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Chanel · Est. 2016

Boy Eau de Parfum

The opening is brisk and soapy-clean: lavender scrubbed with citrus, like freshly laundered linen still warm from the dryer.

ConcentrationParfum
Forunisex
Released2016
Statusenriched
2016 · Parfum
lav·san·mus·lem
Rating
4.1
1.3k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 10 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.

  • Lavender
    70
  • Sandalwood
    65
  • Musk
    60
  • Lemon
    55
  • Rose
    50

By the editors · 2 min readThe opening is brisk and soapy-clean: lavender scrubbed with citrus, like freshly laundered linen still warm from the dryer. There's nothing particularly masculine about it despite the name—this is Chanel's idea of androgyny, stripped of vintage weight or contemporary loudness. As it settles, rose and orange blossom emerge with surprising gentleness, their floral softness wrapped in heliotrope's almond-powder haze.

The drydown becomes a milky skin-scent, equal parts sandalwood cream and white musk, with vanilla adding a quiet sweetness that never veers into gourmand territory. The moss is barely perceptible, more texture than green. What remains is oddly serene—a fragrance about cleanliness and restraint rather than seduction, suited to anyone who wants to smell composed without trying.

Filed: ChanelSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap