Year: 2006
Notes: mandarin, calone, neroli, rose, jasmine, tonka bean, vanilla, musk
One was hoping that Neroli 36 would turn out to be an improvement over Fleur d'Oranger 27. However, this isn't the case because it's soft, linear, powdery, extremely soapy and not particularly endearing.
The misguided addition of calone doesn't help matters either, as its high-pitched metallic screeches awkwardly clash with the citric green nature of the jasmine. With its cloying bitterness, it smells rather similar to a house cleaning product graciously paired with a generic ambery-vanillic musk base.
In conclusion, if Le Labo achieved a "sensory shock" with this one, it was for all the wrong reasons.
The misguided addition of calone doesn't help matters either, as its high-pitched metallic screeches awkwardly clash with the citric green nature of the jasmine. With its cloying bitterness, it smells rather similar to a house cleaning product graciously paired with a generic ambery-vanillic musk base.
In conclusion, if Le Labo achieved a "sensory shock" with this one, it was for all the wrong reasons.
