Le Labo's Shiu 25: A Scented Tribute to Beijing's Historic Courtyards

Le Labo has launched Shiu 25, a limited-edition scent celebrating Beijing, as part of its City Exclusives series. This fragrance combines powdery iris, rich woods, and resinous frankincense, inspired by the city's traditional artisan spaces rather than its contemporary skyline, evoking hidden gardens and aged wooden floors. Named after the Beijing He Yuan Fragrance Lab, which opened last year in the culturally significant Beizi Mansion in the Wang Fu Central area, the Lab resides in a siheyuan, a classic Chinese courtyard house featuring dark wooden shelves filled with Le Labo's iconic glass bottles. Global brand president and creative director Deborah Royer shared that City Exclusive fragrances aim to honor places that leave subtle imprints, with Shiu 25 reflecting Beijing's tranquil traditional spaces. This fragrance, along with others in the collection, will be available in Le Labo stores worldwide until the end of September. After that, they will only be found in their respective home cities. The article was authored by Mary Cleary, a contributing editor based in London and New York, and appeared on Wallpaper.com.