Le Labo · 2006 · Daphné Bugey

Bergamote 22

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Le Labo asks $348 for 100 ml
50 ml$250
100 ml$348

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot, grapefruit and bitter-orange leaf over amber, vetiver and clean musk.

The drawn Bergamote 22 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Bergamote 22’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, bitter orange, grapefruit, amber, musk, vetiver drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Bergamote 22, top notes: Bergamot, Bitter orange, Grapefruit, Lavender

Dry-downwhat stays

Bergamote 22, dry-down: Amber, Musk, Vetiver, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What the label names

18 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

5 citrus7 herbs & lavender4 florals1 woods1 spices

2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Limette 37Le Labo · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cashmere knit and vetiver$545 for 100 ml
HommeJoop! · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cashmere knit and vetiverabout $93 for 125 ml · about a fifth of Bergamote 22’s $348
ValayaParfums de Marly · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cashmere knit and vetiver$410 for 75 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.