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Bvlgari · Est. 2001

BLV Pour Homme

A warm ginger-sandalwood structure that announces itself immediately with cardamom's peppery bite softened by sandalwood's creamy weight.

ConcentrationFragrance
Formasculine
Released2001
Statusenriched
2001 · Fragrance
san·car·amb·bla
Rating
4.0
2.4k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 5 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.

  • Sandalwood
    85
  • Cardamom
    65
  • Amber
    40
  • Black Pepper
    30
  • Musk
    20

By the editors · 2 min readA warm ginger-sandalwood structure that announces itself immediately with cardamom's peppery bite softened by sandalwood's creamy weight. There's no delay—the opening *is* the heart here, ginger threading through both notes like a constant pulse rather than a fleeting accent.

The composition stays close and linear, developing amber-woody depth as it dries down but never straying far from that initial spiced-wood impression. It reads as deliberately restrained, almost minimalist for its era, favoring clarity over complexity.

This suits men looking for something legible and office-appropriate without veering into fresh aquatics or heavy orientals. The sandalwood gives it a groomed, soapy finish that feels more polished than rugged—think pressed cotton rather than leather.

Filed: BvlgariSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap