Bibliothèque

This eau de parfum used to be a candle, a candle that smells like a library. And that’s that. BYREDO founder Ben Gorham wanted to recreate that feeling he had every time he walked into the Public Library in Stockholm. The candle was such a success there was no choice but to turn it into a fragrance.  

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This eau de parfum used to be a candle, a candle that smells like a library. And that’s that. BYREDO founder Ben Gorham wanted to recreate that feeling he had every time he walked into the Public Library in Stockholm. The candle was such a success there was no choice but to turn it into a fragrance.  

Bibliothèque is a big hit in the history of BYREDO. This Swedish firm reinvented luxury perfumery in 2006. It sounds epic. It is. With BYREDO he set a milestone in the industry with his understanding of fragrances (free, exquisite, timeless). 

Bibliothèque does not smell like an old book, it smells like everything you could find in a utopian library: flowers in a vase, wooden floor, the vegetal touch of paper. And peach plays quite a role too. It is complex and desirable. Libraries are complex and desirable. 

FAMILY: woody.

OLFACTORY NOTES:

• Top: peach and plum.
• Heart: violet and peony.
• Base: patchouli, leather, and vanilla.

We like it for:

• It is conceptual, complex, but easy to carry. 
• Everything is exquisite: the glass, the name, the packaging. 
• It smells BYREDO. 

It contains 17% perfume extracts. All fragrances are made with raw materials extracted in the most respectful and least invasive way with the environment. The bottle cap is made of Bakelite. This Eau de Parfum is made in France and designed in Stockholm.