy-hitting 1996, for example.
Overall, a pleasant experience, and one of the better productions of the house of Byredo.
7 out of 10
sever57777 – :
After loving Blanche so much, I got a bunch of samples of Byredo and Mojave Ghost was one of them. At first smell, I thought it smelled just like Daisy by Marc Jacobs. Had I known about Mojave Ghost, I would have considered it over Daisy as Daisy has its own problems. Daisy dries down to have this sting/sharpness of a fragrance. Sometimes, it brings up too much b.o. out of a woman. Mojave Ghost doesn’t seem to have this dry down effect, but it loses Daisy’s femininity.
Mesoh554Unlogrere – :
i actually think this works better with male skin chemisty than female.
this reminds me of marc jacobs daisy for the first 15 minutes. then then sweet fruit and florals kick in.
all in all i think this is a great addition. in the warm months i belive this will work well. i have it on right now and i must say its magic on me.
my wife liked it on me also. therefore its a win lol.
longevity and projection are above average. i get about 10 hours and sillage is pretty heavy.
overall i give this 8/10 and that may change.
so far im pleased with byredo. of the scents i have they are all simple yet refined with great quality.
im a huge Amouage fan because of their quality and complexity and Byredo is of just as high quality but a lot more easy to wear. except for pulp lol
peace and blessings
saske-98-98 – :
i wanted to love this so much !
but hmm this smells to me like prickly pear and woods it is super soft and quite forgettable , i still love the name CHOICES..:(
ArchiSol – :
MG smells exactly of day old piss on me. Only maybe not quite as good.
Floonoovarp – :
I should have read the reviews here before purchase… Mojave Ghost is a true copy of Chanel Eau Tendre. You don’t need both unless you make a mistake as me 🙂
And I would not recommend to buy “niche” for the smell of a regular brand. Yes, I do admire Chanel and I really like the scent, but really dissapointed by Byredo…
Shady – :
…seems like I wasn’t logged in when I posted this review – I didn’t even know you could review perfumes as a guest…
I am running after this scent without ever being able to catch it.
I have become very picky with the perfumes I buy as I’ve learnt from past experiences/experiments that just because a perfume smells good straight out of the bottle or on my wrist right after spraying it, doesn’t mean I will love it enough to want to wear it.
So when one spring day I decided to finally go to that Byredo counter that had always seemed so intimidating and smell a few bottles, it was love at first whiff.
A name as poetic as the perfume itself is beautiful, Mojave Ghost literally cast a spell on me. It is everything I like in a perfume: light without ever losing its presence, fleeting with staying power, ambiguous, sweet and carnal…
I thought I had finally found my signature scent and went home with a sample, walking on air and excited to show it to my partner.
Except… He. literally. hates it. To him, it smells unclean and sweaty… It will never cease to amaze me how differently several people can perceive the same perfume. I know, what the hell, right? I could just go ahead and buy it anyway, surely he won’t be able to smell it anymore after a long day at the office? Well, turns out that thing is potent apparently, and can be smelled on the skin hours after first spraying it on, and lingers on clothes for days.
This could have been a beautiful love story…
xorek-1 – :
This scent is slightly sweeter than I usually get addicted to but nonetheless I applied about four sprays to my favourite wool cardigan and I can’t stop sniffing it. I have yet to try it on the skin, but on paper this reminded me so much of Frederic Malle’s Dans Tes Bras. Right? Or am I crazy?
diy624bedyWelty – :
So weird all the hating on here about Mojave Ghost. Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion but nobody seems to like this brand and continue to beat them up about the price and lack of longevity. For me, I like minimalistic fragrances. Another brand that people hate on here is Eccentric Molecules (another minimalistic fragrance) but to me these fragrances are simple, complex (in their own right) and smell terrific. I am a watch collector too and again love the simple pieces rather than watches that have a lot of crap going on on the dial. Sometimes less is more and I don’t want a fragrance that has 18 different notes that produce some sort of scent that nobody can really explain…Those kind of scents typically get positive reviews on here because of the complexity, but to me, some of them simply stink and I guess if you like smelling like somebody threw a bunch of notes and stuff in a bucket to get this “amazing, complex, interesting” scent so be it…but to me those scents are hardly wearable and definitely aren’t worth the high-dollars they demand. I just want to smell good and sometimes simple is better…Mojave Ghost is simple and smells great. The sandalwood dry down gives it more of a masculine feel but obviously the floral component makes it more feminine….I get many compliments with this one, not to say that is my goal when I wear it, but if others think it smells great, perhaps I should listen? Or I can sit in a room by myself and smell my great 14 note composition fragrance thinking it’s the best thing since slice bread….I think I’ll choose the latter….
