Le Labo
We believe that there are too many bottles of perfume and not enough soulful fragrances We believe the soul of a fragrance comes from the intention with which it is created and the attention with which it is prepared We believe fine perfumery must create a shock - the shock of the new, combined with the shock of the intimately familiar We believe that fine perfumery must be irreverent We believe it is more humane to test cosmetics on New Yorkers than on animals We believe celebrities should pay full price We believe the future of luxury (hence of perfumery) lies in craftsmanship We believe in the soulful power of thoughtful hands: hand-picked roses, hand-poured candles, hand-formulated perfumes and handshake agreements We believe in the passionate souls who work close to us We believe in Hafiz's take on life : "Act great, dear. Always act great” We believe New York made us this way, with a dose of Wabi-Sabi and a few lines from Thoreau We believe we/you should put away our modern tools and take the time to smell the roses along the way We believe that we are only young once, but we can be immature forever And we believe that explanation kills art. Therefore, forget about all of this !www.lelabofragrances.com
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Sep 14, 2026
Lady BushraGUEST
this.
Delta WorkHOST
Me, on the other hand, I want them to smell like a Le Labo factory.
Delta WorkHOST
I want them to smell clean, fresh, exciting.
Delta WorkHOST
And if they don't, that's okay, too, because if they're hot, who fucking cares? You can smell like shit.
Sabastian GarsnettHOST
Santal has been a popular scent the last couple of years.
Sabastian GarsnettHOST
Le Labo is a really big, really nice, more of a hiring brand.
Sabastian GarsnettHOST
They do fine fragrances.
Sabastian GarsnettHOST
They do some candles that are like $200.
Nick Axelrod WelkGUEST
bottled on 10-17-2022, Te Noir
Tynan SinksHOST
29 from Le Labo, just because
Nick Axelrod WelkGUEST
there's just certain fragrances that are undeniably addictive.
Nick Axelrod WelkGUEST
And I feel like a lot of the Le Labo fragrances I've gone through eras with, are they the pinnacle of perfumery? I don't know, like the sort of artistry, but they scratch an itch that is pretty much unmatched.
Tynan SinksHOST
No, I agree with you.
Tynan SinksHOST
I think I was a contrarian about it for a really long time.
Thomas DunckleyHOST
And it's the gateway for a lot of people.
Thomas DunckleyHOST
And for me, my way into fragrance was through, you know, being really interested in fashion brands like Alexander McQueen and then seeing them release fragrances and kind of seeking them out almost in the way you did, you know, trying to find this hard to find fragrance and really... kind of get to know it um but you've obviously you've created this really unique brand but i love that the story of this is quite organic it sort of starts just through friendship because obviously there's the three of you that have founded the brand can you tell me a little bit about how you met sylvie and olivier and how that led you to creating ex nilo
Benoît VerdierGUEST
um yeah yes first as you said you know we decided to create something from scratch So with no existing reference, maybe it was also the answer to not being part of the perfumer channels and networks.
Benoît VerdierGUEST
So we had this humility as well to start something that was not existing.
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Benoît VerdierGUEST
Now I try to work more and more with AI.
Benoît VerdierGUEST
But again, it's maybe more just like to aggregate the pictures together and to create something that is like coherence, more than just asking chat GPT or asking a cloud to create a mood board or something.
Benoît VerdierGUEST
I fear this is coming for a lot of brands, honestly.
Benoît VerdierGUEST
It's really one of our biggest challenge because I can already see it on some Instagram posts that I see.
Taylor KingGUEST
Yeah.
Taylor KingGUEST
But anyway, I landed on a Le Labo candle, and I was so worried because I was, like, asking Shannon.
Taylor KingGUEST
I'm like, "Okay, so if I get the candle and the big soap, I can't- I have to check a bag."
Shannon Ford MiddletonHOST
Right, right, right, right.
Victoria HarrisHOST
All you think of is Estee Lauder, right? Yeah.
Sophie HallwrightHOST
But I love Le Labo.
Victoria HarrisHOST
Yeah.
Sophie HallwrightHOST
I love Bobbi Brown.
Chelsea FairlessHOST
... and psychotic question that we're answering right now.
Chelsea FairlessHOST
I think Aiden, the first brand that came to mind for me was Le Labo because I think he would like the rustic apothecary vibes of those stores.
Lauren GarroniHOST
Right.
Chelsea FairlessHOST
It's all just like very him.
Carly SilvermanHOST
like opened my brain in a way that was like oh there's something really like post-modern and cool about a fragrance that just smells like the fragrance like it's not trying
Laura OberwetterGUEST
to emulate anything that exists exactly and I remember like because I grew up in Wisconsin so I like there was nowhere to go and smell Le Labo and when I moved to Chicago it was like a big deal that I could take the bus to the Le Labo store and smell everything.
Laura OberwetterGUEST
And I remember, like, kind of specifically Another 13, like, leaving thinking, like, why did that smell so real when it was, like, kind of the least real sense I've ever encountered? Like, there's nothing familiar in the way that this is being described, but, like, it is striking kind of the most true chord with me.
Laura OberwetterGUEST
Which, like, honestly, I think that's going to tie back to this movie, too.
David BronkeGUEST
And what we compare it to, which is those $80, $90 luxury candles, you know, a Diptyque at six ounce candle is $80 plus.
David BronkeGUEST
Le Labo, Nest, all these higher end candles that are $60, $70, $80 or more.
David BronkeGUEST
Joe Malone's in the $100 plus category.
David BronkeGUEST
So for us, we're saying we have the same level of luxury fragrance built by master perfumers that have just been trained to incredible levels and then put in the most clean ingredients we possibly could.
Sheena Butler-YoungHOST
Fragrance has been doing really well for a long time, but with some waning momentum, maybe signaling in recent months to a year.
Sheena Butler-YoungHOST
Another bright spot for Lauder has been Le Labo and Killian Paris.
Sheena Butler-YoungHOST
What happens if the slowdown around fragrance, I think it's like a meager slowdown, right? It's modest.
Sheena Butler-YoungHOST
But if that takes hold, is that an area where they start to lose if they're not doing anything special enough?
Daniela MorosiniGUEST
Yeah, it's interesting.
Daniela MorosiniGUEST
They are definitely making the right moves with their fragrance brands, especially Le Labo.
Daniela MorosiniGUEST
This is a continually popular brand.
Daniela MorosiniGUEST
And they also have the Tom Ford perfumes.
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