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4.1 Le Musc & La Peau 2016

8.0 / 10 613 Ratings
A popular perfume by Pierre Guillaume for women and men, released in 2016. The scent is fresh-creamy. It is still in production.
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Main accords

Fresh
Creamy
Powdery
Synthetic
Woody

Fragrance Notes

MuskMusk AmberAmber CedarCedar Tonka beanTonka bean VanillaVanilla Ylang-ylangYlang-ylang RosemaryRosemary

Perfumer

Ratings
Scent
8.0613 Ratings
Longevity
6.3541 Ratings
Sillage
5.6540 Ratings
Bottle
7.5491 Ratings
Value for money
6.5359 Ratings
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Interesting Facts
The fragrance is part of the Numéraire collection.

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35 in-depth fragrance descriptions
Kurai

388 Reviews
Kurai
Kurai
Helpful Review 4  
Rosemary milk
Now this is a peculiar creamy musk. It is dressed up in somewhat masculine notes and leaves a clean sensual trail. I would describe it as milk infused with rosemary and cedarwood.

When sniffed up close, the musky character and its different qualities are to be found. Overall clean, close to milky soap with a moldy, cheesy side. Later on a bit dryer and minimally powdery. The burnt tonka note is very present and, together with the herbs, it adds a sharpness that offsets the creamy side.

In the 'white musk' topic where uniformity seems to be the standard, Pierre Guillaume's take clearly stands out both in quality and in creativity. Thanks HugoMontez for the recommendation.
Updated on 01/29/2022
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SLNY

19 Reviews
SLNY
SLNY
5  
Wonderfully subtle skin scent
Some days one doesn’t want to smell like perfume. Some days one doesn’t want to smell like bergamot, or vanilla, or tobacco, or some flowers, or leather, or a mixture of any of those, or really strongly much of anything at all. Some days one just wants to smell like a human body — perhaps like sexy skin magnified. That’s Le Musc & La Peau for me. It’s a white musk (and supposedly combines seven kinds of musk) that is just creamy and soft. Like coming out of a shower. Or putting on a clean white linen shirt. For me, on the right days, or to just be unadulteratedly musky and, as such, sexy, this is a darned good choice.

A note on comparing it Le Labo Another 13 - that might help explain Le Musc & La Peau better - since they are often spoken of as similar. I have both and both are mainstays, but I find them different. While both are unabashedly skin scents, Another 13 is more forceful, is more affirmatively of a scent with its peach and apple - in fact, at first it almost smells floral to me, although that dies down to more of a metallic or dirty musk. Another 13 has more a defined character as a perfume. Le Musc & La Peau is closer to simply musk, ambroxen and aldehyde — cleaner, simpler and more skin like. Very faintly underneath you can get an underlying whiff of the rosemary, cedar or tonka that it has but they are quiet and subtle. Altogether it’s quieter than (at least on me) than Another 13. More subtle, more of a fresh shower than - as with Another 13 — Iso-E over a slight white fruit dirtier sexiness. Another way to think of Le Musc & La Peau is to compare it to Histoires de Parfums 1740 Marquis de Sade — They stand at opposite extremes: if 1740 is raw animal sexuality, Le Musc & La Peau is quiet sensual intimacy.

The sillage on this is low but the longevity is not bad: at least 4-5 hours or so. But altogether quiet and most certainly not a monster scent in any way.

Finally, this is a fine base for any number of perfumes. It add a quiet musky undertone that is almost imperceptible but it is there. I prefer it to Molecule 01 or 02 for that purpose.
Updated on 05/20/2023
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Ebichuunee

98 Reviews
Ebichuunee
Ebichuunee
1  
Where's my rosemary ?
I received this sample from the official boutique in Paris, where I had a wonderful customer experience—highly recommend! The friendly staff mentioned that this is their best-selling fragrance and suggested I might enjoy it as an aromatics lover.

However, I have to admit I was a bit disappointed. I was hoping to pick up on the rosemary note, but instead, I only get a faint, clean musk. While it’s undeniably pleasant and easy on the nose, it feels too simple for my taste. I don’t see myself reaching for this beyond finishing the small sample.
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Mikuru

10 Reviews
Mikuru
Mikuru
1  
Very pretty, just not for me
Classical skin scents, it performs completely different onskin. At first extremely clean, comforting and gentle, it tends to lose the powdery component as time goes on and take on a milkier, dustier version of its own skin scent. Unfortunately, on my skin it sadly enhanced and sweetened the smell of sweat; the overall effect was not the best. I don't doubt that on the right skin it can render wonderfully
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schnauzer

106 Reviews
schnauzer
schnauzer
0  
Nice enough
The ylang-ylang gives this a fruity undertone and, I have to say, I don't detect much more beyond that. Some pleasant musks, maybe.

I generally like soft perfumes, and am rather wary of overly strong projection, but I don't want softness to come at the expense of depth and nuance, either. So while there's nothing I dislike here per se, there's not enough I like, either.
Updated on 10/05/2025
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4 years ago
2
A very good and clean white musk with fruity and milky nuances. Super well blended and high quality composition. For clean musk lovers 3/5
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Classic synthetic skin scent, similar to Another 13 or Not a Perfume, etc. Fine, nice, nothing wrong with it, but also not really a new take
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1
It's a very clean scent that does'nt overwhelm. Smells very unisex. On my skin it develops a scent that reminds of childrens chewing gum. Hm
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6 months ago
1
Your-skin-but-better scent - clean and soft, but with unexpected depth and richness. Subtle, complex, and endlessly captivating. Just love.
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1 year ago
1
got a sample, really liked it. just when I got a full bottle, it started to smell like baby diapers to me and I can't un-smell it
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Clean musky-woody scent with a soft sweet twist. Refreshing but adds little to the genre. Subtle and skin-close.
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Musk spirits
In polyester sheets
Scratching over cedar floors
Throwing tonka beans
Into the floral fabric softener
Dreaming of warm skin
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Imagine wearing a robe of silk, with threads as fine, light, and delicate as spider webs...
This scent is a hint of that.
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Bathed in musk
lotioned up
and then
a little daring
with you
in the pillows
close to me
softly lying.
Stay here...
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2 years ago
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Aldehyde times three,
Ambrox on my mind,
Synthetic says hi,
I'm right in the middle.
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