Trying to put per mille symbol into plot label usinf matplotlib

Question

I can't figure out how to put the per mille symbol into my plt.ylabel. anyone know how?

    import numpy as np  
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    plt.plot(x,y)

    ax = plt.gca()
    ax.invert_yaxis()

    plt.title("LR04 Benthic $\delta^{18}$O")
    plt.xlabel("Years (ka)")
    plt.ylabel("Benthic $\delta^{18}O (TRYING TO PUT PERMIL SYMBOL HERE)$")
    plt.show()

Answer 1

One possible solution:

import numpy as np  
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

x = np.linspace(-5, 5)
y = np.cos(x)
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.plot(x, y)
ax.invert_yaxis()

ax.set_title("LR04 Benthic $\delta^{18}$O")
ax.set_xlabel("Years (ka)")
ax.set_ylabel("Benthic $^o/_{oo}$")
plt.show()