Bvlgari Man Terrae Essence
The opening feels stripped-back and mineral, as if breathing air cooled by limestone.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 14 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.
- Earthy65
- Iris60
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Orris
- Vetiver
- Styrax
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening feels stripped-back and mineral, as if breathing air cooled by limestone. Orris anchors the composition almost immediately, bringing its dry, root-like texture rather than the powdery sweetness familiar from classic perfumery. Vetiver weaves through with an earthen clarity, more forest floor than fresh-cut grass.
Styrax in the base adds a subtle, resinous warmth that rounds the edges without sweetening them. The effect is contemplative rather than bold—an abstraction of earth and stone rendered wearable. There's a restraint here that reads as intentional, almost austere.
This suits someone who prefers their fragrances quiet and textured, more interested in materiality than projection. It wears close, fading into skin like something naturally occurring rather than applied. A study in understatement from a house not always known for it.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