usmic – :
To my nose, this is straight up TF Champaca Absolute. I love the clean scent of it. Because I don’t always love a heavy floral, I enjoy the light cleanness of this. Yes, I udnertand the shampoo comparisons. It doesn’t smell like shampoo to me, just a clean beautiful floral backed up by a touch of amber and soft woods. It’s lovely, but I don’t think it is worth the price tag.
tmnV8 – :
This is almost an exact copy of Beauty by Calvin Klein!
I love Beauty, so my feelings about Mojave are no different. I just wouldn’t buy this though, as I already have a large bottle of Beauty (I love the way that sounds, a large bottle of beauty, hah). Definitely a musky white floral.
I think I was expecting something a little more enigmatic, a little moodier, a little more reminiscent of the desert, maybe a little bloom and ozone and deep violet. Maybe juniper berry or sage or something. I lived in California for several years and spend a lot of time in the surrounding deserts, and in southern Arizona, so the name “Mojave Ghost”, to me, conjures up sense memories of creosote, monsoon rains and crispy sage brush burning under the unrelenting sun. I get only white floral musk with Ghost.
I expected more of an unfamiliar version of a white floral, whereas this to me is just a pure romantic lily or freesia. It’s beautiful, just like Beauty.
I will rate this exactly as I do Beauty. I just wanted something a little more unusual for a desert frag.
korak – :
Chanel Chance, is that you?
A little TOO similar unfortunately.
A shame. 🙁
zkc164Diobtetty – :
It’s a very lovely scent but not original whatsoever. Do we really need another Daisy/Chance Eau Tendre? Especially from a niche house? For that price one would expect more creativity.
Игорь1991111 – :
This is my current obsession and I wear this often for myself than anyone else. The scent uplifts me and has this quality to it of serenity. I see a lot of people comparing it to a lot of other scents and shampoos and what not. This scent is fairly straight forward not complex and I like it that way exactly. Its the wet quality ( hard to describe ) the scent has with the sapodillia…
Sapodillia is a tropical fruit and living in a place of its abundance it reminds me of my childhood.
I tried this both in the summers and the winters and to be honest this is a scent made for the tropical areas cause more the heat the better it develops and almost strangely the sillage increases.. It does last a decent 8 hours
so the stats are
Scent – 4/5 (maybe my fondness is making me biased)
Sillage – 3/5 (try it in the warmer months)
Longevity – 4/5
арахнид84 – :
I agree with estaesta except for me this reminds me of the kids shampoo i used when I was a kid. This is by no means a high quality “niche” fragrance. It just a soap/shampoo scent that is very synthetic. I see ambergris listed – in all honesty I highly doubt this fragrance has ever seen a nanogram of ambergris. This is not an unisex frag it’s only for women in my opinion as it is way to soapy and floral. The dry down is a sweet soapy smell. If you want to smell like an apple scented shampoo then this frag is for you.
Scent: 5/10
Longevity: 6/10
Sillage: 4/10
dorsarat – :
EVER SMELT PALMOLIVE SOAP SO HARD IT PROPELLED YOU BACK IN THE SUPERMARKET AISLE? THIS IS IT, PALMOLIVE 1970’S.. WITH THE PACKAGING..AND THE FREIGHT BOX .
reminds me of a combination of donna karan gold / aqua di gio (old version) maya mayurgia (new version) contradiction ck (new version ) and taylor swift’s incredible things.
cfyntxybr – :
This perfume is simply stunning. I look for a feeling in perfumes, and this one is my ideal- ethereal, but earthy, dreamy but with an inner strength.
The notes are elusive to me, but it is so nostalgic- I pick up hints of other scents like Chance Eau Tendre and Daisy, but this is much higher quality than the latter, and slightly more unique than the former.
The fruit and florals blend seamlessly, and the woody undertones remain lighter than air (which I am grateful for, because I detest harsh woods on my skin).
