Carthusia
Rosemary and bergamot open with an assertive herbal-citrus freshness, quickly joined by lavender, which gives the fragrance a clean, almost medicinal clarity.
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.
- Lavender85
- Aromatic75
- Herbal65
- Fresh Spicy
The note pyramid
- Rosemary
- Coriander
- Bergamot
- Mandarin
- Petitgrain
- Lavender
- Black Pepper
By the editors · 2 min readRosemary and bergamot open with an assertive herbal-citrus freshness, quickly joined by lavender, which gives the fragrance a clean, almost medicinal clarity. Black pepper and petitgrain add a dry, slightly green bite.
Neroli softens the transition into the heart, while iris introduces a cool, faintly powdery dimension. Frankincense provides a resinous undercurrent that begins to shift the fragrance toward something warmer and more reflective. Vanilla and white musk in the base settle the composition into a smooth, understated warmth.
The overall impression is an aromatic fougère-adjacent structure — lavender-led and herbal up top, quietly resinous and musky below. Measured and well-paced rather than dramatic.
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Scent twins
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