{"title":"Daphne Bugey","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"le-labo-rose-31","title":"Rose 31","description":"\u003ch3\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rose, Cumin, Coriander, Bergamot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rose, Cedar, Guaiac Wood, Jasmine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Musk, Vetiver, Amber, Olibanum\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy We Carry This\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRose 31 opened Le Labo's catalog and set the house's argument about what rose perfumery could do if it stopped treating the flower as the whole story. The cumin-coriander frame is the compositional move that gives this fragrance its character, and Bugey has not needed to revise it in twenty years. The vetiver-olibanum base holds across a full day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCharacter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccords:\u003c\/strong\u003e Woody, Floral, Warm Spicy, Smoky, Earthy, Musk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfumer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Daphne Bugey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCumin in a rose fragrance is a provocation, and that is the point. Bugey uses it in the opening of Rose 31 alongside coriander to give the rose an earthy, skin-warm quality that prevents it from reading as a flower. The rose runs from top to heart, but it is transformed at each stage: sharper in the opening, softer against cedar and guaiac wood in the heart, then receding into musk and vetiver in the base where olibanum adds a faint smoky resin. The 31 refers to the number of ingredients. None of them are wasted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Labo","offers":[{"title":"3.4 oz","offer_id":48121579045108,"sku":"811901023001-M4","price":280.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/2472\/7796\/files\/studio_78fd3adf-8438-4f58-a230-09371135e1b6.jpg?v=1783220571"},{"product_id":"le-labo-the-noir-29","title":"The Noir 29","description":"\u003ch3\u003eScent Profile\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTop notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black Tea, Fig, Bergamot\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeart notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Smoke, Laurel, Cedar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBase notes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Musk, Vetiver, Amber, Tobacco\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy We Carry This\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Noir 29 occupies a position in Le Labo's catalog that no other release fills: genuinely dark, smoke-driven, and uncompromising about the materials it chooses. The black tea opening is still unusual in niche perfumery nearly twenty years after launch. For clients who find most woody-smoky fragrances too approachable, this is the answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCharacter\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccords:\u003c\/strong\u003e Smoky, Woody, Tobacco, Earthy, Warm Spicy, Musk\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfumer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Daphne Bugey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlack tea in a fragrance is usually treated as a background note. In The Noir 29 it is the opening material, and Bugey lets it be itself: slightly astringent, tannin-forward, bergamot keeping the sharpness from becoming harsh. Fig adds a green, milky softness before the smoke and laurel heart takes the composition into much darker territory. Tobacco in the base deepens the smoke, vetiver adding an earthy dryness, amber giving the whole drydown a warmth that prevents the smokiness from reading as cold. Dark and specific, not for everyone, exactly right for those it suits.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Labo","offers":[{"title":"3.4 oz","offer_id":48121579962612,"sku":"811901023025- M4","price":335.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/2472\/7796\/files\/studio_0dff8711-5e64-48ba-b2c2-b5dfe477d0b5.jpg?v=1780407463"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.casaalcheme.com\/collections\/perfumer-daphne-bugey.oembed","provider":"Casa Alchemē","version":"1.0","type":"link"}