Where it differs: 18 Shades of Labdanum misses some of the finer grace notes in the Le Labo amber but lasts noticeably longer on skin, according to owners who compared both.
Smells like Le Labo Labdanum 18.
3 bottles the community rates close to Labdanum 18, 27 percent cheaper at the top, with the one thing each does differently. amber, animalic, musky, unisex.
Notes of Labdanum 18
What Le Labo publishes. Black means Dua Fragrances 18 Shades of Labdanum shares the note.
Base
- labdanum
- castoreum
- civet
- musk
- vanilla
- birch
- resins
- cinnamon
- patchouli
- gurjan balsam
- tonka bean
Notes of 18 Shades of Labdanum
What Dua Fragrances publishes. Black means Labdanum 18 shares the note.
Notes
- labdanum
The 3 worth trying, ranked
Similarity is the owners' vote plus the note overlap. Price is a typical US bottle price when the house publishes one. Bars are each match's own accords.
Where it differs: Eau Duelle skips the musky, animalic castoreum and civet opening and gives only a Labdanum 18 style vanilla-amber drydown, so it smells cleaner throughout.
Where it differs: Police Amber Gold pushes a stronger, simpler amber-resin accord and lacks the castoreum, civet and musk layering that makes Labdanum 18 smell like warm skin.
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