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Sparkling Sugar
meets Bal d'Afrique.

Compare the recorded scent profiles, then decide what to sample.

Shared ground

Different note lists

The records do not list any identical notes. They may still share accords.

The distinction

Concentration not recorded leads with fruity; Eau de parfum leads with woody. The table below separates their listed profiles and voting data.

At a glance
Clean Sparkling Sugar bottle
Clean

Sparkling Sugar

Concentration not recorded

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Bal d'Afrique bottle
Byredo

Bal d'Afrique

Eau de parfum

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ConcentrationConcentration not recordedEau de parfum
Listed bottle sizesNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Brand originNot yet verifiedSweden
Made inNot yet verifiedNot yet verified
Listed year20232009
Leading accordsfruity · musky · powderywoody · aromatic · earthy
Notes unique to this recordPeach, White Musk, Black CurrantBergamot, African Marigold, Buchu or Agathosma, Violet, Cyclamen, Vetiver, Cedar
Longevity / 52.63 · 429 votes2.88 · 7,939 votes
Projection / 41.56 · 440 votes2.01 · 8,173 votes

Scores are category averages, not hours or controlled measurements. Different vote samples are not a head-to-head wear test. “Unique” notes here means absent from the other record, not proof of a formula difference.

Compare the labels

Ingredients, side by side.

Read the declared lists for the editions shown. Shared entries do not mean identical formulas, proportions or scent.

This brand separately discloses fragrance components. Read each declaration below; the disclosure levels are not directly comparable.

Sparkling Sugar

Perfume (concentration not specified on source) · US listing · 100 mL spray bottle

Alcohol denat., Parfum/fragrance*, Aqua/water/eau, Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Hydroxycitronellal, Pinene, Rose ketones, Citronellol, Coumarin, Vanillin

Fragrance components disclosed by the brand

Ethylene brassylate, Triethyl citrate, Tetramethyl acetyloctahydronaphthalenes, Methyldihydrojasmonate, Dimethylcyclohexylethoxy isobutylpropanoate, Isobutyl methyl tetrahydropyranol, 1,5,5,9-tetramethyl-13-oxatricyclo(8.3.0.0(4,9))tridecane, Methylcyclopentadecenone, Ethyl hydroxypyrone, Hexyl acetate, Ethyl hydroxypyrone, Hexyl acetate

These components belong to the fragrance mixture above. Their separate disclosure is not an ordered full-product ingredient list.

The separate fragrance-component disclosure includes only ingredients the brand lists above 0.09%; components below that threshold may not be listed.

Source: Clean Beauty official US product ingredient declaration · Checked 2026-09-22

Bal d'Afrique

The brand publishes different ingredient lists by bottle size or format. Read the matching list below.

Eau de parfum · US listing · 50 mL and 100 mL

Alcohol, Parfum (fragrance), Aqua (water), Butylphenyl methylpropional, Limonene, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate, Linalool, Citral, Coumarin, Bht, Citronellol, Geraniol.

Source: Byredo official US product page · Checked 2026-09-22

Eau de parfum · US listing · 250 mL

Alcohol denat., Parfum (fragrance), Aqua (water), Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Alpha-isomethyl ionone, Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane, Linalool, Coumarin, Citral, Alcohol,Tris(tetramethylhydroxypiperidinol) citrate, Citronellol, Geraniol, Isoeugenol. alcohol of vegetal origin 78% vol.

Source: Byredo official US product page · Checked 2026-09-22

These are published ingredient declarations, separate from scent notes. “Parfum” or “fragrance” can represent a mixture without listing every component. Formulations can change by market and batch; check the packaging on your bottle. A matching or missing entry does not establish suitability for an allergy.

Follow your curiosity.

A starting point, not a verdict

Concentration not recorded

Start here if the listed fruity and musky direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.

Eau de parfum

Start here if the listed woody and aromatic direction interests you. Try it on skin before deciding.