Animale for Men
Neroli and lemon open with bright citrus-floral clarity, but freesia adds a delicate softness that gentles the whole opening and prevents it from reading as merely functional.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Lavender55
- Oakmoss55
- Vetiver50
- Leather50
- Sandalwood40
By the editors · 2 min readNeroli and lemon open with bright citrus-floral clarity, but freesia adds a delicate softness that gentles the whole opening and prevents it from reading as merely functional. It's more refined than the house name suggests — less wild animal, more considered masculine.
Lavender in the heart is the fougère anchor: herbal and clean, playing against the general notes' mint and nutmeg for a slightly complex aromatic development. Orange blossom and rose appear at the periphery, keeping the fragrance from becoming too angular while supporting the central herbal thread.
The base of oakmoss, leather, and vetiver is solidly classical — earthy, slightly animalic in the vintage way, with sandalwood and amber adding warmth and longevity. It dries to a genuinely attractive skin-close finish. A forgotten 1990s fougère worth revisiting.
