{"id":1536,"date":"2026-06-24T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T14:39:00","slug":"the-endurance-of-byredos-bal-dafrique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/?p=1536","title":{"rendered":"The Endurance of Byredo\u2019s Bal d\u2019Afrique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/fashion-beauty\/17266\/byredo-bal-d-afrique-perfume-beauty-editor-fragrance-scent-review?utm_source=Linkamp;utm_medium=Linkamp;utm_campaign=RSSFeedamp;utm_term=the-endurance-of-byredo-s-bal-d-afrique\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/786\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/4\/474618.jpeg\" alt=\"Bal d\u2019Afrique: A Scent in Motion\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Since its launch in 2009, <\/span><strong>Bal d\u2019Afrique<\/strong><span> quickly became one of <\/span><strong>Byredo<\/strong><span>\u2019s most beloved and popular scents. Created by founder Ben Gorham and renowned perfumer J\u00e9r\u00f4me Epinette, it was inspired in part by Gorham\u2019s father\u2019s diaries from his years travelling across Africa by freight ship. The scent translates these inherited memories into a beguiling unisex fragrance celebrated for its floral lightness and warm, woody base with ahellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/fashion-beauty\/17266\/byredo-bal-d-afrique-perfume-beauty-editor-fragrance-scent-review?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=the-endurance-of-byredo-s-bal-d-afrique\">read more raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/fashion-beauty\/gallery\/14724\/bal-d-afrique-a-scent-in-motion\/0?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=the-endurance-of-byredo-s-bal-d-afrique\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-750-2121-1414\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/4\/474602.jpg\" alt=\"Bal d\u2019Afrique: A Scent in Motion\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/fashion-beauty\/gallery\/14724\/bal-d-afrique-a-scent-in-motion\/1?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=the-endurance-of-byredo-s-bal-d-afrique\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-1193-2121-1414\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/4\/474607.jpg\" alt=\"Bal d\u2019Afrique: A Scent in Motion\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/fashion-beauty\/gallery\/14724\/bal-d-afrique-a-scent-in-motion\/2?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=the-endurance-of-byredo-s-bal-d-afrique\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-758-2121-1414\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/4\/474603.jpg\" alt=\"Bal d\u2019Afrique: A Scent in Motion\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/fashion-beauty\/gallery\/14724\/bal-d-afrique-a-scent-in-motion\/3?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=the-endurance-of-byredo-s-bal-d-afrique\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-555-2121-1414\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/4\/474605.jpg\" alt=\"Bal d\u2019Afrique: A Scent in Motion\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/fashion-beauty\/gallery\/14724\/bal-d-afrique-a-scent-in-motion\/4?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=the-endurance-of-byredo-s-bal-d-afrique\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-938-2121-1414\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/4\/474613.jpg\" alt=\"Bal d\u2019Afrique: A Scent in Motion\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/fashion-beauty\/gallery\/14724\/bal-d-afrique-a-scent-in-motion\/5?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=the-endurance-of-byredo-s-bal-d-afrique\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.anothermag.com\/138\/0-990-2121-1414\/azure\/another-prod\/470\/4\/474614.jpg\" alt=\"Bal d\u2019Afrique: A Scent in Motion\" \/><\/a>nbsp;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anothermag.com\/fashion-beauty\/gallery\/14724\/bal-d-afrique-a-scent-in-motion\/0?utm_source=Linkutm_medium=Linkutm_campaign=RSSFeedutm_term=the-endurance-of-byredo-s-bal-d-afrique\">View Gallery (16 images)<\/a>nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since its launch in 2009, Bal d\u2019Afrique quickly became one of Byredo\u2019s most beloved and popular scents. Created by founder Ben Gorham and renowned perfumer J\u00e9r\u00f4me Epinette, it was inspired in part by Gorham\u2019s father\u2019s diaries from his years travelling&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tadoley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}