Le Labo · 2008 · Annick Menardo

Gaïac 10

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell gaiac wood, musk notes (4 different types in all), cedar and olibanum (incense).

More from Le Labo’s description

It also mentions woody musk.

The house’s page

The drawn Gaïac 10 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Gaïac 10’s scent picture, a draft: guaiacwood, musk notes (4 different types in all), cedar, frankincense, virginia-cedar, iso e super drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Heartthe first hours

Gaïac 10, heart: Musk notes (4 different types in all)

Dry-downhours later

Gaïac 10, dry-down: guaiacwood, Cedar, Frankincense, virginia-cedar, Iso E Super

On the label

What’s inside it

4 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

1 citrus1 florals2 woods

Citrus1

Limonene

Florals1

Hydroxycitronellal

Woods2

Cedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Not in Ingredients yet3

Beta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yetHexadecanolactone, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

Gaiac woodMusk notes (4 different types in all), not in Ingredients yetOlibanum (incense)

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: 4 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.