Le Labo · 2013 · Frank Voelkl

Limette 37

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell bergamot, jasmin, petit grain, clove, vetiver, tonka beans and musks.

The house’s page

The drawn Limette 37 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Limette 37’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, jasmine, bitter orange, clove, vetiver, tonka drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Limette 37, top notes: Bergamot, Bitter orange, Sweet orange, Lemon

Heartthe first hours

Limette 37, heart: Jasmine, clove, Musks

Dry-downhours later

Limette 37, dry-down: Vetiver, Tonka, Patchouli, Iso E Super

On the label

What’s inside it

20 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

5 citrus3 herbs & lavender6 florals2 woods1 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus5

LimoneneBitter orange oilBergamot oilLemon oilCitral

Herbs & lavender3

Linalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals6

JasmineHydroxycitronellalHexyl cinnamalGeraniolCitronellolGeranyl acetate

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet7

Cinnamyl alcohol, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yetIsoeugenyl acetate, 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 benzoateBenzyl alcohol

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

Petit grainCloveVetiverTonka beansMusks, 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: 20 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.