Byredo

Super Cedar

2016
A hyper-focused cedar study that magnifies Virginian wood to monumental clarity — Byredo's exercise in single-material minimalism.
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Sensory Profile

Sweetness Freshness Woodiness Intensity Longevity Complexity

Composition

Concentration Eau de Parfum
Style Niche
Notable Ingredients
Virginian cedar vetiver white musk rose Haitian vetiver

Olfactory Structure

Family Woody
Evolution Linear
Sillage 5/10

Character

Moods

minimalist serene earthy

Season

Autumn

Occasion

All

Thematic Territory

A single tree magnified to monumental scale — cedar wood in hyper-focused clarity, stripped of decoration, standing alone in a quiet forest

Era & Context

Modern

Super Cedar represents Byredo's occasional foray into material-focused minimalism. Where the house typically builds evocative narratives, here they zoom in on a single wood with almost scientific precision, influenced by the single-ingredient philosophy that Le Labo and Escentric Molecules established.

Spiritual Links

Comme des Garcons Hinoki
7/10
Woody Foundation Minimalist Ethos
Atelier Cologne Cèdre Atlas
7/10
Woody Foundation Ingredient Innovation
Le Labo Santal 33
6/10
Minimalist Ethos Textural Kinship
Diptyque Tam Dao
6/10
Woody Foundation Mood Convergence
Escentric Molecules Molecule 01
5/10
Molecular Minimalism Minimalist Ethos

Influences

Absorbed from

Le Labo Santal 33 Single-material focus philosophy elevating one ingredient to hero status
Comme des Garcons Hinoki Japanese wood reverence and meditative cedar clarity

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