Le Labo · 2023

Lavande 31

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

VersionEau de Parfum

Bergamot and orange blossom open onto lavender, over warm amber, sweet tonka and a faintly dirty, skin-like musk.

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The drawn Lavande 31 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Lavande 31’s scent picture, a draft: bergamot, neroli, lavender, amber, animalic notes, musk drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Lavande 31, top notes: Bergamot, Neroli, Lavender

Dry-downwhat stays

Lavande 31, dry-down: Amber, Animalic notes, Musk, Tonka (coumarin), Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

What the label names

22 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 citrus7 herbs & lavender7 florals1 woods1 sweet1 spices

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

Not for the smell3

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), lavender, cashmere knit and 1 more$395 for 100 ml · about the same as Lavande 31’s $348
Limette 37Le Labo · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), cashmere knit and tonka$545 for 100 ml
LibreYSL · shares bergamot, bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain), lavender and cashmere knit$185 for 90 ml · about half of Lavande 31’s $348
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.