Le Labo · 2020

Citron 28

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

VersionEau de Parfum

Sharp lemon and warm ginger with a touch of jasmine, over dry cedar and clean musk.

Le Labo says

You’ll smell lemon, ginger, jasmine, cedar and musk notes.

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The drawn Citron 28 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Citron 28’s scent picture, a draft: lemon, ginger, jasmine, cedar, musk, virginia cedar drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Citron 28, top notes: Lemon, Ginger, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Citron 28, heart: Jasmine

Dry-downwhat stays

Citron 28, dry-down: Cedar, Musk, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What the label names

16 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.

5 citrus4 herbs & lavender2 florals2 woods1 spices2 musks

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

Club de Nuit SillageArmaf · shares lemon, ginger, jasmine, cedar (Atlas cedar) and 1 more$50 for 105 ml · about a tenth of Citron 28’s $545
Light BlueDolce & Gabbana · shares lemon, jasmine, cedar (Atlas cedar) and cashmere knit$116 for 100 ml · about a fifth of Citron 28’s $545
God of FireStéphane Humbert Lucas · shares lemon, ginger, jasmine and cashmere knit$255 for 50 ml · about the same as Citron 28’s $545
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.