Le Labo · 2013 · Frank Voelkl

Benjoin 19

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell benjoin, olibanum, amber, cedar and musks.

The house’s page

The drawn Benjoin 19 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Benjoin 19’s scent picture, a draft: benzoin, frankincense, cedar, musks drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Heartthe first hours

Benjoin 19, heart: Musks

Dry-downhours later

Benjoin 19, dry-down: Benzoin, Frankincense, Cedar

On the label

What’s inside it

3 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus1 herbs & lavender

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBHT (keeps it fresh)

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

BenjoinOlibanumCedarMusks, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Wearers say

How far it carries

Perfumers call it sillage.

Close to the skin

An arm’s length

Across a room

Not researched yet. We gather wearers’ reports for the most popular perfumes first.

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Counted from the printed lists: 3 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.