Philippe II
Cinnamon crackles against bergamot in the first seconds, the spice dry and bark-like rather than sweet, sharpening the citrus into something brisk and slightly metallic.
The scent fingerprint
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.
- Cinnamon60
- Lavender60
- Herbal50
- Aromatic
The note pyramid
- Cinnamon
- Bergamot
- Lavender
- Vetiver
- Patchouli
By the editors · 2 min readCinnamon crackles against bergamot in the first seconds, the spice dry and bark-like rather than sweet, sharpening the citrus into something brisk and slightly metallic. Lavender lands quickly, its cool herbal facet pulling the cinnamon’s heat into an aromatic fougère core that feels both barbershop-clean and gently warmed. Vetiver and patchouli split the base: the vetiver adds a green-smoke rootiness that lengthens the lavender’s stem, while patchouli contributes a muted earthy chocolate that keeps the cinnamon from turning candied. Over two hours the accord relaxes into a close, woody-spice skin scent that retains the opening’s dryness yet feels smoother through patchouli’s soft resin. Projection stays polite, wafting barely beyond arm’s length; it works best as an unobtrusive office or daytime signature in cool to mild weather.
Scent twins
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