Yatagan
Yatagan opens with a bracingly herbal collision—mint and galbanum strike first, followed by lavender and basil that feel more medicinal than soothing.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 12 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.
- Patchouli75
- Smoky65
- Lavender55
- Leather
The note pyramid
- Petitgrain
- Mint
- Tarragon
- Lavender
- Lavender
- Basil
- Galbanum
- Galbanum
By the editors · 2 min readYatagan opens with a bracingly herbal collision—mint and galbanum strike first, followed by lavender and basil that feel more medicinal than soothing. There's an almost camphoraceous quality to the top, green and penetrating, that announces itself without asking permission. This isn't the polite aromatic fougère of its era.
As it settles, earthy patchouli anchors the composition while incense adds a dry, resinous smoke. Castoreum and musk provide a leathery, animalic undertow that gives the whole thing a lived-in, almost aggressive warmth. The effect is austere rather than opulent—more saddle leather and stone monastery than soft skin.
A fragrance for those who find most masculine scents too safe. Yatagan feels purposefully uncompromising, its sharp edges never fully smoothed. Best suited to cooler weather and anyone comfortable wearing something that insists on being noticed, though not necessarily liked.
Scent twins
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