Private Label

Jovoy Paris · Eau de Parfum (EDP) · 2011

≈ $210 · 100ml · approx. retail

Private Label is a smoky, leathery vetiver and patchouli composition built on a birch and labdanum base, created for Jovoy's founder after a request from a Middle Eastern client visiting the Paris boutique. It reads as dry, earthy and understated rather than sweet.

The scent

Top notes

The opening · first 15 minutes

Heart notes

The core · the next few hours

Base notes

The dry-down · what lingers

Best for

FallWinterEveningSpecial Occasion

Perfumer

Cecile Zarokian

French · 13 in collection

Cecile Zarokian is a Paris-based independent perfumer who trained at ISIPCA and at Robertet in Grasse before founding her own studio in 2011; she made a celebrated debut with Amouage Epic Woman and is prolific in the niche and Middle-Eastern markets.

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