£172.00
Within the lexicon of floriography, the secret language of flowers meticulously preserved in Victorian-era texts, the violet evades easy explanation. Across history, violets have symbolised a delightfully paradoxical bouquet of meaning, standing for both burning passion and wide-eyed innocence, steadfast strength and poetic delicacy, measured wisdom and persistent optimism. Violette 30 is an ode to the undefinable contrasts in a single specimen. Centred around the rarer, shadow-seeking white violet, at once crystalline and untethered, it pairs verdant green floral notes with white tea notes, cedarwood, and a touch of guaiacwood. Familiar yet unknown, it is a study in saying yes to contradiction; a call to reclaim and embrace our many multitudes.
Le Labo hand-blends every fragrance to order in its boutiques, stamps the date and the customer's name on the label and sends them home with something genuinely personal. Santal 33 has become one of the most culturally omnipresent fragrances of the past decade; the broader collection, from Rose 31 to Bergamote 22, rewards those who explore it.