Luckyscent Videos: Eleventh Hour by Byredo

The description that BYREDO gives to this fragrance, Eleventh Hour, is pretty unusual. It's meant to transport you to the high elevations of Nepal as the seas rise and we come to the end of the world. I'm used to perfume descriptions being a little bit more upbeat, so it's kind of unusual, a little unorthodox, but at the same time Etat Libre Durange came out with La Fendu Monde or The End of the World a few years ago. So maybe it's kind of something in the air, something to think about and inspire beautiful smelling fragrances.

The description of this fragrance scent-wise puts a fruit up at the top. It's called Banh Timur. I think that's right. It's a fruit I've never heard of and it's from Nepal and it's described as citrusy and peppery. In the heart, there's wild fig and rum and in the dry down of those base notes, we get into cashmere wood and tonka bean. Because of that fig reference, you might think that you know what this is going to do. I thought I did, but it is not a fig fragrance at all. It doesn't even resemble one.

What it is is a spice fragrance, specifically clove. Because I love clove so much, it's just one of my favorite smells ever, I love wearing this fragrance. The clove is paired with some sort of a fruit. It makes me think of those Christmas pomanders when you get a nice juicy orange and then you spike it with those aromatic cloves. It has that kind of effect. Maybe the fruit is cassis or cranberry, there's something a little bit tart, a little bit juicy. It's really interesting. There's a really nice sweetness to this fragrance.

And then as it dries down, you go into woods and this really perfect frankincense starts to emerge. And I'm all about incense, so really on every level from beginning to end, this fragrance works for me in so many ways. It's not terribly strong. I've