Vesevius
Vesevius opens with a tart, resinous burst—saffron and galbanum cutting through citrus brightness, while blackberry lends an unexpected winey sweetness.
The scent fingerprint
Weighted by intensity across 15 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.
- Smoky75
- Patchouli70
- Earthy65
- Herbal
The note pyramid
- Saffron
- Blackberry
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Galbanum
- Bergamot
- Damask Rose
By the editors · 2 min readVesevius opens with a tart, resinous burst—saffron and galbanum cutting through citrus brightness, while blackberry lends an unexpected winey sweetness. The rose feels more astringent than romantic here, tucked into that sharp, verdant opening. Within minutes, aromatic herbs rise through the fruit and citrus like smoke through rubble: sage, rosemary, lavender all present but never soft or calming. The incense note weaves through them, anchoring the composition in something darker and more ceremonial.
As it settles, patchouli and vetiver create an earthy, slightly bitter foundation that keeps the fragrance from turning sweet despite the amber in the base. The overall effect is unsettling in an intentional way—neither fresh nor gothic, but somewhere volcanic, suspended between eruption and aftermath.
Best suited to those who find conventional aromatic fragrances too polite, or who want something herbal without the spa associations.
Scent twins
Factual metadata (name, house, year, notes) is seeded from public datasets. The editorial reading and scent fingerprint are written by Claude against our house style — none of it is scraped prose. Read our methodology.
