Fragrance Notes
Fragrance Style
The Scoop
At its core, Pan’s Labyrinth is a modern fougère, reinterpreted with warmth and depth. It holds the structure of the classic fougère, that interplay of lavender, moss, and coumarin, but reimagined through a sexier, powdery lens. The fragrance moves differently than traditional structures; instead of crisp freshness, it opens with an enveloping sweetness.
The top of Pan’s Labyrinth opens with bergamot, rose otto, bitter almond, and a touch of white ambergris. The bergamot gives an effervescent brightness, while the rose otto blends into the almond’s faint sweetness, creating a powdery lift right from the start. The powder accord sits beside them as a main player, ensuring that even the brightness of the opening has softness built into it. The ambergris adds diffusion, letting the top spread evenly before it settles.
As it moves into the heart, the fougère character comes alive. Lavender essential oil provides that traditional backbone. Coumarin gives it the recognizable fougère rhythm, that hint of warmth and balance between sweet and dry, while rose absolute, ylang ylang, and patchouli form the core texture. The florals are used carefully; they don’t dominate or make the scent lean floral. Instead, they sit beneath the lavender like layers of fabric, giving body and density to the middle phase. The patchouli gives just enough weight to hold the powder accord in place, so it doesn’t fade too quickly.
The base is where Pan’s Labyrinth takes its full form. The blend of Sri Lankan sandalwood, Siberian musk, and Malaysian oud gives the scent its warmth and dimension. Each material was chosen for tone, sandalwood for creaminess, musk for texture, and oud for depth. French oakmoss and pine tree moss connect the structure to its classical roots, while fir, labdanum, and bakhoor tincture add a resinous, slightly incensey base. The bakhoor tincture, in particular, gives a faint incense-like warmth that on its own has many fougere notes intertwined to it, connecting the sweetness of the powder accord to the depth of the wood and moss.
