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City Exclusive Collection

Tabac 28 Le Labo 2019

8.1 / 10 70 Ratings

A popular perfume by Le Labo for women and men, released in 2019. The scent is spicy-smoky. It is being marketed by Estēe Lauder Companies.
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Main accords

Spicy

Smoky

Woody

Earthy

Oriental

Fragrance Notes

Tobacco absolute Rum

Rum

Cedarwood

Gaiac wood

Green cardamom Oud

Oud

Ratings

Scent

8.170 Ratings

Longevity

7.755 Ratings

Sillage

7.358 Ratings

Bottle

7.464 Ratings

Value for money

5.335 Ratings

Submitted by Viola8, last update on 10/29/2025.

Interesting Facts

The scent is exclusively available in Miami.

The fragrance is part of the City Exclusive Collection collection.

Smells similar

What the fragrance is similar to

Tobacco

28 Shades of Tabacum

Reviews

4 in-depth fragrance descriptions

01/12/2025

10Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Static
47 Reviews

Static

5

Not a fashion phenomenon!

Glad i discovered this one. Very pleasant journey to the drydown. Imagine Enigma parfum dancing with Tobacco Vanille. This is a masterpiece & my appreciation for Le Labo has gone sky rock after this one. Great job ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐.
The opening is a bit “loud” but pleasant & satisfying (warm oldskool blond tobacco leaves, the -almost-eucalyptus that comes up, but stays like - spicy’ish bergamot’ish). Dont know how else to describe this.
The drydown is 10/10, the rum takes it deeper into the gourmandish vibe. I said Enigma + tobacco vanille? Well add a bit Grand Soir to this.
Le Labo deserves an award for this one. It really brings me back to the time of the winters in Antwerp when i discovered Wonderwood/Comme des Garçons (has something from it)

09/08/2019

9Scent 9Longevity 8Sillage

Taskphorce
55 Reviews

Taskphorce

2

An Ode to The Magic City...

Tabac 28:

Being a former connoisseur of fine cigars, I was immediately reminded of freshly rolled Cigar Tobacco (entering a walk-in humidor) but I’m getting tons of Cedarwood similar to the Cedarwood in The Noir 29 (definitely a hint of that scent, a slight resemblance), soft boozy accord (the inside of a booze soaked oak barrel), a slight sourness with a minty-camphor-spicy-slight smokey-sweet effect. There is a lot of green cardamom and that is totally attractive to my nose. I keep coming back to it...

The scent seems: Dark, earthy, coniferous green, with a piercing, spicy, crisp-freshness with very prominent Cedarwood that reminds me of some my Young Living 100% pure Cedarwood essential oil that I use for diffusing. There are aromatic qualities that I find therapeutic and relaxing here. A mild but recognizable incorporation of rum and tobacco. Enough to round off or wrap up the scent with soft sweetness in the base. *Sort of* like a safer Slumberhouse scent if that makes sense. If you love cardamom and/or cedarwood it would be hard to dislike this. Neither the tobacco or the rum is as pronounced as I had expected but nonetheless, I approve. I will likely order Tabac 28 (my 19th Le Labo) and enjoy it in cooler summer days & definitely in the fall/winter. I have not made up my mind entirely but keep coming back to this scent. I’m optimistically intrigued!
I would consider this a long lasting, persistent yet soft projecting scent (with 2-3 sprays from a sample.) I imagine the performance would improve with full sprays from a Le Labo bottle.

05/01/2019

10Scent 8Longevity 8Sillage

Raygsoko
3 Reviews

Raygsoko

4

Miami Little Havana

I'm glad Le Labo came out with a tobacco fragrance and I like that they based it off of Miami. The scent delivers you to a cigar shop with dried tobacco leaves. Wonderful aroma. The tobacco is accompanied by cedar and rum with a bit of spice. The cedar is a perfect replica of a humidor or cigar box. All of these notes blended together to make for a very inviting scent. Above average sillage and longevity. Definitely, a must try for tobacco lovers.

05/06/2022

9Scent

DonDonDon
8 Reviews

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DonDonDon

Helpful Review 5

The Cigars of the Pharaoh

Once upon a time, there was a Belgian comic artist named Georges Prosper Remi, better known by his pen name Hergé. His multi-part adventure series "Tintin" dealt with the adventures of the young reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy. These adventures took them to all corners of the world, where they faced countless challenges and dangers. My Uncle Uli gradually gifted me all the volumes of the series during my childhood, and so many formative years are connected to this reading. Among the several dozen volumes, there is an episode titled "The Cigars of the Pharaoh"; in it, cigars play a role, their bands and boxes adorned with a mysterious symbol, somewhat reminiscent of the sign for Yin and Yang. In one sequence of the story, Tintin enters a secret, vault-like bunker in the desert, where crates containing these cigars are located (at least that's how I remember it), and somehow the whole story captivated me so much that I (as a child!) decided to start collecting cigars. It all began when I was allowed to smell a real cigar in its unlit state and found the scent very pleasant. You should know that at that time, my parents and I lived with my maternal grandparents in one house, and my grandfather (born in 1890) was a gentleman of the old school who, although he never smoked himself, kept guest cigars and cigarettes in his desk. Over time, I gathered a small collection of various cigars, which I obtained partly from my grandfather's guest supply and partly from ceremoniously requested cigars from guests who had brought their own. The adults around me let me be back then. They considered this interest somewhat peculiar but completely harmless, especially since I initially showed no interest in smoking these cigars, which was related to the fact that the smell after lighting was completely different from the one I so appreciated in its unlit state. At some point, I even found a tobacco dealer in the neighborhood where I could buy the cheapest cigars (brand "Handelsgold") with my pocket money, and he had no objections to my story ("they're for my grandpa") and no scruples about selling me the goods as a minor. It was the 1970s, after all, everything was a bit different than today. The end of my collecting passion came when my father, when I was about 12 years old, took me aside and solemnly asked if I wanted to smoke one of those cigars. Despite my knowledge of the less pleasant smell of burning tobacco, I was absolutely thrilled and chose the largest one from my collection. What followed turned into a more or less valuable educational experience, where I wished to give up after half of the cigar, in a rather dizzy state, to which my father remarked that "the best part is at the end." In the end, I threw up in the bushes of our garden, was sick for a day and a half, and my collecting passion was gone. The good news is that my review of "Tabac 28" by Le Labo refers to the time BEFORE this unfortunate end of my cigar affair. The mysterious and wonderful scent that emanated from the tightly rolled dried tobacco leaves, the fantastic wooden boxes with the ornate labels, the miniature bands that resembled little royal coats of arms - all of this comes back to me when I smell Le Labo's "Tabac 28." A great rendition of this theme, the best I have encountered in the perfume world so far. As I heard, the fragrance is supposedly available exclusively in the store in Miami, USA - only in September each year would it be offered for global shipping. A circumstance that fits well with my memories of the mysterious and rare "Cigars of the Pharaoh." Just as the fragrance belongs to the not-so-inexpensive products of the perfume world. So, a lot comes together, doesn't it? I should say that "Tabac 28" would be too monothematic and a bit too sweet for everyday use, but that's all completely okay. A perfume for certain hours, indeed, but above all a wonderful reminder of childhood before it was caught up by the reality of adulthood. Thank you for that.