Declaration Essence
A woody-aromatic chypre from the Déclaration lineage with more structure in the opening than expected.
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.
- Oakmoss60
- Vetiver55
- Sandalwood50
- Cedar50
- Bergamot45
By the editors · 2 min readA woody-aromatic chypre from the Déclaration lineage with more structure in the opening than expected. Lavender, orange blossom, and cedar arrive alongside orange and bergamot — the cedar presence in the top giving the opening architectural weight rather than a clean citrus start. It's a denser, more assertive opening than the original Déclaration.
Oakmoss, birch, and cardamom form the heart: oakmoss functioning as a mid-phase note rather than a base element, lending the middle passage a green, mossy austerity. Birch adds dry smokiness against lemon and cardamom's spiced citrus warmth. The heart is more challenging than the opening promised.
Moss, sandalwood, rosewood, vetiver, and amber close in a warm, woody-chypre structure. Two moss accords create a distinctly green-earthy character; rosewood adds soft woody warmth against the vetiver's dry depth. Dense, well-built, and longer-wearing than its cologne lineage suggests.
