Cedre Atlas
Cèdre Atlas opens with black currant and citrus — a dark-fruity freshness more assertive than typical cologne openings.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 11 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.
- Cedar65
- Bergamot45
- Vetiver45
- Jasmine40
- Amber40
By the editors · 2 min readCèdre Atlas opens with black currant and citrus — a dark-fruity freshness more assertive than typical cologne openings. The black currant adds a berry tartness that gives the top notes an interesting shadow; lemon and bergamot provide brightness without overwhelming the fruit.
The heart is where the cedar name becomes legible: cedar alongside jasmine and apricot makes a warm, slightly sweet woody accord. Apricot softens the wood, jasmine adds depth, and cedar ties the whole phase together with its clean, pencil-shaving quality.
Papyrus in the base is an unusual material — dry, reedy, recalling ancient parchment — that works well with vetiver and amber to produce a drydown that's earthy-woody without sweetness. A cologne-style fragrance with actual staying power and a genuinely distinctive character.