Christian Lacroix Absynthe
Absynthe opens exactly as named — star anise and anise together produce an unambiguous licorice quality, cool and herbal, that gives the fragrance its identity before anything else arrives.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 9 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.
- Cinnamon50
- Amber50
- Musk35
- Incense30
- Black Pepper30
By the editors · 2 min readAbsynthe opens exactly as named — star anise and anise together produce an unambiguous licorice quality, cool and herbal, that gives the fragrance its identity before anything else arrives. Freesia adds a light, slightly watery floral note that tempers the anise without displacing it.
Saffron and narcissus in the heart are an unusual combination: saffron's metallic spice meets narcissus's green, slightly bitter floral quality — assertive rather than pretty, the heart refusing to soften the absinthe conceit. Myrrh and amber in the base move the composition toward warm, resinous territory, giving the anise structure and longevity. An earnest niche ambition from Avon's designer collaboration — more interesting than its origins might suggest.
