Le Labo · 2008 · Annick Menardo

Gaïac 10

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

VersionEau de Parfum

Smooth, faintly smoky guaiac wood and cedar wrapped in layers of clean musk, with a thread of incense.

Le Labo says

You’ll smell guaiacwood, musk notes (4 different types in all), cedar and olibanum (incense).

More from Le Labo’s description

It also mentions Woody musk.

The house’s page

The drawn Gaïac 10 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Gaïac 10’s scent picture, a draft: guaiacwood, musk, cedar, frankincense, virginia cedar, iso e super (pencil shavings on velvet) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Heartas it settles

Gaïac 10, heart: Hydroxycitronellal (lily of the valley)

Dry-downwhat stays

Gaïac 10, dry-down: Guaiacwood, Musk, Cedar, Frankincense, Virginia cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What the label names

7 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.

1 citrus1 herbs & lavender1 florals2 woods1 spices1 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

Rose 31Le Labo · shares guaiacwood, cashmere knit, cedar (Atlas cedar) and frankincense$348 for 100 ml
Jubilation 40 ManAmouage · shares guaiacwood, cashmere knit, cedar (Atlas cedar) and frankincense$550 for 100 ml · about the same as Gaïac 10’s $545
Jubilation XXV ManAmouage · shares guaiacwood, cashmere knit, cedar (Atlas cedar) and frankincense$395 for 100 ml
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.