Le Labo · 2019 · Frank Voelkl

Tabac 28

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell tobacco absolute, oud, cedarwood, gaiac wood, rum and green cardamom.

The house’s page

The drawn Tabac 28 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Tabac 28’s scent picture, a draft: tobacco, oud, cedar, guaiacwood, rum, cardamom drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Tabac 28, top notes: cardamom

Heartthe first hours

Tabac 28, heart: rum

Dry-downhours later

Tabac 28, dry-down: tobacco, Oud, Cedar, guaiacwood, Coumarin

On the label

What’s inside it

6 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals1 sweet2 spices

Citrus1

Limonene

Herbs & lavender1

Linalool

Florals1

Geraniol

Sweet1

Coumarin (tonka)

Spices2

EugenolIsoeugenol

Not in Ingredients yet2

Benzoic acid, not in Ingredients yetPropionic acid, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell6

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBHT (keeps it fresh)Vitamin EDilauryl thiodipropionate, not in Ingredients yet

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

Tobacco absoluteOudCedarwoodGaiac woodRum, not in Ingredients yetGreen cardamom

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