Le Labo is a house you can’t judge by experiencing only one of their fragrances, Santal 33 is strong and 
niche, Bergamote 22 on the other hand isn’t, it’s pleasing, soft, bright and can almost be called a crowd pleaser. Daphne Bugey, perfumer behind this fragrance is also responsible for Neroli 36, Rose 31, Tonka 25 and Lys 41 from the Le Labo empire, suffice to say, Daphne knows how to create a wonderful fragrance. Today I examine Eau Bergamot, an inspired expression of Bergamote 22 by the house of Montagne.
Review
BRIGHT! That’s the first word to comes to mind, sparkly bergamot is the first thing you feel. Interestingly enough, bergamot is technically not a lemon (as we tend to think) and instead it’s more related to a sour orange, hence the complicated and fascinating scent that can be extracted as oils from its rinds. Suffice to say, bergamot is a great note that can take sharp or dark connotations depending on what fragrance it’s used and how it’s mixed, it can be fleeting as it’s staying power is not great. On Eau Bergamot, the note is very bright which in this case it’s different from fresh, bright for me means it sparkles on your skin, comes alive, whereas fresh (for me) implies it envelops you on the scent, it brings you in like the smell of fresh coffee. Eau Bergamot is pretty straight-forward, bergamot, an amazing sour grapefruit and humid vetiver envelop a great amber/vanilla/musk base, although the fragrance can be described as simple, it should never be called boring or even similar to anything else, Eau Bergamot stands by it’s own merit and makes the wearer feel immediately happy, as if walking a citrus fields with no shirt on and the breeze picking up every scent. I feel this fragrance has a great resin/amber note on the dry down and I’m surprised the OG is not mentioned as a great amber dry down.
Performance is decent for a bergamot based fragrance that never lets the cedar or vetiver take over completely, I get 1 hour of solid projection and around 5 hours before it starts tapering off to a scent skin, note, performance on hot days is better as the sweat allows this fragrance to spark again! So, depending on use and number of sprays you you might get 7 solid hours out of this.
Do I recommend this? If you like the bergamot note, that’s easy, yes. If you instead prefer darker fragrances, this might be too bright for you. When would I reach for this? In cases where I would reach for Acqua di Bergamot from Zegna, Mugler Cologne or Versace Man Eau Fraiche, I prefer Eau Bergamot to those because it’s less watery and the notes come alive!
Thanks for reading,
X.
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