Le Labo · 2023

Myrrhe 55

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell myrrh, jasmine, patchouli, oud, ambergris and musk.

The house’s page

The drawn Myrrhe 55 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Myrrhe 55’s scent picture, a draft: myrrh, jasmine, patchouli, oud, ambergris, musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Myrrhe 55, top notes: Bergamot, Bitter orange

Heartthe first hours

Myrrhe 55, heart: Jasmine, Musk, Ylang-ylang, Rose

Dry-downhours later

Myrrhe 55, dry-down: myrrh, Patchouli, Oud, Ambergris, Iso E Super, Vanillin

On the label

What’s inside it

24 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

3 citrus4 herbs & lavender10 florals3 woods1 sweet1 spices1 musks1 powder

Citrus3

LimoneneBergamot oilCitral

Herbs & lavender4

CamphorLinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals10

Ylang-ylang oilJasmineNeroli oilRose oilBenzyl salicylateGeraniolCitronellolFarnesolGeranyl acetateRose ketones

Woods3

Patchouli oilSantalolIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet1

Vanillin (vanilla)

Spices1

Eugenol

Musks1

Galaxolide (clean linen)

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet6

Pinene, 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

MyrrhOudAmbergris, not in Ingredients yetMusk, 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: 24 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.