Le Labo · 2008 · Frank Voelkl

Musc 25

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell aldehydic notes, vetiver, ambergris, musk and civet.

The house’s page

The drawn Musc 25 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Musc 25’s scent picture, a draft: vetiver, ambergris, musk, civet, rose, patchouli drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Heartthe first hours

Musc 25, heart: Musk, Rose

Dry-downhours later

Musc 25, dry-down: Vetiver, Ambergris, Civet, Patchouli, Coumarin, Vanillin, Iso E Super

On the label

What’s inside it

17 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

1 citrus2 herbs & lavender7 florals2 woods2 sweet1 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus1

Citral

Herbs & lavender2

LinaloolTerpineol

Florals7

Rose oilBenzyl salicylateCitronellolGeraniolFarnesolHydroxycitronellalGeranyl acetate

Woods2

Patchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (tonka)

Spices1

Eugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet1

Beta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell5

AlcoholWaterBenzyl benzoateBenzyl alcoholPhenoxyethanol, not in Ingredients yet

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

VetiverAmbergris, not in Ingredients yetMusk, not in Ingredients yetCivet, 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: 17 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.