Notes to Self: Perfume Deleted Scenes
By Kayla Baken
Le Labo introduces a new fragrance only if it strongly resonates, meaning there's a trail of top notes that never made it out of the lab. Here’s a whiff of a few that didn’t make the cut (and why they were abandoned)...
Espresso
Everyone was buzzing about it, but then they crashed.
Campfire in a Sweater
It was perfectly captured, but proved impossible to get out.
Imperfection
Couldn’t get the formula wrong enough.
Nothingness
Kept smelling of something.
Yearning for the Road Not Taken
GPS made it obsolete.
Nostalgia
Never seemed to smell like it used to.
Gym Bag
There was too much going on in the base notes.
Serendipity
It could never be reproduced.
Absence
Took over the room completely.
Waiting in line at the DMV
Wasn’t ephemeral enough.
