Mojave Ghost
Byredo (2014)

The thing I like most about Byredo fragrances is their names. Yes, names.
They sound cool and are very evocative and Mojave ghost is one of my favourites. Names, not Byredo fragrances.
The juice itself is pretty generic and I can't say much more than it's already been said here before - smells a bit mundane and reminescent of any drugstore hygiene product.
But! Considering it's a "light" fragrance, the staying power is pretty good, it's tenacious, so I'd say it's a pretty good dumb reach for easygoing days and a pretty safe fragrance for a gift, if you'd want to impress someone with a luxury perfume and you're uncertain of their tastes.

The violet here smells slightly aquatic to me and it irks me a bit. Otherwise it's a nice subtle scent, slightly floral but in a very non perfumey way. A bit fruity at the top. To be honest it smells a bit mundane, a bit like something from a drugstore shelf, just nicely packed and with an outrageous price sticker. But it still smells nice.

Many are anosmic to this, not sure why, perhaps the ambrette seed.
I am not a fan. It is odd, perhaps because I do not have sapodilla fruit in my rolodex of accepted non-standard smells like guava for example. I see the draw because this is such a 'chill' fragrance, but it pales in comparison to other offerings from Byredo.

Please delete my review. It's kind of a mess and I don't think it adds to the conversation. Thanks!

I am genuinally surprised at all these negative reviews!
I find Mojave Ghost to be a polite, well-behaved scent with a slightly melancholic personality. It doesn't shout but it is there in the background humming along nicely on my skin. I find it subdued and relaxing
with a "purple" feel about it - probably from the violet that seems fairly prominant to my nose.
This is a scent for the office or an occasion,where you don't want to offend anyone, and is therefore a very useful addition to my wardrobe, which consists very much of heavy-hitting orientals.

It smells good but "nice shampoo" good, not "whole man's body" good. Might be an awesome hair scent. There is more sophistication than a shampoo, that is not meant as an insult, just a style note. It is so bathroom to me. Not fresh shower clean but housewife suburban bathroom with carpet and a nightlight.

The first thought that crossed my mind was "is that pineapple or pear?" but that is only momentary. That hot fruit in the alcohol morphs into the manly component at the top of the shampoo smell. Some kind of a white flower that reminds me of a shampoo. Maybe Garnier Fructis in the transparent bottles?

My Mom used to have these little clay pink spheres in a clear plastic box under the bathroom sink. To this day, I don't know what they were, but this is bringing me back to rooting through the pink powders and eye creams etc. she kept around. Actually, I have an uncle that would love this stuff. There is a persisting shaving+whipped cream to it that is really nice.

I do think it is truly unisex because it has a clean sweetness that is not very powerful. Performance is too weak to get a thumbs up though. Would work well on women, particularly past a certain age. Not because I think it would make a young woman smell old but because I think it would make an old woman smell sexy. If you're a middle-aged man who drives the speed limit and goes to church, this would be a very inventive but still polite choice. Especially if you have other manlier smells in the mix, like a shaving cream, like a hair product, like closet aged sweaters and leather shoes and sweat. Not an office scent, not a working man's scent, not a dandy's scent.