Le Labo · 2006 · Michel Almairac

Ambrette 9

Luxury$$$$, 4 of 5
Le Labo asks $348 for 100 ml
50 ml$250
100 ml$348

VersionEau de Parfum

The soft, skin-like musk of ambrette seed, brightened with a little citrus and fruit.

Le Labo says

You’ll smell ambrette seed, citrus and fruit.

The drawn Ambrette 9 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Ambrette 9’s scent picture, a draft: ambrette, citrus notes, fruity notes drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Ambrette 9, top notes: Citrus notes, Fruity notes

Dry-downwhat stays

Ambrette 9, dry-down: Ambrette

What’s inside it

What Le Labo names

What the label names

3 scent ingredients on the label, familiar names first.

A label must name certain ingredients, most of them ones that can cause allergies; some houses print more. It is never the whole recipe.

2 florals1 musks

2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Wood Sage & Sea Salt CologneJo Malone London · shares ambrette$175 for 100 ml · about half of Ambrette 9’s $348
Homme IntenseDior · shares ambrette$173 for 100 ml · about half of Ambrette 9’s $348
Thé YulongArmani · shares ambrette$195 for 100 ml · about half of Ambrette 9’s $348
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.