Le Labo · 2009 · Vincent Schaller

Oud 27

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell agarwood, cedar Atlas, incense, patchouli, black pepper, saffron and gaïac.

The house’s page

Discontinued: Le Labo no longer sells it in a bottle, only as a refill.

The drawn Oud 27 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Oud 27’s scent picture, a draft: agarwood, cedar, frankincense, patchouli, black pepper, saffron drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Oud 27, top notes: Frankincense, Black pepper, Lemon, Sweet orange, Bergamot, Bitter orange

Dry-downhours later

Oud 27, dry-down: Agarwood, Cedar, Patchouli, saffron, guaiacwood, Iso E Super

On the label

What’s inside it

15 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

5 citrus3 herbs & lavender6 florals1 woods

Citrus5

LimoneneLemon oilBitter orange oilBergamot oilCitral

Herbs & lavender3

Linalyl acetateLinaloolTerpineol

Florals6

Neroli oilHydroxycitronellalHexyl cinnamalFarnesolGeraniolGeranyl acetate

Woods1

Iso E Super (pencil shavings)

Not in Ingredients yet2

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha terpinene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

AgarwoodCedar AtlasIncensePatchouliBlack pepperSaffronGaïac

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.