Le Labo · 2011 · Frank Voelkl

Santal 33

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell cardamom, iris, violet, Australian sandalwood, cedarwood, spicy notes, leathery notes and musky notes.

The house’s page

The drawn Santal 33 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Santal 33’s scent picture, a draft: cardamom, iris, violet, sandalwood, cedar, leather glove drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Santal 33, top notes: cardamom, Violet

Heartthe first hours

Santal 33, heart: Leather glove, Musky notes

Dry-downhours later

Santal 33, dry-down: Iris, Sandalwood, Cedar, Iso E Super, Vanillin

On the label

What’s inside it

12 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

2 citrus3 herbs & lavender3 florals3 woods1 sweet

Citrus2

LimoneneCitral

Herbs & lavender3

LinaloolLinalyl acetateTerpineol

Florals3

FarnesolGeraniolGeranyl acetate

Woods3

SantalolCedarwood oilIso E Super (pencil shavings)

Sweet1

Vanillin (vanilla)

Not in Ingredients yet4

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetHexadecanolactone, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell4

AlcoholWaterVitamin EDilauryl thiodipropionate <iln54063>, not in Ingredients yet

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

CardamomIrisVioletAustralian sandalwoodLeathery notes, not in Ingredients yetMusky notes, 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: 12 scent ingredients on this label. A shared name, not a shared smell.