Sometimes a scent will stop you in your tracks - Le Labo, Fleur d'Oranger 27 is one such scent. We all have our best loved fragrances that we wear year in and year out - we all splash and spray our particular fragrances for our own reasons. I often think that perfume is more about the memories that it evokes than the actual base of floral notes that make up the scent. I am very faithful to my fragrances and have written before about my perfume loves here, here and here. Annick Goutal, Serges Lutens and Frederic Malle have been my constant companions since forever.
This Le Labo scent is fresh and clean and there is a hint of the familiar about it. Warm evenings and scented breezes, happiness and laughter, sweet memories of Provence; these were the some of the thoughts dancing around my head as I inhaled this Fleur d' Oranger for the first time. If I could bathe in orange blossoms I would; my joy at finding another scent with these notes made me ridiculously happy. For me, scent is the most important part of my wardrobe. I feel entirely underdressed without it and I don't really remember a time when I haven't felt like that. xv
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Le Labo is a great company and I agree their orange blossom is gorgeous- they're all good I think. I like some of the more daring ones too
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I am the same way about scented lotions. For some reason, they don't trigger my allergies as much as perfumes. Crabtree and Evelyn has some of my favorite scents. If I forget to rub some on in the morning, I too, feel like I am just not entirely pulled together!
ReplyDeleteYour description is so vivid I think I can catch a hint of this scent in the air. I agree about how essential a signature scent--or two or three--is to one's personal style. I won't leave the house with out my Frederick Malle Pink Lipstick, which I've worn for a decade. And when I catch a hint of Coco Mademoiselle it always takes me immediately to Paris, because my best friend wore it when we took our first trip together there. Thanks for the delicious memory to start the week.
ReplyDeleteI agree,I too feel not quite right if I do not have my perfume on. thank you for your lovely post.
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love Le Labo and would love to have a bottle of Rose 31 (among others listed up there!)
ReplyDeleteNot long ago I bought a bottle of limited-edition cashmere hand-wash soap which was a collaboration between Le Labo and the Laundress. The subtle scent of a complex rose on sweaters was fantastic.
Cheers and have a wonderful week, Alcira
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I completely get you on this one. Scent for me is the most important part of my wardrobe. I have two favorites, one for spring/summer and the other for autumn/winter.
ReplyDeleteAHHH Scent-the thing that dreams are made of..try "1000" Jean Patou. (My personal favorite for years.) Now I will try your new one..why do scents excite me so? They do, you know. Great Post. xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
ReplyDeleteOooh Vicki it sounds just lovely. I wear Angel and sometimes still Chanel #5; my first boyfriend gave it to me!
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Ooh the way you describe it sounds so delicious! I would love to find a signature scent but most of them are so overwhelming. This is one I'd like to try!
ReplyDeleteI wear my Chanel No. 5 like armor every day - a barrier of beauty between me and the outside world. Without it, I feel unprotected, incomplete.
ReplyDeleteI also fell in love with a scent called "Frond" when I was in Ireland last summer - we visited the Burren Perfumery and spent HOURS sniffing and testing lotions and soaps!
I agree! Here in Canada, we are under HUGE pressure to stop wearing scents at all-- in the workplace, in the hospital, etc. It is the antithesis of French thinking and, while I understand that some people are sensitive to scent in a negative way, it breaks my heart to imagine having to give up wearing my Fragonard "Cerisier en fleur"...
ReplyDeletevicki... i agree! i adore le labo... i finally have been selected to carry the candles in my store... i think it is truly one of the perfumes i have ever worn.. xoxo
ReplyDeleteOh Vicki, Le Labo sounds like a wonderful scent! Thanks for sharing this with us today!
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Vicki I am now so very intrigued to find Fleur d'Oranger 27. Sounds so very divine.
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Sounds lovely! I don't feel dressed without my daily scent as well. Even if I'm home for the day I still wear my lovely scent (=
ReplyDeleteHi Vicki - I have never tried Fleur d'Oranger 27 and of course can't wait for my next trip to the city to try a little spitz - perfume makes my heart sing - my very favourite being ~Miss Dior Cherie~ just light and pretty. And for the evening, something a bit more deep and mysterious, a soft waft of that exotic ~Paloma Picasso~ not too much mind you - just a hint!
ReplyDeleteI've only ever felt that way about one scent, a tiny bottle that I purchased from a perfumerie when I was in Paris as a teenager. If only I could remember where it was!
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I've worn Le Labo for the past 3 years and always get compliments on their scents.....plus I love that they customize your labels!
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Thanks for this Vicki. Jo Malone's Orange Blossom is one of my summer scents but I am finding it doesn't linger as long as I would like. Something new for me to discover...Le Labo. It is on my list :)
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Chanel No.5 will forever be my mother... when I was younger and traveling overseas... feeling homesick, I'd wander into a department store and steal a sample... a little piece of home. gxo
ReplyDeleteVicki, your description makes me need to smell this scent! I completely agree with you about perfume. Scent and memory are so inextricably linked that I can't imagine not wearing a favorite scent every day. xo Gigi
ReplyDeleteI think i need to try them ! thank you for the introduction, Vicki...stupidly or sentimentally, i keep too faithful to my perfume (mitsouko) and it's nice to start new olfactive adventures! :-)
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