Another 13 by Le Labo is a skin-melting ambrette-forward EDP created exclusively for Another Magazine, built around a luminous musks and ambroxan core that smells uncannily like warm, clean skin with a subtle animalic and moss-tinged depth.
What People Say
The ambroxan-musk core reads as impossibly clean, warm skin rather than a conventional perfume — wearers describe it as the scent of someone else's skin that you desperately want to get closer to.
Ambrette gives it a slightly nutty, musky softness that stops it from smelling like a generic clean fragrance; there's just enough animalic edge to keep it interesting.
The moss-tinged hyacinth peeks through the musk in a way that adds a fleeting green coolness without ever tipping into soapy territory — the balance is frequently cited as uncanny.
Its shapeshifting quality on skin is a genuine talking point: the iso e super and ambroxan combination amplifies the wearer's own skin chemistry, meaning it smells distinctly different on different people.
Longevity is a persistent complaint — the musk-forward formula fades into a near-imperceptible skin scent on many people within a few hours, often requiring heavy reapplication.
At its price point, critics argue you're paying almost entirely for the Le Labo brand cachet and the Another Magazine exclusivity story, since the ambroxan-musk accord it's built on is not technically complex.
People who don't enjoy skin-scent style fragrances find it frustratingly absent — there's no real sillage or presence, and more than a few describe it as 'nothing' or 'invisible' on their skin.
Great for
The minimalist fragrance obsessive who wants something that smells like idealized, warm human skin rather than a detectable perfume — someone who prefers compliments of 'you smell amazing' over 'what are you wearing.'
Not for
Anyone who needs projection and longevity from a fragrance, or who finds the concept of a musk-forward 'skin scent' pretentious and wants their money's worth in actual fragrance performance.
Longevity
Generally 3-5 hours before fading to an intimate skin scent detectable only up close; some wearers report it almost completely vanishes on their skin chemistry.
Projection
Minimal — it stays close to skin from the start, never projecting more than a foot or two, and within an hour most wearers describe it as a personal scent only
Value
A genuine point of contention in the community — it sits at the pricier end of niche, and given the almost non-existent longevity and modest ingredient complexity, skeptics call it one of the harder splurges to justify on performance alone.
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