Ma Griffe Eau de Parfum (Vintage)
The gardenia opens with an almost stemmy bitterness, flanked by lemon and the herbal rasp of clary sage—this is not the polite floral you might expect from 1946.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 18 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.
- Woody65
- Floral60
- Mossy60
- Balsamic
The note pyramid
- Gardenia
- Lemon
- Clary Sage
- Jasmine
- Ylang-Ylang
- Lily of the Valley
- Orange Blossom
By the editors · 2 min readThe gardenia opens with an almost stemmy bitterness, flanked by lemon and the herbal rasp of clary sage—this is not the polite floral you might expect from 1946. There's a green, almost acrid quality that gives the bouquet its famous claws, a sharpness that made the name ("My Claw") more than clever wordplay.
As it settles, the white flowers soften but never sweeten entirely. Jasmine and ylang-ylang bring warmth, yet the iris and oakmoss maintain a powdery, mossy coolness underneath. The base is resinous and darkly spiced, with labdanum and benzoin lending weight while vetiver keeps everything from floating away into pure nostalgia.
This vintage formulation holds its ground—ladylike in structure, feral in temperament. It suits someone who appreciates the tension between elegance and edge, a gardenia that bites back.
Scent twins
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