Le Musc & La Peau 4.1

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, which may 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.

PG's site says this contains "a blend of 7 different musks" as well as the ingredients shown here. Well whatever those all are, this is pure magic on my skin! (I bought DHIguy's bottle, hah). I get an opening not dissimilar to the milky herbal + creamy gentle sandalwood of Tam Dao. Cypress? Myrtle? Rosemary..? Not sure what this cool, wet green tone is here, but mixed with the milkiness and muskiness it's a fascinating display. (It reminded me a bit of Profumum's Ichnusa too, which has a delicious milky herbal myrtle note with fig leaf.) Rather than going powdery or aldehydic (soapy) on me, it begins to bloom into more of a white and amber-musk mix after an hour or so. (I get almost no powder or aldehydes other than the sparkly fresh air kind of aldehydes. No soap here on my skin.) Ambroxan became apparent as it's well-known feather-like texture and almost clean laundry sort of scent blended with the white musk and richer brown musks, lifting it off my skin in a beautiful performance (3.5 hrs in now). I took a walk on the beach after 3 spritzes after receiving it and the wafts were amazing and noticeable. Instalove for me! Must be a chemistry thing, as I do have good vibes with ambroxan, musks, and PG perfumes as a broad generalization. Received 2 compliments on it right away, too. Mmm...

I got the sample while buying Sunsuality from this brand. At first I tested it in a paper and it smelled soapy, I didnt like it. The shop assistant gave me a sample and told me to test it on my skin because it mxes with the skin chemistry etc. At that time I wasnt really into musky clean scents (im an amber pachouly girl etc), so I decided to put it after my night shower and skin care routine just to feel boujie at home. That was a terrible mistake because I relized how GORGEOUS it is. It smells kinda milky, I know there are no milk notes but to me it has a cold milky non-sweet vibe. It smells fresh and expensive and deep, its full of layers I cant describe. I cant believe a soapy frag could smell that differently on the skin. I had similar experience with Sunsuality too, I think Pierre Guillaume frags need special place and occasion to fully develop and grow on me. I also layer it with Sunsuality and its a gorgeous mix, they really go well together. Its on my purchase list and I think Ill get the 100ml bottle. I think it might be a good base for other frags too. I love it.

Very sensual musk. Definitely fits into the category 'your skin but better' and the name of the perfume is spot on as it truly feels like skin scent. Musk here is not harsh or too loud but soft, sensual and truly feels like a natural skin odore. Sandalwood gives it this typical creamyness but it is not so prominent that woody notes would seem dominant it is quite calm and just adds to this skin-like effect. This is actuall very very great perfume, one of the best from this brand. As soon asn I tried it I knew I was going to love it. It stays on skin for quite some time so the longevity is great, does not have a sreaming sillage. Intimate, warm, sensual.... very, very beautiful perfume. A must try if you are looking for a creamy skin-like scent.

First Impression: clean skin with touches of aldehydes, sandalwood, and of course musk. If I really concentrate I can pick up a tiny amount of vanilla.This is damn good. Reminds me slightly of Acca Kappa Muscio Bianco but without the awful windex vibe and sharp lemon. It's really nice if you're looking for a "clean skin" scent but you might have to train your nose to smell it. After further testing, I found the sweet spot with 8-12 sprays for projection. Longevity on my clothes is about 24 hours still faintly detectable. I've tried a lot of white musks, and this is becoming a favorite. Scent 9.4/10 Performance 6.4/10