Le 3e Homme de Caron
The opening strikes immediately with medicinal lavender and anise—clean but never clinical, more apothecary cabinet than bathroom shelf.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 17 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.
- Soft Spicy50
- Aromatic50
- Earthy50
- Fresh Spicy
The note pyramid
- Lavender
- Rosemary
- Bergamot
- Anise
- Jasmine
- Rose
By the editors · 2 min readThe opening strikes immediately with medicinal lavender and anise—clean but never clinical, more apothecary cabinet than bathroom shelf. Bergamot adds brightness without sweetness, while rosemary sharpens the herbal impression into something almost bracing. This is the fougère structure stripped of pretense, direct and unapologetic.
As it settles, oakmoss and leather emerge beneath the lavender, grounding the composition in a mossy, slightly animalic depth. The florals stay quiet, more textural than perfumed, while tonka and vanilla soften the edges without coating them entirely. There's a nutmeg-spiced warmth threading through the base that keeps it from feeling merely nostalgic.
A traditional masculine fougère that speaks to an older guard—men who wore fragrance as grooming, not statement. Not loud, not smooth, but solid and self-possessed. It assumes familiarity with the category and doesn't try to update itself for contemporary tastes.
Scent twins
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