Le Labo · 2019 · Frank Voelkl

Tabac 28

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

VersionEau de Parfum

Rich tobacco leaf and rum with green cardamom over dark oud, cedar and smoky guaiac wood.

The drawn Tabac 28 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Tabac 28’s scent picture, a draft: tobacco, oud, cedar, guaiacwood, rum, cardamom drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Tabac 28, top notes: Cardamom

Heartas it settles

Tabac 28, heart: Rum

Dry-downwhat stays

Tabac 28, dry-down: Tobacco, Oud, Cedar, Guaiacwood, Coumarin (new-mown hay)

What’s inside it

What the label names

6 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 florals1 sweet2 spices

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

Not for the smell8

AlcoholWaterBenzyl alcoholBHT (keeps it fresh)Vitamin EBenzoic acidDilauryl thiodipropionate, not in Ingredients yetPropionic acid, not in Ingredients yet

The label, as printed on the house’s page

Our match of the notes

Shares its notes

Opus XIV Royal TobaccoAmouage · shares tobacco, agarwood, guaiacwood and cardamom$395 for 100 ml
Fan Your FlamesNishane · shares tobacco, cedar (Atlas cedar) and rum$375 for 100 ml
Oud 27Le Labo · shares agarwood, cedar (Atlas cedar) and guaiacwood
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.