This one is a fairytale scent for sure, but not in the sugary-sweet celebrity scent way. It’s woodland flowers and the stars above a desert in the cool night. It’s fleeting nymphs and sprites- not fairies in fluffy pink dresses.
It also blends so well with my signature scent- Leila Lou by Rosie Jane.
Muctuk87 – :
When I hear “Byredo”, I can instantly smell Bal d’Afrique. But describing a fragrance that is one of your favourites and brings back the images of your best time is no big deal, so I’d rather write a review of a more challenging one. Bal d’Afrique has definitely aroused my curiosity about Byredo and after falling in love with it I started discovering their other creations one by one. I have to say that I haven’t really fallen in love with any other of them yet, but it doesn’t matter – let me just review a perfume challenge.
I have to start this challenge with a confession. Or even two. Firstly, I still have no idea what sapodilla really is and, more importantly, what it smells and tastes like. Secondly, I was seduced by the name, both of the mysterious fruit (?) and the perfume itself. That’s all it takes to make me curious and, more often than not, leaves me bitterly disappointed. It couldn’t have been a success, but on the other hand… it’s not a disaster either.
Mojave Ghost. Doesn’t it sound like a title of some dark romantic poem, a blues song or a horror movie? Or maybe a western movie? (a horror western?!) Would anyone NOT like a perfume named like this? Well, I thought I had to love it, since it was supposed to smell dry as hot desert air, while being light and elusive as a ghost (duh) at the same time. Just as the name promised! But… what is it really like?
It’s a fruity-flowery pulp.
Sound like a cliché, but in this case it’s not as simple as that. Mojave Ghost is a little less trivial interpretation of something seemingly simple. The first thumb up for this!
I dare to suppose that our mysterious sapodilla is in some way related to the familiar pear. And even if it’s not, it must be just as sweet and juicy. Whatever it is, it’s the central element of this composition, from the beginning to the end, and I’m pretty sure it must also be responsible for my recurrent, almost unconditioned reflex of re-smelling my wrists and the persistent impression that there’s something kind of familiar about this scent, yet much more exotic at the same time. This fruit is definitely not something you could find in front of your house. Unlike all the flowers though. So what we have here is a magnetic, not quite peary pear and a sweet flowery cushion made of your regular violets and magnolias. Thank you Byredo for restraining from adding rose, jasmine, tuberose and neroli to it. Here’s another thumb up.
As someone not used to such fruity-flowery mixtures, I feel a little sick after a while (even without the addition of jasmine etc.), but it gets better as soon as my beloved sandalwood comes to the fore. Another thumb up for surprising me that the base note is not some plastic, pudding vanilla. All in all, I’m intrigued eventually. Mostly by a little less standard approach to fruit in perfumes.
It’s just a nice scent after all, let’s admit it. But it’s also a tiring flirt, a coquette, fawning, crawling, dying to be admired and complimented. And I guess it’s successful and gets tons of compliments indeed, which only boosts its fruity ego. But do I wish to smell like everybody’s darling? I don’t think so. I’ll rather admire it from a distance and smile, if I should happen to smell it on a passerby.
claiceachsync – :
It smelled great for the first 10 minutes… Then nothing.. Perhaps I am anosmic to this particular scent but I do not think so. Not sure if the label “Ghost” is meant literally.. Disappointing. Smells like it could have been something.
w.a.l.d.e.m.a.r – :
Warm yet sparkling pear for the first 30 minutes or so, drying down to a waxy, slightly bitter magnolia with just the barest whiff of woods. Very persistent (I can still smell this on my wrists after 12+ hours). Like sunrise in the desert. This will be really lovely in warm weather.
As the drydown is quite different from the opening, definitely sample before buying.
chz996elipseskism – :
I hate this so much. Lasting power is good though. I have tried to wash this smell off of me but it is not going anywhere :)I don’t get some of these reviews saying that this smells like nothing or very soft. Are we smelling the same perfume? All I can smell is heavy soapy sweet pear. And nothing else really. I think this perfume has to react very differently on peoples skin chemistry.
iax666intitytek – :
Such mixed reviews of Mojave Ghost! I do agree that it is probably more “commercial” than a lot of the other Byredo scents, but there is something about it that is very pleasing to me.
For those who referenced MJ Daisy and