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stepan120 – :
It’s intresting discovery for me about myself, that my nose sometimes perfectly blind for the smell of ambroxan. So those days I can only feel the alcohol and nothing else. (Not only in this one but also in Juliette has a gun – not a parfume.) But when I can actually feel/sense it, it really makes me sniffing it all the time. Very sexy, unisex smell.
serg732 – :
So as a big fan of ambroxan, when I heard about Le Labo – Another 13 – I really wanted to try it.
Unfortunately that never happened.
I did however see a bottle of this on eBay for a decent price, so I moved forward and purchased.
Here are my thoughts:
First off – if this smells “very similar” to another 13, I’d be pissed if I’d paid the $$$ Le Labo wants!
4mbrox isn’t bad. It is straight ambroxan, which is what I wanted. However, this is the more bitter type of ambroxan – the sauvage type of ambroxan. I was really hoping for the warm, enveloping Molecule 02 type – but nope.
With that said, it isn’t bad. It’s really not much of anything. If you are able to pull out the ambroxan part of sauvage, you’ll know what this smells like.
It’s not a homerun. Serviceable – but nothing great.
vovasit1 – :
I received Another 13 from an amazing subscriber to my Youtube Channel and when I reviewed it, I gave it a G rating which in my rating system stands for Good or a scent worth trying. I find the scent to be a very seductive musky scent that makes great use of synthetic notes. It was unlike anything I ever smelled making the cost of it somewhat justifiable…
Then I went to Zara…
They released a new line of 3 fragrances that specifically highlights synthetic molecules like Ambroxan, Coranol and Cashmerean. The scent called 4mbr0x (Ambroxan) is basically a match of THE LAB’S Another 13 in the dry down… This makes me highly question Le Labo’s integrity. My issue isn’t with the scent as much as the cost to own what you are getting. Before smelling 4mbr0x by Zara I considered Another 13 a unique, simple but interesting, very well done, themed scent. Now I feel it’s an insult to peoples intelligence. Playing/Profiting on people’s ignorance is a very Chanel or Creed like move but Im noticing more and more that Le Labo also leverages the ignorance of their customers to sell high priced fragrances that are at times very synthetic, with average quality in terms of their construction. If Zara can sell a 50ml of Another 13 in another bottle for $22 Le Labo has some explaining to do imo…
If the issue is that they have a price point / reputation to maintain and under selling a fragrance they create would compromise that image, then my suggestion is to set higher standards. If Le Labo creates a scent, it should never be so easily reproduced for a fraction of the cost by a brand like Zara. Zara can’t reproduce Amouage for instance and they do a horrible job trying to remake Creed scents. The fact that Zara can reproduce, without even trying, a highly acclaimed Le Labo scent that sells for $180/50ml isn’t a good look. That only creates buyers remorse which is one of the worst things that could happen to a client- business relationship. The Zara offering exposed Another 13 as being just an Amboxan bomb with very little else other than Iso E super and other miscellaneous background notes. The dry down of Another 13 is pretty much the same as 4mbr0x by Zara. They even perform similarly with a very light heaviness about it. I know that’s a weird thing to say. It’s not a projection monster but it does have a great sillage and a sneaky strong longevity that sticks to skin and cloth for a very long time. The Zara scents major difference is the heavy scent of cheap alcohol in the beginning. It’s clearly a more generic version compared to Another 13 but the quality of another 13 ins’t worth the extra $150+ Imo.
I would be embarrassed if I were the Creative Director of Le Labo and Zara got as close as they did to recreating it for a fraction of the cost. Its clear they weren’t even trying to clone Another 13. It’s not like Another 13 is Aventus…lol…Zara just happened to get on a growing trend where brands promote synthetic compounds as a layering option. It’s a simple, synthetic scent (on Purpose) and it just happened to be a remake of an expensive Niche fragrance.
Just WOW…
SIMPLY PUT SCENTS
zlodey999999 – :
Le Labo Another 13 you say?! I’m sold!
Just ordered it online. YES, Zara fragrances are finally available for purchase through their website.
Update. Went to a Zara store. It is in fact very close to LeLabo Another 13.
ohg138JeomiWogkig – :
recently picked this up after finding out that it’s a dead ringer for le labo’s another 13. much to my surprise, it’s a very close smell. when you consider that this is no more than a collection of aroma chemicals it should come as no surprise that it smell so much like it’s more expensive counterpart. I you’re a fan of musky ambroxan than this is for you. Somone mentionned rubbing alcohol…well, that’s probably the musk and ambrox mix. This last a good while on my skin. for the money this is a very good alternative to Another 13 which lasts forever my skin. Having said that, I’m definitely not spending $270 for a bottle of le labo. This will do just fine, although I must admit I’m still trying to figure out what time of year is this best suited for. Enjoy.
Denis163 – :
Well, today I have tested the trio of zara fragrances from the molecules collection.
Before say anything about it, I want to say that is very curious how Zara alocate its collections, clothes and complements, as well as its fragrances, even in diferent shops in the same city. They adapt and sell only the portion of the season collection focused in the kind of people with an especific profile. This situation makes difficult to find some products oferted in web who imperative needed to be tested before buy as in this case their fragrances.
In the zara shop near my home I found two weeks ago or so only c4shmer4n. I visited 5 shops more in different ubications and shopping centers and don’t found any of the three fragrances, but today I went to a shopping center just outside the city and there was the complete collection waiting to be tested, so I did. The test was made in my skin, not on blotter. Here are my impresions:
C4shmer4n is the best of the trio if we talk about longevity and sillage.
I think its very unisex fragrance and althought personally I dislike its odour, I must admit that it has the best performance of the three. I think that despite it belongs to a molecule collection, it has nothing in common with excentric molecules fragrances, I mean, the fragrance is a mixture of the synthetic component with more ingredients to make it more complex, but in this case, c4shmer4n is a mixture of that and other musks. It reminds me a lot to grey amber, so I would have called it 4mbrox instead.
4mbrox fragrance is like a diluted version of Ambre Noble (from their Tag Collection) with its characteristic amber accord but without the woodsy complements of norlimbanol. It has a high longevity but with very faint sillage. Its high and very first notes makes a characteristic sweet ambrox accord but quickly it turns into the ambre noble note.
Finally, Cor4nol is the third fragrance belonging to the trio with the best smell in my humble opinion. Its a pity that also has poor longevity and a very faint sillage, so the price ratio for only 50 ml is high.
The notes listed in the fragrantica page description are so accurate. The fragrance develops to a precise cardamom note surrounded by the cedar-coranol accord. This aromachemical hasn’t the iso-e-super characteristics, so the fragrance lacks of the luminosity and woodsy accord that it would provide, but love the spicy cardamom smell, so this is my favorite despite its low performance.
Regards!
NSanja – :
Fragrantica got the name wrong. It’s 4MBR0X, not 4MBROX. Fair enough, it’s a confusing name. 🙂
Smells like isopropyl alcohol (aka rubbing alcohol). Any idea what might cause this smell?
The bottle is a funky little cube!