Le Labo · 2019

Bigarade 18

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell bergamot, neroli petals, musks and woods.

The house’s page

The drawn Bigarade 18 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Bigarade 18’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, bitter orange, musks, ylang-ylang drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Bigarade 18, top notes: Bergamot, Bitter orange

Heartthe first hours

Bigarade 18, heart: Musks, Ylang-ylang

On the label

What’s inside it

15 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

3 citrus3 herbs & lavender8 florals1 musks

Citrus3

Bergamot oilLimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender3

LinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals8

Neroli oilYlang-ylang oilGeraniolHydroxycitronellalCitronellolFarnesolBenzyl salicylateGeranyl acetate

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Not in Ingredients yet5

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha terpinene, not in Ingredients yetCarvone, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBenzyl benzoate

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

Musks, 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.

Our match of the labels

Closest on the label

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Counted from the printed lists: 15 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.