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    Perfume Raiders: Le Labo Story

    Le Labo's perfume has never been gender-neutral. On the contrary, we firmly believe that every user should explore the fragrance that really belongs to him or with his personality and personal style. Only by speaking with perfume can the soul of perfume be ignited and become a perfume with genuine warmth. Each perfume of the brand is created around a main raw material or essential oil, and the number in the name represents the number of raw materials used in the perfume. In addition to the popular Santal 33, Rose 31, etc., the most famous is the city-limited perfume series. Each perfume represents the personality of the city, and Hong Kong is one of the 14 cities, which has become a collection series for many perfume fans.


    Today, let's talk about Le Labo story!

    Le Labo story

    The founder is French but it is a New York brand

    The founders of Le Labo, Fabrice Penot and Eddie Roschi are both French, but they believe that they are New Yorkers. In 2006, they opened their first laboratory at 233 Elizabeth Street, Nolita, and launched their first fragrance series. 10 fragrances. Although Le Labo is a New York brand, its soul is in Grasse. Many of the raw materials used in its works are directly obtained from Grasse, which is why we say: Le Labo was born in Grasse and grew up in New York City.

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    The reason for the name of Le Labo perfume

    There are certain rules for the naming of Le Labo perfumes. Each perfume is created around a main raw material or main essential oil, such as bergamot, rose, vetiver, orange blossom, sandalwood, etc. The name of the perfume will be the main formula and the number of raw materials. Combination to name, for example, Neroli 27 means that the perfume is composed of 27 ingredients, the main formula is Grasse Neroli.

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    Le Labo perfume is gender-neutral

    People are used to classifying perfumes by gender to help customers explore works. However, Le Labo firmly believes that excellent perfumes should not be limited by gender, just like works of art. Are Warhol's paintings also gendered?! Le Labo focuses more on the customer's personality, taste, or emotion, so all their fragrance lines are classified as unisex.

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    The Fragrance Story of the Founder of Le Labo

    EDDIE ROSCHI: Scents that make you homesick? Another 13, "I have a lot of friends who wear this fragrance and it smells like they're at home. The scent was inspired by the breaks I take during travel, which gives me space to be inspired and to let my imagination run wild."


    FABRICE ENCOT: Your favorite city? Brooklyn, "Because this is my home." Items that never leave the body? A 10ml bottle of Santal 33. "It's been like a second skin to me over the years." What's your favorite outfit? Espadrilles. Where do you find the most inspiration for your creations? All peaceful places.

    EDDIE ROSCHI AND FABRICE PENOT | CARSHA

    Exclusive Le Labo manual temperature

    If you have ever bought Le Labo perfume in New York, its famous feature is that when you decide to buy perfume, a professional perfumer will mix up your perfume on the spot on the cabinet.

    Environmentally Friendly Fragrance Brands

    All of the brand's products do not use animal-based materials, paraben preservatives, and pigments, and of course, no animal experiments are carried out. It is an environmentally friendly brand.


    "We believe that testing products on The New Yorker is more humane than testing them on animals."


    The most discussed scents of Le Labo

    #1 Le Labo Santal 33 Eau De Parfum

    This scent has spicy, leathery, and musky undertones that give it a unisex identity and addicting comfort. A defining picture of the spirit of the American West, with all that it implies about manhood and personal independence, expressing the goal to create an olfactory form inspired by the great American myth, which remains a source of imagination for the rest of the globe. Key Notes: Sandalwood, Leather, Papyrus, Virginia Cedar, Violet, Cardamom, Iris, Amber


    #2 Le Labo Rose 31 Eau De Parfum


    This floral woody musky scent is suitable for both men and women. It turns the famed Grasse Rose into an assertively virile scent. The outcome is a model of its type, alternating feminine and masculine with the ambiguity of the centifolia rose, which is swiftly taken up by a chorus of warm, spicy, and woodsy notes like cumin, olibanum, cedar, and a hint of amber. The stated sensuality of guaiac wood and cistus in the background, underlined by the unmistakably tactile animal note, lends this perfume an unsettling feeling of mystery.

    Top notes: Rose, cumin

    Middle notes: Rose, vetiver, cedar

    Base notes: Musk, Guaiac Wood, Agarwood, Olibanum, Labdanum


    #3 Le Labo Another 13 Eau De Parfum 

    This addictive, exclusive iconic Le Labo fragrance is musky, woody, and animals. Composed mainly of ambroxan, and is combined with twelve other ingredients such as jasmine, moss, and ambrette seeds absolute. It’s composed of ambroxan, a synthetic animal musk, making AnOther 13 an addictive dirty potion blended with twelve other ingredients such as jasmine, moss, and ambrette seeds absolute - which gives it spike and shine. Key Notes: Iso E Super, Ambergris, Musk, Ambrette (Musk Mallow), Amyl Salicylate, Pear


    #4 Le Labo The Noir 29 Eau De Parfum 

    This scent is suitable for both men and women. A celebration of the magnificent tea leaf and the art of tea preparation. This curiously made masterpiece dazzles us with its constant oscillation between the brightness of bergamot, fig, and bay leaf and the depth of cedar, vetiver, and musk. A distinctive black tea leaf extract imparts a dry, grassy, hay-like tobacco feeling in the dry down, converting this perfume into a seductive and appealing essence.

    Top notes: Fig, bay leaf, bergamot

    Middle notes: Cedar, vetiver, musk

    Base notes: Tobacco, hay



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