The scents of the desert
The Mojave Desert is a vast, prehistoric landscape stretching across southeastern California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah, and northwestern Arizona. A massive expanse of climatic extremes, it takes its name from a Native American term meaning "next to the water." The somber beauty of the Mojave Desert is inviting to some and inhospitable to others. In this arid wilderness, trees and plants—older than many human civilizations—defie conditions that underscore human vulnerability.
The Ghost Flower is a rare plant that thrives in this parched, hard soil. Its pale, almost translucent petals suggest a delicate, fragile nature, yet this astonishing plant lives where no life seems possible. Its ethereal appearance belies its strength and nature.
Despite its arid habitat and inability to produce nectar, the Ghost Flower, or Mohavea confertiflora, maintains its perfect, majestic beauty and thrives year after year. With an astonishingly ingenious feat of mimicry, this flower attracts pollinators from neighboring plants by developing the coloration of a female bee, thus luring the male bee to pollinate the bloom. This moving, almost human-like behavior and captivating story of survival forms the foundation of Byredo's perfume "Mojave Ghost," a tribute to this enchanting flower.
A woody composition with a light and graceful character that slowly reveals its true strength. Intoxicating top notes of musky ambrette combine with sweet, fresh Jamaican sapodilla fruit. Delicate, powdery violet unfolds to reveal itself softly, fading with sandalwood illuminated by fresh magnolia. Finally, warm Chantilly musk rounds off the base of fresh amber and elegant cedarwood, ensuring that the aura of "Mojave Ghost" lingers on the skin.
