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Christian Lacroix · Est. 2005

Tumulte

Tumulte opens with a cool, dewy freesia that feels almost translucent, quickly joined by a pale rose that never shouts.

ConcentrationFragrance
Forunisex
Released2005
Statusenriched
2005 · Fragrance
ros·iri·ton·iri
Rating
3.8
0.8k reviews
Fig. 01

The scent fingerprint

Visualization — constellation
basehearttopcitrusfloralfruitygourmandpowderyamberywoodysmokychyprearomaticgreenaquaticspicy

Weighted by intensity across 7 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.

  • Rose
    35
  • Iris
    30
  • Tonka
    25
  • Iris Powder
    25
  • Ozonic
    15

By the editors · 2 min readTumulte opens with a cool, dewy freesia that feels almost translucent, quickly joined by a pale rose that never shouts. The effect is soft but immediate, like walking into a room where flowers were arranged hours ago rather than minutes. It's deliberately understated for something called "tumult."

The heart thickens around heliotrope and iris, both powdery but not in the vintage sense—more like almond skin than face powder. Rose persists quietly underneath. This is where the fragrance finds its actual character: a kind of modern, slightly androgynous softness that reads more Paris than the exuberant Lacroix runway.

The base stays close with tonka and a hint of patchouli that's been scrubbed clean of any earthiness. It's smooth, slightly sweet, and polite. Tumulte suits someone who wants presence without projection, a fragrance that whispers rather than announces.

Filed: Christian LacroixSillage · vol. I
Fig. 02

Scent twins

Computed via accord overlap