Monday, May 13, 2013

Le Labo Lys 41 and Ylang 49: new fragrances

Florals are never taken lightly in perfumery and even less at Le Labo where it has taken three intense years to add to the brand's floral chapter. Le Labo is thus proud to present imperfect twins, the result of a long creative process and the birth of two new floral statements - LYS 41 & YLANG 49.

LYS 41 is an overwhelming white floral - a blend of jasmine, tuberose absolute and lily, bewitching in its noble, warm and sunny approach yet treacherous once caught in its web of noble woods, vanilla Madagascar and musks. LYS 41 rewards those looking for a statement with an addictive floral buzz that is as potent as its wake and as insistent as the people following you around. Good luck. Lys 41 has been created in collaboration with Daphné Bugey. Daphné is one of Le Labo’s iconic noses, she is the perfumer behind Rose 31, Bergamote 22 and Neroli 36.

YLANG 49 is a chypre floral, where Pua Noa Noa (gardenia from Tahiti) completes the floral voluptuousness of ylang ylang... Patchouli, oakmoss, vetiver, sandalwood and benjoin follow to tip the blend into darker sensual undertones... Ylang 49 is a walk in the woods, a lush floral bouquet in your hand, listening to G. Gould's well-tempered clavier and realizing that a floral composition can go beyond flowers, in the same way a fugue in D minor is way beyond the D... Ylang 49 was composed with Frank Voekl who was also involved in the creation of Santal 33, Iris 39, Musc 25 and Baie Rose 26.


LYS 41 & YLANG 49 IN A NUTSHELL
Lys 41
Ylang 49
Notes
 lily, jasmine, tuberose
 absolute, warm and sunny
  notes, woods, vanilla
Madagascar,  tiare, musks
  ylang ylang, pua noa noa
   (gardenia from Tahiti),
patchouli, oakmoss, vetiver,
     sandalwood, benjoin
Concentration
25% (Extrait de parfum)
30% (Extrait de parfum)
Perfumer
Daphné Bugey
Frank Voekl


Prices & Sizes:

15ml: €€45 (boutiques & online)
50ml: €€110
100ml: €€170
500ml: €€560
travel tube kit: €€105
travel tube refill: €€105 .
perfume oil: €€90
amulet: 57€€
ceramic oil: 37€€
body oil: €€50 (available in Fall)
body lotion: €€50 (available in Fall)
shower gel: €€38 (available in Fall)

Date of release: 8th June 2013
Availability: Le Labo stores, corners and online: http://storeinternational.lelabofragrances.com

A new city-exclusive (San Francisco), Limette 37, is also in the cards, to be officially announced on May 20th (my announcing post on it of May 14th has since been retracted at the request of the company)


3 comments:

  1. Miss Heliotrope07:45

    Sound interesting - especially, for me, the second.

    Also interesting is your use of the other senses (sound & so on) to describe how something smells. I know you do this often, but it is an interesting comment on the language we have - or haven't - for scent.

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  2. I see Lys has musks listed so that will probably not be for me, but the notes for Ylang sound more than tempting! :)

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  3. I tried both on today, both spectacular, UNISEX, and will be added to my collection , june 8th.

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