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Editor’s note pending — every credited perfumer eventually gets a written profile here.

Credits9 perfumes

Houses6

SignatureCitrus

Catalog · 9

The compositions

Le Bain opens with a bright citrus splash—bergamot and lemon cutting through neroli—that quickly gives way to a soapy, almost powdery floral core.

Joop le Bain opens with the languid sweetness of orange blossom, bergamot sharpening the edges while lemon provides brightness.

The opening is a sunlit collision: fig's milky-green sweetness undercut by the tart snap of grapefruit and melon's cool flesh.