Le Labo · 2006 · Daphné Bugey

Rose 31

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

The houseUnisex

VersionEau de Parfum

Rose sharpened by warm cumin spice, over frankincense, cedar, dry guaiac wood, amber resin and musk.

The drawn Rose 31 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Rose 31’s scent picture, a draft: rose, cumin, frankincense, cedar, amber, guaiacwood drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Rose 31, top notes: Bergamot

Heartas it settles

Rose 31, heart: Rose, Cumin

Dry-downwhat stays

Rose 31, dry-down: Frankincense, Cedar, Amber, Guaiacwood, Labdanum, Musk, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What the label names

23 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 citrus4 herbs & lavender5 florals3 woods1 sweet4 spices1 powder

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

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Jubilation 40 ManAmouage · shares rose, frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar), guaiacwood and 2 more$550 for 100 ml
Jubilation XXV ManAmouage · shares rose, frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar), guaiacwood and 2 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Rose 31’s $348
Epic 56 WomanAmouage · shares rose, cumin, frankincense, guaiacwood and 1 more$550 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.