Le Labo · 2006 · Annick Menardo

Patchouli 24

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell patchouli, birch and vanilla.

The house’s page

The drawn Patchouli 24 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Patchouli 24’s scent picture, a draft: patchouli, birch, vanilla, bergamot drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Patchouli 24, top notes: Bergamot

Dry-downhours later

Patchouli 24, dry-down: Patchouli, Birch, Vanilla

On the label

What’s inside it

11 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

3 citrus2 herbs & lavender1 florals1 woods1 sweet2 spices1 powder

Citrus3

LimoneneBergamot oilCitral

Herbs & lavender2

LinaloolLinalyl acetate

Florals1

Geranyl acetate

Woods1

Patchouli oil

Sweet1

Vanillin (vanilla)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Powder1

alpha-Isomethyl ionone (powder puff)

Not in Ingredients yet5

Cinnamyl alcohol, not in Ingredients yetEugenyl acetate, not in Ingredients yetPinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetIsoeugenyl acetate, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

BirchVanilla

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