Interlude Man
Interlude Man opens with a brief flicker of bergamot before plunging into a dense wall of resinous incense and labdanum.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 10 accords.
Every perfume in Sillage is represented as a distribution across canonical accord slugs — a lingua franca for scent. Two fragrances with overlapping fingerprints are scent-twins, even if they share no literal note.
- Smoky100
- Balsamic90
- Amber80
- Leather
The note pyramid
- Bergamot
- Incense
- Frankincense
- Labdanum
- Amber
- Opoponax
By the editors · 2 min readInterlude Man opens with a brief flicker of bergamot before plunging into a dense wall of resinous incense and labdanum. The effect is immediate and uncompromising—thick, smoky, almost oppressive in its intensity. Opoponax adds a balsamic sweetness that barely softens the angular edges, while amber lends a burnished glow beneath the haze.
As it settles, the composition reveals its architecture: leathery patchouli and sandalwood form a sturdy foundation, grounding the resins without lightening them. The incense never fully retreats, maintaining a church-like solemnity throughout the wear. This is not a fragrance that evolves so much as it unfolds in layers, each as weighty as the last.
Best suited to those who find comfort in density and darkness. It demands cold weather and a certain tolerance for fragrances that fill a room. Interlude Man doesn't adapt to the wearer—the wearer adapts to it.
Scent twins
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Where readers placed it
December layering
Dense, resinous, built to last through wool coats and cold air. These are fragrances that reward wearing in stages — a base that anchors, spice that blooms in the warmth of a scarf, amber that deepens by evening. Not decorative. Substantive.
