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Le Labo · Est. 2015

The Noir 29

The opening is a brief flicker of green fig and bergamot, but The Noir 29 doesn't linger there.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2015
Perfumerfrank voelkl
Statusenriched
The Noir 29 — Le Labo
2015 · Fragrance
vet·ced·tob·mus
Rating
4.2
3.9k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 6 accords.

Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.

  • Vetiver
    75
  • Cedar
    65
  • Tobacco
    55
  • Musk
    40
  • Fig Leaf
    30

By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is a brief flicker of green fig and bergamot, but The Noir 29 doesn't linger there. Within minutes, the fragrance settles into a dry, woody landscape where vetiver and cedar form the backbone—earthy and slightly austere, with none of the sweetness that typically softens modern woody compositions. A whisper of musk keeps it from feeling skeletal.

The tobacco arrives late, and it's not the honeyed or vanillic kind. This is dry leaf, almost hay-like, dusted and faintly bitter. The overall impression is restrained and monochromatic, like walking through a shuttered library where old wood and paper have absorbed decades of ambient smoke.

This suits those who prefer their fragrances understated and architectural. It sits close, never announces itself, and reads more cerebral than sensual—a study in quiet, deliberate austerity.

Filed: Le LaboSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap