Good afternoon, Friday. Very much looking forward to a weekend full of friends and fun and naps. I need a nap. Right now. I need many naps come to think of it.
So last night before meeting a dear friend for dinner in midtown (yes midtown), I popped by Saks as one does and got a whiff of Le Labo's new fragrance, being released in November and on special sneak preview at Saks this weekend, ThéThe Noir 29. I just read a fun fact on Selectism - if you've ever wondered why Le Labo has a number after the name of their fragrances, it stands for the number of ingredients comprising that heavenly bottle you love so much.
I'm a big Le Labo fan- I can't help myself and I've witnessed the hypnotic appeal of Santal 33. So when the guy at Saks gave me a tester to try of Noir, I couldn't resist. It's a sultry mix of black tea, with lovely things like bergamot, fig, cedar, vetiver, and musk. I know it sounds very masculine and it is in a way (which I like) but the dry down reminds me a lot of Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille, which is sweet and woody and somehow very leafy all at once. I love it and have been obsessively sniffing at my wrists all day. A good sign. I look crazy, but a good sign.
It's very sexy and warm and perfect for cold weather- if you were the type of girl who wore Poison or Opium back in the day and like more of a heady, heavier scent, this one's for you. I am a sucker for a scent with the word "Noir" in the title- it's always a win for me because it almost always has things like musk, cedar, vanilla, and everything I like. And for my gentlemen friends, you'll smell amazing in this too. I have the sense it reacts beautifully with different chemistries and pheromones and zygotes and such.
Needless to say, I'm snagging a bottle very soon. Beautiful stuff. It's magic how scent makes me feel, not to mention how it makes me smell. Cause that's what's up this it's better to smell good than to be good kind of Friday in the 212. Yours, in good scents and great weekends. XO