AnOther 13

Only after reading the notes can I register the green note's bite. The main bite is the musk, which I also find quite masculine. I enjoyed it this morning, dabbing my sample on my wool sweater and walking along frosty grass to the farmers market. Fresh, wintry scent. The antiseptic qualities would overwhelm on a warmer day for my palate. Nice trying the sample, not a bottle I need to buy.

Drydown reminds me of Bo by Liis. Sharp, green, animalic opening. I agree with all the descriptions of this perfume. Too masculine leaning for me with nothing to captivate me or propel me in into future wear.

Filing cabinets. Virginia Slims. Hot car interior. Home. Goats? It's clean and dirty at the same time. I love the first 20 minutes while it stills smells like minty gum. Then it dries into this almost apple-y musk. First time I tried it was on during a day of many samplings. Lady sprayed it on a piece of paper for me to smell and honestly it just smelled more like paper than paper does. She told me to spray it on my skin and wait a while. So I did, and forgot that I had. Smelled something later that night, and realized it was Another 13. Now I smell like the mossy underside of a rock made of pencil shavings in the ocean 24/7.

Smells good, it's one of those sweet cuddly baby and clean sheets scents. Tried a sample and it got me noticed and complimented out in the store. Would have bought a bottle but unfortunately it broke me out in a rash both times I've used it. Have not had that reaction with other scents. I have a few other Le Labo samples to try, not sure yet if it's a reaction to the brand or just this particular one.

Incredible Scent.

I like it, but on initial spray it smells almost like a newly cleaned exam room in a doctors office. Think of the smell of alcohol wipes before a flu shot. Later on it gets a bit more fruity musky and sensual. Very light but intoxicating. For the price and versatility I might prefer molecule 2, but this might grow on me too... I’m a sucker for ambroxan.

Not a fan. I love musky skin scents and was really hoping to fall in love with this but it is really masculine and smoky---2 hours after dabbing it on, I still spell like a Catholic church at holiday season. Earthy, woody, incensy and in-your-face. Nothing subtle or skin about it---at least not on me.

Other reviewers are certainly correct about this fragrance - at first I thought it okay but not amazing. I was applying it as I was sitting in a dry, overly warm room. I decided to apply it fresh out of the shower. The apple, fresh musk, and green notes blended wonderfully. It wasn't too strong or too light. For a few moments I felt like I was on the central coast of California on a cool and breezy day. This is when I knew I loved AnOther 13. It's not really aquatic, but more like the vegetation on a cold coastline. Be sure to test at least three times in different environments/temperatures to give this unique scent a test of it's potential.

I am so glad that you dont have to travel to Paris to get this now. It smells light and airy. A skin like scent with a kiss of something metal. I have gotten so many compliments from strangers and friends alike while wearing this. Not just "oh hey I love your perfume" but they actually want to know what it is and where to get it. I've never worn a fragrance that had such a reaction. My old go to scents were Byredo Gypsy Water and Bal d'Afrique.

I just wanted to ammend my review below because Another 13 has totally grown on me and became one of my favorites! Now I can't seem to get enough of that metallic milky musk. Le Labo AnOther 13 is like the breath of a baby robot animal after drinking gum-flavored milk.. It is now perhaps my go-to comfort scent! (Much to the chagrin of my partner, who still hates it. I read that smokers tend to be hyper-sensitive to one of the synthetic musks in it, so that might explain his aversion.)

I got this as a blind buy, seduced by the marketing hype around it—something I should know better than to do by now! At first I was tremendously disappointed; it felt cheap and synthetic, as my partner (who hated it) described it. You can safely dismiss LuckyScent’s listed notes for this; there’s nothing remotely fruity about it. (A more honest set of notes for this are those listed on Basenotes for it: Ambrox, Salycilate, Muscenone delta, Helvetolide, Ambretteeolide, Cetalox.) Not that there's anything wrong with synthetics: most perfumes are these days (and Comme des Garcons have shown the great potential of synthetics). And frankly it's not even groundbreaking: Escentric Molecules, whose Escentric 02 is also a composition around Ambroxan, has done it a couple of years ago, and done it better, I think. Frankly this one feels more like the base of a perfume rather than a full perfume, perhaps closest to the “subliminal musk” of Les Nez’s Antimatiere… And probably because of that I find myself reaching for it often (far more often than my partner would like me to!). I find it very easy to wear and strangely addictive (especially when you don’t feel like wearing something “perfume-y”). But I still can't seem to make up my mind about this perfume; it’s a definite try before you buy… and you be the judge of whether it’s worth it or not.

Synthetic ambergris which is used as a substitute for the real thing which serves as a fixative in many fragrances. Or use to anyway. Oddly, it's very similar in progression & longevity to TRUE ambergris tincture from a prominent Italian perfumer. Worthy of a purchase ? It was to me but you gotta know what you're getting into.