Le Labo · 2021

Cédrat 37

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

VersionEau de Parfum

Thick-skinned citron peel and fresh ginger over clean woods, musk and a salty ambergris warmth.

Le Labo says

You’ll smell citron (cedrat), ginger, woods, musks and ambergris.

The house’s page

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The drawn Cédrat 37 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Cédrat 37’s scent picture, a draft: citron, ginger, woody notes, musks, ambergris, bergamot drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Cédrat 37, top notes: Citron, Ginger, Bergamot, Lemon, Sweet orange, Bitter orange, Carvone (spearmint)

Dry-downwhat stays

Cédrat 37, dry-down: Woody notes, Musks, Ambergris, Virginia cedar, Patchouli, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet), Coumarin (new-mown hay), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Le Labo names

Citron (cedrat)GingerMusksAmbergris

What the label names

24 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.

7 citrus5 herbs & lavender5 florals3 woods2 sweet2 spices

Citrus7

Bergamot oilLimoneneLemon oilBitter orange oilCitralTerpinolenealpha-Terpinene

Herbs & lavender5

PineneLinaloolTerpineolCarvone (spearmint)Linalyl acetate

Florals5

Neroli oilGeraniol (rose)CitronellolHexyl cinnamal (aldehydes)Geranyl acetate

Woods3

Cedarwood oilPatchouli oilIso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

Sweet2

Vanillin (vanilla)Coumarin (new-mown hay)

Spices2

beta-CaryophylleneIsoeugenol
2 more lines on the label, not there for the smell

Not for the smell2

AlcoholWater

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Blue TalismanEx Nihilo · shares ginger, cashmere knit and ambergris$385 for 100 ml
Lust in ParadiseEx Nihilo · shares ginger, cashmere knit and ambergris$490 for 100 ml · about the same as Cédrat 37’s $545
MarwaArabiyat Prestige · shares ginger, cashmere knit and ambergrisabout $41 for 100 ml · about a tenth of Cédrat 37’s $545
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