Le Labo · 2015 · Frank Voelkl

Thé Noir 29

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell bergamot, fig, bay leaves, cedarwood, vetiver, musk and black tea leaves.

The house’s page

The drawn Thé Noir 29 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Thé Noir 29’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, fig, bay, cedar, vetiver, musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Thé Noir 29, top notes: Bergamot, bay

Heartthe first hours

Thé Noir 29, heart: fig, Musk, Rose

Dry-downhours later

Thé Noir 29, dry-down: Cedar, Vetiver, tea, virginia-cedar, Patchouli, Iso E Super

On the label

What’s inside it

17 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

3 citrus3 herbs & lavender6 florals4 woods1 spices

Citrus3

LimoneneBergamot oilCitral

Herbs & lavender3

LinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals6

Rose oilCitronellolGeraniolFarnesolGeranyl acetateRose ketones

Woods4

Cedarwood oilPatchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)Vertofix

Spices1

Eugenol

Not in Ingredients yet5

Beta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha terpinene, not in Ingredients yetIsoeugenyl acetate, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell3

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcohol

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

FigBay leavesVetiverMusk, not in Ingredients yetBlack tea leaves

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 17 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.