Le Labo · 2013 · Frank Voelkl

Benjoin 19

Top luxury$$$$$, 5 of 5
Le Labo asks $545 for 100 ml
50 ml$382
100 ml$545

VersionEau de Parfum

Vanilla-sweet benzoin resin and frankincense smoke over amber, cedar and soft musks.

The drawn Benjoin 19 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Benjoin 19’s scent picture, a draft: benzoin, frankincense, amber, cedar, musks, citral (lemon) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Benjoin 19, top notes: Citral (lemon)

Dry-downwhat stays

Benjoin 19, dry-down: Benzoin, Frankincense, Amber, Cedar, Musks

What’s inside it

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 citrus1 herbs & lavender

Herbs & lavender1

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

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Royal OudCreed · shares benzoin, frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar) and cashmere knit$590 for 100 ml · about the same as Benjoin 19’s $545
Beloved WomanAmouage · shares benzoin, frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar) and cashmere knit
Gaïac 10Le Labo · shares frankincense, cedar (Atlas cedar) and cashmere knit$545 for 100 ml · about the same as Benjoin 19’s $545
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.