Le Labo · 2021

Thé Matcha 26

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

VersionEau de Parfum

Grassy matcha tea and fig over bitter orange, dry cedar and earthy vetiver.

The drawn Thé Matcha 26 bottle

Top noteswhen you spray it

Heartas it settles

Dry-downwhat stays

Thé Matcha 26’s scent picture, a draft: tea, fig, vetiver, cedar, bitter orange, bergamot drawn so far; dashed outlines where nothing is drawn yet

Top noteswhen you spray it

Thé Matcha 26, top notes: Bitter orange, Bergamot, Sweet orange

Heartas it settles

Thé Matcha 26, heart: Fig, Rose

Dry-downwhat stays

Thé Matcha 26, dry-down: Tea, Vetiver, Cedar, Iso E Super (pencil shavings on velvet)

What’s inside it

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.

6 citrus4 herbs & lavender4 florals2 woods2 spices

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

Thé Noir 29Le Labo · shares tea, fig, vetiver and cedar (Atlas cedar)$348 for 100 ml · about the same as Thé Matcha 26’s $348
Chrome LegendAzzaro · shares tea, vetiver, cedar (Atlas cedar) and bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain)
Classic BlackJaguar · shares tea, vetiver, cedar (Atlas cedar) and bitter orange (neroli, orange blossom, petitgrain)
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Matched by the notes each house names. A shared note is not a promise they smell alike.