Le Labo · 2006 · Mark Buxton

Vetiver 46

VersionEau de Parfum

Le Labo says

You’ll smell vetiver, pepper, gaïac, labdanum, cedar and olibanum.

The drawn Vetiver 46 bottle

Top notesthe first minutes

Heartthe first hours

Dry-downhours later

Vetiver 46’s scent picture, a draft: vetiver, black pepper, guaiacwood, cistus, cedar, frankincense drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top notesthe first minutes

Vetiver 46, top notes: Black pepper, Sweet orange, Bergamot, Lemon

Dry-downhours later

Vetiver 46, dry-down: Vetiver, guaiacwood, Cistus, Cedar, Frankincense, virginia-cedar, Patchouli, Iso E Super, Coumarin, Vanillin

On the label

What’s inside it

20 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

5 citrus3 herbs & lavender3 florals4 woods2 sweet2 spices1 powder

Not in Ingredients yet5

Pinene, not in Ingredients yetBeta-caryophyllene, not in Ingredients yet3-propylidenephthalide, not in Ingredients yetTerpinolene, not in Ingredients yetAlpha terpinene, not in Ingredients yet

Not for the smell2

Named by Le Labo, never on a label

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

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