Thé Noir 29 Le Labo 2015 Eau de Parfum

I first encountered this on the jetway walking out to a plane. The woman wearing it was boarding right in front of me. I smelled this slightly sweet, spicy, and sexy smell. I initially mistook the bay leaf for cinnamon, but it’s different and very unique in perfume. I don’t get tea per se, but it’s evocative of tea. She sat right behind me and I smelled it throughout the flight and it was divine. When the flight ended, I had to compliment her and ask her what it was and it was The Noir—she showed me a little mini bottle of it that she had in her purse. The irony is that I have a The Noir sample from Le Labo, but I was so grossed out by all the other samples I got from them that I had given up and never tried it on. Live and learn.