Cedrat 37
Eau de Parfum, Le Labo (2021)

At first i didnt care for it, then i applied a few more sprays and it came alive on my skin. Its a fizzy, spacious citron with ginger and ambregris. Its classy, and alive, and imagine putting a little salt in your citron drink in the middle of a hot sunny summer day on the beach...

This is a refreshing and comfortable scent to wear. Opens lemony-zesty spicy and fresh. The citrus steps back and quickly turns soft with an unmistakable laundry-like cleanliness (that I’m quite addicted to.) But, it never loses that subtle ginger spiciness. Unique and very attractive.

The latest City Exclusive release from Le Labo is Cedrat 37 (Berlin), released this year. It very much embodies the “cedrat” citrus/woody concept that has been often been used successfully, and this follows suit, with a fresh/tart citrus, ginger, woods, musk, and ambergris, so virtually the exact same note breakdown as last year's release, Citron 28 (Seoul), especially considering “cedrat” and “citron” may have a lot of overlap. Still, Cedrat 37 is the cleaner, bright counterpart to Citron 28, even if Citron 28 may have a bit more of a realistic bitterness and greenness to it that Cedrat 37 does not.

Overall, Cedrat 37 is a nice, agreeable, easy winner of a woody citrus fragrance that is especially apropos in warmer weather, and seems to perform adequately, but it's difficult to regard the standard City Exclusive pricing of $485/319/134 for 100/50/15ml as appropriate for this type of fragrance that neither strikes me as all that innovative, daring, or distinct, but perfectly good while not being amazing.

7 out of 10