Côte

The Ivory Coast comes in green, and the salt in the air never dries.

Lime leaf and geranium hit bitter as snapped stems, then the resins move in behind them, opoponax and amyris and Atlas cedar over dry wood, cumin keeping the body in it. Wild rose and ylang ylang bloom heavy, souring where green leather shows through, bay leaf sharp across all of it.

The rest is imagining. Mark Sage pictured a life lived at home on that coast, easier and warmer than the one it stood beside, and this is what he decided it smelled like.

Notes: Geranium, Kaffir Lime Leaf, Harami, Cumin, Wild Rose, Bay Leaf, Ylang Ylang, Cedar Atlas, Green Leather, Opoponax, Amyris, Musks

Clandestine Laboratories is an underground, artisanal fragrance house based in New York City, born from perfumer Mark Sage’s obsessive, experimental approach to scent.

Blending small-batch, hand-mixed compositions that are natural-smelling yet deliberately unfamiliar, the brand focuses on fragrances that feel effortlessly wearable while still leaving a quietly addictive impression. Rooted in a “clandestine” ethos of intentional obscurity and word‑of‑mouth discovery, it invites fragrance lovers into a world where niche-level quality, meticulous ingredient choices, and a wry, artistic sensibility meet in perfumes made to be lived in, not just admired from afar.