SRPLS FRGRNC 01

FRGRNC 01 is back at Zara (February 2026)! It has the same bottle design as before. This time it’s available in the women’s section, but only online, so I blind bought it. I haven’t had the chance to smell Le Labo - Gaiac 10, I only own the Dossier clone Musky Gaiac. Compared to the latter, FRGRNC 01 smells so much better. It doesn’t have that strong barbecue note that the Dossier has. The pepper is clearly noticeable, but it feels fresh and not nose-stingy. And then there’s that soft, slightly smoky, creamy guaiac wood. So far, I’m really enjoying it! The scent sits close to the skin, but it seems to be long lasting. UPDATE: I finally got my hands on a sample of Gaiac 10, and I can confirm - FRGRNC 01 is very similar to it! The only real difference is the pink pepper in FRGRNC 01, which makes it a bit fresher (you get a hint of spice and a slightly citrusy touch). My final verdict: even though Gaiac 10 is beautiful, I actually prefer FRGRNC 01. 🙂

Blind purchase via Zara sale. This is a bit of a belter - completely unisex, although online via Women’s perfumes. This is a gentle spiced, comforting, creamy amber scent, with a musky backbone. Smells significantly smoother and more elegant than its price point would suggest. Decent dry down and silage. This feels like a fairly versatile scent for use across the seasons.

This is Gaiac 10 literally. I couldn’t believe it and the slightly more peppery opening makes this even better.

After doing a side by side sniff between Zara's SRPLS and Le Labo's Gaiac 10 here are my thoughts: - They do smell very similar. Way too similar to justify the price of Gaiac 10, which is a city exclusive, making it even more expensive than LL's classic line. That being said, they both smell great. They are both airy, woody, and musky with a little pepper that tickles your nose. SRPLS is a little pepperier, imo. Both are incredibly unisex and could probably be worn by most people. Safe blind buys IMO. - It seems SRPLS has more strength and longevity. SRPLS still doesn't last that long though, even when I douse myself. I'll update this later if I feel as though that changes. - I can't stress enough the price situation here... On the companys' respective websites as of Aug 2022, a 100ml bottle of SRPLS costs $45.90 USD and a 100ml bottle of Gaiac 10 costs $510.00 USD.... Jaw on the floor, shocked, offended, horrified. - I think if you are really dedicated to G10, you should grab a small bottle of G10 to use on your wrists and neck, and also pick up SRPLS so you can douse your clothes and decant some for travel use.

This new baby from Zara, with a vowel-less name, smells good, but looks a bit weak in terms of projection. The first time I tried this fragrance I suspected of some olfactory boredom, but the surrounding people confirmed that the projection was kind of faint. Scentwise it's a natural pleaser with a short-lived, earthy and rosy spicy opening, that gains smoky and tar-like facets later on. Before the drydown, fragrance evolutes to a musky warm background frame with a strong, sweet and resinous amber tone, without loosing some of the smoke and earlier spiciness. It's a very safe Oriental perfume to wear, and probably a crowd pleasing base for Zara to develop future flankers. Keep your scent high!

@StrangeQuark thank you for this info, I order my bottle few days ago when I saw your comment. I always wanted to try Le Labo Guaiac but I never had a chance so when I saw that this is voted as a strong dupe of it I bought it blindly. I like, it's musky, pleasantly smokey, not overwhelmed bbq smoke and what is interesting it smells pretty clean to my nose even thought it has a prominend smokiness to it. I can def recommend this once because it smells pretty niche to me so for this price I think it's awesome!

I absolutely love the scent, but I wouldn’t personally reach for it to wear myself. The opening is quite harsh and intense, although the drydown becomes much smoother and more enjoyable. What stands out most to me is how realistic the wood notes smell. It genuinely feels like autumn and standing in the middle of a forest. When I close my eyes, I instantly picture a strong man chopping wood. In the end, I gave it to my man. I prefer cleaner musks.

I have this and LL Gaiac 10. To my nose, they smell the same except that this one and more pepper and it projects better. The Gaiac note smells the same to me it both. 🤷♀️

Personally, this is very wood forward to me. Its sharp wood note is stronger than other notes making it smell a bit unbalanced to me. I think i will mix this with mellower smelling perfumes.. possibly something gourmand or even spicy.. or go super edgy with something smoky/incense driven.

Hi skybunny, finally some one who took the effort!! I test a lot of zara fragrances and they make really good dupes of designer and niche fragrances. I think I know most of them. Unfortunately I see a lot of downvotes on my suggestions...I think people just wont/cant believe...or maybe they just dont want something they paid full price for turning up much cheaper. I also see a tendency that people want to compare it to something mainstream. Anyway.....in this case...99 % Gaiac for sure!

Available in Zara online store once again after being gone for a while now (spring 2021). There is only one review for this scent, you never hear about it, yet Zara has brought it back twice already, it must be selling well. It's in the men's section now too, as it was in 2019.

Molecular spicy and incensy. I like it and purchased most of all because it resembles Gaiac 10 ... even though I haven't tried Gaiac 10. I am tender flesh for the marketing game it seems. As I said, a modern skin scent molecular like quite spicy and woody/incensy. A like.

Available again in Zara's online store (spring 2020). This time only in the women's section. Same notes and bottle as last year. Marc Zini is listed as the perfumer, even though he's not in the database here on Fragrantica.

Undoubtedly a dupe for Le Labo Tokyo Gaiac 10! I have both....