Sabon
What does it smell like?
Main smell: vanilla and lavender. It opens with lavender, moves to lavender and amber and dries down to vanilla and labdanum.
- Came out
- 2019
- Lasts
- 3 to 6 hours
- Best in
- winter
Sabon notes
Top notes
What you smell first
Heart notes
The main smell
Base notes
What stays on your skin
Smell profile
Main accords
How strong each part of the smell is
Best seasons and time of day
A closer look at Sabon
Sabon carries the name of its own house.
Sillage and projection
Projection is medium: people near you can smell it. Three or four sprays give a good balance. Gisada Ambassador Intense and Mugler A*Men spread further.
Longevity on skin
It lasts a medium time, about 3 to 6 hours on skin. Imaginary Authors Memoirs Of A Trespasser 1 and Gisada Ambassador Intense last longer, if that matters to you. Base notes like vanilla and labdanum are the part that stays longest on the skin.
Sabon for work or evenings
It works better at night than in the day, so it is a good pick for evenings, dinners and going out. Its vanilla side feels cosy and rich after dark.
Best seasons to wear it
The best time of year to wear it is winter. It is less suited to summer. Ranked by season: winter, fall, spring and summer. Its warm smell feels best when the weather is cold.
Other Sabon perfumes
The house has 21 perfumes here, led by Oneg Patchouli Vanilla, Zohar Musk unisex and PLV 28 Patchouli Lavender Vanilla unisex.
Is Sabon your kind of scent?
The strongest accord is vanilla (100%), followed by lavender and amber. You will probably like it if you enjoy vanilla and lavender smells and notes like lavender and vanilla. Less obvious notes include patchouli. Perfume fans rate it 3.86 out of 5.
Perfumes that smell like Sabon
Similar picks to try: Philosophy Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere unisex (5 shared notes), Imaginary Authors Memoirs Of A Trespasser 1 (5 shared notes), Gisada Ambassador Intense (5 shared notes) and Mugler A*Men (5 shared notes).
Questions people ask
Can men wear Sabon?
It is made for women, but anyone who likes the smell can wear it.
When did Sabon come out?
It came out in 2019.
Is it expensive?
It is mid priced: about €42 in Europe.