Le Labo · 2008 · Nathalie Lorson

Poivre 23

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

VersionEau de Parfum

Cracked peppercorns over a warm, sweet amber, with a trace of vanilla and sandalwood.

Le Labo says

You’ll smell bourbon pepper and ambery notes.

The drawn Poivre 23 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Poivre 23’s scent picture, a draft: black pepper, amber, patchouli, galaxolide (musk), vanillin (vanilla), citronellol (rose) drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Poivre 23, top notes: Black pepper

Heartas it settles

Poivre 23, heart: Citronellol (rose)

Dry-downwhat stays

Poivre 23, dry-down: Amber, Patchouli, Galaxolide (musk), Vanillin (vanilla)

What’s inside it

What Le Labo names

What the label names

18 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.

3 citrus2 herbs & lavender3 florals3 woods2 sweet4 spices1 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

Invictus Victory AbsoluRabanne · shares black pepper$183 for 100 ml · about a third of Poivre 23’s $545
PhilosykosDiptyque · shares black pepper$195 for 100 ml · about a third of Poivre 23’s $545
Angel DustFugazzi · shares black pepper$175 for 100 ml · about a third of Poivre 23’s $545
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.