Le Labo Santal 33

Why we chose it

Good design, with a point of view

Santal 33 is one of the most-recognised woody fragrances around, and the sample format makes it easy to decide whether it works for you before committing to a full bottle. Each sample comes from the same unaltered formula, decanted under controlled, sterile conditions, so what you try is exactly what you get in the retail size.

Find its place

Where It Fits Best

A quick read on the product's aesthetic fit, the rooms it suits, and the ways it works best.

Style

  • The bottle has a clean, architectural silhouette, rounded shoulders tapering to a cylindrical neck, clear glass body, and a dark gunmetal metallic cap, that reads as understated and contemporary on a vanity or shelf.
  • Le Labo's signature minimalist label, a grey-toned background, monospaced typeface, and personalisation placeholders for city, date, and name, gives the bottle a considered, personal quality that stands apart from conventional luxury fragrance packaging.
  • The scent's woody, powdery, leather character, built on sandalwood, cedarwood, and musk, suits interiors with natural, warm, or earthy palettes.

Rooms

  • The warm, woody, smoky scent character makes it a strong fit for intimate bedroom or study settings.

Best For

  • Everyday personal fragrance worn on skin as an Eau de Parfum
  • Trying a new fragrance before committing to a full bottle, using the 1ML, 3ML, 5ML, or 10ML sample options
  • Gifting a recognisable, well-regarded fragrance in either a sample or retail bottle format
Le Labo Santal 33

Styling note

A little guidance from our edit

The bottle's clean gunmetal cap and grey personalised label sit well alongside raw wood, unglazed ceramic, or linen accessories on a bathroom vanity or grooming shelf. The warm, woody scent also pairs naturally with a sandalwood or smoky candle nearby.

Worth knowing

The useful details

About This Piece
What it is: SANTAL 33: a perfume that touches the vast and wild universality of this dream... that intoxicates... It combines a mix of cardamom and notes of iris and violet, which crackle in the formula. Added to this smoking wood alloy (Australian sandalwood, cedarwood) are some spicy, leathery, musky notes, giving this perfume its signature and addictive comforting scent. Here is, in a few words, what SANTAL 33 is... An open fire…The soft drift of smoke…Where sensuality rises after the light has gone.

Fragrance story: Imagine sitting in solitude on the rugged, wide plains of the American West, firelight on your face, indigo-blue night skies above. There is nothing around save for the soft, desert wind. You. Are. Free.

Style: Woody, Powdery, Leather.

Notes:
  • Top Notes: Violet Leaves and Cardamom
  • Heart Notes: Sandalwood, Cedarwood
  • Base Notes: Leather Accord, Musk and Amber

Commitment:

  • All fragrance samples are authentic and are NOT altered or diluted in any way.

  • All samples are decanted and measured using sterile tools.

  • Original bottles are stored in a temperature-controlled, low-humidity, smoke-free, and pet-free environment.

Materials & Details

Fragrance Style: Woody, Powdery, Leather.

Top Notes: Violet Leaves, Cardamom.

Heart Notes: Sandalwood, Cedarwood.

Base Notes: Leather Accord, Musk, Amber.

Product Type: Eau de Parfum.

Available Sizes: 50ML retail bottle, 100ML retail bottle, and samples in 1ML, 3ML, 5ML, 10ML.

Shipping & Returns

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30-day returns on unused pieces.