Men swear by Le Labo fragrances. Here are their 5 favorite scents.

Micah Ronald, a 19-year-old college student in Arizona, was looking for fragrance recommendations on TikTok about six months ago when he came across rave reviews of Le Labo.

He bought the $135 discovery kit and instantly became a fan of Another 13.

“It’s a fresh, clean scent that doesn’t smell too much like laundry,” he said.

Le Labo describes the perfume on its website as a hypnotizing and “addictive dirty potion.” When I tried it, I smelled jasmine, citrus, vanilla, and musk.

Malcolm Walker-Hendricks, 30, who is based in Quebec and works in sales and content creation, said Another 13 is his favorite scent “without a doubt or hesitation.”

“It reminds me of being in Lisbon, Portugal, because it’s very light, airy, and sweet, with a little twang,” he said. “I probably use it as much as I drink water in a day.”

Brendan Jordan is a 29-year-old content creator based in Pennsylvania. Though he’d heard about Le Labo years ago, he tried its scents for the first time at a Saks Fifth Avenue store last year.

Since then, Thé Matcha 26 has become his “go-to scent for the summer and spring.” It features notes of fig, vetiver, and orange.

Other fans love it too.

“I like the organic warmth that it has on the skin,” Ronald said. “As soon as I tried it, I knew I would want to wear it every day. It’s a scent that you catch little whiffs of for hours.”

That’s also partly why the scent has become a favorite of Austin Goode, a 30-year-old videographer from Utah.

“Out of all my fragrances, I get the most compliments on Thé Matcha 26,” he said.

Cameron Cooper, 25, is a content creator and model based in Los Angeles. He discovered Santal 33 for the first time in 2023.

“It’s sweet and salty, but also musky,” he said. “It’s an attractive scent, and I was very drawn to it. My wife gifted me a bottle of it to wear on our wedding day and honeymoon.”

“Anytime I smell [Santal 33], it takes me back to that time, which is really sweet,” he added.

Santal 33 was released in 2011 and remains one of Le Labo’s most popular scents. It’s made with notes of iris, violet, sandalwood, and leather.

In October, Cooper tried Thé Noir 29 for the first time. The scent, featuring notes of musk, black licorice, and light tobacco, has since become his daily fragrance.

“It’s very tea-like, but it also has this nice vetiver smell and a musk at the end,” he said. “The scent profile is just intoxicating.”

Jordan is also a fan and said he likes to wear it for nights out. Walker-Hendricks, on the other hand, wears Thé Noir 29 seasonally.

“It’s really good in colder weather because it gives you that warm, almost overwhelming feeling of being near a campfire,” he said.

Le Labo’s Lavande 31 is intended to “knock all preconceived notions of lavender on its head,” according to the brand’s website.

It does exactly that with notes of lavender, moss, musk, and citrus zest.

That’s why Walker-Hendricks and Cooper both say they like to wear it as the weather warms.

“I like floral scents, so [Lavande 31] is a cool one for spring,” Walker-Hendricks said.