Le Labo Bigarade 18 Hong Kong
4.1
Overall
Accords
citrus
white floral
musky
fresh spicy
woody
amber
Notes Pyramid
Top
NeroliBergamotBigarade
Heart
Lily
Base
MuskAmbergrisCedar
Community Verdict
Pros & Cons
- ✅ one of my best purchases this year! I love how oppressive the opening is: dense, outrageous, and sharp neroli, it’s so sharp that you could literally feel it piercing through your nostrils which I love! The bigarade for some reasons only becomes apparent when sprayed on my skin, which turns out to be neither sweet nor bitter, but rather very sour. If you have the stamina and are in the right headspace to endure and appreciate such a dramatic opening, you will be rewarded with one of the most unique and pleasant musky dry down… it’s clean, feels natural yet synthetic, lingers for days on my sheet, and smells both retro and modern at the same time! oh and I don’t get the soapy or powdery notes in this at all even though they seem to get picked up by a lot of other reviewers… p/s: wear this on a windy day if you just randomly feel like blessing everyone on the street… the occasional whiff from bigarade 18 is just heavenly especially when it’s unexpected
- ✅ It does smell like Hong Kong... Somewhere air conditioned and pristine... Like a luxury shopping mall or a hotel on the island. This is probably one of the LONGEST lasting citrus focused scent ever made.. Lasts easily for days on fabric
- ✅ Once a year, the City Excusives become available worldwide and I’ve just tried a sample of Bigarade 18. If you want to know what this smells like then think TF Neroli Portofino crossed with FM Outrageous and FM Cologne Indelible. It has the citrus, floral aspects of the NP, combined with the aldehydes and musks of Outrageous. Indeed, on first spray it was Outrageous that first came to mind being quite synthetic. The top notes also have a slight sharpness to them, similar to FM Cologne Indelible. Although not unpleasant, I prefer the scent once it settles down and the astringent top notes dissipate and it becomes less sharp and more natural. It has a very clean, linen fresh feel to it with a certain sweetness, underpinned by a very slight woodiness in the base.
- ✅ This is perfection.
- ✅ It's beautiful! Bright without being screeching, light without being weak, fresh without being cheap-smelling. I *always* get compliments when wearing this.
- ✅ Le Labo Bigarade 18 Hong Kong is truly the most beautiful fragrance I’ve ever known.
- ❌ this doesn't stand out from the collection. sharp detergent and slightly unpleasant garden & flower stems.
- ❌ straight up neroli and green stems
- ❌ I would just never pay the le labo city exclusive price when there are so many other scents out there that smell nearly identical.
- ❌ this is a very, very pure neroli that ventures in the direction of being sour and a little bitter. smells like a luxurious, expensive soap. i would just never pay the le labo city exclusive price when there are so many other scents out there that smell nearly identical.
- ❌ From the cap, Bigarade 18 offers a promising burst of citrus—a bright, zesty bigarade rounded with soft floral undertones that feel refined yet approachable. But on my skin, this charming introduction vanishes within seconds, replaced by an overly clean white floral soapiness.
