Le Ré Noir
Russian niche perfumery numbered by the nose.
Le Ré Noir is a Russian niche perfumery built around perfumer Valery Sokolov, who composes the catalogue and gives most releases a numbered designation alongside their name — #261 Blanc, #336 PLVN, #423 Fleur de la paix. The catalogue is unusually large for an independent house, with dozens of fragrances spanning floral, woody, oriental and aromatic-green territories. The numbered system gives the line a slightly archival, perfumer's-notebook feel, and the work tends to favour traditional perfumery structures over trend-driven gourmands. Distribution runs through Russian niche boutiques and a handful of European retailers; communication is low-key, with the bottles doing most of the talking. Le Ré Noir suits wearers who enjoy working through a dense back catalogue from a single nose and don't mind a brand that prefers numbers to names.
DNA over time
Each column is an era. Each colored band shows that family’s share of accord weight across every perfume the house released in that window. Bigger band = the house leaned harder on that family.
