Heritage
A house, in its own words
The LAB Fragrances began in Singapore in 2017, positioning itself as an independent niche fragrance house. The early catalogue established several of the ideas that continue to shape the house: compositions built around a single defining material, unconventional fragrance names, and an emphasis on communicating what is inside the bottle. Releases dated 2023 include The Dusk, Pink Petal, Bergamot, Sandal No.1, Next, and Patchouli's later companion Leather Speciale, while 2024 brought Patchouli, Musc Etre, Royale Santal, and Aoud Pure. The progression shows a move from broad mood and ingredient themes, such as The Dusk and Bergamot, toward material-focused releases such as Sandal No.1, Patchouli, and Royale Santal. Publicly available sources provide a concise founding history but few details about the founders, individual perfumers, or production milestones. The house's official social profile describes its focus as ingredients, transparency, and craftsmanship, which offers a clearer account of its stated direction than any unsupported claims about scale or industry standing. The brand should not be conflated with Le Labo, founded in New York in 2006 by Eddie Roschi and Fabrice Penot, nor with the long-running perfume experience at Parfum Lab in Curaçao, housed in a historic building from 1815. The LAB Fragrances frames perfume as a study in materials, texture, and atmosphere. That idea appears in the titles of its releases: Bergamot, Sandal No.1, Patchouli, and Aoud Pure isolate recognizable fragrance families, while The Dusk, Pink Petal, and Next suggest a mood, a visual impression, or an open direction. Musc Etre and Leather Speciale extend that vocabulary into abstract and tactile categories. The house's publicly stated priorities are ingredients, transparency, and craftsmanship. In practical terms, this suggests that compositions should communicate their central materials clearly rather than depend on elaborate lifestyle storytelling. The restrained naming system also gives each fragrance room to stand on its own identity, without tying it to a celebrity, place, or fictional character. These principles connect the 2023 collection with later releases. Bergamot and Sandal No.1 introduce direct ingredient references, while The Dusk and Next offer more interpretive naming. The consistent use of concise titles and varied olfactory registers suggests a deliberate balance between clarity and curiosity. No named perfumers are linked to the house in the available research, so the brand's authorship is best understood through its compositional choices and release catalogue rather than through an individual creative figure.