Rose 31

2006 FloralEDPUnited States

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Editorial notes

01
A smoky cumin-rose Bugey conceived to make a rose that didn't smell like a wedding bouquet, wrenching the flower into a darker, masculine-leaning register.
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Built around cumin, oud and cedar, deliberately at odds with the soliflore tradition that dominated rose perfumery in the 2000s.
03
Le Labo's house convention names every fragrance after its principal note plus the total ingredient count: 'Rose' for the flower, '31' for the recipe length.
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Composed by Daphne Bugey in 2006 alongside Bergamote 22 as one of the two launch fragrances of Le Labo's debut Salons-style atelier in New York.

Dossier

Edition · 000

Status · Active. Niche cult.

A smoky cumin-rose.

Composed by: Daphne Bugey
Founders: Eddie Roschi & Fabrice Penot
Country: United States

The pyramid

Top: rosecumincedar
Heart: amberagarwoodguaiac woodvetiver
Base: musklabdanumolibanum

The brief

Bugey wanted to make a rose that didn't smell like a wedding bouquet — built around cumin, oud and cedar to wrench the flower into a darker, masculine-leaning register.

NamePer Le Labo's house convention: 'Rose' is the principal note and '31' is the total number of ingredients in the composition.

Footnotes

Rose 31 was the launch fragrance of Le Labo alongside Bergamote 22 in 2006.

The Curator's Note

Bugey took a wedding-bouquet flower and made it smoke.

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