Because the benzoin,....that's the 1st scent. I have bought twice the MdC benzoin body soap and it's the same scent. The mineral notes of the MdC SS are from benzoin, not french lavender. french lavender is a very herbal and spicy scent, but not mineral.
Anyway the MdC scent is complex, as a wine, I prefer to enjoy it than to describe it, my advice is to do the same