Super Cedar

As usual, I speak too soon when it comes to Byredo compositions. Does it lend itself vertically? If that means providing a moment, temporary moment in time, where you can experience something on a different level than where your mind usually is stationed, I'll say yes. It is a modern fragrance reduced to its essentials. That I can agree with. It is very minimal-and within the concept, yes it can be considered modern. Pencil shavings in relation to nostalgia. It depends on who you ask. I would say over half of the population think pencil shavings, the smell thereof, leave a trail of stressful memories more so than a yearning nostalgia for the good old days. And the individuals who have fond memories of high school do not have those memories because of how well they did on their midterms. In fact, they probably have never even smelled fresh pencil shavings! Maybe pig skin. Maybe rubber. Maybe the smell of a brand new car interior junior year of high school. For me, it’s the smell of fresh lined paper right out of the plastic wrapper. Stacked perfectly in my brand new binder ready for the first stroke of my writing. As always, write the date and my name as perfectly as I can. It's all downhill from there. Unless I am writing a note to that guy a couple tables over. Now that is nostalgia.

I agree with some of the comments here: this perfume does not last at all. My bottle is a 2022 batch, and I put 4 sprays around my neck, 3 sprays on each arm, and 2 sprays on my shirt 1 hour ago, and the smell is already gone. I absolutely love this perfume, very creamy, woody, slightly sweet, with a hint of cedar (even the name is Super Cedar, ironic). But the performance is extremely weak. I know this is supposed to be a skin scent, but even as a skin scent it fails, as I don’t smell anything anymore. For the price, honestly, it’s not worth it. I hope they either reformulate it to make it stronger or release an Absolu version.

This is such a soft, sexy scent. It is super sweet on my skin - maybe from the rose and the musk? I honestly thought there may have been vanilla in here and was surprised not to see it in the notes listed. I don’t get much vetiver but do get cedar which I love. Definitely a rose and musk scent for me. Gives Delina Exclusif vibes. I’m not usually a fan of rose at all but this is divine. More of a skin scent to me which suits my preference for subtlety. I can see that the votes say this is a very unisex fragrance which I tend to prefer but this, on me, leans quite feminine. Onto my third bottle - I will never not buy this.

a very nice, unisex fragrance. I wouldn't call it "super" cedar, but it is still very cedary and woody. I think this fragrance is perfect for an outdoorsy kind of person. This isn't your typical fragrance, it's not exactly a skin scent but I'm not sure how else to desribe it. If you like the PNW and that kind of vibe, (and you're a bit of a granola person) then this is the scent for you. Beware however, although I do enjoy this fragrance on paper, it turned a little pickly on my skin which kind of deterred me from it. Try this on your skin before you commit to a full bottle!

Fantastic fragrance. It's comfortingly woody and warm, but at the same it feels (re)fresh(ing) just due to how simple it is. It's such an isolated cedar scent — smelling it reminds me of the feeling of smelling the scent of a wooden facade on a new building, the scent of a new wooden countertop that hasn't been oiled yet, or a classic Swedish/Finnish wooden sauna. It feels very clean in the way breathing forest air feels, it's ”just” cedar with some vetiver and a hint of rose and musk. Most probably heavy on Iso E Super, which the name itself seems to imply.